Unidentified Major Tom

Omg omg omg.
This Marilyn look fits her so well.
She's stunning.

This thread is obviously just for fun.
 

 
1. PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD, MMV—MMX
Early experiments and drafts. Some ideas were taken and/or perfected afterwards. Themes of love, innocence and loneliness.
Notable works: "Yayo", "Pawn Shop Blues", "Kill Kill", among others.
 
1. Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant
 
Simple, bright compositions, focused on mood and melody rather than words.
Recurrent colors: yellow, orange, white and black.
 

 
2. CLASSICAL PERIOD, MMXI—MMXV
The original Lana Del Rey sound. Known for its emphasis on visuals, aesthetics and vocals. Image often more important than meaning. Themes of doomed love, drugs, mystery, desire, status, sadness and death.
Notable works: "Video Games", "Born to Die", "Summertime Sadness", "Blue Jeans", "Young and Beautiful", "Ride", "West Coast", among others.
 
a. Baroque Era
 
1. Born to Die
2. Paradise
 
"The Baroque style is characterized by exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur. Baroque iconography was direct, obvious, and dramatic, intending to appeal above all to the senses and the emotions."
Recurrent colors: blue, red, white and gold.
 
b. Romantic Era
 
1. Ultraviolence
 
"Individualistic, emotional and dramatic; A turn towards the mystic; a focus on the nocturnal, ghostly and terrifying; discontent with formulas and conventions; the use of new or previously not so common structures; a greater tonal range."
Recurrent colors: black, grey, white and red.
 

 
3. MODERN PERIOD, MMXV—MMXVII
Also known as the Retrofuturism era.
A shift towards the latest sounds and visuals. Known for mixing the old and new, inclusion of different collaborators, abstract concepts and synthetic production. Themes of self-discovery, escapism, the future and the world.
Notable works: "Love", "Cherry", "High By The Beach", "Get Free", among others.
 
"Diverse reactions in challenging and reinterpreting older categories of music, innovations that led to new ways of organizing and approaching harmonic, melodic, sonic, and rhythmic aspects of music, and changes in aesthetic worldviews [...] Its leading feature is a 'linguistic plurality', which is to say that no one music genre ever assumed a dominant position."
 
a. Early Retrofuturism / Minimalism
 
1. Honeymoon
 
Total emphasis on voice. Abstract ideas. Older sounds from the Baroque Era subtly mixed with newer trends.
Recurrent colors: light blue, red, lilac and green.
 
b. Retrofuturism
 
1. Lust for Life
 
"Retrofuturism may be summarized as the future as seen from the past and the past as seen from the future." Continuation of the previous sound but more emphasis on new-fashioned production. Subtle political discourse.
Recurrent colors: red, white, blue and green.
 

 
4. CONTEMPORARY PERIOD,  MMVXIII—present
Also known as the Singer-Songwriter Era.
The new Lana Del Rey sound. Known for its humorous, poetic lyricism and stripped-back production. Elimination of older ideas, images and sentiments in turn of newer, more personal interests. Emphasis on words and musicality. Themes of everyday life, adulthood, trauma, sociocultural issues, friendship and family.
Notable works: "The greatest", "Venice Bitch", "Hope Is A Dangerous Thing", "Mariners Apartment Complex", "White Dress", "Dealer", "LA Who Am I to Love You", among others.
 
a. Postmodernism
 
1. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
 
"Is, on some level, ironic; challenges barries between high and low; shows disdain of the often unquestioned value of structural unity; considers music as relevant to cultural, social and political contexts; includes references to music of many traditions and cultures; considers technology as a way to preserve and transmit music; embraces contradictions; presents multiple meanings." Known as "The album of the end of the world" due to its apocalyptic nature.
Recurrent colors: blue, red, white, neon green and brown.
 
b. Postminimalism
 
1. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
2. Chemtrails Over the Country Club
 
"Postminimalist works are usually everyday objects, use simple materials, and sometimes take on a pure, formalist aesthetic. Steady pulse, general evenness of dynamics, without strong climaxes or nuanced emotionalism." Vastly interested in escapism and existentialism.
Recurrent colors: white, black, grey, green and orange.
 
c. Casualism
 
1. Blue Banisters
2. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
 
"A new type of postminimalism that features a self-amused, anti-heroic style. Interested in a studied, passive-aggressive irresoluteness that reflect wider insights about culture and society. Works might appear unfinished or incomplete, intentionally awkward, physically fragile and unstable, rejecting the display of conventional skills." Notable for the random, unpolished nature of its lyricism, composition and vocal styles.
Recurrent colors: blue, brown, beige and yellow.

Me too 

It's okay, we all have different tastes. Personally I prefer the NFR! version. 

Omg omg omg.
This Marilyn look fits her so well.
She's stunning.

Omg omg omg.
This Marilyn look fits her so well.
She's stunning.

"Marilyn's my mother" core 
 
      

Omg omg omg.
This Marilyn look fits her so well.
She's stunning.

Omg omg omg.
This Marilyn look fits her so well.
She's stunning.

Omg omg omg.
This Marilyn look fits her so well.
She's stunning.

naur this is EVERYTHING

Rick's production is just a breath of fresh air to be honest. He mixes Lana's vocals better than any other producer in my opinion. It keeps her voice as the main attention-grabber but still supports it with lush instrumentation. It actually suits her vocals and sounds intentional (looking at U drew)
 
(Which regardless of how good Lana's improvised sections are on recent records, is true. Rick takes his time, he doesn't just throw together a beat and have Lana sing on top of it)

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The Kintsugi - Fingertips - Paris Texas - Grandfather run is the most existential and esoteric Lana has ever been. I’m still as floored as ever. 

I fear I'm developing a smoking fantasy rn...

I fear I'm developing a smoking fantasy rn...