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I agree with this. I remember Kurt Cobain talking in an interview about how he has always had a fascination with dolls, but he did not have the money to buy them and when he could actually afford something to his liking, it was like finding a treasure, and now that he could buy the whole store it doesn't mean as much. I guess once you've found your fame, not only the materialistic stuff it gets you as in Cobain's case, but the little pleasures you were once so fond of may not hold the same importance or effect they used to do. I think this could be why Lana gravitates towards living a simple life and talk about not changing in Dark But Just A Game.

I want to say a few things about the industry plant issue. Lana Del Rey has always struck me as the person Lizzy Grant actually was or wanted to be but simply did not have the platform to express it in a manner she saw fit. Some people also do not seem to have a fixed personality and they instead draw on many other influences to discover who they truly are. What most people project to others on social media is a persona in itself for it requires condensing your personality to what you want others to see. When you're a true artist, you tend to shape your image towards your music which is the innermost expression of your being. It seems to me that she has always been authentic and did not play according to what has been expected of her or else she wouldn't be so controversial - and by controversial I don't mean the kind of controversy that would get you good publicity, I mean the kind that would get you "cancelled" whatever the hell that means. Yes, she changed, and she keeps changing, but it does not mean she is shedding off a persona carefully calculated, she is a human being and is being transformed through her experiences.

I think it’s okay to be disappointed in or upset with an artist that means a lot to us, but the manner in which we do it matters... The other day I was complaining about her unreliability about dates and comparing it to being shit-tested by someone I love which I regretted later. We can have our not-too-happy moments as expecting fans but she’s a very prolific artist who has been blessing us with her art quite frequently. I guess it’s just better not to follow an artist when you’ve obviously lost your respect for them to the extent that you’re directing your resentment towards the fandom. Anyway, I’d love love love it if she covered this:

Would anyone like to share any mood based Lana playlists they made on Spotify?

You know that I mean fans in general. I'm not even going to argue.

I feel like someone is shit testing me to see how much I can take because I love them. I don't like her "I don't owe you anything" attitude. Not announcing dates after you know you simply have a problem living up to them would be just common courtesy at this point.

When I was a songstress Wearing a mesh mask During COVID-19

If she continues to “strip down” the sound even more, it’s just going to be her singing to a phone...

I take Paxil, too, though mine is not colored violet. I’ve always thought it’s Xanax that she’s talking about.

Banned for singing better than I do.

It is truly unbelievable in that it does the exact same thing it seemingly opposes. Interpreting her whole image through the male gaze, defining her through imagined reactions she supposedly arouses in men, calling her names, implying her sexuality should be threatening to men and despised by women, suggesting that men would blame it on jealousy immediately if a woman were to criticize her... So fucked up.

Found a short story which features Lana in a literary magazine. I think it’s interesting in that it reveals how she is generally perceived outside the fandom. The Horizontal Calf Scar by Alina Stefanescu At the academic roundtable on recent pop culture trends, the discussion centered on songstress Lana del Ray. Gretel, the only sandy-blonde of the bunch, held her own. The lyrics suggested a possible fourth wave of feminism, which the token male on the panel found to be highly implausible. Truly unlikely. I don’t want to like her, Gretel explained to a Sister during coffee hour, but the transgressive part intrigues me. Lana is a new avatar — the sex object gone wrong, the fuckable female who embodies all the maskuline fears about money, rage, moodiness, infidelity, and ulterior motives. I want to extend my research to answer the question of why men enjoy her. Why don’t they feel threatened? The panel is great, Jenny said, resting a hand on Gretel’s arm. You are doing a great job of representing us. Gretel shrugged. One could never be sure. Men like Lana because her position is still dependent on their lust. She is only as popular as she can be sexy. Jenny was right. Melancholy was the New Naughty. Gretel topped off her coffee and reconsidered the full-fat creamer. You’re right, Jenny. They own their automaton-gone-awry. She can never become undesirable and still matter. I’m attracted to the sad, plaintive moan of the noir-ish sexpot who knows her expiration date. It took twenty-four stitches to suture the stab wound on Gretel’s calf. The Lana del Ray acolyte had been arrested after tripping over a wheelchair ramp as he ran towards the parking garage door. He told the police the panel disturbed him — how Gretel represented all that was ugly and awful about female jealousy these days. That girl was just jealous of Lana. Of course there were others whom he found guilty of the same. It bothered him that these women didn’t believe in beauty. How could they get through life without holding anything sacred? Here’s the link: https://www.tingemagazine.org/7-stories-about-girl-scars/

I wish I could like this more than once.

I have never had a problem with the lyrics of “Ultraviolence” (the song). I’ve always believed true art expresses the ugly and fucked up in a beautiful way so that we can understand the mindset of the individuals under less-than-desirable circumstances.

I love how she’s asking herself whether what she’s experiencing is happiness as if she cannot be sure because she has never come across it before or loving someone deeply does not promise a great relationship and happiness and she’s questioning that. Her fragility is out of this world. Love her.

Manifesting

The melody to the opening lyrics of Father John Misty's "I Love You, Honeybear" always remind me of "Smelly Cat". I overall think it's a great song, though. I wonder why they've never collaborated.

Terrence Loves You vs Heroin

I'm happy you like it!

"But he's the sort who can't know Anyone intimately, least of all a woman, He doesn't know what a woman is, He wants you for a possession, Something to look at like a painting or an ivory box. Something to own and to display. He doesn't want you to be real, Or to think or to live. He doesn't love you, but I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and Feelings, even when I hold you in my arms. It's our last chance It's our Last chance"