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Before the video I thought “White fire, cinnamon on my teeth and I’m sitting at a stoplight in northern town. I feel lucky.” was Lana going back to her hometown after her fame and every fucked up thing she has seen on Hollywood but after seeing the video I think it’s actually the opposite. It’s young Lana/Lizzy getting ready to leave her hometown, she is on the verge of a new beginning and she feels lucky. It also ties with how she drives somewhere out of range, somewhere far away. I don’t understand what white noise coming out of brain means but maybe it’s her getting robotic and losing herself on the journey of fame? 

I had my 78 year old grandma watch the video (she adores Lana) and she CRIED 
she said, and I quote, “she knows exactly who she is” yess grandma. Leave those lights on for me gurl

i'm just so so glad about this video existence, this is the lana i fell in love with back in the day. like, the big hair? the glam???  god i love cinematic lana so much… i knew the midwest haven't killed her forever!! she was just asleep. you know, back when i first watched tropico i thought to myself "damn, if a chick puts that much effort in her visuals i have no choice but to stan forever". needless to say that i've been let down in the visual effort department in the recent years  but not this time! candy necklace was totally worth the wait and more than whatever i could imagine. i really hope it's not the last video for the era but if it is, i'm at peace with it. the bar is high again thank you everyone 

This music video is top tier imo. I absolutely love the message behind it. Reading those comments asking for the “real” music video made me question if some people have critical thinking skills or not 

i love that it was written by her. she’s so smart. 
also all of the looks are so freaking iconic… like she ate them all up!!!!! period! so much effort !!! 
 
her big hair is my favorite look on her stylistically..so i am still shook from this… 
 
i also didn’t immediately think she was channeling Priscilla with the big hair? i think the end at the hollywood star was her true self right? idk 🤷‍♂️ 

This is my favourite thing in a long time.
 
Also, I didn't quite fully grasp what she was explaining until I read this YouTube comment:
 

 
Edit: I also need to say, that ending from the diamonds dropping into blood, to the implied murder scene, to her smile at the ending... that gave me the same chill that her BTD era videos did with the car crash in BTD, being pulled underwater in Blue Jeans, the jump in Summertime Sadness, the shooting in National Anthem. This is full circle IM CryINg. Also thank you Jon Batiste. You were gorgeous too!

i think the necklaces represent each of the women before her who had tragic endings. her not wearing one might represent her breaking the cycle

because a polished music video about the broken Hollywood dream makes no sense
 

this is what i love most about the video, because while she's referencing specific people, it also seemed like she was referencing her own videos, tying in the idea that she could've ended up like these women.

A bit off topic but imo Marilyn was not suicidal, at least not when she died
 
Definitely more of a short film to me as well! I wish it would have been even longer and maybe would have included another song. 
 
I don't think it's supposed to be the afterlife. I see it as a different reality. The death scene is a what could have happened scenario while the walk of fame scenw is reality with Lana doing well.
 
Veronice Lake. She was a famous 40s actress who died fairly young because of alcohol abuse. She was treated awfully during her career, was called a bitch etc. but today we know she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and would have needed help instead of judgement.

also interesting to watch how her mood deteriorates from scene to scene and her "rockefella/umbrella" looks in more and more skeptically
or the many incidental details like the man dropping the film flap
the video has multiple layers and it will probably take days or weeks to analyze everything properly

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

basically, the old man represents the music industry. Always driving her around, watching her in the back seat in the mirror, paying for everything.
 
john baptiste represents music. They perform together, they laugh at the people beneath them, they have fun behind the "man's"
back. 
 
then she dies (presumably killed or, rather, killed off by the old man/the industry) and baptiste is sad. his partner is dead. 
 
but she gets a hollywood star in the afterlife. And the industry will keep making money off her image.
 
it's basically an afront to the american star-making machine and selling yourself and your art for money. Lana is saying she's not interested in that, anymore. 
 
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

the Veronica Lake look... This was amazing.

the Veronica Lake look... This was amazing.

the old and iconic lashes are back... i need the ref tho

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)
 

yeahhh there is definitely a mix between previous clips and old hollywood 
 


 
This is like the parallel between West Coast car scene and it's also Veronica Lake (mostly the cape look)