Honeyyoung

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why yall gagging because of 2 deleted posts?

why yall gagging because of 2 deleted posts?

why yall gagging because of 2 deleted posts?

lana: I’ll do my best to never turn into something that burns
 
also lana: keeps on burning her fans by deleting mv snippets and photos making us crazy

But she didn't delete the RCS June 1st post or the BB post saying the album will come July 4th 

“Hot fire, hot weather, hawt coffee, I’m better with YEWH” hits so hard

oh shit, here we go again

Girlies...Lana just deleted the Blue banisters mv snippet on IG. What’s happening ?

Blue Banisters - painted self-portrait album cover with clear vinyl concept.

A simple portrait because this album is shaping to essentially be an extensive self-examination.
 

gonna keep manifesting Nadia Lee shooting the cover her work is so pretty

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this. if ultraviolence was going to be produced today, i'm 100% sure we wouldn't get the sound we got back then, because now she has complete control over what she wants to do with the production

this. if ultraviolence was going to be produced today, i'm 100% sure we wouldn't get the sound we got back then, because now she has complete control over what she wants to do with the production

People can say what they want about Lana’s “antifeminism” but if there’s anything that that quote about her production process proves, it’s that she truly is an empowered woman.
 
 Her close production circle has consistently been men (other than Laura Sisk, who engineers records with Jack) and she never lets her voice go unheard - she’s the one in charge. And I love that (we all know by now that I’m a #girlboss advocate  it’s super important to see educated, empowered, and flourishing women of all types succeed). I think her self-assuredness is really stark considering the fact that so many people have tried to paint her as some sort of submissive personality, when really, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Even in her music, I never got a true “submissiveness” from her, as critics would say they did.
 
Blue Banisters as a record is truly poignant because Lana is reclaiming her voice as a woman - and I think her telling her own story is the most powerful thing anyone can do. Setting the record straight and exploring her femininity by recognizing that while there have been women who have truly hurt her, she can now celebrate the women who have healed her. That’s in and of itself the opposite of what people have defamed Lana to be. 
 
I really do admire the fact that Lana calls all the shots when it comes to her career - whether or not you like the changes in production each album, or the promotional strategies (or lack thereof, sometimes) you can’t deny the fact that Lana Del Rey is a confident woman who truly is a great symbol of “traditionally feminine” women being empowering - especially when culture has, for a long time, accepted the masculinization of women as “true” feminism.  
 
That’s also why I also love artists like Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion - they reclaim the hyper-sexuality and femininity that women have been conditioned to dissociate from in order to be taken seriously. Women like these, Lana included, give us the option to be comfortable in ourselves and to set our own boundaries when it comes to our presentations of self. 
 
 
Sorry for such a long rant - but @PatentLeatherDoOver’s quote set me off LOL <3 and I think this really ties into the album and the commentary Lana seems to be making by telling her own story (intentional or not) . 

this. if ultraviolence was going to be produced today, i'm 100% sure we wouldn't get the sound we got back then, because now she has complete control over what she wants to do with the production

rick also made yosemite

rick also made yosemite

this. if ultraviolence was going to be produced today, i'm 100% sure we wouldn't get the sound we got back then, because now she has complete control over what she wants to do with the production

this. if ultraviolence was going to be produced today, i'm 100% sure we wouldn't get the sound we got back then, because now she has complete control over what she wants to do with the production

this. if ultraviolence was going to be produced today, i'm 100% sure we wouldn't get the sound we got back then, because now she has complete control over what she wants to do with the production

rick also made yosemite

rick also made yosemite

rick also made yosemite

and people will argue that lana shouldn't have complete control over her work which i think is really unfair? of course, her past work is great, but she should still have control over her work, and i'm not saying the producers shouldn't have any input, but she should have the final say, she's not stupid, she's created very beautiful works of art by herself, songs like disco, pawn shop blues, oh say can you see, elvis, super movie, etc. were all written & produced (at some points) by her and they're wonderful, she's a great artist and she's very creative, and at the end of the day, she's gonna do what she wants to do, and obviously right now she wants a more mellow, confessional sound for her work