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Just posted this on the lyrics thread but thought it might be better here - this is why I think B A R is about Barrie To me the context that makes the most sense is that the song is about Barrie. Here's why I think that: 'My baby used to dance underneath my architecture To the houses of the holy Smoking on them cigarettes' This first bit might be a bit of a reach but I live in Glasgow (where Barrie lives/is from). There's a small venue called Oran Mor where Lana/Kassidy used to frequent, which has really ornate architecture and is an old church - in 2011 when Videos Games started to blow up she played an intimate gig there and Kassidy played several gigs there including one where they covered Video Games if my memory serves me correctly. If the song is about Barrie that could be a reference to a place that was special to them, and also since it used to be a church ties in with the houses of the holy part. I think there's an early interview where she talks about spending a lot of time in Glasgow. 'You were so obsessed with writing the next best American record You did it all for fame' I get that people think it can't be about Barrie because of the 'American' reference but I don't feel like that means that it needs to be from an American person, just the kind of global success that some iconic American albums have. Also the 'you did it all for the fame' lyrics could be to do with either their relationship, or him stepping out of her shadow or maybe even to do with him leaving his band and upping sticks to the states - he clearly did that to try and obtain some musical success for himself and left his long term band mates in his wake, and I wonder if it's a reference to that. 'You did it all for fame Baby, how's life treating you now' From what I know from living here and hearing stuff through mutual associates life is not treating him so well. He's back in Glasgow now, last I heard living with his family (before he moved with her he lived with the kassidy boys). He plays occasional local gigs around Glasgow at student unions and bars. Nowhere near the life style he would of had with Lana and if he was using her for fame or to boost his own connections and career maybe she feels bitter about that? Remember she put kassidy as the support on her tour, it's a big change to go from playing arenas all over Europe to tiny venues around the town you grew up in. 'How's that taste coming out' This is a big reason I feel it's hinting at Barrie, cos of the famous 'my pussy tastes like Pepsi cola' lyric which she has said Barrie came up with. The story was something along the lines of him thinking allAmerican girls were magical with vaginas that tasted of Pepsi cola, I think this is quite a bitter line and again could tie in with the 'American' theme. 'He was seventies in spirit; nineties in his frame of mind' Going back to Ultraviolence I think two songs there that are about Barrie are Brooklyn Baby and Shades of Blue. Brooklyn Baby references the 70s and also some of the actual clothes/style Barrie goes for is quite 70s. In terms of the 90s frame of mind I think this is referencing Kurt Cobain, who they both seem quite obsessed with. Shades of Blue seems to hint that Barrie has some troubles with depression, something she alluded to at the time of the break up in that interview she did too. To me 90s frame of mind is referencing Barrie's likeness to Kurt's depression.

To me the context that makes the most sense is that the song is about Barrie. Here's why I think that: 'My baby used to dance underneath my architecture To the houses of the holy Smoking on them cigarettes' This first bit might be a bit of a reach but I live in Glasgow (where Barrie lives/is from). There's a small venue called Oran Mor where Lana/Kassidy used to frequent, which has really ornate architecture and is an old church - in 2011 when Videos Games started to blow up she played an intimate gig there and Kassidy played several gigs there including one where they covered Video Games if my memory serves me correctly. If the song is about Barrie that could be a reference to a place that was special to them, and also since it used to be a church ties in with the houses of the holy part. I think there's an early interview where she talks about spending a lot of time in Glasgow. 'You were so obsessed with writing the next best American record You did it all for fame' I get that people think it can't be about Barrie because of the 'American' reference but I don't feel like that means that it needs to be from an American person, just the kind of global success that some iconic American albums have. Also the 'you did it all for the fame' lyrics could be to do with either their relationship, or him stepping out of her shadow or maybe even to do with him leaving his band and upping sticks to the states - he clearly did that to try and obtain some musical success for himself and left his long term band mates in his wake, and I wonder if it's a reference to that. 'You did it all for fame Baby, how's life treating you now' From what I know from living here and hearing stuff through mutual associates life is not treating him so well. He's back in Glasgow now, last I heard living with his family (before he moved with her he lived with the kassidy boys). He plays occasional local gigs around Glasgow at student unions and bars. Nowhere near the life style he would of had with Lana and if he was using her for fame or to boost his own connections and career maybe she feels bitter about that? Remember she put kassidy as the support on her tour, it's a big change to go from playing arenas all over Europe to tiny venues around the town you grew up in. 'How's that taste coming out' This is a big reason I feel it's hinting at Barrie, cos of the famous 'my pussy tastes like Pepsi cola' lyric which she has said Barrie came up with. The story was something along the lines of him thinking allAmerican girls were magical with vaginas that tasted of Pepsi cola, I think this is quite a bitter line and again could tie in with the 'American' theme. 'He was seventies in spirit; nineties in his frame of mind' Going back to Ultraviolence I think two songs there that are about Barrie are Brooklyn Baby and Shades of Blue. Brooklyn Baby references the 70s and also some of the actual clothes/style Barrie goes for is quite 70s. In terms of the 90s frame of mind I think this is referencing Kurt Cobain, who they both seem quite obsessed with. Shades of Blue seems to hint that Barrie has some troubles with depression, something she alluded to at the time of the break up in that interview she did too. To me 90s frame of mind is referencing Barrie's likeness to Kurt's depression. Sorry if this would be better in the lanaysis thread I don't post really so not 100% on forum etiquette but just found the lyrics to the song interesting and there's chat in this thread about whether its about Barrie

I was just reading this review of her show and came across an interesting comment at the bottom posted yesterday: 'Interesting comparison to her song sounding like Beach Boys Kokomo. Saw her yesterday on a Beach Boy TV special doing some of the songs on Brian Wilson's album.' Anyone know anything about that? Here's where I saw it http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2015/05/sasquatch_2015_lana_del_rey_st_vincent.html

I know there is artistic license with Journalism but she really doesn't help herself on the fraud front when she lies about things that can be so easily disproved. There are so many photos in the public domain of her and her dad at all those conferences around the time of AKA why pretend she had no relationship with him for years when iit'sit'st"s just not true and there is evidence that she is bullshitting. She is just providing cannon fodder to those who question her authenticity.

Bonnie is a Scottish word meaning beautiful so if it is written for Barrie that would make sense since he's Scottish and all

I don't think legally she's allowed to play it in full. The radio will have paid to have the rights of the exclusive first play, that would have been why she was talking to the official looking guy at the side of the stage in Vegas and then was like 'I can sing you some of the verse' possibly checking the legalities of how much she was allowed to perform

11am sounds right for UK release time cos that's stupid Fearne Cotton's radio slot on radio 1 and she's Lana's bitch. Pretty sure they did an interview where lana pointed out that she was the first person who ever played video games on the radio which kick started everything for her so it kinda makes sense if she started this album in the same way if it's her 'new era' And also would make sense as to why Fearne tweeted yesterday (or was it the day before?) about how she had just heard Lana's new single.

Hi guys, first time poster so sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong section but this is driving me insane! Everytime I hear the piano bit at the beginning of this song makes me think of one of Lana's songs but I cannot figure out which one it sounds like! The closest one I can think of is Goodbye Kiss but there's something in my head telling me that's not it! With so many Lana songs I'm finding it really difficult to narrow down which one it sounds like and it's driving me crazy so what song (if any it could all be in my head) do you think it sounds like?