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It's very interesting to hear the discourse about Marina being political in her music because it feels like most people mark it as a distinction that happened somewhere later into her career, but I felt like one of the things that astounded me about her sound back in the early 2010s was her outspokenness. For me personally, I think what's changed is that her lyrics feel so on the nose nowadays. Electra Heart is an explicitly feminist album, and TFJ is very critical of popular culture in the West (and how that affected coming of age of a millennial woman). It feels almost as if her life has ran out of the drama that fueled EH/TFJ, and she has to now draw upon those impersonal experiences in her songwriting to make vague statements about the human race and far away countries. FROOT was a good album, and L+F was kind of faceless, but both albums feel like she held back as a means to prove (perhaps to herself?) that she's no longer that crazy girl wearing the blonde wig, masquerading as a Stepford wife. Ancient Dreams on the other hand felt like an attempt to recapture the drama of her earlier career, though that felt very transparent and it didn't quite meet those expectations. I think that the best thing for Marina to do is surround herself with interesting people and experience life at its fullest, and that's when we'll get music that reaches her early days. I truly believe that Marina's career could re-peak again, but that's up to her. She's seemed to have settled down, so I'm expecting the best we'll get is a cute bop on a mid album here and there. That's fine. After the pain she went through that fueled TFJ/EH, I don't blame her for safeguarding herself. Though sometimes I do fear her insecurities have burnt bridges (cc: familiar FROOT)...

I'm folk, I'm jazz, I'm blue, I'm green
Regrettably, also a white woman
But I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones
 
i wouldn't say its like CRINGY but i cant listen to it without giggling (edit: it was sent RIGHT before i sent this )

LDR albums as rocks
 
 
 
Sirens: aquamarine
AKA: kunzite
BTD: diamond 
Paradise: amber and yellow sapphire
UV: rainbow obsidian and labradorite
HM: malachite
LFL: raspberry rhodolite
NFR: tanzanite 
COTCC: grey spinel
BB: brown tourmaline 
DYKTTATUOB: black opal or ammolite 

I think that the problem with ADIAML was how she just abandoned the political idea and focused on post heartbreak project merging them into one which neither makes sense nor lets any of them shine bright enough. I wonder if that's also why she didn't actually rewrite anything because PTP is so lyrically messy it hurts. Anyway I hope she'll redeem herself artistically now that she's not only single but also free from a toxic relationship draining her energy...

Whew, a lot of hate directed towards my writing here, so I'd like to address some of these.
  
 
I titled the book "F**ked My Way Up to the Top" because it was provocative and brilliant title from one of Lana's songs. In fact it was Father John Misty who said, “You can take all the crack songwriters and put them in a bunker for a thousand years, and they would not come up with ‘Fucked My Way Up To The Top’ ever, which I think will go down as the greatest song title of all time.” 
 
As for starting my own religion, again that was more of a marketing strategy. I have dedicated much of my life to studying religion and wanted to compile that information into one place. If you that makes me a "quack" then my I recommend you read it first.

I am very aware (and embarrassed) that I misquoted the lyrics from Ride. That will be fixed in future editions.
  
 
I have done my homework and everything included in this book is creative commons licence. This is not my first rodeo.
 
 
This is untrue, she has mentioned dit several times.  
  
 
I assure you through my months of hard work that AI was in no way involved in the writing of this book. I find is strange that you would think this.
   
 
Be that as it may, I did my research and you will not find another Lana biography as thorough as this one. I challenge you to name one.
 
A few of you have brought up the vegetarianism section. It's true, I could not find a reputable source so I carefully included it with the caveat "details are hazy". I thought that was fair.
 
Anyway, I put a lot of blood into this book and I'm proud of it. You've got to have a tough skin when you're an author because people do like to attack you, so I take a deep breath and accept your hatred.
 

For everyone else who was kind of enough to request a copy, check your email! There's a PDF link there! Let me know if you need anything else and I'll be happy to oblige. 
 

the nerve 

I honestly feel like they’ve missed their chance for this to be a viral hit or anything at this point, so I don’t get the point in waiting unless it’s being used for something in particular 

God they're dragging this out for no reason. The Ocean Blvd. Era is dead, nothings happening, just drop this song so it can be a cute little summer bop 

Where are the lizzy stans would somebody perhaps fact check this chapter @Surf Noir  @lizzyology  
 

 
not "lyrics from Ride"

agree! I think she really does care but tweeting stuff like 'you have to be mentally ill to be a cop' after hearing about something like george floyd is so tone deaf, especially when she wants to be a mental health advocate too. imo what doesn't help her is she never tweets any charity links (she actually has a charity of her own!!) but she'll make political songs, vs someone like charli who doesn't sing political songs but had a load of lgbt+ links pinned during pride month. it comes across like she wants to profit off the songs but not actually be political, like going to the hotel in man's world after it was released like it was no big deal.

