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I don't know why but I feel this is Ultraviolence all over again. I think Lana did finish the album or at least was close to finish it but she changed her mind/had an epiphany/ got a vision from the future (whatever shit she wants to say in the interview about Honeymoon's production) and decided that Mark Ronson gave the fire that was missing in her life  and made him produce the whole album   

I don't know why but I feel this is Ultraviolence all over again. I think Lana did finish the album or at least was close to finish it but she changed her mind/had an epiphany/ got a vision from the future (whatever shit she wants to say in the interview about Honeymoon's production) and decided that Mark Ronson gave the fire that was missing in her life  and made him produce the whole album   

I don't know why but I feel this is Ultraviolence all over again. I think Lana did finish the album or at least was close to finish it but she changed her mind/had an epiphany/ got a vision from the future (whatever shit she wants to say in the interview about Honeymoon's production) and decided that Mark Ronson gave the fire that was missing in her life  and made him produce the whole album   

I don't know why but I feel this is Ultraviolence all over again. I think Lana did finish the album or at least was close to finish it but she changed her mind/had an epiphany/ got a vision from the future (whatever shit she wants to say in the interview about Honeymoon's production) and decided that Mark Ronson gave the fire that was missing in her life  and made him produce the whole album   

I don't know why but I feel this is Ultraviolence all over again. I think Lana did finish the album or at least was close to finish it but she changed her mind/had an epiphany/ got a vision from the future (whatever shit she wants to say in the interview about Honeymoon's production) and decided that Mark Ronson gave the fire that was missing in her life  and made him produce the whole album   

Her first single "Downtown Jazz" is coming for 20 weeks at #1 don't believe me just watch 

the ultraviolence video is beautiful -- its just boring as hell 
 


 
you can't tell me anyone with an iPhone can shoot something aesthetically pleasing. even though it was pretty much useless and disappointing, it was still made with intent and focus on details and appearances (re: the veil, the bouquet, the dress). hell, the bitch plumped up her lips right before filming it lmao 
 
what i can't imagine her doing is googling an image of a "moon" or anything so obvious to use as her profile picture. she'd be much more cryptic and it'd be something pretty, at the very least 

From the LA Times interview:
 
I know it's not of terribly great significance, but I thought it was kinda relevant here...now, who could the first boyfriend be? (K??????????)

All we know for sure about K is that he might be real/have once been real, and that his name might have started with 'K'. 

nevermind. i was too excited to read the text underneath all of the images: 
 
 
she's such a skittish fucking weirdo 

I would've hated seeing Courtney's messy ass, but now I'm stuck with Grimes and I am not happy about it either

I thought this were lyrics from National Anthem 

and thats relevant to this situation how?? (: 

It's like Lana fired Madonna's security and hired Taylor's Swift security this era. Nothing on her.... amuses me. She must be recording in the same isolated Island close to nowhere where Adele did 25. 

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Nice World
Gentleviolence
Shades of Blue
Hamptons Baby / Brooklyn Adult (idk which I like better)
East Coast
Happy Girl
Pretty When I Smile
Money and Power and Glory
Hugged My Way Up To The Top
New Money
The Other Daddy
White Beauty
Guns and Tulips
California Kilos
Is This Depression
Thisside

genrally speaking, she is in the winter of her life...

She just needs to get her shit back together, deliver good music and visuals, stop always being so passive agressive in interviews, quit the tacky clothing and getting rid of some pounds.
Girl needs a new, GOOD stylist as desperately as I need somebody to breed me tonight. That's all.

So many of y'all are rude as f about Barrie

Just reread this whole thread. I would do interpretations for Paradise, but I must say I am completely stumped on Body Electric

No one probably cares, but I just wrote up a review/commentary/analysis of the 11 tracks of Ultraviolence that relate with some of the ideas she has talked about. It sort of just wraps up the album under one theme (even though she said there isn't necessarily one). Of you want to read it, here it is!
 
CRUEL WORLD
It talks about the "then" ("Shared my body and my mind/life with you") vs. the "now" ("That's all over now"). She acknowledges the wasted time, energy, passion, and devotion of a relationship, which is an interesting thought: where does all that love go when a relationship ends? And even though she has "found another, anyhow," it is clear that she is not fine at all. She puts on her "little red party dress" and talks about candy, fun, happiness, and such, yet "everybody knows that she's a mess," and "fucking crazy." She completely admires his lifestyle ("you're young, you're wild, you're free") and has adopted it as her own, but she knows he is still "dancing circles" around her. All in all, the song sonically and thematically introduces the conflicting emotions she says the album itself contains (ex: the quiet, almost lifeless verses followed by the hectic, bitter and loud chorus). A great way to introduce the theme/story and sound of the record.
 
ULTRAVIOLENCE
This track perhaps best exemplifies the contrast Lana has discussed: "Ultra" vs. "Violence" and the two pair up and come together somehow. I think, like many of the songs on the album, she is nostalgic and reminiscing of a past love that was turbulent, virulent, volatile, and crazy, matched with good times (Ultra) as well as bad ones (Violence). I don't think the relationship was actually violent, I just think that she is using a very bold and strong metaphor to show how impactful the relationship was--how much she really felt it. The song is very full of contrasts (deadly and beautiful, violence representing love, sirens and violins, etc.). That's about it--this song is pretty easy to interpret, but still it captures the ideas of the album--hence, it being the album title!
 
