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You can tell by the swagger and the lips

This cowboy man I have never heard of has a wonderful voice, and she seemed perfectly relaxed, happy, and ready to show off her angel voice! She seems much more at ease with a partner there; her Coachella duets had similar vibes.

These two posts had me screaming and choking on my wine, ILU all

I loved all the attention to detail, like during the transition/intro to Ocean Blvd, that was the instrumental theme from the soap opera The Young & the Restless playing under the voiceover about the tunnel... a lovely way to connect that song with Candy Necklace ("you've been actin young and restless").

Beautiful, happy, confident, sexy, glowing! Mother left no crumbs and licked the fuckin' plate

Truth was told on this day: Lana at Coachella is the Super Bowl for people with depression

Like Billie said, she's the reason for half us bitches' existence!!!

Ugh, the "Jealous Girl" intro was one for the ages! Poor baby looked flawless but scared to death and kind of frozen for the first part...like the china doll of "Without You" in fact. I loved that the band played "West Coast" but...she didn't sing it. Instrumental and then backing vocals, with her back to the audience. She seemed to visibly relax with Jon Batiste, though--that man is pure sunshine, just the most wonderful energy. I wondered what she was saying to him before the song; he was making a concerned sympathetic face like she was saying "I'm freaking out and the audio is fucked" or something. She was disturbingly convincing when she whispered "feeling super suicidal". But she started singing more strongly and freely by the end of the song. And then she went for the pole!! Their improv bit was SO GOOD and she seemed way happier then. They made it sound like "candy necklaces" were either drugs or something sexual, whew. It's all they ever wanted. When she said, "sometimes you need someone else's spirit to move with you", that was so real. She was happy after that and totally relaxed with Billie, and they were ADORABLE together! Whew, what a rollercoaster.

Be aggressive, B-E aggressive!!!

“I am my only god”? The billboard is wonderfully cheeky, maybe the idea is her career came back from the dead after SNL tried to kill it?

I feel like I’ve seen the pink-purple-orange “sunset” colorway associated with Palm Springs a lot, so it makes sense for Coachella. None of this is my taste, but… she’s ahead of my time!

Yes, let's!

He really looked at his sister’s elegant poetry recited over subtle backing music on Violet, and chose violence instead. (Although to be fair, “there is no life before love” is very Lana coded; the Grants must all be romantics)

I laughed so hard I got the hiccups Lana’s like, welp, my bro did a thing IDK here it is in all its clown shoes glory

The Revenge of Lana Del Rey…

I hope she channels any disappointment into angry, awesome music. Lasso: The Revenge of Lana Del Rey I'm picturing the cover art looking like this but with a black cowboy hat on and holding a lasso instead of nun chucks:

I think she knew after not winning earlier in the day; I don’t mean literal spoilers, but knew in her heart. I thought so the moment I saw her outfit… this is just speculation, but I don’t think that was her planned dress. It looked to me like she chose to dress, not like the spotlight winner (which she DID dress as for the gala the night before, when she still thought she might win), but like the mysterious eccentric genius, the artists’ artist, too cool for a mainstream award but there to support her basic bee friend. I really liked Taylor bringing her on stage; that was right. Lana IS the living legend.

I'm confused but supportive! She's clearly going for a statement instead of generic big glamor evening gown. She's kind of giving young Helena Bonham Carter--quirky, dark, Victorian Gothic, absolutely in-your-face nonconforming. I dig it.

I lol'd

If they play “when’s it gonna be my turn? Don’t forget me” as she goes up in her designer gown to claim her Grammy(s), I will fucking sob You made it, Lizzy Grant! Fuck the haters, her mom, and anyone who doubted her.

I remember expecting the title "A&W" meant a cute song about root beer on Route 66 or something, not a genre-breaking Grammy-nominated manifesto about modern American womanhood. We've come a long way.

Try not to say Mother challenge, level impossible

Tile aisle...

I’m picturing something like her cover of Once Upon a Dream… or Blue Velvet. Cuz that retro sound suits her gorgeously!

Her voice sounds amazing but Unchained Melody was the big win this week! This one is… not fully committed to a direction? I would either slow it down and make it more Lanacore, really reinterpretating it, or go all-out country like the OG. It feels like something fun she’d do around the piano with friends rather than a single. A sweet bonus track. But Unchained… my god. Deserves professional recording and a big rollout. That was a Lana culture reset right there.