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thank you!!

anyone knows where i can find all her unreleased stuff (demos, covers, etc.)?

legit lol irl, the accuracy tbh. love you lana, but you know it's true

"exploiting" is definitely something that can be said about it, for the reasons both you and i mentioned. it's never satirical or metaphorical though, she actually identifies with and is drawn to all kinds of outsiders / people on the margins of society, and that (+ a fair amount of misogyny, too) was the reason why the whole debate around her authenticity happened back in 2012. she adopts those identities as personas, but of course she doesn't live her own life accordingly - because she doesn't have to; she's not trying to *really* be trailer park poor, or a prostitute, stripper, mafia princess, heroin addict or what-have-you, she's essentially glamorizing the white trashiness and danger of it all while safely taking what fascinates her & applying it to her music. i think that's the one valid reason to criticize lana & i'm absolutely open to that pov, but at the same time why NOT explore something that fascinates us safely via music/whatever art form? does art need to be - or even should be - morally responsible and "authentic"? and, you know, all the usual questions.

honestly, this. her entire early career is "blue collar" - not only that, she actually embraced white trash as an identity for quite a long time. (there's a lot to be said about that, of course: a privileged white girl basically slumming it & "experiencing" the poor life from the cushioned position of someone who'll always be able to run back to mom and dad if things *really* get rough, but that's kinda beside the point here - almost as moot a point as questioning bruce springsteen for still singing about the blue collar working life now that he's a famous millionaire. but i digress.) i think that's definitely a part of her identity now, and even a big part of her more glamorous styles usually include trashy / kitschy signifiers like the stripper nails, chola makeup, hippie-looking floral dresses, all the americana references, glittery/bejeweled stuff etc., which weren't unintentional coincidences. i might be completely mistaken, but i actually think she identifies more with trashiness than with genuine, earnest glamour - by that i mean that her persona often depicts someone trying to ooze glamour from an "underdog" standpoint (stripper, housewife, prostitute, struggling artist, addict etc.) rather than adopting the role of the unattainable, perfect music star. even the insta baddie / vloger thing hints at that same thing, in the sort of meta way of a famous pop singer basically role playing a person aspiring to get famous via social media. edit: also, she covered *sublime* of all bands lmao, arguably one of the most uncool, trashiest bands of the 90s... i mean!

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lmao fr! i hope it's the sublime movie cover & she just went with it bc contractual obligation (or laziness, lbr), because if that's her actual taste.................. girl. ~graphic design is my passion, california edition~ teas.

this is the biggest version of the guest list that i could find & bitch's def not on it. and i though *i* was lazy ffs, she's truly doing the absolute least in this era.

new album Welcome Home is out!

that was fucking amazing holy shit

speculation and conspiracy theories aside - and this is coming from someone who used to work in psychiatry - a conservatorship is a serious limitation of personal freedom. one that's been going on for 10+ years, in a person that young & whose mere existence means a lot of money for a shitload of people (namely those who actually hold the conservatorship, which imo is a major conflict of interest), MUST be questioned. if anything to ensure that due process is being followed & that the whole thing is transparent.

she didn't dye it that dark, did she?? (if so, WHY. i mean, ofc i get wanting to change, but her natural color was so pretty & that one looks just so drab...) controversial opinion, maybe, but i also miss the lips.

i liked this poem a lot, but what the hell is the edit on those photos?! also, so now she's taken to curating her insta & posting in rows of 3, ayyy.

"Psychedelic outlaw cowboy croons love and loss from the badlands of North America." Always masked and under a pseudonym, self-described as a queer cowboy & signed to Sub Pop, and often called "the male Lana Del Rey" (also, he loves Lana), his music is a mix of alt country and sad americana. His debut album "Pony" came out last moth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3esGD6lcMM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR-4l5M_MQ8

i already knew weyes blood bc i follow sub pop closely & was anticipating this album bc it got really good reviews pre-release, but was pretty surprised to see lana make a whole post about it. not bc the music isn't lana's style (it is), but bc i never saw her mentioning any of the artists from the same circle/genre like US girls, jessica pratt, even mitski, etc. i think this means she's (even more) openly courting a certain type of alt audience and wants to be lumped with those kind of artists rather than the usual pop suspects (as if a 9 min shoegazey single wasn't a big enough clue lol). a move to sub pop would be VERY interesting, but even though they're a big label nowadays i'm not sure they have the kind of money needed to sign someone like lana with all that implies. i'm also curious about weyes blood's response!

here i thought she was gonna make a tribute post bc of the 25 yrs of her idol kurt's death, but she comes up with this random ass promo post instead (weyes blood deserves it, but still)

did you ever post that megapost somewhere, maybe in the lanalysis thread? he just posted another poem after being MIA for almost a year and what with her poetry book being released soon, i wonder if he's still an inspiration for her or someone who had any input on her poems EDIT: also, check the editorial reviews section of his novel & the book cover

courtney love - life despite god

it's still Bel Air.

prob not gonna happen. i've been a fan since video games went viral & have always found something to obsess over in every era/aesthetic/sound change. i find her interesting as a person & a musician and share several of her interests/obsessions, so unless she radically changes and starts doing boring mor adult contemporary music like, idk, adele, i'm always gonna be her target audience.

been trying to figure out since yesterday which song DL reminds me of, and i just got it - it's nicole dollanganger's lacrymaria olor. same vibe.

a lynchian masterpiece. also, this is how strings are done!!

so i guess i'll be seeing her 2x this summer, niiiiice