Oceansoul

Same thing a friend of mine was saying. What's the point? From what we saw from the north american NFR tour, most of the shows weren't that great. She was kind of unenthusiastic and looked like she didn't want to be on stage. Then of course she isn't singing live as much as she use to so she depends on the backtrack recordings in the background. Adding as well the god awful Laura Ingalls outfits...
 
She didn't look into it and I wouldn't be surprised if she's not at all really sick and said to herself ' I don't want to do this anymore...'  and cancelled the tour. 
 
In all honesty, who's willing to spend $400 on a concert to see Lana for an hour mumbling words, sing old songs, looking at dancers inappropriately dancing to songs that were never meant to be danced to...
 
I'm okay if she wants to go the Kate Bush route - release albums and never tour.
 
Because to see her doing another tour with BTD songs and her mumbling and bored on stage, it's better she retires from tour life. 

I think a more personal and public statement on her social media would be great, the one we were given was a little too formal and pratically just for business sake. A year ago she explicity said she would cancel shows on Instagram and she didn't even end up doing that, now an entire leg was cancelled and the way it was handled seems just distant.  
I get that she can be sick and upset about the situation and that she deserves privacy, but just a quick update note from someone wouldn't hurt.

That requires effort. Something Lana knows little about...

I never thot I would say this but I’m starting to get really turned off by her behavior, coupled with the last two albums being very lackluster..... I just don’t really get excited about her anymore, unless I really lower my standards. I still am grateful for her music and still love her in a way because I did really connect to her before and her music has been the soundtrack to some of my fondest memories but I’ve grown as a person and so has she and ig I just don’t vibe anymore. that makes me really sad, she literally was like the person I wanted to be when I grow up. She’s probably had the biggest impact on me than anyone else. But when I look at her now, that’s not someone I want to be.
 
I’ll always love her and want the best for her but at the moment... I don’t really like her

Wondering why people think this has some of her best lyrics....... dropped a pin to my parking spot , I’m assuming where she parked the truck she just bought in the middle of the night . Also the audacity to say kanye west is blonde and gone and then date a cop

I miss it.
 
I miss her entire look from 2011-2014. 
 
She just doesn't care anymore. 
 

she has those super crazy extension like ariana's
i miss the days when she still has a stylist 

^ She'll probably have a book out before our good sis

truly hoping that this cop dating, church going, trad wife-y bullshit is just another passing phase

I really need this album...
 
I was gonna say there’s no way she’d cancel it after already promising the proceeds to charity but then I remembered that whole starry eyed children’s hospital thing....

So that month went right by

@@PARADIXO @@TheBoss guys, please note that this thread is called "Unpopular Lana Opinions", not "My Embarrassing, Crackheaded Takes on Ethereal Masterpieces". Thanks. 

recently i started talking to someone who's worked with lana putting on her earlier uk shows! he sent me pictures of them together and one of them looked like they were from the iconic jazz cafe show. i'll let you guys know if he tells me anything interesting

At least she doesn't have to make room on her mantle for a Grammy; shit's already pretty crowded
 

 
#glasshalffull

Ahem....I think Lana’s album is better than Billies but I don’t think either of them are Grammy worthy

