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i like to think about how she's dressing & her hair and makeup when she's actually making the album – aka. usually what she looks like on tour. many outfits, especially the later ones, of the paradise tour really embody ultraviolence to me. the eye makeup also became the classic uv smoky eye. the outfits for the endless summer tour scream honeymoon glamour and class, especially with the long hair and big curls and soft, simpler makeup. the 2016 festival tour outfits remind me of lfl with the flowers and birds in her hair and loose sundresses and the moon belt etc etc. some of the lfl and post-lfl outfits remind me of the LA summertime thing nfr had going on. nfr tour outfits absolutely SCREAM chemtrails to me - folky, lacy dresses, some long, with cowboy booties and leather and midwestern aesthetics. 
 
since she hasn't toured in a while it's a bit hard to tell, but thinking about her outfits a few months ago, i remember them being sort of soft and warm and flowery (but also cleavage and fun outfits and more interesting choices outside of just jeans and a t-shirt) so that's what i'm thinking this album will be if she made it then. 
 
also because of album releases right after each other it's a little hard to tell when she even could've been making this album (or if she's STILL making it. which is what i think). but if anyone has any ideas then the clothes around that time might give some sort of idea 
 
 

I think that the way Lana dresses during each era reflects the mood of her music. BTD she was the glamorous pop starlet constantly serving flashy looks. Paradise was the same but with a bit more of a tropical vibe. Ultraviolet she was the denim and leather rocker chick. Honeymoon she was feminine and sophisticated, old Hollywood glamour and always looking mysterious hiding behind giant sunglasses. Lust for Life she was all flower power in crochet mini dresses and 60's and 70's colors and styles. NFR she was a California beach bum in denim cutoffs and swimsuits and tshirts. Chemtrails and BB she was kind of anti-glamour, wearing flannels etc, reflecting the more folky and serious sounds. Now seeing her at the Gucci party dancing to Summertime Sadness remix, and seeing her dressing up in high fashion for her shoot for W Magazine, and reading how she is feeling like she is "allowed" to have fun with fashion again, I can tell something shifted in her mood. I think all signs point to a more high glamour, cinematic, dramatic, fun and maximalist album.

jared is back, ldr9 prerelease is truly open for business!!!! 

Seeing y’all’s set list predictions (they aged like milk) made me think how great this tour really could’ve been if she had just put the amount of effort that she put for paradise tour (and if she hadn’t ruined her voice). Really a missed opportunity and a disrespect for an amazing album.

I’m not on TikTok that much tbh but Tbf I’ve been seeing NFR (track), Doin Time, HIAB, and MAC trending this past year, although I’d consider NFR closer to her classic sound than COCC/BB. Interesting that most of her trending songs are like nightcore versions though 

Old Lana/new Lana discourse again huh? 
 

fuck what the nymphet hyper feminine coquette pinterest/tiktok fans want, it's not like lana benefits from them anyway. they don't buy anything, they only stream digitally and that doesn't do much for artists. the most they've done so far is mass buy violet because of the aesthetic, most of them wound up not liking the material and told their followers that it's not worth the money. they're chasing this unattainable aesthetic and it's so dumb, i really hope lana and team don't go down the rabbit hole of trying to please them. 

Give us a tropico lap dance scene with boobies and let them burn

All I want are some vocals like she served on Ride, Old Money, or Buddy's Rendezvous

I think DT is also trending at the moment. And maybe the songs of BB and COCC will only trend in the future, after all, a few years ago I would not have believed that Brooklyn Baby and Queen of Disaster would experience a second wave of popularity. So I guess the next generation of teenies will swing their hips to BUS 
 

Kinda related to this, I've been think how much hate Lana used to get in 2020/2021, like constant viral hate tweets and all that calling her racist, a republican, a karen... and even bodyshaming her.
One year later all she gets is praise again and she's repeaking in popularity (obviously she still gets some small amount of hate like all artists do). That show us how people on social media just jump on "hate trends" and don't even care why or how until they get bored or forget and jump onto the next one
 

i have to say though… i feel like “old lana” is whats getting popular right now. i dont see any songs from chemtrails or bb going viral or any recent pictures of lana being used in these trends which is unfortunate. its all about the nymphet/girly aesthetics and lana’s direction doesn’t fit into that anymore. so i wonder if her upcoming releases will be bigger in response to the virality of it all or if her core fans will make up the majority of listeners. 

Since beginning of 2022 Lana has gained:
 
- highest daily streaming 
- highest streaming numbers of certain songs/albums
- surpassed fucking Adele on Spotify Global Charts
- numerous tiktok viral hits
- surpassed 23M monthly listeners for the fourth time of her career
- her private ig (now public) has a post (Peach Fuzz) hits >900k likes while this account only has 1M followers at the time.
 
For someone like Lana, she is doing insane numbers at this point - we can tell that this is hype season for her, the demand is no joke. She & her team better play the cards right, LDR9 could be as huge as L4L or NFR. Dare I even say: BTD! (with its 10th anniversary coming up)

Idgaf at this point, just please give me some drums. That’s all I can ask for at this point, please let me hear a singular drum somewhere on that album 

didn’t her chickens get eaten by coyotes …. cant wait to hear their orchestral memorial grieving song on ldr9

accidental double post … but might as well wish a happy 80 pages if i’m here 

i really don’t think management would ever let the lanadelrey account be permanently deleted… even if they never plan to use it again, i feel like they’re nurturing it like a small anemic victorian infant on the brink of death
 
anyways i want that same aesthetic for ldr9….. victorian infant with smallpox and lana languishes outside on the balcony by ocean air due to her incapacitating tuberculosis and consumption with diamonds on her neck and roses in her hair and she sings like a siren as death never comes to relieve their high class family from despair …. they suffer for eternity and their ghosts haunt the isles as years go by 

i really don’t think management would ever let the lanadelrey account be permanently deleted… even if they never plan to use it again, i feel like they’re nurturing it like a small anemic victorian infant on the brink of death
 
anyways i want that same aesthetic for ldr9….. victorian infant with smallpox and lana languishes outside on the balcony by ocean air due to her incapacitating tuberculosis and consumption with diamonds on her neck and roses in her hair and she sings like a siren as death never comes to relieve their high class family from despair …. they suffer for eternity and their ghosts haunt the isles as years go by 

didn’t her chickens get eaten by coyotes …. cant wait to hear their orchestral memorial grieving song on ldr9

hot (with a fever of 105º F due to scarlet fever) girl summer 

accidental double post … but might as well wish a happy 80 pages if i’m here 

i really don’t think management would ever let the lanadelrey account be permanently deleted… even if they never plan to use it again, i feel like they’re nurturing it like a small anemic victorian infant on the brink of death
 
anyways i want that same aesthetic for ldr9….. victorian infant with smallpox and lana languishes outside on the balcony by ocean air due to her incapacitating tuberculosis and consumption with diamonds on her neck and roses in her hair and she sings like a siren as death never comes to relieve their high class family from despair …. they suffer for eternity and their ghosts haunt the isles as years go by 

accidental double post … but might as well wish a happy 80 pages if i’m here 

didn’t her chickens get eaten by coyotes …. cant wait to hear their orchestral memorial grieving song on ldr9

hot (with a fever of 105º F due to scarlet fever) girl summer