LaserKitten

I would guess Freak too. It's the only song on the sampler that hasn't already been a promo song or had a video.

I would guess Freak too. It's the only song on the sampler that hasn't already been a promo song or had a video.

I consider the full "Ride" to be the "Holy of Holies" at this point. But this is up there with the rest of her merely "great" videos.

That's amazing! Maybe it's the intensity she inspires in her fans - there may be less of us, but we are kind of crazy-smitten lol. And you're right about Marina, whom I also like, but as good as she is I wonder if she commands the kind of ferocious, frenzied reaction from fans.
 
(the meaner side of me thinks 'why would anyone line up to meet a Kardashian/Jenner?' but I won't go on)
 
Maybe it comes down, in a large part, to Lana's mystique? You can't fake or buy that thing that she has. Do you agree?

It's funny, I was thinking about this exact question earlier. The truth is, it's really difficult to be objective about Lana, y'know? There are songs I'm less in love with and play less (Guns & Roses, Once Upon A Dream...) but pretty much everything she releases has this layer of 'Lana-ness' over it that separates it from normal evaluation.
God, does that even make sense? 
Her official discography under LDR is actually really impressive, quality-wise...but I'm completely biased because I'm so fucking enchanted with her she could fart in a bag and I'd be swooning 

Yeah, seems that way. She's such a different artist now to the one I, and most others, first encountered on BTD.
If we're honest, there's nothing commercially appealing on UV or HM, when compared to the kind of music that sells big. But it's like she occupies this really unusual, almost unique middle ground. Good name recognition, infamy even, that most would attempt to spin into something bigger. I increasingly admire her no-fucks-to-give attitude, even if at times it's frustrating for us! Like others mentioned, there doesn't really appear to be a strategy, at least not a typical or cohesive one you'd expect from someone of her level.
I'm so curious to see what her next move is.   

Yeah, seems that way. She's such a different artist now to the one I, and most others, first encountered on BTD.
If we're honest, there's nothing commercially appealing on UV or HM, when compared to the kind of music that sells big. But it's like she occupies this really unusual, almost unique middle ground. Good name recognition, infamy even, that most would attempt to spin into something bigger. I increasingly admire her no-fucks-to-give attitude, even if at times it's frustrating for us! Like others mentioned, there doesn't really appear to be a strategy, at least not a typical or cohesive one you'd expect from someone of her level.
I'm so curious to see what her next move is.   

Yeah, seems that way. She's such a different artist now to the one I, and most others, first encountered on BTD.
If we're honest, there's nothing commercially appealing on UV or HM, when compared to the kind of music that sells big. But it's like she occupies this really unusual, almost unique middle ground. Good name recognition, infamy even, that most would attempt to spin into something bigger. I increasingly admire her no-fucks-to-give attitude, even if at times it's frustrating for us! Like others mentioned, there doesn't really appear to be a strategy, at least not a typical or cohesive one you'd expect from someone of her level.
I'm so curious to see what her next move is.   

Yeah, seems that way. She's such a different artist now to the one I, and most others, first encountered on BTD.
If we're honest, there's nothing commercially appealing on UV or HM, when compared to the kind of music that sells big. But it's like she occupies this really unusual, almost unique middle ground. Good name recognition, infamy even, that most would attempt to spin into something bigger. I increasingly admire her no-fucks-to-give attitude, even if at times it's frustrating for us! Like others mentioned, there doesn't really appear to be a strategy, at least not a typical or cohesive one you'd expect from someone of her level.
I'm so curious to see what her next move is.   

Yeah, seems that way. She's such a different artist now to the one I, and most others, first encountered on BTD.
If we're honest, there's nothing commercially appealing on UV or HM, when compared to the kind of music that sells big. But it's like she occupies this really unusual, almost unique middle ground. Good name recognition, infamy even, that most would attempt to spin into something bigger. I increasingly admire her no-fucks-to-give attitude, even if at times it's frustrating for us! Like others mentioned, there doesn't really appear to be a strategy, at least not a typical or cohesive one you'd expect from someone of her level.
I'm so curious to see what her next move is.   

She probably does and they have the power to put pressure on her, but at the end of the day, if Lana doesn't want to do it, she's not going to. She seems like the type who would rather be penalized by her label than do something she doesn't want to do.
 
We heard that there was a lot of conflict between Lana and Interscope during UV and I feel like Interscope has given up on her in terms of promotion and trying to be commercially friendly. I'm starting to think this really will be her last album with them.

Breaking: "Swan Song" is life-affirming and everything to me, go get your life right now sistrens

I love those random spinning gramophones like wtf is going on I love them
 
Also love the tuned headphones and the guitar thing with flowers. Can we at least be happy we got a decent music video? Y'all are so critical all the time give it a rest

The only upside to insomnia is when Lana releases something in the middle of the night.
 
The guitar, the hairbrush, the goofy 'kind of pretending to play an imaginary guitar', the smiles, the spinning gramophones...
 
She's such a weirdo. I love it.

Those pink flamingos immediately made me think of the Miami Vice intro.

The video is absolutely stunning and the concept SLAYS, but yet again, Lana just HAD to go ahead and make some "artistic" decision that actually ends up ruining the concept. and it's not the first time she's done this:
 
Ultraviolence (video) had an amazing concept, even though it's simple, it's really thought-provoking and the fact that she ends the video on the altar by herself in her wedding dress is so amazing, BUT, she decided to ruin her concept by recording it as a LQ video on an iPhone. 
 
Tropico was an amazing short film but the resolution of it is just AWFUL.
 
