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Wow it's very unpopular lol But it's interesting to have opinions like yours, tastes are different in each person.

I use the photo of the knees as an alternative cover (demos) and it is true that it is magnificent. The photo of Lana with the flowers is sublime, iconic but does not represent the album, it's more of a general photo. Anyway, this is my opinion. The original one, I find it perfect with the black and white, and Lana sad coming out of her old Mercedes, I find that it corresponds to the sadness of Ultraviolence: a woman who has lived a more tormented journey than Born to die .

These are records that I didn't like at all, apart from a few songs on BB, but I like your perception when you say that you made playlists of songs that were soft, discreet and less intense than the others, with a touch of Sirens. I didn't see these discs like that and I find that comforting.

Real in this post, that's what I thought It's true and it marked me the way she had been treated badly by the media (plastic girl, bad at singing, a puppet). I thought she put out a fucking good and conceptual album at the same time, and that's how the media treats her? I was pissed because I was afraid that she would stop her career lol It was really rough. But I think since the end of the Paradise era, and since the beginning of UV she has gained credibility, and more and more every year. In 2022 she has never been so acclaimed loved and respected. In fact, despite her difficult beginnings, I'm surprised to see how well she succeeded afterwards, in being a reference, in continuing to be relevant. She's handled it pretty well despite not releasing any major albums in a few years. Almost everyone knows her, at least one of its songs. She has prestigious contracts, films, fashion, tours that are very full... In fact she has a really big status in 2022: people no longer shout Lana like the hesitant newbie artist but they shout Lana like they would see Britney Spears or Amy Winehouse, she has become an acclaimed and highly anticipated musical icon with each album. She had a trauma during this period and that is understandable, but water has flowed under the bridge and today I don't see how she could complain because she has become an artist that many people want. Her beginnings did not slow her down in her musical conquest, and that she can be proud of because it is not the case for everyone.

A B-side album with a superiority to other albums Do this to BTD & UV at least it would be consistent

Glad you can like it! You will definitely like her album. Happy learning French, it's not an easy language! I will try to improve my poor english too haha

I really like her old photos . She's so beautiful, and everyone is okay with that. She has a beauty that reminds me a little of younger Dominique Swain (on the pictures where she is 12 years old), she has a lolitesque thing. The prom shots are beautiful, but I wouldn't have recognized her face right away, I think the hairstyle changes a person a lot. For her face, I realize that when she started out, she didn't do that much surgery apart from the lips and the nose which she refined. It's not shocking when you see the pictures of her when she was younger, makeup played an impressive role. I have the impression that she assumes much more of her "her" from before now. She clearly changed her face more after Lust for life, sometimes excessively, but for some time now she's been trying to become more natural again and it's much better. I hope she reveals even more old shots, it's fascinating to watch. And Lizzy's of course.

I'm French but unfortunately I don't listen to French indie artists a lot, but there are some tracks that are pretty good: L'impératrice ('Matahari' album) which is well produced, 404 is I really like this track. Then I put you some recommendations that may interest you: I believe they all released an album, you can look at that on Discogs and see their recommendations, often it can lead to little bands here and there... Bandcamp can help too.

I think Lana's songs don't have very deep sadness in the lyrics, but the mood, vocals and instruments make them very sad for some tracks. And if the memories, a disappointment, a death or something comes to be grafted on it, it becomes difficult to listen. For my part it is a large part of the album Honeymoon, which reminds me of a really difficult period, I had others but this disc it took me more than 5 years to listen to it without feeling bad. Honeymoon is really sad, hard to hear but I force myself to listen to it in adequate conditions and it's really a very beautiful song and I'm starting to make peace with, High on the beach and Religion. An unfinished summer. Video games makes me cry every time I hear it especially the chorus. Life goes by. Young and beautiful too. Because I think I will die more or less young. I try to get away from her music but she is like a magnet, it relieves me and hurts me at the same time. I try to shut myself up less in his records and do something else on the side. Her music is so good, so I take it more lightly, and that's the best thing to do. (sorry to tell my life but everything is linked, her music all that)

Kid Cudi is still good at writing and making impactful sounds. This album is a masterpiece and the 2nd of a high level.

Natalia Kills is such a mess... She had a lot of talent, style and her 2 albums in Natalia's name were little pop perfections. Mirrors comes back often. Her album under her real name is great too. Cruel Youth was a great project, it adapts to all musical genres. I don't know where the rest of it is, years we've been waiting for, the songs released aren't bad at all. But what to say? She killed her career, I don't know if she will be able to release music like before. I think we will have to settle for leaks and an album that will be released in 10 years.

You said it all ! Born to die is something but it wouldn't be complete without its adult evolution: Paradise, an absolutely perfect world. A poisonous, dark and dangerous journey. This album is incredible, the musical quality, the atmosphere... A real movie soundtrack. Lana and her beauty. Lana and atypical men. Ride and his American trip full of freedom. Tropico this masterpiece! Why is this trilogy never quoted and never awarded? She should not be forgotten. Cola will always remain my favorite, it's musical perfection, an inspiring particular atmosphere, but the rest is fantastic, beautiful and superbly well constructed. So much emotion, excitement listening to this album, I could never do without it. Who makes albums of such quality? Bigger world. I don't think Paradise is overproduced, nothing gets old. For me it came out yesterday. I love this so much, not enough words to describe that. Glad to see people still liking it years later, it doesn't get too much love even though it's a masterpiece of Lana's discography. And yeah Blue velvet is a fantastic cover!

