Jump to content

lamms

Supporters 2.0
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    1,327

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by lamms

  1. Posted

    10 hours ago, Red Dress said:

    Okay, enough of all this fake "insider" information that's been getting everyone's knickers in a knot...now it's time for some 'Real Tea - Outsider Edition 2021'

     

    Guys, Gals, Nonbinary pals, let me introduce you to my 'Grand Uniting Theory Of The Great Interconnectedness Of All Things LDR' in which I will attempt to persuade all of you that we have all been mere pawns in a real life social experiment, the weirdness of which surpasses anything David Lynch himself could come up with!

     

    Y'all have been sitting here wondering whether or not July 4th is going to be a real release date, when in reality, it doesn't actually matter. What really matters is what that date represents: America in all her red, white & blue splendour. Because 'Red White And Blue' is actually the key to cracking the Lana Del Rey code.

     

    We all know that Lana frequently references these three colours in so many of her songs, but there's more to it than that: these are how she has colour coded her album releases from BTD onwards.

     

    BTD is a 'Red, White And Blue' coloured album. It is dripping in American iconography/references and the photos/stills from it frequently feature Stars & Stripes flags.

    UV is a 'White' album. From the tee-shirt that she's wearing on the cover to the multiple references throughout, it screams white.

    HM is a 'Blue' album. Again from the visuals and also from multiple references

    LFL is a 'Red' album. It is a red hot, cherry, wine and jam-packed rouge coloured, if confusing album.

     

    Remember, all albums feature her mentioning r, w & b throughout, so don't be distracted by the micro, think thematically macro for this. Anyway, next we have:

     

    NFR. Another 'Red, White And Blue' album. Again with multiple references to America and another Stars & Stripes flag on the cover, this time it's a slightly different, almost oppositional version of Americana - the title itself being a tongue-in-cheek reference to Rockwell's wholesome, trad interpretation of an American era gone by. (And BAR defo belonged on a r/w.b album)

    COCC is another 'White' album. The first single being 'White Dress' and the white cover and many other references/images of pearls and chemtrails etc.

    BB therefore is going to be another 'Blue' album. Or rather the album that BB is going to be on (it doesn't matter either way, we're worrying about the wrong details here folks) is another 'Blue' album.

     

    Which means that LDR9 (whether it's already in production, has been made or whatever) is going to be another 'Red' album. That might possibly be something that plays into the RCS imagery that many have supposed. Maybe it WILL be more confrontational lyrically too, which is a very red coloured concept. But all this still allows for the possibility of a double 'Red & Blue' album for those who are holding out hope for a glorious twofer.

     

    But then that leaves us wondering what comes next. Well, I think that it could be one of two things. LDR10 will either be another 'Red, White And Blue' album that will see her first proper release and (what I believe will be) her last album bookended with 'Red, White & Blue' coloured albums. And I do think that LDR10 will be her actual 'Swan Song'. The number is nice and round and it would giver her just the right amount of time to then retire off to a Kate Bush-esque self-imposed sequestering, where she is able to have and raise a child. Whether or not she will get married first will remain to be seen, but in 'This Is How To Disappear' she talked of the cats and the kid in the yard. She already has the cats in place, she just needs to disappear in order to have and raise little Clementine in a blissfully remote location, away from the public.

     

    Or the final album LDR10 could take a different direction which may already have been hinted at somewhat. We've already covered how she frequently uses the colours r, w & b in her songs. But what's the other colour she mentions all the time?

     

    Black. LDR10 could be her 'Black Album'. Not exactly in the same vein as Metallica (lol) but it could be her moment where she finally lets loose and goes 'Fuck You!' to everyone who ever doubted her, criticised her or snubbed her. Maybe it'll be that revenge album we've all heard and speculated about so much. Who knows. I do think that either the final album being either a last 'Red, White And Blue' album or her 'Black' album finale are what the cards hold for us, if the LDR Code is pointing us in the right direction. And we've all been calling her albums 'eras' in their singular form up until now, but what if the era's were 2 separate movements, each spearheaded with an 'American' r, wh & b vibe album, with 3 subsequent colour-themed albums under them for each era. It makes sense being as she loves 3's. Her albums often have triumvirates of songs (like, there were 3 Lolita referenced songs on BTD - a book that itself holds a mirror up to America, via the eyes of both its emigre author and emigre antihero) - even a lot of her songs have 3 movements (verse, pre-chorus, chorus) But TBH she really just loves numbers and playing with them in general. She sees meaning in them and likes how the play into her overall 'master plan'.

