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http://lanadelreyfixesme.tumblr.com/post/129280526586/abel-tesfaye-the-weeknd-interviewing-lana-del Relevant bits: ABEL: But one can still see your progress. LANA: My taste is changing too. Nevertheless, I know exactly what I like, how it should sound and look. ABEL: Is that the reason why you’re rarely working together with other artists? LANA: I’m just very shy, which is why it’s difficult for me to approach people. With you it’s different: I love your voice and your talent to find a sudden melodic turn for each of your songs. ABEL: You have always been working with different producers. LANA: Yes, but that in a limited way. When I met my Producer Rick four years ago, I knew in that moment that we would be working together for a very long time. It just feels right. For my next album though I plan to open a up a little and work together with more people.

Fantastic post! I love Honeymoon, prefer UV and she said in that interview with The Weeknd that her tastes her changing, so her next album will probably change. I also don't hear the boredom people are talking about...although yes like you and others have said, so much of the same, same, same in her lyrics. She has said before how her influences haven't changed since she was 15. Jesus - I think she said that when she was like 28... But while I love listening to what she says sometimes in her interviews, she is conformist yes. The conformity comes through in her solipsism, her problems with other women, thinking everything that happens to her is personal, her worshipping of men and stealing aspects of marginalised cultures, the latter also makes her boring. She makes up stories about her life--a lot of the things don't add up (I don't care tbh but to me it reinforces how probably normal and privileged her life is compared to the average person). I'm here for her and her music though. Good to see constructive criticism on this board.

Except hip hop has been around for just over 35 years. And twerking is from the South and not a fad. Tf am I quoting...excuse me joshuasean, this was supposed to quote someone else but can't be bothered to fix,

Thanks guys, leaked_version, Paperface08 and ilovetati! She sounds great on Kimmel.

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm it's a movie, M.I.A. sang it as well...Christ alive.

Does anyone know how much promotion Lana did for BTD as opposed to UV and HM? I know she definitely did more TV appearances - thanks for the info @ - and she cancelled shows during UV? But what else? I know she had more exposure because of VG. And had more upmarket mag covers etc. TIA

I hope you start to feel better in time. Do you like Carly Rae Jepsen?

Yeah, I get you. She is going to change with her next album. Who else do you enjoy that puts out upbeat music? I'm really excited for Janet Jackson's newie with the latest bop. I still love the album and it doesn't affect me like you but if I'm down, it's not the best to listen to.

I agree that charts mean shit but calm yourself - also heaps of people know who Leonard Cohen is...simmer down. She's released 3 full-length albums that have gained attention, is only 30, continues to stun many of us...no need to put down heaps of other artists to elevate Lana. (I think it's OK to criticise and compare overall but you are doing too much.) Time will tell. Also just for anyone else reading this, I get the enthusiasm here because I have faves whom are much more reputed and taken seriously than Lana and whom cannot produce a whole album where I hardly skip songs like Honeymoon. It's bizarre.

A few comments: 'Take this shit to Tumblr' 'Tumblr ghetto' - funny how people saying this are well aware of Tumblr - it must have quite an impact huh?...newsflash those saying this and are born after 1990, social justice or being passionate about social justice did not start on Tumblr or the Internet. And there are lots of young people who inspire me around social justice. Social justice is a strong part of art and will always be part of life - you don't have to engage with it but good luck living a life where you think it's funny that a whole group of people are bring stereotyped end denigrated and they are just going to sit there and take it. Can't be bothered to look up your handle but the person standing with a user on Lana boards and copying the hashtag...but um we should calm down, ok bro. Tumblr has done a lot to self-educate and meet like-minded people and spread feminist, antiracist etc ideas. We can all be interested in whatever we want but to pretend that Tumblr is a separate segment of society is naive. I see feminist Lana fans, not all of Lana fans are white and/or Christian or atheist. If you don't want to participate in a 'racial' conversation and someone says something Islamophobic or racist then be quiet.

Yep, I think she is so sweet for considering countries which are considered a bit far out because of her fans.

Islamophobic and xenophobic cunt - you are racist, the other posters called it. Islamophobia is also racism because Muslims are racialised in the exact way you are doing.

I reckon she is big enough to go there!

Some of her lyrics are shit but yeah her vocals are sublime live. Blown away by how she can go from low to high without much of a breath. She sings the difficult part of Ride very well. I don't understand being a recording artist who knows they can't sing a song as well live for eg Sia with Chandelier and Katy Perry with that first song from her latest...just don't sing the song in a high register in the first place.

That's fine if you prefer the BTD era. I didn't get into Lana for her look or videos (only watched them last year). I generally find her videos boring although I think she is beautiful. I don't really know what you mean by BTD was her main goal. I find it admirable that she works so goddamn hard on her art and works hard to have a great personal life. She released this album 15 months after UV...and it's fantastic quality.

Can I just say that I thought some people were just talking overhyped blah blah over the album? I didn't see the appeal of Freak and MTWBT, but loved GKIT, TLY, HM, AD, TBD already...and had only heard the UO version but listening now...this is heaven. I adored Ultraviolence but she has progressed overall like you wouldn't believe (except most of you have heard it). Also how lucky are we as fans to get this perfection a mere 15 months later?

Agree with you but a LDR board with stupid fucking stans (and I stan her but still criticise her appropriation and racist bullshit) is not the place. Oh oops! Lmao...yep those public high schoolers are much more racist than you smarties!

YEP!! It looks like she didn't sing Ride AND Shades of Cool...but if she sang Ride and Brooklyn Baby, it would make my life... Also she sounds gorgeous during Shades of Cool, thanks for posting!

Yeah I'm with technicolor, I don't really care about her videos. None of them are really interesting to me. Her brilliant music, which I listen to every day is what captures me. So it's nice to see someone else say that. Because a lot of fans get excited about the videos but I hardly watch them and haven't seen most of them.

Lana singing Fucked My Way Up To The Top in Paris, 17/7/2014 The crowd goes wild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk3xSd9m9bA

just had to quote all of this. I read this comic on Ayn Rand today and your comment is extremely apt. on the other hand I think it's great she knows how to end things and set strong boundaries. it's not a big deal. Julia Roberts used to walk out of interviews around 20 years ago when questions get invasive and now she is a pro with press and knows how to enforce privacy. i've read many a celebrity interview where usually a male journalist will whine about a woman celeb doesn't take his shit and the male journo takes it really personally and runs the woman down. I don't really see this here - instead he comments on her fluctuating moods, and his opinion of her is supposed to be paramount, but she tells him, I am confident...yes!