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why so much animosity towards billie?? she seems like a nice kid? and if she's doing well then why can't we be happy for her?? we don't even know what happens behind the scenes anyways like if she really is the reason nfr has been delayed but even so she likely doesn't have a choice in this and she seems like she's a big fan of lana anyways 
 
u guys seriously need to step back sometimes and learn how to voice ur frustrations/anger without insults
 
 
n e ways like someone else mentioned above do yall think lana will be at the met gala this year? the theme is Camp: Notes On Fashion and Alessandro Michelle said "camp really means the unique ability of combining high art and pop culture; it is not kitsch" so what do you think she could be wearing if she does show up? Harry Styles is one of the met gala chairs this year and he has a gucci campaign as well.. they're not going together obviously and if lana even goes at all... but i hope at least their outfits would be cohesive if she did show up like how her and jared's outfits matched and stuff. i really hope she attends, she looked so cute in that little green dress and gold earrings from whatever event that was earlier i'm still i want more

Production-wise it's amazing but I feel like dont smile at me was much MUCH better in terms of her voice and melodies... especially when most of the songs on the album sound like literally from the same scheme and she's constantly using this half-whispered edgy voice... but well she's still just a kid so I'm excited for her anyway!
 
Also lowkey wish she'd release music under a duo with Finneas, at this point I'm not convinced what's her part in this whole project, it sounds like it's mainly her brother's work and he's so talented he could literally make anything sound good with these skills.

:defeated:

legend Sansa

TWO WEEKS LEFT 

i would be here for for that if it meant we would get an album of Boarding School and Jealous Girl type songs

Rihanna debuted when she was 16
 
Britney when she was 17

She is only 17 now I think she is here to stay, this is just the beginning

I need the damn music

Idk where else to write this but I miss when stanning Lana was actually fun. Even though the LFL era could have been better, I remember being so excited and positive about the whole thing. Lately it's hard to be excited about anything because she herself is kind of brushing off her art like it doesn't mean that much to her. I mean yeah she is excited about the poetry book but she forgets that she was always a visual artist. Why is she abandoning that side of things? Remember when she said she wanted to live her life like a work of art? I'm sorry but where is the art? Perhaps as a fandom we have been too used to consistent releases... but idk... this just doesn't feel the same

I miss her higher pitched voice that she uses on some of her unreleased songs (don't come for me I'm shit at describing things  ) 

People who say Video Games is her best music video ever have no personality whatsoever.
 
FJDJFX now seriously, in my opinion you can't compare a random homemade video like VD to something like Ride or National Anthem. And the money spent behind a music video has nothing to do with the quality of it (ex: white mustang), but I think you CAN'T prefer a bunch of random vintage footage over a music video that 1. looks good 2. has a whole plotline 3. follow an overall nice aesthetic. 

Honestly, I am ready for my upcoming crucifixion for this post, but here goes..
 
I get this is a public forum where we can post our opinions, whether they are positive or negative. However, I feel recently there has been unnecessary criticism towards Lana. This includes her recent BUKU performance - I don't see why what she wears and how much make-up she puts on matters so much, and of course her setlist is going to be less stan-friendly (because she is rightly tailoring it for a festival). As well as this, other areas seem to receive so much backlash at the moment, and I really struggle to understand why, e.g., her poetry, her friends, her instagram posts, her current lifestyle (excluding hillsong of course), her appearance when in public as well as on stage, her vocals on stage (I personally think they are still brilliant, but we struggle to notice this because the playback is too loud), etc. Firstly, if we only focus on the negative, then that is all we are going to see. Secondly, do all these things that we are criticising really matter? Why do we care so much about what she wears, or what instagram filter she uses, or that she likes to attend yoga and drink matcha tea? We are all here because we have a special connection to Lana and her music (I am assuming), and that seems to be lost for a lot of people here. I think we need to take a step back, let Lana be herself and live her life without so much judgement, and be more accepting/forgiving/tolerating as a fan base. Once we do that, there will be a happier fan base who can fall back in love with Lana again (for those who may have lost their connection, as I notice quite a few members seem to feel this way).
 
Anyway, thank you for coming to my TEDtalk. 

LFL is a really fucking good album.

Lust For Life (song) is amazing and the gays that dislike it do so because they’re lame lol jk. But it is an amazing song. I will never understand why people don’t like it. Which is fine, but I hate when people trash people for liking it and call it garbage and make it seem like their opinion is fact.

Can't unsee this now

if anything needs to finally be performed it's The Blackest Day and that's that.

I still stan salvatore though, I still randomly sing it in the shower whenever I feel like hitting some really low notes  . 

People still like Freak? Lord.... it had potential, but it’s not all that great.

Lana revealed the album title back in september. If the Norman Rockwell state or whataver had a problem with it they would have done something about it right after she announced the name. But back in january she also posted a video with Norman Fucking Rockwell as a caption so I'm pretty sure they don't care and the album title has nothing to do with this whole mess.

I love Norman Fucking Rockwell as an album title, but if it is what is holding it back, she could change it. Just hope, though, that the song still exists though if she changes the album's name. 

She's a 33yo woman that does the most bland charts-music and shoots the most unemmorable vacation-resort-commercial music videos.
 
OAHAHOAANNNGGGE and yOu aRe mY sUpErStArrrrr are not quite mature or adult or anything LOL.

She always says the same shit about being ~reborn~ the time she releases a new album - which is ok, a lot of artists do the same, it's a new era for her the same as for everyone -- but then a few years later she's also making hints she hates her latest release... remember her shading EH back in the day? I'm almost sure she said something similar about froot a while ago. I think she kinda suffers from lack of faith in her own music... which is really sad. And this is also why she tries to do this whole radio-friendly basic thing rn.

Agreed. She changed her stage name so she wouldn't feel confined to what people thought "Marina and the Diamonds" was so I find it surprising that everyone else is shocked that she is doing something different.
 
Yes it's more basic, some of the tracks have been choices and the lyrics just aren't there but really we can't expect her to write the same as she did 10 years ago writing TFJ or even 8 years ago writing EH (or keep to the same dated sound). It's disappointing that she does appear to be declining though. She was the first person I stanned back in 2010 when I first heard Hollywood when I was like 13 so to see her contemporaries continue to improve or at least keep to the same standard, but Marina slowly becoming more basic is sad but I'm just gonna take the bops and get over it.