     

    And I believe she's had all this planned out for a while now...showing us all sides to her, all her influences, all her musical tastes etc. Those first albums were big production, then from NFR onward the next ones are less cinematic, more introspective. The eras are a mirror of each other...mirroring being a trick the mistress herself uses in so many of her songs. And 'Burnt Norton' being an excerpt from 'Four Quartets' - a metaphysical poem by T.S. Eliot - also feels like her sending a message about her plans & schemes:

     

    "Time present and time past, are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present, all time is unredeemable." 

     

    To me this just speaks to the grand plan she has in place: the echoes/mirroring of sampling from previous eras, the foreshadowing, and the frequent use of repeated imagery. After UV dropped, critics were already panning her for what they saw as overused cliqued references; but if my theory makes sense these repeated references act like solid touchstones in a maelstrom of other ordered chaos that allows for a sense of continuity outside of coloured album grouping, number preferences and mirroring.

     

    I honestly think that most of her known career has been gamified. From the terrible vocal of that 1st SNL performance (which got her way more attention than a normal good performance would) to all the "leaked" songs that then never made it onto albums (which I actually think she leaked herself) to her 'QFTC' which stirred up a ton of attention, and now with the "selphies" era which again everyone is talking about. She knows what she's doing. Even the release of a song called 'Text Book' - which has old BTD/UV/HM vibes - is a total dig at those of us who keep saying how we want her to make more 'Lana-esque' songs again. Like "Okay, so you liked me better back then, well here you go stans!"

     

    And I think perhaps this all came into being in her mind after her original AKA album wasn't well received and she decided to use some media savvy tricks to not only create a persona that has captivated and confused everyone for a decade now, but also send repeated "fuck yous" to the media and music press and critics in so many songs in almost all of her albums. I feel we're all at the mercy of a genius who has been wreaking her "revenge" from day one and has reeled the haters in bit by bit, with her gradual shift in tonality, lyricism and structure. Starting off big, then gradually bringing us all around to the sound of AKA (with songs like PSB) it's like she's taken us by the nose and dragged us all around to the point where both we AND the critics/music industry are praising her for a sound she was already embodying right from day one. She done played us good y'all!


    It's a fantastic "How do you like me now?" moment that she foreshadowed way back in the day. Think about it. She was singing about how do you like me now I'm on the radio, on a song that came from her first proper commercial album to get a big(ish) release to the GP. She's already talking up how she's going to be viewed differently as she gets more hype, attention and airplay...at a time when she hadn't been in a place to see the good reception that BTD et al actually got. How does that work?

     

    "She laughs, like God, her mind's like a diamond"

     

    I mean when I put it all like that I know it sounds incredibly Machiavellian, but as a student of philosophy she'll be well versed in what that truly means. "Anyone can start again, not by love by from revenge, through the fire we're born again, peace by vengeance brings the end." <--- if this isn't a hint at what was to come I don't know what is. She wants to burn out not fade away and she's been hinting at that with all the talk of burning that goes on in all her albums. (Which might just lend more credence to the idea of her final LDR10 album being her 'Black' album after all.) That campy, witchy promo she did for LDR is like her overall approach to creating her entire vision which she has been set on since day one, just with a bit of tinkering as to what era consisted of/what coloured albums she put each song on.

     

    I mean it's dark sure...but it's just a game y'all.

     

    Anyway, thank you for coming to my TED talk. You're welcome. As with all great theories, mine will rely upon its being being tested and possibly disproved by the rest of you. Now discuss, my fellow delulus, discuss! You asked for some tea...now consider it well and truly served. 

     

    FIN.

     

    Turns out I can't type as fast as I'd like with my nails this long and my meds not yet fully on board.

