Lavender Sunshine

I love how elegantly she speaks and I LOVE that she has the choice to do whatever she wants and can say no to things. I feel like her stadium tour wouldn’t be good if her heart wasn’t in it, so I love that she said no 

did she said she refused to do a stadium tour? mother behavior tbh

everyone's already said it but most of the time people will be like "oMg 2o12 lAnA" and its just a photo where she looks relatively younger... now THIS photo looks straight out of 2011/2012 like I almost expect her to have her gold tooth on or something  maybe its the UK but she's looking really great I love that for her 

Transcription of her speech that I just completed:
 
"Thank you, and I'm honoured to be given my award by Jody Gerson, the chairman of Universal Publishing. Wow. I brought this up because I wanted to show you, I don't know if you can see. It says this was a 500-quid ad from my managers. I'm so proud of you and grateful for our 15-year friendship and journey together. That's 15 years of friendship from the same two managers. Ben Mawson, right there, and Ed Millett, will you stand up please? Music is hard but my managers have made it very easy. I love them. I love Jody. I have never had one glitch in my career in terms of my friendship. I've been with Polydor for 12 years and Interscope for just as long. Ben Mortimer and Steven Hallowes, thank you for being just like Ben and Ed, my dearest friends. It's amazing. I have so many things to say. Let's see. I mean, I was here 12 years ago. That's amazing. 12 years, still kicking. Not everybody is born with a passion. Not everyone is 3 years old and says, 'I want to be on Broadway!' Passion is fleeting. I don't always wake up and think 'it's so amazing that I'm still in music.' The muse is very fleeting and when those years happen it can be years. I just think to myself when I don't feel passion, what I'm going to focus on is doing a job well done and if that's not enough I do other jobs and then I come back to music and I just think that's really important because not every day is the same and one of the mottos that I go by is 'I can start my day over any time I want.' If I'm having a bad day, I start it over at 11:55pm. If it didn't go well then, I'd gotten an article written that I don't like, I think I can take a walk in the park and remember that I can start my day over at any time I want. Also, is Paloma Faith still in the room? I think I might have seen her leave, but I just wanted to say Paloma, sweetheart, that was such a good speech. I'm so happy you're here. When I had my first video out, you already had videos out, and I think it's so cool that she took a moment to say that and also, okay, a couple of things. So, when I came, when I started, I think a lot of things were written about how the songs were sort of navel-gazing and just about me and my experience with challenging relationships and now I think what we've seen is that those songs were not written about a small microcosm of people and women. We're seeing a huge amount of things written about difficult relationships and even when COVID began, the second epidemic in the United States was interpersonal relationship violence. It increased by 300%, so I just think it's amazing that female singer-songwriters have the freedom to write about absolutely whatever they want. It was always a little nerve-racking to think that writing about the relationships or maybe something that could be seen as self-gratuitous or feigning vulnerability. I heard that a lot. I mean, it is a very vulnerable thing not just for women but for men. I've learned so much in the past few years from my peers about having a challenging time in music, and like someone said my friends are doctors too, so it's not just limited to music. Okay. Yeah. There's one really important thing. So, 15 years ago when I met Ben and Ed I had already been singing in the United States for 8 years. They let me come live with them. I was up and down Kingsland Road for two years here. I didn't know anybody and I don't drink so I had absolutely no friends. It was really, really, really hard except for knowing them. I literally just flew from headlining a show in Alabama where my sister's children are from and to Louisiana where my brother lives with his wife. So, because of a lot of people in this room you gave me a career here which also allowed me to go back home where I had been trying to sing for at least 8 years. So, thank you for letting me be able to sing at the Opera House in Paris and also to go back to Alabama. It's amazing I get to go wherever I want whenever I want. I decided not to do a stadium tour this year because I want to go McCreary Country in Kentucky. I want to go meet the people. I want to say hi and have breakfast with them. It's not always about just going north and going to every island straightforward and picking up money at the stadiums. It's like I said to Ben, you know, after Coachella everyone kind of treated me like a brand new artist, you know? Like, 'oh, she's back!' I said it's like being in a new ship, but I don't just want to go forward and do a stadium tour. I want to figure out how to turn into like a glass ship that can fly, and I don't even know what that means yet, but I'm going to find out, and sometimes that means just stopping and listening to my heart and it's not always about music. It's about thinking about whether what I'm saying is actually matching up with what I'm doing. I could say I want to go on a long stadium tour, but in my heart what I really want to do is be with my family in Alabama and be with my managers in London and the people that I've worked with have given me the freedom every single year with every record. No deadlines, no pressure, so I that I have enough time to listen to my heart and be available to the people around me so I get to make music, and I know it's long winded, but anyways, thank you! Thank you so much!"

I love her little bow belt its so cute!

it’s so amazing to see people recognizing her work cause she really deserves all the recognition in this world 

I can’t she is so cuteee 

Born To Die you'll be always famous

London really is bringing out the BtD vibes  This crazy bitch is about to record with Kid Gloves

She went from slutty country cowgirl to sophisticated royal Chanel muse just in few days, her style range in music, fashion and aesthetics is somethimg what I love the most about her! In fact, she killed both looks 100%!!!! 
SO FUCKING CUTE THIS IS SO 2011 

THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF 2012

Deserves the world. 

Pls the way I would have bought tickets to the Boston show if I knew she wasn’t gonna do a stadium tour
 
But anyway lovely speech, very sincere, very long winded in the cutest way she has so much to say  Brb buying a house in McCreary County, Kentucky to have breakfast with Lana

The host just talked a little bit about her speech, saying she talked about dreams and that the message was about breaking through the glass ceiling x

she dressed to kill and people died 

oh this queen... thank you miss linda
LMAO they fully skipped over chemtrails and bb
OMFG HER DRESS IS SO BTD ERA

I'm going to work on transcribing her speech in a minute for everyone who doesn't have time at the moment to listen to the full 8 minutes or needs text to translate! x

One thing I’ve always admired about Lana is how she sounds so composed and intelligent when speaking , in all her interviews/speeches she always chooses her words so carefully it’s like she’s speaking in poetry 

cutest

Lana will be awarded the NMPA Songwriter Icon Award on June 12th!


Lana Del Rey will receive this year’s NMPA Songwriter Icon award. The 44-time NMPA Gold & Platinum certified, GRAMMY and Golden Globe-nominated, MTV and Brit award-winning singer-songwriter is the creator of a completely original aesthetic that has been emulated by an entire generation.

NMPA President & CEO David Israelite said, “Lana Del Rey defines being iconic. Her influence is felt across all genres and has inspired the biggest artists in the business. Her songwriting is deeply personal, and she continues to innovate – bringing fans thought provoking lyrics and indelible style.
s://www.instagram.com/p/C7US4Bau0pV/?igsh=dHR3dG1va3p5ZWE1

BITCH RUN GOOOO

I've missed her London era so much, America is iconic for Lana but there's something very special about Lana in London, like it's the birthplace of Born To Die

She is going to the Olive Garden Awards or something 
 
Lana winning Best Chicken Parmesan wbk

bitch I'm SO fucking ready for this album....