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I deactivated all my stuff on friday out of impulse so now i feel extra motivated to stay off. Lets do it queen... a purging for the platforms

*this album will be difficult to survive 
 
 

Listening to Text Book this morning and reading this thread and I have some thoughts. Just a note, this might be a COMPLETE REACH but 
First, the lyrics "I guess this is really the end I've never felt jealous before this year but I'm jealous now" really hit me differently after her announcement last night. Maybe she's referencing the experience of watching her friends live a normal, fame-less life on Instagram. We know she wants privacy more than ever and is probably sick to death of the trolls commenting on her posts. Her thoughts, body, music are all open to be critiqued in the comments of her posts and I'm sure she has read some hateful things. I don't see this announcement as spur of the moment.  @lustforlife said BB is "the end of Lana Del Rey". Maybe de-activating her socials is just the first step down a road of seclusion and letting the music speak for itself. 
 
Secondly, we know Text Book starts the album. Lana said BB is about "what it was like, what happened, and what it's like now".  The lyrics "and then there was the issue of her I didn't even like myself or love the life I had"  stuck out to me. I see these lyrics as young Lizzie speaking about not liking herself or the emotionally unstable home she lived in as a young girl / teen. In some ways, the creation of the Lana Del Rey persona saved her from that life (or maybe it felt this way to her in the beginning): it brought money,  instant adoration and freedom to build a new life for herself. Years later, though, the "Lana Del Rey" name has also brought a ton of baggage: think pieces, 0 freedom or privacy, twitter hate, etc. Maybe deactivating is just a way for her to begin tearing down this image of Lana Del Rey and only letting the music shine through. I could see her being very reclusive (like Fiona Apple) and popping out for interviews once every few years. 
 
I don't think she will ever retire from music but this record is definitely a turning point for her. I'm excited to see the story she paints in BB and hoping it all comes together. 
And maybe this is just me dwelling too much on the fact that I won't get a "Lana Del Rey posted" push notification for the foreseeable future 

Still depressed over here. Might not ever recover. I miss you Lana. 

don't know if this has been done already but i took a walk down memory lane, and thought it'd be cute to look back at all her insta profile pics over the years 
May 2013 - February 2015

 
February 2015 - August 2015

 
August 2015 - January 2017

 
January 2017 - September 2021

Just drove home from a late dinner blasting Arcadia, feeling kinda wistful and sad, then walked in the door to this. The "built me up 300-feet tall" line still on repeat in my head mixed with the tone of the IG video in the most heartbreaking way. 
 
I don't care at all about social media, just want her to be happy, find peace, make beautiful music, and really feel how deeply she is loved by all of us.

Just drove home from a late dinner blasting Arcadia, feeling kinda wistful and sad, then walked in the door to this. The "built me up 300-feet tall" line still on repeat in my head mixed with the tone of the IG video in the most heartbreaking way. 
 
I don't care at all about social media, just want her to be happy, find peace, make beautiful music, and really feel how deeply she is loved by all of us.

Just drove home from a late dinner blasting Arcadia, feeling kinda wistful and sad, then walked in the door to this. The "built me up 300-feet tall" line still on repeat in my head mixed with the tone of the IG video in the most heartbreaking way. 
 
I don't care at all about social media, just want her to be happy, find peace, make beautiful music, and really feel how deeply she is loved by all of us.

Just drove home from a late dinner blasting Arcadia, feeling kinda wistful and sad, then walked in the door to this. The "built me up 300-feet tall" line still on repeat in my head mixed with the tone of the IG video in the most heartbreaking way. 
 
I don't care at all about social media, just want her to be happy, find peace, make beautiful music, and really feel how deeply she is loved by all of us.

Just drove home from a late dinner blasting Arcadia, feeling kinda wistful and sad, then walked in the door to this. The "built me up 300-feet tall" line still on repeat in my head mixed with the tone of the IG video in the most heartbreaking way. 
 
I don't care at all about social media, just want her to be happy, find peace, make beautiful music, and really feel how deeply she is loved by all of us.

Just drove home from a late dinner blasting Arcadia, feeling kinda wistful and sad, then walked in the door to this. The "built me up 300-feet tall" line still on repeat in my head mixed with the tone of the IG video in the most heartbreaking way. 
 
I don't care at all about social media, just want her to be happy, find peace, make beautiful music, and really feel how deeply she is loved by all of us.

i literally love lana

Ma'am this is LanaBoards.com

Okay, I left her a little goodbye message. I just hope she knows how much we all love her and will miss her as she's gone! Hope she returns one day soon whenever she feels ready, and at least we'll have the music and any other gifts she shares to remind us that she's not so far away as it may seem.
Bye for now, beloved x
 
 

although it is very bittersweet, and i'll miss her presence, i will always support her no matter what <3 at the end of the day, her mental health is the most important, and if this will help her, i think she should do it <3

i don’t wanna go to bed and wake up to her socials being gone 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread 
 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread 
 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread 
 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread 
 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread 
 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread 
 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread 
 

Her specific use of the word "covers" this time is interesting, as opposed to "standards and classics for Christmas" as she said previously.
I feel like that opens the door to ditch the songbook standards concept and expand out to any and every suggestion made in this thread