    Serving

    tumblr_n7srw2i3YU1s1ghg9o2_500.gif
    Love these kind of conspiracy theories, wonderful write up 

    6

  2. Posted

    43 minutes ago, SlowGinFizzzz said:

    Just remembered the existence of that FKA Twigs x Dua collab that STILL hasn't been officially released. :defeated:

    I think about that missed opportunity a lot. Hopefully it‘ll be released soon

    1

  5. Posted

    23 minutes ago, daphnedinkley said:

    oooh yes! i took it more literally like she'd just been found wandering the beach (reminds me of The Ocean - "the ocean makes me cry" / "i'm in love with a dying man, i'm in love laying in the sand") and that's where she'd been found before being rushed to the hospital, although i like your interpretation better!

     

    though if we were to take the literal interpretation and do some hashtag Lanalysis, maybe a lot of things link back to this day for her? she's clearly a woman predisposed to mental health issues or depression, but maybe a breaking point for her was the day that she describes in Kill Kill / The Ocean, when she finds out she's gonna lose her lover and that she's "in love with a dying man", so she's laid in the sand until - as she describes in Wildflower Wildfire - she's taken into the hospital, sand still on her feet. :smokes3:

    Wow, that’s actually a great interpretation and point of view. It never occurred to me, that you could possibly link it all the way back to AKA. Really makes you wonder, if her fixation on beaches has also to do with that or if it’s just the vastness of the ocean and soothing feeling you experience at the beach. God, I love these singles and their weird mystery: She‘s so open and yet, I find myself with more questions

    6

  7. Posted

    4 hours ago, IanadeIrey said:

    Mike said “you all have at least one song on the new album” in his interview with Anthony Fantano. 

     

    So I’m wondering if that was Wildflower Wildfire and the rest of Blue Banisters was done with Gabe Simon and Zach Dawes. 

     

    Since Mike said they’re planning on working together for a while, maybe they’re now recording for the next album. Lana did confirm to that fan in Texas that the album was finished and she was working on “new music.”

    :oprah:
     

    3

  8. Posted

    10 minutes ago, Vertimus said:

    Can we assume that Sean is/was a racist? That seems like a huge leap. Why would he be attending a BLM rally with her if he was? 

     

    Also, look at the way she refers to Old Man River, as if it's a cafe, restaurant or bar, and, indeed, there is an Old Man River bar in Los Angeles. So they were, in the song, at a BLM protest near or outside of the Old Man River bar. Obviously, due to the history of the words 'Old Man River,' we know there's a double meaning to them being used. 

    He attended and posted about a Blue Lives Matter protest and his cop show.. well you can see for yourself how he reinforced racist stereotypes with it.
    Are we even sure he ever attended a BLM protest? The sheer idea, that she attends one, could have been reason enough for a fall off. 

    14

  10. Posted

    55 minutes ago, Honeyyoung said:

    FOR. REAL. 

    we never got to see a """""sexy""""" side of her besides the gods and monsters MV, and i wish she would take that ideia for a future work, especially with her current body, it could help lots of people with her current bodytipe to feel more comfortable :)

    *cough cough*

    feel like a parrot, but can’t help it, been obsessed since its release. the embodiment of that certain je ne sais quoi

    There’s also Shades of Cool: when she swims to the water and gets out.

    Then the way she‘s lying on the deckchair in Music to Watch Boys to

    HBTB… gotta stop :hawt:

     

    13

  13. Posted

    21 minutes ago, Contemplating God said:

    Me to all of you, who after hearing those three tracks, think we're still getting "pop bangers!!!!!"

     

    Please. please just put Born to Die and Lust for Life on repeat and leave the rest of us alone who don't need her to be a pop star

    oJuQxP4.gif

    Me to you after seeing first your status update and now this post about the fan demand for more „pop bangers“

     

    So let people dream? What’s your damn problem!!11!!!1!

    BewitchedConstantChimpanzee-size_restric

    God, I hope daddy Mike gives us some ?????????? good shit go౦ԁ sHit? thats ✔ some good??shit right??there??? right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my self ? i say so ? thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ? ?? ?НO0ОଠOOOOOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Good shit pop bangers

    11

  14. Posted

    35 minutes ago, Honeyyoung said:

    (…)
    since she's working with mr dean, i think it would be cool to see her doing something more electronic? futuristic in a way? lots of synths and percussion, an 80's fliperama vibe, kinda like after hours. 
    (…)
    whatever it is, i think it would be important for her to step out of her comfort zone! since nfr i think she has found her 'perfect sound', but it would be nice to see a change.