I will admit, I would like to be in a fandom where an artist wins for once. However, I don't live my life liking things based on what awards they get, so I'm not too fussed! It would have been a deserving win, but on reflection here are some factors I think of why NFR didn't:
Little to no campaigning from Lana to actually win the award. No interviews, long stretches on social media with no content related to the album, no TV performances or high profile talk shows to build and maintain hype. Is this her management or her? I'm inclined to think her. Shambolic roll-out of the album, including confusion over the singles. Venice Bitch and MAC weren't even confirmed inclusions until the track list came out, and at the time were called something dumb like 'fan singles'? The slow roll out of some of her strongest and well-received pieces (Venice Bitch, MAC and even Hope) meant they almost entirely dropped out of public view, and lead to an ineligibility of those tracks leads to none of them being able to nominated for Song of the Year. Norman Fucking Rockwell simply didn't have the same appeal. Also releasing the  Norman Fucking Rockwell was never, ever, EVER going to win song of the year. It didn't even have a film clip until very late last year. It wasn't sent to radio stations, and wasn't radio friendly.  She never sung her singles at her concerts. She balks at performing new material, and has fucked up with shaky performances live more than once. She didn't even perform at the awards. This is basically cementing the perception that she is still living in 'Born to Die' territory. Again, this is self-sabotage.  The title of the album, and the singles ('Venice Bitch', 'Norman FUCKING!! Rockwell', 'Fuck It I Love You') put prudes off, affected YouTube algorithms and search results on Google, and would have diluted aggregated results for the album due to the different titles (Norman Fucking Rockwell OR NFR! or Norman F**king Rockwell OR Norman Rockwell OR whatever else). The album didn't have the same appeal as things that regularly popped up like Bad Guy. The sacrifice of this title didn't really resonate with a lot of people and an artistic choice that probably put people off. The awards are rigged (discussed as recently as this week from the President of the Grammys), and most likely a committee was wanting to pick something popular to stay 'in touch' with current trends. It's still not 'cool' to like Lana del Rey.  Obviously she would be proud of the music, but apparently she can't even produce nice artwork for her singles, or format the titles of her tracks correctly. That really projects a feeling like she couldn't care less. If she doesn't care, why bother giving it to her?  Maybe controversially, it's simply not as good as her previous albums (?) and didn't have as many hits. While I wish she'd won, I think if she DID win, it would undeservingly absolve a lot of these issues that we were unhappy with during the roll-out of the album. If she is truly driven, and keen on winning the Grammy, then for the next album hopefully she will trust her managers a touch more, and we will see a refreshed approach, with a more considered approach to promotion and sensible choices. But maybe she actually doesn't care! (we know she does but eh). 

notorious lanaboards fashion critic has arrived (woke up)
 
everything about this look falls just a little flat. it's shapeless. the empty space at the bottom of the gown irks me since it makes it look unfinished to me. wouldn't even be surprised if the dress was unfinished since the tailoring looks wonky. the shoes are BAD but literally nothing about that statement is surprising at this point. the random stripes along the waist are not only just a weird choice but also really unflattering because they're fucking horizontal stripes. her hair is also a disaster in its own that's in desperate need of structural soundness and just some volume. someone save her please
 
i really like the keyhole detail on the dress. only part i fully like

they're horrible

the fucking thumbnail of justin bieber djlksghkjdgh churchome brings out the demon in everyone huh

I love it when we all work together
 
@PARADIXO @RormanNockwell @MXDH 

 
I miss her long hair and I miss you, Barrie
I miss her good music the most of all
I miss Dan's studio in Tennessee where she would go
Barrie's last stop before he went home
 
The threads were on fire
Lana's a liar
Jack really is a know-it-all
I guess Jared's not coming back after all
 
And it’s wasted.
Don’t leave, I just started a flame war.
And we’re faaaacing the greatest
The greatest meltdown on Lanaboards.
 
if this is it, im logging off
miss barrie the most of all
this thread just missed that lock
lb is on fire, it's getting hot
sean is old and a cop
stupid hoe aint just a song
oh the grammys are almost on

Anyway, we deserve nice things.
 

 
It was impossible to find a good quality photo of him at the right angle but I did my best

if this is it, im logging off
miss barrie the most of all
this thread just missed that lock
lb is on fire, it's getting hot
sean is old and a cop
stupid hoe aint just a song
oh the grammys are almost on

The threads were on fire
Lana's a liar
Jack really is a know-it-all
I guess Jared's not coming back after all

I miss her long hair and I miss you, Barrie
I miss her good music the most of all
I miss Dan's studio in Tennessee where she would go
Barrie's last stop before he went home

lmfao this thread is cracked tf out. Anyway Sean is ugly and I stan Barrie.