drowning mermaid

Maybe we’ll get news when we reach page 2019, girlies

Wtf? Sorry about the bully, I hope you don't have to see her anymore?

Aww thanks sis, I live in a different continent now so the chances of bumping into her are slim to say the least.

Oh the memories...

I remember BTD was sorta ruined for me. One of my school bullies was obsessed with BTD and paradise and used to sing “my pussy tastes like Pepsi cola” all day everyday in her terrible voice so I started to kind of dislike LDR because of her. I liked the sound of the album and regularly listened to it but it was tinged with bitter memories of being bullied in school. An online friend of mine convinced me to listen to Ultraviolence when it came out and I quickly became charmed with Lana’s soft and seductive voice (not that I wanted to admit that to myself) and the album helped me see her past work in a new light as well.

Just because artists have the same audience members doesn't mean that the art and content they produce is the same or similar enough to note it. People are just capable of liking different things lol. Especially when it comes to more "alternative" music genres, some people are just into alternative period. So they listen to multiple alternative artists. Doesn't mean all alternative music sounds the same just because they have the same audience. Some people like things that are "different" or not very "mainstream". They are similar when it comes to those things.

Oh I absolutely agree with you! But Halsey, Charlie xcx and Marina are also not at all similar so I don’t how how we’re grouping them together but calling Lana a unique talent that has never been recreated. Mind you, I’ve never liked the music of any of the three artists I’ve named but they all sound distinct and calling them high pitched demons is a bit mean spirited.

I never understand why when you listen to Lana the suggested artists that come up are always Marina, Halsey, Charlie Xxx & all that shit. Even when you ask ppl for suggestions they say they’re similar and they really aren’t. I do like marina out of those but the only similarity I can find is they both have vintage aesthetics and their lyrics are from a sad girl perspective (most of the time) but even like that they’re different. Imagine comparing Lana to those other pop, high pitched, demons. I literally HAVE to scream or I’ll pop

That just means the algorithm deduced that Lana’s audience are the same people who listen to these pop girls. If she really were that different from these “demons” then her audience would be completely different from theirs, wouldn’t it?

Lmao I did the same thing. I even purchased the LaVeyan Satanic bible

Girl, I was one of those unhinged serial killer fangirls too. I’m so glad I grew out of that shit.

 

Now if only Lana learned from her experience of being in a cult and kept her distance.

You know, I always thought she’d roll the other way and try to be edgy by calling herself a satanist (like I did when I was 15) but this is somehow even worse.

It's not if you read between the lines of my post--I don't believe her PC-ism is genuine. It's merely a calculated response and appeasement to Gordan, etc. Therefore, she is attending a church that isn't in line with contemporary PC-ism. She's confused. She doesn't know who she is or what she really stands for or believes in.

Honestly? I was kind of disheartened by her comments on feminism. To me, part of being a good person is caring about other people even if you don’t know them, and that includes her fellow women. I see this as a step forward, pretending to care about the plight of others is still better than being proud of not giving a damn.

 

Also, as a quick aside, Change doesn’t strike me as political. GBA isn’t a bad song and WTWWAWWKD delivers a message about ignoring war and suffering and the political climate and just going on about your pleasure and keeping on to hope, it’s strictly hedonistic and isn’t in anyway PC

I think this is absolutely true. The media, which is dominated by the Left in America and most of Europe, didn't like the "feminism just isn't an interesting concept' remark, her Old School 50s look and debutante gowns, and her songs about feeling passionate for men, which the media interpreted as submissive, or as 'female submission.' 

 

This was Kim Gordan's direct charge against LDR, and Gordan, though Gordan's sera has passed, is still Alternative/Indie/Post-Punk royalty. Gordan's opinion carries definite weight in certain industry quarters. You might as well be criticized by Bob Dylan. 

 

So LDR wrote 'God Bless America,' 'Change,' and 'When The World Was At War' and other political songs she didn't include on the album, publicly came out against Trump, publicly announced she was putting a witch's curse on him, commented positively on the Women's March in D.C., etc. I think she did all of that to appease the forces on the Left that were railing against her for several years, she she was raised as a Democrat, as most of New York State is. She sort of buckled under and compromised or worse. That's where the early fire went, to my way of thinking. She put it out herself. 

 

And that's why I'm wary of the PC-ism that has crept into her lyrics and interviews. She's apparently become 'Woke LDR.'

 

This is... such a weird complaint. She’s attending homophobic churches. I think being PC is the least of our problems with her right now.

She couldn’t have scrapped it, it would spark too much outrage amongst fans. She wouldn’t be able to come back from that, it’ll cast a shadow on the rest of her career.