    So basically more Stargirl Interlude songs :trisha: same, my friend

    18

  15. Posted

    2 minutes ago, lanasbottom said:

    ok and how many of them are working with mike dean right now ? exactly :pls:

    That wasn’t the point tho. I was speaking in a general matter, just like @Crys10 was. :hottie:


    Anyways~ Melodye Perry served angelic and goosebumps-inducing background vocals and we need more of that on the album, by which I mean, that Thunder better be on it. If I haven’t cried already by the beginning of the second verse, her vocals get me every time.

    4

  16. Posted

    13 minutes ago, Crys10 said:

    Yeah, let’s be honest, it’s not going to be Madonna. Only Lana can make and serve tracks longer than 5 minutes. 

    I actually wish it was Madonna and she’d serve us Confessions 2 

    1601238795_Hnet-image(9).thumb.gif.5f44e

    Also saying, that only Lana can serve (nowadays) 5min+ tracks is very ignorant, because there are other artists than her. You people haven’t listened to St. Vincent‘s album and it shows. Her only 5min+ song, but an example of masterclass:

    Since Lorde is coming, don’t forget this exists:

    :umadney:

    2

  17. Posted

    26 minutes ago, ProstituteStares said:

    Not BB MV!!! Imma fight!!!:crazy:

    It had much more better visuals than White Dress music video (for me it has aged badly :crossed:).

    How can you compare the visuals of a 20s clip to a whole music video? The WD teaser looked like a cinematic masterpiece, but ended up being full of cross-faded imagery, which ruined it a bit :deadbanana: y‘all kill me sometimes

    18

  18. Posted

    41 minutes ago, Charlottexseax said:

    Ok I've been listening to the opening track, brutal, and it's really good

     

    I just wish she had played up more the aspect of the rebellious teenager and less all the cheesy love songs/breakup songs cause it could've been an interesting take on the whole being a teenage star

    Indeed, the ratio of piano ballads to faster songs is too unbalanced. I‘m curious to see, if she‘ll fix that with the next album and what direction she goes anyway (poppier or rockier, both? :dua:)

    As for debuts this year so far, I think Madison Beer‘s Life Support is the best one and would deserve the Grammy for it. 

     

    1

  21. Posted

    3 hours ago, glitch diva said:

    Does anyone have the cover without the stickers on her face? I saw it once on twitter, but I can't find it right now

    You don’t mean this one by chance?

    Spoiler

    E2PwPObUYAAHTp1?format=jpg&name=small

     

    2

  22. Posted

    2 hours ago, barttttender said:

    Add to that her ageing and getting full-figured, which america hates more than anything, her career is pretty much fading. 

    I am getting annoyed by this argument, that artists age and fade into obscurity (once they hit their 30s)? I would stop worrying so much about her „career fading“, when she just released 2 years ago NFR, that put her even more on the spot of everyone. She‘s had a big impact since BTD and other, bigger artists acknowledging that just goes to show how little she’s fading :whoopi:

    sorry if this comes off as harsh, but the ageism is really strong in here sometimes even though she‘s not even 40, which let’s face it, is still young. And to put it on America is funny, when Madonna dropped her best selling album close to her being 50. so much for that :mj:

    30

  23. Posted

    19 minutes ago, cru3lworld said:

    there's a hole that's in my heart

    all my women try and heal

    they're doin a good job convincing me that it's not real

     

    it's

    hEEeeEEeeeEAAt lightning oooh oohoh OH

    Spoiler

    JCQ582D.gif

    sorry :rip:

    6

  25. Posted

    Color Blue:

    I used to dream about people like you, now I don’t know why

    Text Book:

    Would smile at you and stick a knife in your back
    Finally I met you so I'm not wondering why


    Not exactly the same, but I‘m glad she still got some closure/found her answers :trisha: 

    2
×
×
  • Create New...