She set the bar very high and I agree with your comment that it will make a good household on the radio waves ! I had taken off quite a bit since her ultra-luxurious R'n'B phase, queen of the world and grating of Lemonade which was a more painful repetition of 'Beyoncé' (in my opinion), and her other projects which were too repetitive, we could no longer distinguish what she was doing because everything looked the same. She had lost me. I'm not going to say that it's a natural Beyoncé who lets herself go here but the dancing album is very pleasant to listen to. There are good well-constructed influences, well-integrated samples, all in a minimalism that reminds me of Beyoncé that I really appreciated. The album is very good. It is clear that the trend of good albums like this has to come back. The radios have been flooding us with shit for years, it has to stop.

Are you a newer fan, or have you known about her for years now? Fan since August 2011, I cried a lot when Amy died and Lana arrived afterwards, I took refuge in her. An article from a music site had presented her as a "new artist who is making the buzz this week", I thought that she would be an artist not very interesting but that I will listen to see because I had no more homework to do and then... Video games was like love at first sight, I can't explain. I remember sitting in front of my computer and not talking until the end. I knew from this video which relates to memories, this homemade, this voice, this melancholy that Lana was gold, she already had a great mastery. I classified it immediately among the great ones. I did not doubt for a moment, I knew she would follow me all my life. Has your interested grown, or dwindled? I'm not going to lie, I'm disappointed with her albums and her projects since Lust for life. But my interest in her does not diminish because she is fascinating. I like to know what she is doing, where she is going, the meaning of her songs, her lyrics, her life. Her life is connected to music and I really like that. If I remain faithful it's because I still hope that she will make an album with BTD, UV, a bit of HM and LFL. On the other hand since NFR!, I haven't listened to her projects more than 5 times (except Wildflower Wildfire, Blue Banisters and Text Book which I like), the rest is anecdotal. But I wait. For example these latest shoots are the best in a long time, so it's not lost. Every news of her is cool. Where are you now in your fan journey? I don't really know... I can't say I'm what you call a fan because I never bought anything from her and I never got the chance to see her in concert. The only thing I bought from her is the Born to die album (although I almost bought Paradise and UV on vinyl - damn nice boxes! - I wish I had because they didn't were no longer available a few weeks later). But I think the material is nothing. I have immense respect for her work and her journey, all the creativity she can give. So I'm a fan of the shade, it doesn't prevent having an unlimited admiration for what it can do.

I still love Cry Baby, which is a really successful, researched, wanted, produced record, I think that in a few years it will become a little classic of Pop music. As for the rest of Melanie's career, I find it difficult to project myself, I can't know what she will be doing in a few years... Will she keep her universe? K-19 was really below CB and After School was good without shining. I find it hard to see her in 5 years with this pretty rosy universe and singing about school, I like it but one day it will get stuck. I've skimmed over his news a bit this year and the leaks that have leaked don't have a lot of sparkle compared to Cry Baby, which was strong and striking. I hope she goes into darker sounds, like Mad Hatter or great sounds like Soap, those little arrangements that made her songs quite unique. Her last projects were a fiasco, she should think less big and make a really good solid album, she can do it.

Unfortunately, I'm not surprised that this kind of thing happens to Lana. I like her closeness to people and it's fabulous that a singer of her caliber does it but I'm always a little afraid for her when she does it, I know she likes the taste of risk and places popular to everyone, but its popularity is growing year by year and now it is time for it to be less accessible. In addition, she has a very obsessive universe, with her gestures, her voice, her gentleness, her closeness, it's a "nice" profile that attracts this kind of unbalanced person and she will still have many others because she has created a great aura with her music. I know she wants to be free but she should be careful to remain discreet and increase her security. I don't know what year, it must have been 2013... she had come to Paris in a poor neighborhood, to a flea market with no security or anything. At the time there were not so many problems but today it would be really risky for her to walk around alone given all the attacks that this city is undergoing. Oh her house in Malibu I remember it well, it was so beautiful and it was sad when she sold it because she had found her corner of paradise. And I also think that she is too well known in LA, she should change town and come there discreetly.

It's exactly that. It's infinite and luck means that we inevitably come across a piece of the puzzle.

