PARADIXO

"deadly nightshade" and ending with "i'm in love" repeated. 

Bro... Define iconic...

Saint Jack thanking himself

May I just say that I love the lines "But you haven't seen my man" musically...

Bro... Define iconic...

The bad typography/TV screen filter is throwing me off so bad

Because Lana's not obsessed with death or dead celebrities... 

Even though I am not a big Cat Power fan, I have to agree on the point that Lana's lyrics aren't the deepest ones. She has good ones, but yeah, most of her songs lyrically turn out the same, although she is indeed good of "crafting" the lyrics to sound wonderful in the context of the song. This doesn't make these songs less relatable, but if I compare her to  (more recent) songwriter artists like Marina or Florence, I have to admit that Lana is not THE source of innovative lyrics. Even songs that are said to be "personal" often come out sounding quite ... well, "what Lana does" like. That is nothing i dislike, but it's a fact. At least when it comes to everything she officially released. For example almost everything is about love and depending on a partner. Judging from the unreleased content, I would say that AKA is definitly more indie concerning sound AND lyrics (indie does not always mean big lyrics). May Jailer ... well, the songs really always tell a kind of story and have more content than most of her BTD and UV songs. There are other unreleased songs which are not that "song-writer"-y as the May Jailer era but somehow seem more complex, because they have lots of metaphors etc. (Last Girl On Earth).
 
Still, Lana songwriter wise is definitly above the average level in my eyes.

ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS FINALLY FUCKING HERE

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BRAND NEW INTERVIEW WITH ME TALKING ABOUT MY NEW SINGLE!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7fbSYN69z8
 

...Well I didn't have a negative opinion and would basically agree with you, therefore I don't even know what you're talking about or why every post references me...
 
#IMPACT, I guess
 
 
Well I am loving the whole ultra-gay white boy rapper thing you've got going in these songs (not negating the other songs, because I haven't come across one that I didn't like) more than I ever thought I might, so I'm showering Queen Banks with my gratitude You both have kinda drag-queeny references, that's enough to sell me on basically anything

You say that you wanna go to a land that's far away
 
I hear
 
You say that you wanna go to Milan - that's far away!
 
every. single. time.

It's Roses.

Here's a Lana Del Rey concert poster in the style of the amazing Alphonse Mucha (and some psychedelic/Woodstock/Victor Moscoso posters). Who doesn't love a little bit of art nouveau? A little quick piece I worked on tonight, couldn't sleep/didn't want to so I ended up working on this, half for fun and half for class (graphic design art history course means lots of studying art nouveau & art deco pieces) and thought I'd share it. View the glorious full size image
 

Yeah her set lists are terribly boring these days. Variety is the spice of life and tbh I wouldn't pay to see her sing a song the same boring way she has for over two years lol.

Pretty much, with an occasional cover or UV track thrown in. So far, I think the only UV tracks she's performed at concerts are "West Coast" and "Ultraviolence." (Has she done others?) I'd love to see her perform some of the lesser-known tracks from BTD, like "Lucky Ones." She's done "Radio" a few times, and occasionally does "Dark Paradise." I also haven't heard her perform "Blue Velvet" from Paradise very often, though it's a more common one. I'd love to hear "Old Money" from UV, too. She sang part of it a cappella once, but that's the only time I'm aware of.

For me Ultraviolence presents the same character or persona but in a different light. To genuinely understand this album and its different facets and ambiguities you need to understand what came before that - we wouldn't have this record if it wasn't for Born to Die. This album sounds more an Act 2 or a continuation than anything she ever released ( even more than Paradise). There are this obviously contrast thematically where she's no longer the hopeless romantic that believed that not even death could separate her from her love. In the first line of the record she sounds defeated and this sad perspective continues for all songs. Even though thematically she is all over the places in this record she still build somehow a coherent work as a whole.  
The other aspect is the conscious decision to put so many ambiguous lyrics to attack the ones who attack her and at the same time to defend  her of the critics. She goes further and further on the themes she worked before, she took everything it was said about her and decided not to deny but it takes as truth. Only to affirm: 'this is my show'. AND THIS IS JUST GENIOUS. Feminism? Bullshit, she gives them a song with the most non-feminist lyric of all times. Isn't she a sell out? Yes because she only  wants Money, Power and Glory. You guys need to enjoy the album for what it is:   "Ultraviolence has an air of "HI HATERS" drizzled out in gasoline, and an immaculately-manicured finger flicking a cigarette in slow-motion onto the ground."     
This just sums up the record so fine (thank you Zoladz for this)

You have angry feelings towards others, like the after light app and love beautiful quotes

Educate ha, bro! 

She obviously wanted to achieve a different mood for UV. While BTD is almost perfect, overproduced and 'crisp' like you mentioned, UV is grungy, heavy and it's fantastic. You shouldn't even compare her BTD vocals to these cause her delivery is meant to represent her current state of mind: dark and moody. Things aren't even clear to her, why would her voice be clear to us? She even said they used cheap microphones to record some of the songs...
 
So chill out, her vocals aren't as bad as you're making them seem.

I heard a snippet of Kill Kill on a indie playlist and immediately fell in love. I got her whole retro vibe right away and had to know more about her. It was a couple weeks after she had just put out the Lana Del Ray album and before she yanked it from itunes. I remember going on youtube, watching her videos and wondering if some fan edited them. After watching Yayo, I was completely under her spell. I downloaded the whole album then.

Video Games in September 2011, but I didn't pay enough attention to it. Then, in June 2012, I searched for "Lana Del Rey" on YouTube and I listened to Born to Die (song), I deeply fell in love. It was such a strange and beautiful feeling. The next songs were Million Dollar Man, National Anthem, Money Hunny, Carmen (I was really obsessed with this one) and when I first heard Blue Jeans, good-fucking-bye, I became a fan. The chorus made me feel something that I have never felt before. Wonderful.

First of all, LanaBoards, stop voting in people who are gonna skip out on their interviews smh. But we've returned from an off month with the ever enchanting caps-locked ULTRAVIOLENCE! Rivaling even @@Jack in causing a stir and bickering with members, he certainly keeps us active. Currently taking bets on how many times "Cola," "West Coast," and the Ultraviolence cover will come up in this interview. Love him or hate him, SitarHero has the DEFINITIVE scoop!
 
Also know that wherever there's a full paragraph in this interview there was originally a block of emoticons. God love you @@Ultraviolence
 
Member of the Month (September): ULTRAVIOLENCE
 

 

Video Games in September 2011, but I didn't pay enough attention to it. Then, in June 2012, I searched for "Lana Del Rey" on YouTube and I listened to Born to Die (song), I deeply fell in love. It was such a strange and beautiful feeling. The next songs were Million Dollar Man, National Anthem, Money Hunny, Carmen (I was really obsessed with this one) and when I first heard Blue Jeans, good-fucking-bye, I became a fan. The chorus made me feel something that I have never felt before. Wonderful.

FINALLY!