Super Movie

People who say Lana has yet to top Ultraviolence must not have heard any Lana albums after it because she's topped it at least 3 times objectively

The album gets better and better on each listen, even the unreleased songs. It's weird because I've known Nectar and Cherry Blossom for two years, but something about them now feels so new to me.

I've never been one to get really emotional when listening to music or watching movies or anything, but Hope and Old Money always get me for some reason. Bad Disease makes me quite emotional too

I've spent a lot more time with Blue Banisters, and I think this might be my new ranking: 1. NFR 2. Blue Banisters 3. Honeymoon 4. Lust for Life 5. Ultraviolence 6. Chemtrails 7. Born to Die/AKA 8. Paradise I honestly feel like NFR, Blue Banisters and Honeymoon switch between 1, 2 and 3 every day though, so take their numbers with a grain of salt

Lana's one of those people that's really good at storytelling, so for all we know, Dealer could be completely fictional. I don't think it's about G-Eazy, but it's just funny to think there's even a chance of that since her songs on LFL about him are kind of angry as well. Regardless, the way she was able to tap into that genuine anger for the song is astounding. There's so much emotion in the way she sings, and then she tops the song off with somewhat of a playful, almost sarcastic outro. I could literally write an essay on why Dealer is a genius song.

If Dealer is about G-Eazy then damn...he must've really pissed her off if In My Feelings, White Mustang and Dealer are all about him He deserves to be dragged through the mud though so I'm definitely here for it

I would literally sell both of my kidneys to hear Dealer live just once

Dealer's currently at #33 on Spotify's "big on the internet" playlist I cannot believe Dealer is getting her moment to shine like this, I love it

Unpopular opinion, but I actually like the rewritten chorus on TNBAR. I think her vocal delivery on it has something to do with that. But I do think the pre-chorus should've been left as it was. The rewritten one sounds kind of repetitive and like she didn't really know what to say there

I've been thinking so much more about this song lyrically lately. I always had a slight feeling that the BLM lyric and him seeing who she was was meant more in a "we don't have the same morals" way since I'm pretty sure that was right around/right after they had split. I think that's why that lyric follows "Maybe just the way we're different could set me free". Because she knows that they were too different in the most important ways, so it would set her free despite it still being hard to do. I think she had thought that Sean was going to be it for her if Blue Banisters is also about him. Generally, I think that Text Book is one of those songs where having the context in the way that we do makes it better. Having the nods to her relationship with her father intertwined within the lyrics that, to me, kind of entail the downfall of the relationship with Sean also add a lot of complexity. The whole thing is just so fascinating, I kind of want to do a line-by-line breakdown of the song lol.

It's starting to. One sound on there using the song has about 2k videos under it and some of the videos using it are getting over a million views. And like I said, right now it's the most streamed non-single on the album. It's kind of surprising, but I'm definitely not complaining because it's a fantastic song

It's definitely one of my favorite eras as well. I think it was because you could tell Lana was so excited to be making music at that time and she was first dipping her toes into the water. The fact that there's still so much we don't know about that point in time somewhat draws me to it too. If I could go back in time, I'd probably follow Lana on myspace in 2007. And the shoot she did with Chuck for the album is one of my favorites. I honestly feel like that's part of why I love songs like Black Bathing Suit and Dealer so much now because to me, they feel really reminiscent of that era.

I was so confused when I saw that Dealer was the most streamed non-single on the album and that it was getting a lot of positive attention, not because I don't like it, but because when it originally leaked so many people here hated it The original leak literally called it the "worst song ever". I'm very proud to say that I loved it from the start

I honestly think that the disservice done to Brite Lites and what might be part of why I don't love it is the fact that it follows Pawn Shop Blues, which I think is a hard track to follow. Besides that, though, I've always thought the tracklist was genius. The way that each track flows perfectly into the next one is part of what makes the album what it is for me. That PMIAM to Smarty transition...literally seamless . AKA as a whole has so many smart little details through it's instrumentals, you have to listen to it multiple times to notice everything. The only reason I ever would want an AKA re-release would be to get some David Kahne bonus tracks that didn't make the cut. I know that Axl Rose Husband (studio version) and Ben (studio version) are sitting somewhere on that man's hard-drive and I would very much so like to hear them

I don't know how unpopular this is, but Trash Magic, Disco or Get Drunk should've been put on AKA instead of Brite Lites. The Steve Mertens demo is fantastic, but the final version is kind of a disaster?? Like, I like and it's fun, but it's really incohesive with the album and is generally a track I'd survive without. The only part of the final version I really love is the "the film is fading look at me" section

The Trio is so out of place on the album but it's fun so I really don't care

Dealer vs Million Dollar Man

Black Bathing Suit vs Tired of Singing The Blues

I'm gonna go in order of album and do about two songs for each: 1. Pawn Shop Blues 2. Yayo (AKA Version) 3. Off to the Races 4. Video Games 5. Ride 6. West Coast 7. Brooklyn Baby 8. Terrance Loves You 9. Honeymoon 10. Love 11. Get Free 12. Mariners Apartment Complex 13. Hope is a Dangerous Thing 14. The Greatest 15. White Dress 16. Chemtrails 17. Wildflower Wildfire 18. Arcadia I picked three for NFR just because that album was so huge and influential, and this doesn't necessarily reflect my favorites, but rather what I think are Lana's most well known/iconic songs

Valley of the Dolls being considered at some point for this album is so interesting to me. I wonder if she saw that it leaked and looked into revisiting it

It depends on the song for me. Like, for example, I think that AKA has some of the best lyrics Lana's ever written but I also think that Blue Banisters does. And then there's a few older lyrics that just make me cringe, same going for recent lyrics. That was just a long way to say I'm somewhere in the middle on that lol

The first line of the album: "I guess you could call it text book, I was looking for the father I wanted back" The last line of the album: "I'll always be right here, closer to you than your next breath, my dear"

Violets for Roses vs Fine China

1. Text Book 16 2. Blue Banisters 14 3. Arcadia 14 5. Black Bathing Suit 21 6. If You Lie Down With Me 21 7. Beautiful 12 8. Violets for Roses 18 9. Dealer 19 10. Thunder 17 11. Wildflower Wildfire 17 12. Nectar of the Gods 16 13. Living Legend 16 14. Cherry Blossom 7 15. Sweet Carolina 14

Damn You is bad and one of Lana's worst unreleased songs I couldn't care less about the final version leaking (although I did like that alt. Chris Braide version of it)