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There is something special, about this trip to Italy that many Twitter fan accounts noticed, where she is channeling all of her previous eras : dancing to SS, singing Young and Beautiful, singing God Knows I Tried in the church she shot UV, the photo that looks like the Norman cover… I really wonder what’s in store for the weeks to come, if indeed a new album /era is about to begin 

The album is RAW…

im a political song hater

This being the album aesthetic and at the end she removes her rubber gloves as a sign of freedom, with the albums Get Free moment being titled "No More Rubber"

rubber ducks as a metaphor for family and rubber ducks running baths as personal catharsis and also the threat of being trapped in her home wearing rubber gloves which are also rubber like rubber ducks doing the dishes taking care of menial things as someone who needs to run free and explore and not be consigned to a world of rubber gloves and rubber ducks

her worst released song is stoned at the nail salon

Idk if I’ve ever truly “stanned” anyone besides lana but britney spears, gwen stefani, and hilary duff RULED my childhood  hilary duff's 'wake up' music video.... is in my soul
 
and then lana from my early teens onwards   And Neil Young lmao

Ok early life I wasn’t “into music”
Like I loved a song called white wing dove on the radio, I liked 4 minutes by Madonna, And 80s rock like Cinderella.
 
Probably around 16 when I started working I got really into Fleetwood Mac/Stevie, Aqua, Justice, Depeche Mode, Britney & Madonna. Liked other artists-But those are like the major.
 
LANA & FLORENCE…

I started getting into Grimes, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Allie X, Tove Lo, Charli XCX, Zella Day “even though at first I considered her a Lana knockoff”, I realized Taylor Swift wasn’t manufactured.
NIN, Eminem, Nicki, Lil Kim, Rihanna, St. Vincent.
 
Pandemic,
I got into Lady Gaga, Nirvana “actually a lot of 90s like grunge”, Dishwalla, The future Mrs. DeadSeaOfMercury - You know her as Dula Peep.
 
But now I’ve always been into Synth/Synthpop/Wave
Like Eurythmics & Prodigy.
 
Charlies Angels Full Throttle is the greatest soundtrack ever…


EDIT:
I think I’ll need to rewrite this with like age groups…
 

i would do this but my age is confidential information
i’m between the ages of 13-23 that’s all i’ll give you

was thinking about my lineage of pop girlies that i've loved over the course of my life (constant form of support and pleasure) and then thought it'd be fun to make a stan list by age; would love to hear yours too!
 
added short notes for context when i thought of some and didn't say anything about lana because i've said it all over this form already)
 
was interesting to think about who dropped off since i was younger and who has stood the test of time (i would still call myself a tori amos stan even though i almost never like the new music i hear and never listen to it more than a few times, whereas fiona apple has been serving nonstop bangers from my teen years to my nearly-middle aged ones). there are also bands i was OBSESSED with at one point and now could literally not give less of a shit about re new work (sleater kinney is one of those for me).
 
childhood (5-11)
paula abdul (spellbound is still incredible)
amy grant (the only christian music in my entire lifelong stan list)
mariah carey (unplugged cd in particular)
phantom of the opera soundtrack (homosexual)
en vogue (i was obsessed with the glamour)
the beatles (loved the weird hippie lyrics; idk to me they are ARE pop girlies)
 
adolescence (12-18)
silver chair ()
lunachicks
nirvana
hole (the way i used to scream pretty on the inside lyrics at the top of my lungs during recess w my bff)
bikini kill (seeing them in july will be surreal; they broke up right around when i became a fan)
tori amos (one of the true queens of american music)
pj harvey
bjork (the it's oh so quiet was on mtv just about every hour when it came out)
no doubt
alanis morrisette (jagged little pill remains a perfect, perfect album also SO good for the soundtrack to one's teen melodrama)
fiona apple (has somehow only gotten better over time even though her first album was perfect??)
rasputina (melora creamer one of the best american songwriters period)
sleater kinney (the way i lived for corin tucker)
lil kim (notorious KIM forever)
marilyn manson (sigh)
jack off jill (90s goth teen's delight)
 