Interesting topic. I don't know either and it intrigues me. With each leak, I wonder how it can be possible that such a well-known artist and therefore with a lot of financial means can continue to have works stolen, Lana needs to invest in a safe and hard drives with code . But that's also why we love it, this messy generosity. But I guess there are several options: - Either Lana discloses them herself (Honeymoon and Hope...) for the videos are the proof, she can very well make anonymous YT accounts to disclose but we know that the songs go mainly through Honeymoun, so it's not not her - Her hard drive was stolen, but the leaked songs are sometimes after this incident so it's other people - Lana's entourage isn't secure enough and that's a problem - These people are in direct contact with Lana and since she is cool, she must say yes or no if he asks her for disclosure - Hackers can do absolutely anything on the Internet - The backdoors of the internet, I know there are loopholes and things are easier than you think to get things you want, old blogs, old mp3 sites, archives, a ant work. I managed to find very controversial stuff about a French celebrity, these cases were blocked by people newspapers, everything is possible - Fame and attention. These people have the codes but like that we expect things from them, and use this expectation to make us wait because they know that these beautiful songs are in their hands and that they have this power Anyway we will wait until the end, her musical life is exciting.

It's absolutely the musical repertoire that I love, trip-hop has its darkest. Lana goes on this kind of sound. The album is a gem that has been with me since 2007, haunting.

I would listen to it more carefully.

Yeah, you're right. I was a great stan of the years 2008 - 2014 to encompass the end of the Artpop era and then what happened after didn't mark me. I still love the artist because she hasn't lost her talent, but her creativity is missing. I don't like her way of denying what she was during those years. And it is very frustrating to follow. When Lana doesn't give a damn about giving us gorgeous leaky tracks, Gaga gives us nothing, and we're waiting for project after project. Where is Artpop 2? because she didn't sell many albums she's still mad at it and thinks it's a bad album. Who cares, she streams it and we don't talk about it anymore. How capricious. For a star of her caliber, I still blame her for not having made reissues for 10 years by offering us new songs, or demo versions and even less creatively tiring: an acoustic album. She has been very productive during these years, and the photos she has a lot. I hate that she forgot that, and gave us a very disappointing and expensive reissue for Born This Way that deserved a fucking super deluxe edition. I hate how she tries to cover up her sassy artist past like it bothers her. Hypocrite Lady, give us what we've been waiting for years, Nothing but on the radio damn. Chromatica which was her real comeback could have been better, the desire and the promotion were not there. Too bad because there was potential on paper. But capricious as she is, she wanted to forget her except for advertising campaigns where she was paid millions. I wish she had made a live DVD for the Monster Ball Tour eras, how could she have forgotten that? We find ourselves 10 years later with videos certainly well done and worked on from fans but nothing official. It's frustrating. I love her despite everything but she is difficult to follow. She needs to relax. She has become too focused on business in general, makeup, the Oscars, she wants everything and touches everything. She wants to be the number 1 everywhere while abandoning her real job: musician. If we don't pay her millions she has no motivation to sing. It's not cool for the fans who follow her from the start. Yes I already posted a similar cobblestone this year but I'm still pissed at her because she hasn't given us much since 2016.

I wanted to talk about Lina here one day... It's a story that really upset me at the time and I watched a lot of videos about it... It's difficult because I think Lina existed, the videos prove it (her performances, a few shows) and she really suffered. Her mother had testified and had accused Lady Gaga, we can believe her (and I really like the artist and her music). She was ready to do anything to succeed, she trampled on everyone to make her way and was ruthless. Maybe not enough to kill, but who is it? She was already rich and knew the area, Lina seemed to be in more trouble so an easier target to exterminate. The show business is a dirty environment, where everything is allowed to be at the top. The references to Paparazzi, Monster, the cover of Alejandro and the fact that she never spoke publicly about Lina is strange. At least say a word, but not even, nothing. Explain this rumour. When I hear Tokkie (the adopted son of the duo Die Antwoord) talk about the satanic rites precisely done by these monsters, there is no denying that it exists and some are crazy enough to order murder or whatever. We will never know. But I really like Lina's music, and she would have been an absolutely promising, talented artist. I don't know what to think about it because I love Lady Gaga, but these things stay in the back of my mind. Do not close your eyes despite the talent.

It's not mean, and I respect other singers, but I think Lana is the only one to be the queen of her genre, to have developed it with incredible musical and artistic perfection. She's just perfect everywhere. She's kind of like the top of the class, she's got it all figured out. I think too many artists try to copy her, although they try to change a few things here and there, there is often an obsession in the background to copy what she does and her videos. It may not be their intention, but it's hardly laughable, and no one comes close to it. There is inspiration and inspiration and for many there is not. Since she became known, I have lost count of the number of "sad and aesthetic" artists who have appeared, it's nice but there are too many now. Lana deserves more credit. I'm not targeting her in particular, but Ethel Cain is a distant copy of Lana Del Rey for example, she sings well but people have to find their own universe like Lana built hers.

She's back, that's great news! Excited to listen her album, the other day I was just thinking "wow she hasn't released anything since 2016 when is she coming back?". We can trust her on the quality of the upcoming album, I can't get over Matangi's flop which was innovative for the time.

Damn, it's a tragedy. This guy participated in the magic of DM, he gave so much, it's really tragic. I can't explain how their music has saved my life many times, so many timeless classics. I think the band will die out, maybe not for touring but for albums I don't think they will replace it, DM had that very particular sound and progression in their discography. Anyway, Dave has gotten a worse voice over time (that's not bad), and their last album was faded, they have a really solid career, with amazing material. We were spoiled and I think they have something to feed the fans for many years. May he rest in peace.