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She's well known as a nut job by now. I can't ever take her seriously lmao, and neither does the industry anymore. She's talented as a singer/rapper but after her countless controversies and erratic behaviour for years, her reputation precedes her now.

My favourite poem (along with LAWAITLY) - so inspiring and nothing short of absolutely beautiful. I love how she mentioned her age too (I remember a paparazzi guy teasingly asking her once what it's like to be 30 now and she seemed distressed and then cursed him) and explained her journey in learning to trust herself and accept that she's her own person, no copy. Some things take a very long time to fully figure out and I appreciate that she normalized a lot of these stressful concepts in her poetry.
 
A glimpse into her mind, 10/10

I love this poem so much. I've struggled with religion a lot in my life as it came between my relationship with my mom after her marriage to a religious (at the time) man, and our stances and outlooks on life couldn't compromise. It's still an uncomfortable topic for me and so being able to listen to a poem like this where I interpreted it in the way that I did and still feel so serene... it just read to me so beautifully.
 
Particularly, the lines:
 
May I never go where angels fear to tread
So as to have to ask for answers in the sky
 
But at least I won't have spent my life waiting Looking for God in the clouds of the dawn   As an agnostic person... jfgnjdkgjdkng I just feel understood, I don't know. And I absolutely loved the confidence with which she said: 
because I believe in the goodness in me   Because I do too. Sighhh. I just lovvvve.    I'm fascinated with the way that she thinks. I hope when I'm older too that I come to terms with a lot of these things. I'm so happy she did this. All of these poems offer something special, a little haven.

queen of hearts

Doin Time - Lana Del Rey 

She has soooo much talent, that much is undeniable. I loved her dearly years before the whole "incident" though I didn't know what to think of her afterwards. Hopefully she keeps on making music tho, that's what truly matters to me in the end. 

Selfish situations/people.

An acrylic Lana art block/plaque! I'm in loooove 

Venice Beach... 

Hmm so then the time really was location-based, though I'm wondering why it was on Apple and not all the other platforms like Audible. And then just one "single" on Spotify so far. Not another messy release... WHY 

The poems are just so long (in a great way!) it's almost like it's too much content for me to take in at once, so if possible, I'll probably dive into the poems early 

Official LA Who Am I To Love You preview, but a lot longer + snippet of the second poem

Pre-ordered the poetry thingsz - my body is ready 
Now if only this album would hurry up and be announceddddd.

All of this triggered me so I checked too and the first thing I saw was 39 mins (the length of the audiobook) which I freaked out at in my delusional excitement before processing 

I've only heard and read a few of the poems so far and I'm already satiated, like my brain is overflowing with emotion, inspiration and a bit of sjhdksgsfjg. I wouldn't even mind if this album is moved further into the future (not that I'm hoping for that). I'm just so happy, and soon, this album will be the cherry on top/final bullet

IM SCREAMING AT THE LENGTH OF THESE WRITTEN POEMS AHHHH 

Right? Society scrutinizes women for getting older, and then scrutinizes them when they go for fillers etc. to maintain that very youth that everyone's obsessed with. Can never win   I hope in the future people overall just let this go so we can all grow in peace.

Hmm I don't think it has anything to do with Taylor, I think Lana just naturally enjoys writing and making a lot of music and dropping it whenever/casually, like how she's talked a lot about her desire to do surprise releases. I'm happy she has enough creativity to keep making art, and hope she doesn't slow down 

While I enjoyed that side of her here and there, I also really miss that big and bold Lana sound.

I just think that since they didn't give her a grammy for the renown and highly praised album NFR, choosing instead to favour trendy teen music over it, that it'll never happen. It is what it is - at the end of the day, this one particular award show doesn't define her success and never will. 

"Plus I love Zac, so why did I..." not sax, I'm pretty sure.

I feel you. This feels like a whole ass album, and the quality... 

Yeah but she reads so fast that they're still going to have a long enough written length imo!

I thought she'd talk a lot slower. However, since the song lengths are the same, it means the poems are a lot longer than what I thought

I'd say that's pretty fair to say I love her 1989 album (an all-time fave), and while this new one is beautiful too, I also find that it lacked intensity. Like all in all, a bit too mellow/dull/one-tone sounding for me.
 
I really loved some of the lyrics though, they really stood out to me and spoke to me. I also found it interesting that she took such a different direction this time, and I enjoyed the aesthetics very much too!