 
twenties (why is this decade of my a life a blur...i saw SO much live music and was very obsessed with many musicians i've completely have forgotten about a decade later)
no doubt/gwen stefani (LAMB changed the scene forever)
christina aguilera (stripped era iconic top to bottom, i joined the official fan club for real)
beyonce
tori amos (duh)
amy winehouse
yeah yeah yeahs (it took me a long time to remember this which made me feel old af bc i was OBSESSED)
regina spektor (soviet kitsch and most of what came before it remain incredible)
lily allen
fiona apple
jenny lewis
pj harvey
bjork (after many many years of stardom i saw her on the biophilia tour but unfortunately bc i am short and it was general admission section i didn't actually
see most of the show including the allegedly great hat she had on)
bat for lashes (has never made a bad album, has one of the prettiest voices and melodies in the history of the world)
rasputina
gaga 
lana
joanna newsom (literally everyone else wishes they could but only SHE can deliver)
bow wow wow (best new wave band hands down)
adam & the ants (second best new wave band though also sort of the same band)
missing persons
lene lovich
danielle dax
grimes (visions!!!!)
britney spears (in the zone made me a stan)
cocorosie (there was a point when they were the soundtrack to my life)
marina & the diamonds (queen of singing about dying in pop songs)
siouxsie and the banshees (queen of goth)
 
thirties
lana (i did think BTD was bad and corny when i came out but i also KNEW that she'd go on to make incredible records. 
which came true [for me] with paradise and then obviously when UV came out i knew it was over ie
she was a genius)
rhianna (ANTI made me a stan, she made bops before but this is an Album)
sza (ctrl is unreal)
gaga 
joanna newsom 
charli xcx (princess of LB)
halsey
fiona apple
bat for lashes
jenny lewis (has been writing perfect songs for twenty years at least and had yet to record a bad album)
 
 

I wonder if Lana sometimes know that she isnt an anti-feminist like the media has been making her out to be, but more like one who reveal the true nature of the 'feminism' revolution they were portraying back then (and sometimes, still, these days) - the fakeness, the lack of inclusivity & the hollow performative of it all? 
 
When she said that she "did not care" about feminism, she was interested in Telsla, SpaceX, Science stuff, I always thought "Wow, what a weird way to answer that question but now i can feel that i understand her more than ever: she is either got tired of females being constantly asked about feminism everytime they popped up, its like a new form of "forcing a woman" into talking a certain subject that they want to write about or she is  just tired because she foresaw the true nature of "feminism" of back then: You are expected to be someone like i.e Beyoncé: rebelling against the system, singing women-empowering song instead of given a chance to be who you want to be, and feel what you want to feel. And back then, as we can see, female popstars are tend to sing either shiny pop hooks about being happy or being a strong female for most of the time - Lana came to the scene and broke that cycle - which they said she "setting women back in time" "antifeminism" & stuff. Through times, and really, thanks for Lana, because from stanning Lana - i can feel i was educated for about women & the truth about feminism of that particular time: Feminism only advocated for strong women who are ready to rebel against the tradition / the system, but did not treat the "fragile women"/"girly girl" very nice, why were stronger women putting them down for that? And why do fragile women / weak women not deserve to be respected? Really, Lana & her music got me questioning about this topic a lot & i cane to understand why she put on QFTC & why is she who she is today.
 
I believe because of people like Lana, society has now changed the thinking of feminism - im so happy that the masculinity, feminity talk in womenhood has entered the chat these days. But still, weak/fragile women like Lana are still targets to be picked on a lot. Because of their weak/fragile nature they are disrespected. People still dont understand that if a woman, or anyone chooses to be weak or fragile, let them be, why are we forcing ourselves to be empowering every single day? Thats why I see Lana is such ahead of her time without being too political, woke, performative but who how people treated her for her pressence alone is what we need to see about the truth of toxic empowering & toxic positivity. Which no one had yet to talk about back then.

I'm fucking flying. This is sensational. 

I'm fucking flying. This is sensational. 

Portofino is not far from Turin. Wondering if Lana will attend the Eurovision final on Saturday? 

she's the most beautiful woman ever, inside and out  
also, has anyone else noticed she's holding a cigarette in the dancing videos? this is really 2015 all over again

The size of her YSL bag... I know it's big

STOP her jewelry I can't she's so serve
also cute as hell how she calls being in italy "back home" 

her hair  fuck

her accessories make the photos even cuter 

Tonight, Lana Del Rey dined with her sister Chuck Grant and her sister's boyfriend Jason Pickens at Da I Gemelli in Portofino, Italy. Beforehand, she went shopping again at Baccerini also in Portofino.
While at Da I Gemelli, Lana posted to her Instagram a video of her dancing with a fan to Summertime Sadness while there. She also had a video taken of her singing Young & Beautiful at Baccerini.

 
 
 
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the loveless colours 

this remix??? i need THIS on ldr9 omg
 
 

After seeing her so carefree in NYC and now Portofino, I *almost* hope the album isn’t done and these locations inspire her / the next albums sound. Lana in Italy just feels so right and natural and I would love for LDR9 to reflect that vibe.  

I'm super excited to see if/how Lana's recent travels impact the album. All of her albums feel very locational, and she's been in New York and Italy just this month 

i think that they were a match made in heaven