Pretty Dull

people are happy for her? I can’t believe I am one of the few who is entirely disappointed and I’m not even joking. It’s been 13 years of riding with her and this is where it ends, with a transphobic, trump-supporter - this is the same woman who wrote “Methamphetamine, I met my man Drag queen at heart, just like I am
Puts on his wig, eyelashes, bam-King Coney Island”, the same woman who wrote an entire paragraph about Trump and the state of the world. Idc if people say we don’t know, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it’s a damn duck. We do know. Such a disappointment. 

so now acknowledging that an artist whom you’ve followed for 13 years may very well be just as problematic as she often appeared to be because she’s married to a bigoted transphobic trump supporter is called being parasocial? thanks for the lesson ig 

If you make an account on a LANA DEL REY FAN SITE you are already exhibiting parasocial behavior. We need to ban this word from here. 

With all due respect I’m getting sick of “parasocial” and you guys need a new buzzword

for years of my life I used to think about her at least once a day, and now I'm finally free from this curse and barely remember her existence, something like only once every two weeks or so
 
i'm free
 
but leak pretty dull anyway lol 

stream this bop if this makes your blood boil
 
 

Anyway, in the spirit of squashing the drama, here’s The LanaBoards, so confusing version with Elle 
 
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan
Man, I don't know, I'm just a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
 
Yeah, I don't know if you like me
Sometimes I think you might hate me
Sometimes I think I might hate you
Maybe you just wanna be me
You always say, "I love Lana"
So we go post in the topics
Sometimes it feels a bit awkward
'Cause the posts can start drama
 
People say we're alike
They say we've got the same fave
We talk about all her music
But I don't know if it's civil
Can't tell if you wanna see me
Getting warnings and mod queues
& you can't tell what you're feeling
I think I know how you feel
 
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan
Man, I don't know, I'm just a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
 
Well, honestly, I was speechless
When I woke up to the notifs
The mods gave warnings to members
Let’s work it out on the remix
You’d always say, “unlock threads”
But then I’d re-lock last minute
I was so lost in my head
& scared to be in the chaos
‘Cause for the last couple years
I’ve been at war with my power
I tried to keep myself neutral
& then I made site announcements
I was stressed by the hatred
Missed just being a member
But never thought for a second
I’d ever leave you all
“Girl, you act like a fascist”
When it was June, someone said that
& it’s just keeping peace
Until you’re placing a mod-queue
They believed I was biased
Just trying to stop the drama
Forgot that inside the admin
There’s still a fangirl of Lana
 
People say we're alike
They say we've got the same fave 
It's you and me on the boards
The Lipster-verse loves to flame
& when we put this to bed
The mod team staff will go crazy
I'm glad I know how you feel
'Cause I ride for you, LB
 
Fan (LB, LB), it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan,
Man, I don't know, I'm just a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
 
Fan, fan
It’s so confusing
Fan, fan, fan, fan
You know I ride for you, too
It’s so confusing

I don’t know why this is hitting me so hard. I mean, obviously the subject matter is EXTREMELY dark — but something about it is just really impacting me
 
It’s so beautifully written and the different vocal styles throughout the track make it seem so fresh and interesting. Idk if it’s just me, but at certain points it somehow reminds me sonically of Thunder?! I need to relisten to find the exact points
 
But, wow. It’s just beautiful. The tribute to the women at the end is heartbreaking. “The prostitute pickup / and the pantyhose thriller” is sticking with me. I can’t get enough of this song
 
As much as I would’ve loved it to have been released, I can’t imagine the moronic backlash she would have faced for “glamorising” abuse/prostitution/murder, even though nothing in this song glamourises any of that. Also, unpopular opinion but… I don’t think it would have fit on OB in the sense of the storyline. Yes it’s thematically similar in that it deals with death, legacies, abuse, general darkness etc, and it definitely would have fit sonically and lyrically, BUT..
 
it’s not solely autobiographical in the way that the rest of the album is, and I’m not sure how it would have fit into the overarching ‘storyline’. But I obviously wish it had been included, because it’s amazing. Not at the expense of Candy Necklace though. But they’d have been a nice A & B side release
 
Wow that was unnecessarily long.. but I just love Zodiac. (Which is a much better name than Purify imo, it’s less in your face and self explanatory)
 
And I agree with everyone else about Lana most likely feeling some sort of personal connection. So many people clowned on her for the response to the Candy Necklace video backlash, when she said she could’ve ended up in a similar position, but anyone smart knows what she meant. Considering the GK was active whilst she was living in nyc, a young woman in a somewhat transient and chaotic/unstable lifestyle.. I get what she means.  
 
