lili

I've been listening to this non stop & I'm pretty sure this is her singing to a big Hollywood Playboy saying she slept with him, or multiple people, and now she wants what they promised them, the 'brite lites'. She says she's 'taking off her wedding ring' because if she doesn't the men she's having sex will see it. She 'looks for them in magazines' to have reassurance of what they had promised her. Almost in a sense, bright lights is spelt incorrectly because she will never obtain true fame, but only the silver screens (having a low roles & parts in movies) and trampolines (having fun without any real worries). She also says 'the film is fading look at me' because the industry is dying, she even expresses this in Hollywood's Dead. She believes they should give her these Brite Lites before either Hollywood is dead or the men she fucked are.
 
Just my little interpretation

i think sometimes people takes lanas lyrics a little too literally

Yeah, I considered the Kurt/Aberdeen possibility a long time ago, as well as the possibility that K might be Kurt, but discounted them mainly because she pronounces it more like "Arbor Dean" and because "Brite Lites" and "For K" don't fit with Kurt's life at all. But the more time goes on, the more I think it might be right and she had some sort of weird fantasy life involving her and Kurt completely disconnected from the details of his actual life, personality, or art.

She mentions Nirvana in a lot of her songs. As with most of her references, I think it's symbolic of a feeling or something bigger than her literally going there. 

i agree it's about her moving to california, but there is also a theme of leaving a man to pursue your career which is in line with what seemingly happened between her and mike.

The video where she's randomly walking in a room? and showing her dress while listening to a movie or a radio or something reminds me of those "pre-show ritual" videos from LA To The Moon Tour 

This! I hear it too. 
(4:42)
 
 
P.s. where is this snippet? Im so dissappointed i havent picked it up.
Edit. Ok found it at 5:48. didnt realise it was just the strings, but still cool, kinda like how the HBTB vocals appear at the start of Swan Song

her outfit is so cute omg

Yesterday, Lana Del Rey stopped to meet fans at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France.
She has since arrived to Quebec, Canada where she will be performing tonight at Festival d'été de Québec.

Thanl you all! AKA is such an obscure era

AKA > every other album that has ever existed

i wonder how the pre-release thread for this album would've been

AKA’s arguably one of Lana’s best works. The lyricism, vibes, experimental/grunge sound… she put her whole methussy in this record. When i listen to QOGS i feel like I’m actually inside the song, actually it’s a perfect soundtrack to a roadtrip. We have to gatekeep this one 

nighttime is almost ours

Welcome to the Lana Del Ray post-release thread, a place to collect information on, discuss, and appreciate Lana’s 2010 debut album! 
 

 
Tracklist:
1. Kill Kill
2. Queen of the Gas Station
3. Oh Say Can You See
4. Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven)
5. For K, Pt. 2
6. Jump
7. Mermaid Motel
8. Raise Me Up (Mississippi South)
9. Pawn Shop Blues
10. Brite Lites
11. Put Me in a Movie
12. Smarty
13. Yayo 
 
While Lana Del Ray (commonly known as AKA) wasn’t Lana’s first studio album -- that honor goes to Sirens -- it was her debut on a record label, and her first album to be sold commercially. AKA’s history was turbulent, which probably owes to much of the mystery and misinformation that surrounds the album today:
 
 
As noted above, the formation of AKA brought about many demos and outtakes that didn’t make the final cut, including Lizzy’s collaborations with producer Steven Mertens. Below is a helpful guide to the AKA demos, along with information on unused tracks recorded with both Mertens and David Kahne:
 
 
Lana’s promotion of her music during the AKA era included interviews, frequent live performances, and perhaps most distinctively, the creation of self-assembled music videos for most of the tracks on the album, much like the “Video Games” visuals that would propel her to stardom in 2011. Below are a selection of these videos, plus relevant fan creations: 
 
 
 
Lastly, here are some helpful links for further info and exploration of AKA:
 
 
 

This song hits so good

This song is quintessential UV. It embodies everything this album IS. The rock reference, the lyrics, the production, her vocals after the second verse, the title... I honestly want nothing else than this song to leak in HQ. This could possibly become one of my fav song she ever made 

oh my god how did i not make this connection?  this is my favorite band and i just KNOW she's intentionally referencing "summer's almost gone" in white dress

yeah i think she's definitely saying daddy because of the possible lyric connection to love her madly by the doors (there are lots of other songs that use love you madly / want you badly lyrics but i feel like it's most connected to this)
 
 
Don't you love her madly?
Don't you need her badly?
...
Don't you love her madly?
Wanna be her daddy?

This composition makes me feel adventurous… would definitely listen to this if i ever visit a swamp in the middle of the day/noon

That entire era…

Ultraviolence is the only Lana album where I prefer the outtakes to the actual album… something about Tropico sessions was so special

“I had no other choice than to continue, because I don’t know how to do anything else. Courage would have been to disappear. But as I was already famous, I took the easy was out. I continued to make records. There was no plans B.”
 
"I don't have a back-up plan" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9pkdwB4Eb4
 
its so inpiring that she kept going

I'm still looking for my own version of America
One without the gun, where the flag can freely fly
No bombs in the sky, only fireworks when you and I collide
It's just a dream I had in mind

they're all about lano del rey