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I translated some passages from interviews she gave to French press before and after she dropped UV:
 
At first, she was very happy with her work with Dan: "(...) Dan is stubborn, dominant, he likes when we first test his ideas. It was exactly what I wanted." (Libération Next)
"I had the whole album! I had twelve songs, I produced them all alone, but Dan opened my eyes. He told me that my songs sound too much like classic rock, too much in the style of the seventies. He took matters into his own hands." (Paris Match)
This one is weird, but maybe it's just me: "At first, my album and the Black Keys one was going to drop on the same day - May 1st. But after four weeks of recording mine, he was so involved that he was thinking it's his record." (Les Inrockuptibles)
 
But after the release and all the critics she received, she said for Grazia: "I was very happy about the release of Ultraviolence. But when I listen to my album, a few things that I felt when I wrote this songs tell me that I went too far. They have set me in situations I couldn't control, that I didn't want."
I have some more quotes from Grazia who really shows that she had a bad time with UV era: " At the very beginning, my feeling was really good, but later, when I was wondering how to finish this album, I became more introverted."
"[About being famous] I like to go out to dinner, but now it's impossible. Everyone has a phone, a camera... It's strange to say, but it's my everyday life: they take pictures of me even when I buy aspirin."
 
Also she opened a lot during 2014, we learned so much about her and her dark feelings.
 
Maybe I'm going too far, but I have a feeling that Dan changed her album a lot and now she regrets it because she don't feel the same anymore. It could also explain why she don't sing a lot of songs from UV during shows.

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I've never thought of this! It makes a lot of sense, seeing as that album was so intensely emotional, and I've said before, she probably put Honeymoon out as soon as she did just to create distance between her and Ultraviolence. So the album we're getting now could be a homage to the original Ultraviolence, before Dan, seeing as it already carries the 'untouchable 5' vibes.
 
Hope it carries dark undertones. If every song is as optimistic as Love I'll have a hard time getting into it. The blackness of her music is the greatest allure

I agree with this so much. So many lana fans don't want anyone to judge her, yet they judge her about her interests in occult and believe they are 'above' all that.
 
I'd love Lana to explore the dark side, not only because its my area , but because it's giving us the example of thinking for ourselves and not letting ourselves be pushed into a set of beliefs.
 
I personally DO hope she has a witchcraft aesthetic somewhere, even satanic (although people are far more likely to give her hate for satanism since it is an even more misunderstood religion)

I know this subject is closed, but I feel like I need to say something about it.
 
Just wondering why some fans are so surprised (not in this thread, but in general) that Lana is into witchcraft. She studied metaphysics, she's seeing medium Fleur, she was part of a cult and a guru, she talked a lot about this stuff in interviews during Ultraviolence era and many more. I don't get why some fans are mad, like it doesn't change anything, she's still the same person.
 
Personally, I think that these are very interesting and I can't wait to see all the things she planned for this album, I even have some theories about the record. I was waiting for her to talk about this stuff since I learned that she studied metaphysics and since she talked about it in interviews.

I have the same theory too. When I listened to Love, I asked myself what song it reminded me and I thought that it has Fine China (UV outtake) vibes. So I looked for Ultraviolence era interviews and I found so many of them, but this one really brought my attention:
"Ultraviolence is a look back on my time in New York. I was for a while part of a sloping underground scene, which was dominated by a guru. He believed in the concept, finished close people first and then rebuild. I fell for him because that time I longed for security."
It's basically the definition of "solve et coagula", her Instagram bio. Judging by interviews, it seems that she doesn't like UV that much and she said that if she could, she would change it. I still think her tweet refers to more than just witches spell on Trump, it's kind of a hint behind the main idea.
 
Like I said in one of my replies in this thread, she's really into that kind of stuff. She studied metaphysics, she's seeing a medium Fleur, and Chuck even have tarot cards.
I think that this album will have UV vibes, even if she says that it will remind BTD, but we all know that she says things and it happen to be the complete opposite at the end. 
I'm sorry if it's all messy and has many misspellings, I'm half asleep

I have the same theory too. When I listened to Love, I asked myself what song it reminded me and I thought that it has Fine China (UV outtake) vibes. So I looked for Ultraviolence era interviews and I found so many of them, but this one really brought my attention:
"Ultraviolence is a look back on my time in New York. I was for a while part of a sloping underground scene, which was dominated by a guru. He believed in the concept, finished close people first and then rebuild. I fell for him because that time I longed for security."
It's basically the definition of "solve et coagula", her Instagram bio. Judging by interviews, it seems that she doesn't like UV that much and she said that if she could, she would change it. I still think her tweet refers to more than just witches spell on Trump, it's kind of a hint behind the main idea.
 