 

This song is so interesting and the connection to the Candy Necklace music video makes it make so much more sense now...and how it fits with Ocean Blvd
Also with Kintsugi and Fingertips too, all the songs about grief...I love Ocean Blvd the way it is but I think with Zodiac (and possibly other outtakes that may have been like it) it may have been an even more interesting album
Also A&W "this is the experience of being an american whore" and the victims were sex workers

Forensic Files wasn't on

I really love this song and wish she released it   
 
I feel like this fits into the narrative of Ocean Blvd so well in terms of conversation based around legacy. Specifically how she name dropped four women who had their legacy stolen from them and practically turned into folklore revolving around someone else. It's actually really beautiful how she paid tribute to women by giving them a "hey we didn't forget about you"
 
I also feel like Lana connects with them because during the Lizzy Grant days she was pretty much homeless and living with whatever boyfriends that would let her stay over, she seems to reflect a lot on how she got lucky with her situation and others did not. It could have happened to her and considering this took place so close to her, it probably freaked her out.

A fan got this signed by her tonight… the way she crossed out the A in “Ray” and wrote an E… iconic x
 

Still don't understand why people care about F*ntano 

Max Taylor Exclusive Lyrics:
Forever Flame by Lana Del Rey
 
 
 
 

Streets are saying the Jamie xx demos, Brooklyn baby demo, piano theme, and Morricone are all leaking for ULTRAVIOLENCE 10Year 
 
 

Ok so she confirmed on an instagram story that an album (and an interior design TV show) is in the works. 20 years later after her last single "A Toast to Men".
I guess you remember her (only) hit "I Wanna Be Bad" from 2001 and if you don't you are not a true pop culture fan, lol. Her debut album "Willa was Here" is one of the best pop albums of the bubblegumpop era.
 
Willa Ford - I Wanna Be Bad (2001) - YouTube
 
She quit music after so many disappointments and has been asked about returning for many years. Her unreleased album "Sexysexobsessive" remains unleaked except for a handful of songs. In 2019 she came back to spotlight because she was on a TV show of interior design and had multiple interviews. In all of them she was asked about returning to music and always said no. She confirmed she was still writing songs though.
 
Apparentely she is coming with disco/dance/upbeat music (asked her about it), which is good news in my book, I was afraid about folk/country music. I don't know why her change of heart but I'm glad. She said she "connected" again with it because she was meant for creating art in one way (music) or another (interior design).

I'm laughing my ass off at this grown ass man whining on instagram

Love him but I fear Wally can't be trusted 

oh not this… 

okay I felt bad at first but this is getting a BIT cringey 
 
I think Lana's team saw how much attention he was giving Lana fans and they had to cut him loose, he would have spilled even more by accident 
 
he already spilled on the video, and tagged everyone involved 

Why y’all getting pressed about her comment? Deranged…. She had EVERY right to make that comment. Stating that she was rich & CHOSE a life of abuse, depression, etc is such a fucked up thing to say. Idc how famous she is or what moral high ground you think she needs to stand on, she had every right to tell that cunt to fuck off.

i'm sorry, but some of you need to calm down and perhaps look it at from her perspective, all she did was write two short comments responding to a very stupid and offensive meme about her, you would be bothered too if somebody insinuated that you somehow dreamed of living a life of pain and struggle although being rich which she has said time and time again that she wasn't rich as a child, especially considering the fact that she's been heavily criticized for making art about her pain, and has had it misconstrued as romanization or fetishization of such topics, it wouldn't be the first time she's called somebody out like that, it was a stupid meme and she has every right to not like it

some of you are the ones who need to log out wtf 

Joking about someone's experience on abuse and depression like that ≠ Joking about having cigars/vapes for breakfast...
 
Maybe it might not seem to be a big deal for us but it is for Lana. Who are we to judge that.