I found it y'all
 
https://www.amazon.com/ked-My-Way-Top-Biography-ebook/dp/B0BWJ8FP38/ref=sr_1_10?crid=1S184FX7APAJH&keywords=lana+del+rey&qid=1679727150&s=digital-text&sprefix=lana+del%2Cdigital-text%2C758&sr=1-10
 
Look at OP's post history, it's them promoting their book without saying they wrote it - the pfp matches the pic of author on amazon as well unless I'm blind 

been wondering if this is about the same person she referred to in MAC — "you took my sadness out of context". she mentionned mariners' being (partly or fully, can't rmb) about this dude who thought they were both messed up, that they had this thing in common. but she actually thought she had her life together by that point in her life, so she didn't recieve that comment very well. anyway, fishtail makes me think of this lil story. love this and love her!

been wondering if this is about the same person she referred to in MAC — "you took my sadness out of context". she mentionned mariners' being (partly or fully, can't rmb) about this dude who thought they were both messed up, that they had this thing in common. but she actually thought she had her life together by that point in her life, so she didn't recieve that comment very well. anyway, fishtail makes me think of this lil story. love this and love her!

i love seeing people live their art to the fullest. it's quirky and enchanting. i'd wait a few more years to see if that's some psychotic break, but in the mean time....i'll appreciate the vision and dedication ✨️✨️✨️ she's really doing IT 

this paragraph, specifically the line "pulled me up by my waist" really makes me think of the "waist deep in icy waves" thingy.
 
i don't know if lana genuinely has a song with that specific title in the attic....but it could very much be about that experience of hers...getting pulled up by her waist after drowning herself in this cold cold water. what a thing to experience, especially for a child.

NOT BATTLE OF THE LARYNXXXXXXXX literally so interesting lyrically!!!!!! as someone who studies linguistics i saw some references and i wondered if they were intentional or not. but i thought the lyrics were very clever......... i'd honestly give it more time if i were y'all but i get where you're coming from. she could very well be experimenting (with drugs 2) but the art is fire to me so. i dont think she's falling from grace or anything of the sort. it's a wild ride though i'll give u that

i love seeing people live their art to the fullest. it's quirky and enchanting. i'd wait a few more years to see if that's some psychotic break, but in the mean time....i'll appreciate the vision and dedication ✨️✨️✨️ she's really doing IT 

NOT BATTLE OF THE LARYNXXXXXXXX literally so interesting lyrically!!!!!! as someone who studies linguistics i saw some references and i wondered if they were intentional or not. but i thought the lyrics were very clever......... i'd honestly give it more time if i were y'all but i get where you're coming from. she could very well be experimenting (with drugs 2) but the art is fire to me so. i dont think she's falling from grace or anything of the sort. it's a wild ride though i'll give u that

i love seeing people live their art to the fullest. it's quirky and enchanting. i'd wait a few more years to see if that's some psychotic break, but in the mean time....i'll appreciate the vision and dedication ✨️✨️✨️ she's really doing IT 

NOT BATTLE OF THE LARYNXXXXXXXX literally so interesting lyrically!!!!!! as someone who studies linguistics i saw some references and i wondered if they were intentional or not. but i thought the lyrics were very clever......... i'd honestly give it more time if i were y'all but i get where you're coming from. she could very well be experimenting (with drugs 2) but the art is fire to me so. i dont think she's falling from grace or anything of the sort. it's a wild ride though i'll give u that

i love seeing people live their art to the fullest. it's quirky and enchanting. i'd wait a few more years to see if that's some psychotic break, but in the mean time....i'll appreciate the vision and dedication ✨️✨️✨️ she's really doing IT 

NOT BATTLE OF THE LARYNXXXXXXXX literally so interesting lyrically!!!!!! as someone who studies linguistics i saw some references and i wondered if they were intentional or not. but i thought the lyrics were very clever......... i'd honestly give it more time if i were y'all but i get where you're coming from. she could very well be experimenting (with drugs 2) but the art is fire to me so. i dont think she's falling from grace or anything of the sort. it's a wild ride though i'll give u that

i love seeing people live their art to the fullest. it's quirky and enchanting. i'd wait a few more years to see if that's some psychotic break, but in the mean time....i'll appreciate the vision and dedication ✨️✨️✨️ she's really doing IT 

NOT BATTLE OF THE LARYNXXXXXXXX literally so interesting lyrically!!!!!! as someone who studies linguistics i saw some references and i wondered if they were intentional or not. but i thought the lyrics were very clever......... i'd honestly give it more time if i were y'all but i get where you're coming from. she could very well be experimenting (with drugs 2) but the art is fire to me so. i dont think she's falling from grace or anything of the sort. it's a wild ride though i'll give u that

NOT BATTLE OF THE LARYNXXXXXXXX literally so interesting lyrically!!!!!! as someone who studies linguistics i saw some references and i wondered if they were intentional or not. but i thought the lyrics were very clever......... i'd honestly give it more time if i were y'all but i get where you're coming from. she could very well be experimenting (with drugs 2) but the art is fire to me so. i dont think she's falling from grace or anything of the sort. it's a wild ride though i'll give u that