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Bird World liked a post in a topic by Surf Noir in Smiley Requests
some considerations for the next update...
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by Surf Noir in What would you want to see from a Lana cosmetics line?
i would love to see her release a perfume
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by racecar in What is your LDR Roman Empire?
How Lana in June 2016 went back to blondehood just for concert in Poland and then in July 2016 she had brunette hair
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by Vanilla Icy in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
she looks so uncomfortable she definitely didn't want to be up there!!111!
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by honeyslow in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
Ok I know it's nottt that serious but I'm on my lunch break running on two hours of sleep and I felt inspired to write a dramatic incoherent rant of my own to get some of my frustration out, read at your own peril:
I feel like this was a "last exit before the bridge" type of situation; it's a shame the Grammy's missed it. Not for Lana, but for them.
As other on this forum have so eloquently pointed out, it's a sore spot for the music industry at large that the woman they ridiculed a decade ago turned into arguably the most influential artist of her generation, spawning many of today's establishment-darlings. It's no wonder they are scared of her, and scared to reward her, because it means admitting fault, and that's never an easy thing to do.
Yet, one might have thought, twelve years after Born To Die's release, on the back of a career-defining, genre-spanning ninth studio album, they could finally have found the grace and humility to say, hey, we were wrong. To finally give an artist as influential - and historically controversial - as Lana her flowers would have been a good look on the Grammys, one that's become rarer and rarer in years mired by public outcry at the choice of winners for the big awards.
I don't mean to understate Lana's ability to reinvent herself and redefine her artistry time and time again, I'm certain she can and will continue to challenge our expectations of her in the best way possible, but it’s still hard to imagine an opus rivaling Ocean Blvd arriving anytime soon. This album is such a layered, richly rewarding listen for anyone who has followed Lana's journey as an artist: her barest lyrics yet evoke impossible emotions, worlds of meaning are hidden within the structure of the tracklist, the album morphs into then transcends the metaphor of its eponymous track.
Nominating such a body of work five times yet refusing to bestow any accolades upon it while awarding other, derivative, and frankly infinitely more simple albums and songs is a confounding choice on the Recording Academy's part, but it's not Lana Del Rey's loss. Though she keeps pushing ever forward, the culture at large has finally caught up to her— at least enough to recognise her impact as a generational artist, even as her self-mythology remains impermeable to many.
Lana will move through this as she has moved through all the noise that has surrounded her for more than decade: without missing a step in her unrelenting quest to offer up her soul’s truth in her music. But when your first four-time AOTY winner in history has to take time out of her speech to praise, in her own words, that legend in her prime, who is standing behind her in the shadows, empty-handed— you have to realise you've abjectly failed as a committee whose stated aim is to recognise "outstanding" achievements in music.
Lana will probably win a Grammy one day, but it will ring hollow when she does. The moment of redemption has passed.
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by Embach in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
The more I'm thinking about it, the more my head starts aching I got over LFL and NFR snubs pretty quickly but I don't know how am I going to get over that one, like 5 snubs. It's like a break-up. I just was very confident that she was going to win. What are the chances that she's going to be nomimated for American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards?
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by unidentified dragonslayer in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
I was so sure she was going to win at least ONE grammy but wow….
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Embach liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
NOOOOOO
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by blackenedrussianpoetry in Instagram Updates
I just wanna say i miss lana ig post and videos from LFL/2017-2018 : )
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Crazy for You liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
I'm going to sleep rn and I hope I will see her with a shiny Grammy when I wake up
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by Morningcrow in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
Said every grammy voter.
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DEMONDELREY liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
tbh I'm just gonna wait to see her on the red carpet and I'm going to sleep
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honeymoon is alive liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
tbh I'm just gonna wait to see her on the red carpet and I'm going to sleep
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mssainttropez liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
tbh I'm just gonna wait to see her on the red carpet and I'm going to sleep
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by Ultraviolencequeen in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
Hope is a dangerous thing…
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The Sun Also Rises liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
i'm shaking from stressssssss
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taco truck liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
i'm shaking from stressssssss
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honeymoon is alive liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
i'm shaking from stressssssss
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DEMONDELREY liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
i'm shaking from stressssssss
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Bird World liked a post in a topic by one time beauty queen in Grammy Awards 2024 - Lana Del Rey Nominated for 5 Awards
me and emotional support plushie getting through this together
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stupidapartmentcomplex liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Lana Del Rey for the SKIMS Valentine’s Day Collection (Nadia Lee Cohen)
People act like they are married when Lana didn't even seem interested in recording that snow song
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bluedealer liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Lana Del Rey for the SKIMS Valentine’s Day Collection (Nadia Lee Cohen)
People act like they are married when Lana didn't even seem interested in recording that snow song
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Coloringbooks liked a post in a topic by Bird World in Lana Del Rey for the SKIMS Valentine’s Day Collection (Nadia Lee Cohen)
People act like they are married when Lana didn't even seem interested in recording that snow song