Foxglove

plenty of artists throughout history and before draw from their own experiences to share insight on life from their particular perspective. i know Lana herself has said she writes about her own experiences and stuff like that, so idk how much of her lyrical content is just totally made up. dabbling in various aesthetics to share your unique perspective i feel is different than "artifice." so the question does really become what everyone was asking when BTD came out - is she fake or what? the world may never know. what a beautiful full circle full moon moment or maybe im jus trippin from lack of hydration in this desert that is the NFR era

um hello its called self sabotage and unhealthy coping mechanisms alright who has the zip file (its a joke pls dont warn me, also how many warning points do you get)

oh god just punch me in the gut lol. like it's just a caricature for her to try on. i know i shouldnt feel this strongly about Elizabeth and her music but it's been like 7 years of LDR soundtracking my life now and im running out of songs to listen to. is it time to stan a new rich liar??

you know i think this is the reason why i am losing interest in Lana this era.. i guess when she came out i thought / wanted to believe that she actually lived that life. from her vague talking ab doing social work, living on the road, fucking daddies to get by, etc. i thought there was a genuine element. or i wanted to believe that bc it made her music meaningful. i dont know her experience, but the way i connected to some of her music made me feel like she must have understood some of the things about the actual tiring gritty way of life of the working poor and the street people and stuff, and how society sets people up for doom gloom and failure, even if you could be a hollywood glamorous pop star or whatever. and like seeing the way she is acting these days with her empty on-brand bougie friends and her cha cha matcha obsession and her lack of depth makes me think it is all absolutely fake, which sucks but is most likely true. and i have permanent side-eye for Lana as of this era. this is deeefffffinitely true for me, and its one of the reasons i connected with Lana's music. bc "sometimes life is hard" and if you can turn that into something meaningful or darkly beautiful then youre doing something deeper than just having a bad experience at life

ok i will admit i'm a little testy ab this bc i think How To Disappear is truly one of Lana's best, at least in this era. even if she's giving me straight up "ladder song" by bright eyes. i think lyrically, musically, emotively, the motifs of boys fighting and getting high and cracking beers, ughhh i-... it-- it all makes a sad bruised bowery bum faggot like me wipe the tears from my cheeks with dirt stained calloused hands while standing in a shadowy corner, before hitting the blunt and strutting back into the ring like "yeah bro im all good lets do this".. oh god i wanna say fuck NFR. but i need this album in my life, heart, and soul!!!

for anyone who thinks "blue collar Lana" is not a core part of her music and experience -- pls queue up my go-to Lana playlist for when im pissed im broke: -Velvet Crowbar -Children of the Bad Revolution -Queen of the Gas Station -Trash Magic -Money Hunny -Elvis -Pawn Shop Blues the good sis used to push a "trailer park princess" shtick. she has spoken candidly ab poverty / addiction / living on the road / beer / etc in her songs since before Born to Die. are we talking about the very same "Pabst Blue Ribbons on ice" Lana? i dont think she's being disingenuous with this. i think it's part of who she is. but hey, fuck the poor right? let's all just keep worshiping wealth and celebrity while the world burns! who tf am i kidding im on a lana del rey forum

she is a public figure putting her work out into the world (and getting paid millions to do so). criticism is part of that. im sure most people would think my art is trash, and i would accept it if someone told me. no one is obligated to like someone's art. i love most of what Lana has done, including the monologues in her music videos past. i shouldnt just say "her poetry is shit" bc its subjective. but i personally do not like it for the reasons i laid out - it lacks depth and only focuses on vague relationship drama. been there done that

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ok first of all... look if this is the single "art" it is trash. it reminds me of my NFR parody art with the same awful poetry book filter: so she curled her hair and put on some lip gloss? but also photoshopped a horrible generic "doin time" image into it???? she is really trying to push this weird crosshatch papery look... like why?????? her poetry is shit. all she talks about is vague relationship drama. theres no depth. she is intentionally trying to be in bad taste at this point. i swear, she actively wants to lose fans. second of all, about NFR, speaking of bad taste, we are talking ab an imaginary album produced by Jack Antonoff, who has worked with Taylor Swift and dated Lena Dunham. i think this is truly the epitome of bad taste. ive given up. someone please leak NFR so i can listen once then cut off my ears.

also Gwen worked with Sublime in the past, like on that song Saw Red

wait i thought Lana cant get the straight men crowd i mean, they're objectively vapid girls who think they're the shit................ like.... its just the facts

yeah fluxodite youre right. i meant "more queer" as in sliiiiiiiightly more gender-bendy than her typical hyper-femme persona. but youre right. shes not AT ALL, which is why i followed up with the "homophobic asshole" bit. it's really disheartening to see a supposed "gay icon" like Lana just totally trash us thru her silence and supporting fucked up institutions like hillsong and beverly hills hotel. up till Lust for Life, i thought Lana was deeper than she is. i thought she was satirizing like white girl culture, pointing out how its set up for people to be unable to live up to expectations, to try to find their worth thru shitty relationships with shitty men... but then i realized, nope my analysis was just my projection, and that's just who she is. and her trying to be overtly political on LFL made me realize she's ignorant af. im turning in my stan card.

skirtsandsuits blocked me bc i commented on her beverly hills hotel post saying she was basic, boring, and giving her money to gay killers. i guess money cant buy personality, style, or morals ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ok fine you can give me a warning point

Lana, at her computer: "ugh, these fuckin faggots are at it again"

omg it makes so much sense. covering sublime, which (even tho i love them) is like the ultimate stoner "bro" music, referencing RHCP (also typical bro music), going pseudo-lesbian-ish, becoming basic... it's all to get to the sleazy straight men. damn. it blows my mind that she's basically famous bc of gays love for her and then just casually is fresh out of fucks forever about us getting killed and disrespected all over the world. like. dont the gays basically decide what matters in the pop culture / fashion / diva icon world??? we deserve better. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

okay to swing this all back to NFR - i, for one, am a huge fan of Tomboy Lana. clock my profile pic. i am a huge fan of her saying "i'm your man" in MAC and using the lesbian pronouns in Doin' Time. i like that she's changing her look. that's her prerogative. HOWEVER - i am NOT a fan of this dumb bitch going to Hillsong, the Brunei owned hotels, or hanging with these basic af matcha saddies. it's like. on the one hand she's getting more queer, with various aspects of NFR songs. on the other, shes a homophobic asshole.

i would say whatever you wanna share!

Doin' Time is going to be Florida Kilos, pt 2. i can feel it in my bone marrow

you just described my exact same feelings. but im an exhibitionist and am just like 'well this is the best i can do right now'

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@@PARADIXO these are so good. i feel like im dreaming while floating in the ocean with nothing around but the water and sky. "Black" has me about to cry fr

this is really beautiful. it's giving me slight elliott smith vibes, but prettier. <3 im a cheap broke bitch (and also not v good so idk how helpful this is) but i use audacity and the free version of ableton live

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so into this idea http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/10680-your-music/