High By The Beach, again, amazing idea and love the message it has regarding the media & the paparazzi, but she decided she wanted someone sloppy to edit it and add random jump cuts and shaky filming. But it was "all for the art" so it's ok. 
And now MTWBT, another brilliant concept that would have SLAYED us all completely if it weren't for more than half of the video being in black and white, when the natural colours were perfect anyway!!
 
And the problem is that no matter how many mistakes Lana makes in her videos, no matter how controversial she is in her interviews, no matter how little promo she does, no matter how cringey her lyrics are sometimes, I always end up back here. Oh Lana sis you're so elusive and weird but I still luv you and you've got a lifelong grip on me even though I can't stand how many shitty mistakes you make lmao

Yep, super weird. The only things that come to mind when I think of pink flamingos:
 
- the film by John Waters/the amazing Divine
- kitsch (like plastic flamingo lawn ornaments)
- flamingos are odd creatures that usually stand, in water, on one leg, and no one really knows why.
 
What any of this has to do with the song is beyond me, but I kind of love it too?

The only upside to insomnia is when Lana releases something in the middle of the night.
 
The guitar, the hairbrush, the goofy 'kind of pretending to play an imaginary guitar', the smiles, the spinning gramophones...
 
She's such a weirdo. I love it.

Yep, super weird. The only things that come to mind when I think of pink flamingos:
 
- the film by John Waters/the amazing Divine
- kitsch (like plastic flamingo lawn ornaments)
- flamingos are odd creatures that usually stand, in water, on one leg, and no one really knows why.
 
What any of this has to do with the song is beyond me, but I kind of love it too?

The only upside to insomnia is when Lana releases something in the middle of the night.
 
The guitar, the hairbrush, the goofy 'kind of pretending to play an imaginary guitar', the smiles, the spinning gramophones...
 
She's such a weirdo. I love it.

The only upside to insomnia is when Lana releases something in the middle of the night.
 
The guitar, the hairbrush, the goofy 'kind of pretending to play an imaginary guitar', the smiles, the spinning gramophones...
 
She's such a weirdo. I love it.

Yep, super weird. The only things that come to mind when I think of pink flamingos:
 
- the film by John Waters/the amazing Divine
- kitsch (like plastic flamingo lawn ornaments)
- flamingos are odd creatures that usually stand, in water, on one leg, and no one really knows why.
 
What any of this has to do with the song is beyond me, but I kind of love it too?

In a nutshell:
 
_ They talked about her love for Paris and she said she was a romantic and that she loves doing these things you don't do when you live there like going to the Crazy Horse saloon and that she also was here the day UV came out last year and that it feels like a new start to be here _ She said France inspires her and when she met Yoan Lemoine they filmed a big budget video in Fontainebleau and that it prolly was her third time coming to Paris and she loved Fontainebleau it's a one of a kind city _ She mentions having a song called Paris that's not very in favour of Paris and she hopes the interview don't go check it as you still can find it lmao _ They talked about how she put out 3 albums in four years and he said that it's like she sings as she talks and she said she was flattered that he has this impression _ She said she had a lot of trouble when the first album got out with mixed opinions and she didn't really knew what to do anymore or where to go so she went back a bit and continue to write everyday as she always did and now she has this record that she really loves and she's just following her instinct and doing what she loves to do _ He asked if it was different to work for HM from the others and she said that one of the reasons she always works with her partner Rick is bc when they record together there's an amazing atmosphere that just emerges when they're together in the same room _ Sometimes she brings the entire song and lyrics and he continues to act over it with her friend Patrick at the ????? and Leon at the saxophone and flute  _ She's inspired by moody blues and jazz ambiance and she's always working like that it's the same thing for all albums _ They talked about how she lives in LA but coming to NY was her dream and she never thought she'd leave NY and when she was a kid she couldn't even imagine LA cause it was so far away and she talked about how Rob loved music and how she discovered Bob Dylan when she was at school who was living on Westford Street (????) and she wanted to go there _ He asked if she wanted to be a singer since as long as she could remember and she said that yes and she wanted to do musicals but then she got older and realized how she had to sing always the same songs every evening so he said that it's actually what she's doing when she tours and she burst of laughter and said truuuuu oh my god you're right _ She said she loves Phantom of The Opera and Cats and Cats is really a good one (translator says it's really the best one for her idk) _ Clara from twitter asked what's her fav song from HM and she says TLY "kills" her omg it makes her feel a lot of things and she loves DLMBM and GKIT and he says that she could basically say the whole record and they both laugh their asses off _ They talk a bit about HBTB and how it's the last song made and she realized all her songs were slow and long bla bla bla so she first wrote chorus and first verse and then add a bit faster beat and it came into its own _ Then they played the game where he starts a sentence and she finishes it and the first thing she does in the morning is pray, the last thing she does before going to bed is watch television, what she dreamed of being when she was a kid is prolly moving to the city, what she loves the most in her job is meeting people that love the art like no one else _ What she loves the less in her job is (and he says, apart from promo of course and she says promotion isn't that bad) terrible reviews lolol _ The thing she's the proudest of is her records, her lil discography _ Her fav meal is spaghettis in tomato sauce still _ What she dislikes to eat the most and that he shouldn't make her at all if he invites her home is Thai food, anything kind of exotic and spicy Blizzard lyrics teasss _ If she had a very last message to say to her fans, she's just so happy to be in Paris for the second year in a row and to have a new record and she feels very lucky and connected to us even if she's not with us and she hopes we'll love the album and to see us soon   I finally finished editing and I'm putting it on my masterpost under RFM 2015 September 30th

And their faces aren't shown...love it. Emphasizes how objectifying the male gaze can be.

Lana: [makes a cinematic masterpiece with real tigers and fireworks and it's all on Mars]
Lana: [compresses file, puts on 7 filters, lowers sound quality, cuts the screen in half] perfect