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I’ve been meaning to make this post here for awhile, but recent discussion about Lana’s Alabama days in another thread have reminded me to finally share it!
For years, there has been speculation if Lana really ever lived in Alabama, as claimed on her old MySpace pages and referenced in some of her songs. When I saw Lana’s show in Alabama last September, I spoke to a fan who had met her in Florence earlier than summer and asked her if she really had lived in Alabama. She also recorded a video of her conversation with Lana, so she played that for me too so I could listen (the video was just of the ground, but you could hear Lana speaking.)
When asked if she had once lived in Alabama as per the rumours, Lana said that when she was younger she had a boyfriend named Billy who lived in Mobile, Alabama. She said the relationship was short-lived but was “the most fun (she) had ever had.” She said he would pick her up in his truck and they would go on late night drives around Mobile. 
So, not only does this confirm that she really did spend time in Alabama, but also confirms the existence of Billy/Bill which had also been up for debate for many years! Some theorised this was a placeholder name, a made up character, or a real person we just didn’t know much about.
So, we can assume that songs that mention Alabama or Billy drew inspiration from the same time period.
Perhaps the most direct example we have of this is in Driving In Cars With Boys:
“Mommy's Mercedes or Billy's pickup truck, come home late at night and baby picks me up. Tell him, ‘Just drive on and don't ever stop. Don't take me home again, take me to a new land’”
 
That’s about all that I know, but it’s interesting that we can now finally confirm a few more references in her older songs! x

this song is truly so beautiful 

https://krakenfiles.com/view/bacTmudgxY/file.html

OMG it's definitely leaking tonight  

this is so helpful thank you so much !!

this is so helpful thank you so much !!

this is so helpful thank you so much !!

Starting from September 2022, we've got, possibly, the most sucsessful year in terms of getting information, finding out ones of the most elusive things and information, that this fandom had been questioning nearly for a decade, and all that information needed a proper thread for an easier navigation through all of that stuff, and that's why I'm creating this thread - lots of information for y'all to remeber, or to find out for those who could miss something interesting! Also attaching updated Lana tracker here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15OnEodSGJDb6waXd5Lt8lUykYw41VBt_/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110075473368512663473&rtpof=true&sd=true.
 Happy holydays everyone 

1. <2010

2. 2010-2011

3. 2012 

4. 2013

5. 2014

6. 2015

8. 2016-2017

9. >2018
 
10. Unconfirmed
 

what makes you think I'm spending a cent on a song that was gotten for free and that will probably leak after a lot of begging and fighting on Lanaboards

for 2024 we should (as a fanbase, not limited to lanaboards) get into groupbuys, look at how many shit ariana fans got by groupbuying! not a single 5 second fart recording from her is left unleaked. we could've bought la who am i AGES ago and now is probably never leaking 

not you saying this knowing full well paradise is sitting on your hard drive (waiting to be leaked mind u) … you are sick and twisted 

what this feels like at this point:

honeymouns told me he's going to leak a lfl outtake in 2 hours 

OMG it's definitely leaking tonight  

OMG it's definitely leaking tonight  

OMG it's definitely leaking tonight  

OMG AXL ROSE HUSBAND (paradise 2015) LYRICS ???? WHAT DOES IT MEANS ??? 

oh I felt the christmas spirit hit me stronger than smoking hash 

me waiting for a real unleaked never before heard song that is post-lizzy grant to leak in full, untagged, like every Leakmas

made-up titles that i pray they exist
1. Deadly Nightshade (UV Era, could’ve been great alt. title for Ultraviolence [Demo])
2. Trans-Am (UV Era, and you know why)
3. 7/11 (BTD Era, it works good as an alt title for Diet Mountain Dew as well)
4. Paradise (Paradise Era, with a Bel Air - Life Is Still Beautiful type of sound)
5. NYC (2010 Mixtapish Era)

Honeymoon and tropico/ultraviolence unreleased are literally perfection