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I really thought she sounded amazing... Of course, she was nervous because it was the first show in years (and with such a huge crowd) so she had a few stumbles here and there, but overall she sounded really good
 
You could see she was building up her confidence as the show went on... so maybe she will be even better next show!

My theory; I think VG was the perfect song to finish on
 
I hate when people diminish Lana’s earlier work to being all about boyfriends and relationships and shit (I mean a lot of it is but it’s not JUST about that). But it is also evident that bfs & relationships are big impacts on her and on what she writes about
 
She’s spoken at length about the process she had of writing Video Games - about a relationship where she’s essentially given up her plans as a writer/singer to live a life of domesticity with her man. A lot of people play it at their weddings and I’ve never known why because it’s beautiful, yeah, but it’s so damn sad. Not just melodically - but the overarching themes break my heart
 
And ofc we all remember the infamous Dublin performance where L broke down singing VG on stage. Singing “it’s only worth living if somebody  is loving you” at a time when felt like she wasn’t - not just in a relationship sense but in terms of fans too, being villianised by the press, being openly suicidal - is beyond heartbreaking to think
 
But now she’s SO much happier and healthier, which is a point she’s stressed repeatedly in interviews and is apparent to see even in candid and fan photos. She told Rolling Stone in March that she has passion for making music (or words to that effect, can’t double check rn) for the first time in a decade. She’s just released an album full of healing 
 
So to me it makes perfect sense to use VG as a closer now. A) it shows full circle how far she’s come from those days when she couldn’t sing it without breaking down and B) with all the self-reflection she’s done on family and friends and so on, the lines don’t HAVE to be about a partner anymore. To me, when she says “it’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you…” she’s saying it to her fans and loved ones, because THEY are the ones she lives for now. And also for herself! I like to think she’s addressing past Lizzy on the stage of Arlene’s Grocery with her lil guitar telling her… this is for you, too, kid.
 
(I haven’t taken my mood stabilisers yet so please excuse me.)
 
So she’s sending her fans back out into the world after her performance telling them… this was for y’all. I think it fits beautifully. 
 
(In the same vein I think Get Free would also work, but VG ties the whole healing shit together better) 
 

honestly so happy she's back to performing - no matter the setlist just getting to see her perform and look like she's enjoying it too is just  living in the best timeline fr  

It was meant to have an outro though, so we’re not sure how it was meant to play out.. maybe the vision will become clear next week! Tbf I think video games is a good closer.. it’s full circle from where she started, and the sentiment is still the same but different, she endures the fame for the love of her fans 

I Will Stay Like You Want After Doomsday Predicts Problems That Some Obscene Arabian Folks Find Offensive Towards Friends Over A Gay Chapel Trying Doing Everynowandthen.
 
 
you heard it here first #LIPSTERS 💋 🔜 🎥 
#VeinsineonExclusive

Tunnel
Snow On The Beach (x2)
Say Yes To Heaven (version we’ve never heard)
Queen Of Disaster (I’m delusional and set on this songs release for Barbie)
Lost At Sea
Hollywood Bowl
”Bittersweet Anthem”

we are eating so much this year 

You Got Me Spinning Like A Ballerina, You’re The Bad Boy That I Always Dreamed Of - You’re The King And Baby I’m The Queen Of Disaster  IS COMING 

We’ll know it’s over when the west coast chorus plays and transitions into born to die 

lmao she just has a tank of helium next to her the entire time 

Bringing this back because we still don't have answers lol but anyone who gets to talk to her, please ask about DNC 

quick someone ask if she’ll sing you’ll never walk alone !

That was swan song.. Lana is not crying over ladidadeedaa soft ice cream  

the way lana sings "like snow like snow oh yeah" in the end is like she is really tired of the song and wants it to be over lol

Omg can’t wait for 2 Snow on the Beach songs occupying Lana’s Top 5 for years.

ohhh that’s a really good new music friday placement for an unreleased song…
 
all the girlies are gonna see it and go “omg finally i can add this to my playlist fr!”
 
even though it’s not at its peak on tiktok anymore, it still gets a lot of uses, and before they were taken down, the youtube/spotify uploads were still gaining really good traction by the day. 
 
i don’t think it’s one of those songs that just dies immediately after it trends… this song is timeless i fear… it will be on par with summertime sadness, young and beautiful, video games, etc as one of the first songs people think of when they hear lana del rey…. mark my words 

Ya a meaning of almost a million videos on tiktok using her song without her getting money for it

Do you guys ever like enjoy anything she does 🤔  i don’t see any significant difference in this version that makes it any lesser than the other versions. Still as dreamy and beautiful as ever

when SYTH releases worldwide and there is a zip file on #that site containing Zodiac/Dark City/Dead to Me 

I wouldn't mind a bigger wait for the next album if we get the unreleased compilation and/or the covers album in between 
 
As for her new original material I never know what to expect from her cause Ocean Blvd was really surprising to me. It had an evolution of the post-2019 sound but it also had a lot of new elements I didn't expect at all like the use of samples, the borrowed piano melodies and specially the last 3 tracks being upbeat for her standards.
I wonder if she included those cause she's heading into a more bop-ish sound or just to switch it up after the really heavy lyrical tracks.
 
I also wonder where she goes next lyrically cause I doubt we're getting another full introspective album about her family cause I feel she said a lot of what she wanted already and while it might be therapeutic and where her mind takes her while automatic singing it has to be kinda draining too 
 
She said she was really happy about herself and her career so maybe she just wants to have fun now  not necessarily as in upbeat but more conceptual and less diaristic 
 

i am really obsessed n tried to break down the Kintsugi lyrics (w the help of my lovely sweetipie bf) how i understand them ...... i am likely wrong on many fronts but its just how my mind made sense of them! also i cant articulate for the life of me, not very eloquently anyway & tried to keep it short as possible.... lolol so sorry for that
 
but yeah  if this gets lost in the void thats also okay 
 
 

Gosh I can't hear Grandfather without hearing ''Rosemead Exclusive Baby'' on my mind, help me

Okay, initial thoughts: