Platinum Greenwich

Okay, but... If only I put this much effort into my academia...

I think the appeal in Lana's dichotomy for me lies with the fact that, like... I've said this before, but you see a random chick on YouTube named Lana Del Rey (which is a bombastic pseudonym in and of itself) with a song called Video Games, and you click on it expecting, I don't know, EDM realness. Enter church bells, a blockbuster harp riff and back-of-the-local-establishment ingenue vocals. And the video moved me, too -- I've always felt like Lana and I both have the same sense of aesthetic, only she knows how to convey it and I don't. It all feels so handpicked. The clips in her videos, the musical motifs. Backyard barbecues and choking on your tears in the presidential suite. It's a little bit of this and a little bit of that, which is what everyone's life is like. Her design has continuity, nevermind that I'd love it anyway. Kind of like watching the last arc of Sailor Moon and seeing nods to past episodes. Lana may well seem nostalgic, but that's because she's singing about K in 2005 and 2014. She loves Lolita and blue flowers and she keeps to that, you know? It's hard to not appreciate, I think. It's not even integrity, it's just a sense of self that I think she might lack (knowledge of how to express) elsewhere in her life, and that's where I connect with her. It's romantic, which is what I think the GP likes, and it's inspirational. It's wish fulfillment for me, and I'm projecting because we just so happen to like the same things. She's as loyal as I am, and I can get to experience her allegiance to her feelings because I know that elsewhere, in my own life. It's more of what I love. People think they like Lana because aw, she's so relatable but still kind of pipe dreamy about it -- but she wouldn't be if she didn't do what she does without conviction. Like we all do. She puts her life into music, which all people can relate to, and then her aesthetic is the make-or-break in the making of a fan, if that makes sense. That was a mouthful, and kind of soppy and messy and I really could write an essay on this shit, I could, but idc.

Y&B.

What's this?

I'm finna redo this shit since we now have like 3x the songs we did in March of 2013... If your life was a TV show, this would be the theme song: Birds Of A Feather (um quirky) Will you ever get to heaven?: Disco Song you dance to at your wedding: Sad Girl (oh but that'd be sexy though) This song contains the name of your first-born: A Star For Nick (WHAT THE FUCK ) Song played at your funeral: St. Tropez (y'all betta jive when my ass is dead and gone tbh) What do you want right now?: Heavy Hitter (like i don't do drugs but i could do with a cigarette rn so #werk) Song that describes your sex life: Ghetto Baby (dare i ask what this entails...) How will you die?: Back To Tha Basics (again, dare i ask?) Your life motto: Junky Pride (again i don't do drugs but i mean okay #werk) What do you look for in a girl?: Crooked Cop (omg well sgt clemets is one of my fav rumble roses characters so i guess) Song that plays in your head when you see someone attractive: Off To The Races :usrs: What people think of you: Paradise Where will you live?: Boarding School (but okay tho) What is your vice?: Lucky Ones (lucky strike? uhn but sis i smoke vogues) What is the most important thing in your life?: Lolita (THE ACCURACY ) Who do you look up to?: Hot Hot Hot (hot ppl _are_ important to me so what can i say) ... This was messy.

such a good interview <3 I'm so happy she's moving in the right direction, or seems to be anyway

Okay, so the Big Eyes instrumental still slays me within an inch of my life, but I'm not feeling I Can Fly as much. It has better lyrics, but...

And there's (mid-)July again. This bitch! EDIT: It's "midsummer", not "the summer". In the first verse, anyway.

holy shit yes edit: like tbh the writing is nothing to write home about (lel) but the sounddddd my god i am so ready for music to watch boys to

"She bought herself out of that contract, trashed the album she had cut, destroyed all traces of the woman she had been, and tried again." Can someone tell me where the whole "Lana swept her trail up but good" thing comes from? Like, okay... She had AKA took off iTunes, along with like, two demos and her profile picture on MySpace? Is that what counts? Her old accounts are still up for viewing. That's not hiding much. Or was it really as thorough as everyone wants to make it seem, and I've just missed the memo?

So in the last few pages, people had a tussle about feminism, and Jack promoted his "music"? Video seems less severe now...

well, i'm not sure i'm glad it was noticed, then. at the same time, i kind of want to see the full version, just for more to philosophize about.

as much as this makes me uncomfortable (which is the point, i hope), it's interesting too. not sure i'm glad this leaked, but y'know. hmm.

I fucking hate this cunt little bitch! SHE DOING US DIRTIER THAN XTINA CIRCA 2002 AND I LOVE IT :defeated:

Interesting that it's not being used for promotional purposes; implies a certain maturity in her "soundtrack career" if that makes sense. <3

And to be fair, Azealia made a career out of her cunt gettin' eaten -- not Perez and his sad, sad goings-on.

So turns out Eminem is still doing this whole "edgy white dude" gig he's had going on since the 1700s. We done yet? I guess someone had to take "I'm tryna hit Lana Del Rey is what I'm sayin'" to the next level, though.

i'm creaming myself honestly

I could see her releasing a collection of poems, or something to that effect. I don't think conventional prose (or at least non-fiction) is her forte, or something she'd delve into.

i know it's been a long time since ultraviolence but please, y'all.

Tell me, was it ‘cause I wasn’t platinum and jewels? That perhaps you thought I was a little bit of an uncool kid Was that it? I mean, there's a mid-sentence break there, all Sirens-style, but you know.

I ended up reading Lolita (and seeing both films, and cultivating an unhealthy obsession with the whole thing in general) after becoming a fan of Lana. I'd always been curious, but I'd never really gone off the deep end until then. So yeah, there's that. I also found my favorite film ever thanks to a fanmade video for the Carmen acapella demo.

QOTGS. It wasn't until a while after I'd become a fan, I guess -- because I'd consistently liked all of her music thus far -- but like, yo. Cemented it.

Some video examples would be nice for the uncultured the less musically inclined!

The small-time gangsta teas are real as all hell right now! I mean -- I also take Lana's sensibilities to heart, but c'mon... It's all material that we acquired illegally; no need to pretend like there's a bigger picture or turf wars to be had.