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The new version is on her YouTube. Not many changes production wise - but then it didn't need any anyway. This song is a classic imo. It sounds like something released around the time released Don't Fear the Reaper (1976). Love it!

So, many weeks have past - how's everyone feeling about the record? I must say, I was at first a bit disappointed with the album's tempo and the fact that it doesn't have a bona fide hit. I do miss the fun Lana of Doin' Time and High by the Beach. But then after some has passed, I realize just how unique this record is and how touchingly simple and beautiful a lot of these songs are... The title track Paris, Texas Let the Light in Margaret Grandfather Sweet The Grants... They're just such beautiful songs! So simple and so beautiful, and no one else could have written them. And then we still have Candy Necklace, AW, Taco Truck, Peppers to add some diversity and edge to the record. I will never be a fan of the interludes (been skipping them since day 1) nor Fingertips and Kintsugi, which are too boring to me. But on the whole, I'd call this her best record since Norman, and a massive improvement of Blue Banisters. Definitely prefer it to BB Chemtrails, Violet and Honeymoon. How does everyone else feel?

Any song on NFR. Great music, even without her vocals.

What did Francesco do exactly? Yeah, nice guy, but he's not hot.

I don't know anyything about this guy. Are they still dating, and what does he do? Is it true lana is engaged?

Just came across this article - https://people.com/music/lana-del-rey-dating-history/ and thought we'd discuss. Personally, I think Francesco and Larkin were the hottest. You could tell that she had great chemistry with Franceso in particular. And I love his work on the Ultraviolence video. Wish they'd worked out. Anyone know what happened? Larkin was apparently a dick, so I'll go with Francesco as the fav. Who's yours?

Yeah, those two are objectively the biggest songs on the album. But, let's face it, CN isn't doing that great, unfortunately. So, we can probably hope for a Chuck directed video at best. I wouldn't be surprised if they use the CN footage for another video. That'd be kinda cool actually. Same footage different story.

Chemtrails is such a fine little folk album. I just wish there were a few more great songs on it ala White Dress, and fewer blah songs on it like Breaking Up Slowly or For Free. Like, just two-three more songs and it would have been a great album. This way, it's just a solid 7/0.

I do wish she cared a bit more though. Just one straight-up bop on each record ala Dont Call Me Angel, Doin' Time or High by the Beach. I love seeing Lana looking great, charting and everyone raving about her (as they should). Three albums without hits makes me a very sad boy 🥺

100%! my ranking: 1. Born to die (the first to reach a billion and for a reason) 2. Ride (masterpiece) 3. Young and Beautiful (gorgeous) 4. Shades of Cool (pure rock cinema) 5. Candy Necklace (I might bump it up above Shades tho, genius) 6. Don't Call Me Angel (crap song but the cinematography and her looks are fire) 7. National Anthem (the most pop lana will ever be, sizzles) 8. West Coast (dark, moody, edgy, cinematic) 9. Music to Watch Boys to (kubrick woulda loved this) 10. High by the Beach / Doin' Time (great storylines in both) HM: Blue Jeans (og), Burning Desire, Chemtrails, Video Games (og), Lust for Life, fily/the greatest mediocre: love (too mtv 1990s), blue banisters, all of the chuck directed stuff, all of the homemade ones, blue jeans b&w (meh), summertime sadness, worst: White Mustang - as beautiful as it is, it just makes zero sense, arcadia, white dress (the song deserved better), freak (hate that song and the video is equally mismanaged), let me love you like a woman (what even was that), let me love you - live (probably her worst look and performance). Could easily live without any of those

the video has again solidified that Lana had made the biggest contribution towards her art and legacy since Norman. I was iffy on whether Chemtrails was stronger due do the visuals but this video supersedes any of those. In fact, it beats all of Norma's videos and Lust for Life's and Honeymoon. I'm gonna go ahead and call this her best video since UV's. Who's with me??

It won't do well. We know that from the moment Candy Necklace was chosen. It's a very depressing song and people won't get it. Hell, even Music to Watch Boys to, which is not even that slow and has a great video, didn't do well - at the height of Lana's fame. None of her videos with slow or depressing songs get views. Case in point: White Dress, Blue Banisters, Arcadia 1 and 2, White Mustang, Chemtrails, Venice Bitch, Let me Love you, etc.... People want BEATS (Beyonce). Or BIG ORCHESTRATIONS (Adele). What's why Born to Die did so well - because it had both! Candy Necklace has none of those, hence it will end up with as low a view count as White Dress, or Chemtrails at best.

yeah, one big video per album is all we need!!! better one great one like cn than 5 mediocre ones like arcadia, bb, arcadia 2, white dress, wtc. Waste of money, and time

I really didn't expect this. One of her best-ever, most high-end, most conceptual, most stylised and edgiest videos. Pure art. I think even Scorsese or Tarantino would approve. I wasn't a big fan of his previous work. Doin' Time I liked the most probably. Love was too siroupy and MTV-ish and hipster-pandering. The others were a bit basic. This is the best work he's ever done with Lana.

My only complaint is that there's about a minute of it (during Baptiste solo) where it's all BTS footage. I thought she overdidi there, espeically when you think about how gorgeous some of the "movie" shots would have been. That's my only complaint.

messy how exactly? Looking forward to your editorial and directorial commentary

It's an artistic masterpiece. I literally couldn't care if ended it with 3 views. i honestly never expected this to be watched by many, given that the single choice is so aggressively anti-radio and fans only

agreed! also Baptiste is hot af. I would go down on him for days...... days!

why did she upload it twice? Weird

this video is miiiiiles better than chemtrails. That video's budget was 5 times less. Plus, the turning into wolves didn't really tie in with the music or make all that much sense. Cv is why lana said "just got off the biggest shoot i've ever been involved in" a few months ago. Interecope cashed out big time. And for pure art. Well done them! It's also great to have another good black and white mv (last one was wc ages ago)

basically, the old man represents the music industry. Always driving her around, watching her in the back seat in the mirror, paying for everything. john baptiste represents music. They perform together, they laugh at the people beneath them, they have fun behind the "man's" back. then she dies (presumably killed or, rather, killed off by the old man/the industry) and baptiste is sad. his partner is dead. but she gets a hollywood star in the afterlife. And the industry will keep making money off her image. it's basically an afront to the american star-making machine and selling yourself and your art for money. Lana is saying she's not interested in that, anymore.

Yeah in the car. Throwback to the born to die video. That's why baptiste is so shocked - because he sees her dead. Then it cuts to her in "heaven" on the hollywood walk of fame. The story they're shooting is sth like she's dating / is sponsored by an older man but cheats on him with a musician she falls in love with and then she dies. so it's got two stories happening in parallel - that's how i understood it at least.

no. Because if you got it you woulda loved it. Soz

because some people apparently wanted another dumbass superficial pop video (for a song that's everything but) 🙄

his best work so far