Like I said in one of my replies in this thread, she's really into that kind of stuff. She studied metaphysics, she's seeing a medium Fleur, and Chuck even have tarot cards.
I think that this album will have UV vibes, even if she says that it will remind BTD, but we all know that she says things and it happen to be the complete opposite at the end. 
I'm sorry if it's all messy and has many misspellings, I'm half asleep

I have the same theory too. When I listened to Love, I asked myself what song it reminded me and I thought that it has Fine China (UV outtake) vibes. So I looked for Ultraviolence era interviews and I found so many of them, but this one really brought my attention:
"Ultraviolence is a look back on my time in New York. I was for a while part of a sloping underground scene, which was dominated by a guru. He believed in the concept, finished close people first and then rebuild. I fell for him because that time I longed for security."
It's basically the definition of "solve et coagula", her Instagram bio. Judging by interviews, it seems that she doesn't like UV that much and she said that if she could, she would change it. I still think her tweet refers to more than just witches spell on Trump, it's kind of a hint behind the main idea.
 
Like I said in one of my replies in this thread, she's really into that kind of stuff. She studied metaphysics, she's seeing a medium Fleur, and Chuck even have tarot cards.
I think that this album will have UV vibes, even if she says that it will remind BTD, but we all know that she says things and it happen to be the complete opposite at the end. 
I'm sorry if it's all messy and has many misspellings, I'm half asleep

In Lana's last two albums, there were themes of cults. In the Ultraviolence song she referred to a cult leader, and the song was over all clearly very dark and melancholic but disguised by lyrics that sounded romantic at times. Freak both lyrically and visually had themes of cults in it. The song was an invite for people to go to California and be a 'freak' and make their purpose known ('screw your anonyimity') which in my eyes makes me think of a cult, especially when there were cults like the Manson Family in California. The MV also served up physcadelic visuals and also kool-aid, which was a reference to the unfortunate Jonestown massacre/cult.
 
Anyway, I think this album is going to have in parts of it a cult theme too, and that is where this witch stuff comes in. When people think of Wiccans and Paganism, they often think of cults, and often not in a good way either. In the past some followers of paganism have been responsible for cruel things (e.g Sacarfices), but today they are generally peaceful and tolerant religion. Most pagans strive to be as loving as they can to the Earth and others, and are not evil. But there are heavy misconceptions and stereotypes around witches and Paganism. This has lead them to be ostracised and mocked unfairly. Anyway I think Lana might use this as a theme. In the song/aesthetic/MV her group of people, possibly Wiccans, are misunderstood because of stereotypes, when really all the want is love and peace. The mistakes of their past generations are behind them, and all they want is change.
 
I think that would be a really interesting aesthetic and meaning, but I'm not sure how it would fit with the retro space theme. Wiccans use astrology, so that might be how it could fit. I'm just going off the pictures and dates though.
 
Lol I'm probably just over thinking it.

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

TO ALL THE FANS WHO THINK THAT LANA IS A SATANIC WITCH:
 
A few days ago, I talked to a friend who's really into spiritual stuff and he said that "witch" is a relative term. Furthermore, black magic is when we call Satan for help, when we make pacts with him, when we make a sacrifice and pray in his honor. From what he read about Trump, witches want to cast a spell using a tarot card, specifically the XVI one - the tower. It symbolizes social changes, breakthroughs, a desire to give any kind of innovative projects. Tarot is the opposite of black magic, it is a question to the energy of the universe and getting (or not) an answer. Witches asked the energy of the universe to restore order. So it's not evil!

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

I know this subject is closed, but I feel like I need to say something about it.
 
Just wondering why some fans are so surprised (not in this thread, but in general) that Lana is into witchcraft. She studied metaphysics, she's seeing medium Fleur, she was part of a cult and a guru, she talked a lot about this stuff in interviews during Ultraviolence era and many more. I don't get why some fans are mad, like it doesn't change anything, she's still the same person.
 
Personally, I think that these are very interesting and I can't wait to see all the things she planned for this album, I even have some theories about the record. I was waiting for her to talk about this stuff since I learned that she studied metaphysics and since she talked about it in interviews.

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

What promo? Besides a few tweets and Instagram post??
 

 
Freak had more promo with an EVENT.
 
Where's LOVE EVENT?

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

Right, I didn't take that into consideration. But Love is doing pretty good so far.

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

Right, I didn't take that into consideration. But Love is doing pretty good so far.

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year 

16M in 5 days vs 21M in 1 year