SHADES OF COOL
Another song with conflicting emotions, I think this is a good counter part to WC. In this song, she is the one trying to break through his wall of emotions. She fills the song with specific references which allows us to get a clear image in our heads. She knows she can't fix him or make him better or change him, and she accepts/embraces the fact that he is who he is--living in his "shades of cool." There are a lot of clever lyrics here. She most likely won't break him, but she is in love enough to stay with him, even if the lyrics suggest it isn't the healthiest relationship. Here, the "violence" of the relationship seems stronger than the good "ultra," but that doesn't seem to bother her.
 
BROOKLYN BABY
This is the first instance of sarcasm on the record. It's all about people's misconceptions about her and her career, music, and personality. People think they know her, but they don't. In the verses, we get what people think of her, and in the chorus I think she feeds into and makes fun of the stereotypes that exist around her: She jokes at the listener about her boyfriend, the feather crown, smoking, "getting down," but we also hear some truth, too, such as her love of jazz and Lou Reed. There are more contrasts (fire and water, wind and sea), but the main point of the song is that if you're a hater, you should fuck off, because not only will she ignore you, she will make fun of you with her own stereotypes.
 
WEST COAST
This one is very ambiguous to me, but it's about leaving a relationship for the music and her ignoring her own emotions. She loves him, but she can't let him know that or how much she misses him. She is rather introverted like he appears to me ("you've got the music in you"), so he keeps to himself. The boy tries very hard, but she just pulls away and can't express her real emotions for him, even though she wants to. She watches from afar, as shown in the chorus. She is madly in love with him, regardless of how flawed he is. No one has ever made her feel this way before. Lana has said also how the verse is fast-paced and then the tempo slows down in the chorus, supposedly representing how crazy her emotions are. In the verses she appears to be distant and in control, but in the choruses we see that that isn't the case, that even though she seems strong on the outside, she is weaker internally. One more point I want to make is that she has said the album is a fusion of rock and jazz, and this is also represented by the fusion of the West and East Coast. Geography, genre, emotions, themes, etc. are all concepts that are put together and compared/contrasted on this album.
 
SAD GIRL
Another sarcastic song, I think she is using the "cheating" metaphor both to make fun of her critics, as well as to symbolize the dynamic of the relationship she has. Again she seems like she is carefree in the verses (cheating, being a bad bitch), but in the chorus you see that she really loves her boy, who walks and talks with a fire. He is emotionally distant, which makes her a sad girl. But also, the critics call her too emotional, a mess, a "sad girl," and I don't think she didn't title the song SG so as to get at the critics. You call me a sad, overemotional girl? I am one!
 
PRETTY WHEN YOU CRY
I think this is the angriest, most bitter song on Ultraviolence. The verses are very straightforward. The relationship has ended, and all the promises he made left as well. He made her feel like his whole world. No matter how much he hurts or disappoints her, she will wait for him, even if it is all he does. She loves him, and whatever good there is is enough to hold her there. She goes back and forth from being strong in declaring "you're bad, we're over" to being weak in saying "but I still love you anyway, I'll wait for you". The title/chorus itself is a bit confusing, but I think she's saying that her guys likes her in a crazy, emotional state. HE is saying that she is pretty when she cries, and he hurts her to see her love him even more, to devote herself to him even more. Sort of twisted, to me!
 
MONEY POWER GLORY
More sarcasm and another contrast of truth vs. life. The verses are sort of about what she really wants and believes in. How are you supposed to get true happiness and freedom with "the way that we're living today"? She jokes and says she doesn't care about God or freedom or anything--instead, she wants the money, power, and glory of fame. Her biggest critics accuse her of this, and she claims that they are right--again, to poke fun at them. It's obviously a little bitter, but also very catchy. She is submissive--she will do whatever to takes to make others, as we know she does care a lot about what people think of her. But again, she shows sarcastic strength ("you better run, boy, run!"). She glamorizes the life of a celebrity ("dope and diamonds"), and I think she intentionally feeds into the critics, because she knows people will believe her words in this song and claim she's in it entirely for the fame, but she gets the last laugh, because she and her fans know that this is not the truth.
 
FUCKED MY WAY UP TO THE TOP
This song is very, very bitter, as she is attacking someone--my bet is Lorde. More sarcasm in saying "Life is awesome, I confess." There isn't room for another alternative queen, because what Lana does, she does best. She got tested (all the criticism and backlash she went through she used to turn her struggles into success), and she came out on top. She jokes about a glamorous life in the pre-chorus, and says, "I'm your favorite girl." She is the reigning queen. People say she slept her way up to the top, so here again she plays with people's false ideas about her and her career. She accuses Lorde(?) of mimicking her and her style, and insults her (whore!), but as much pain as she is probably secretly caused, she needs the criticism too (as shown in the bridge) and she asks for more, more, more. A strange song, probably one of the most confusing.
 
OLD MONEY
My favorite. The best lyrics. The most depth/meaning. In the beginning, she is just listing things that remind her of a past life/love, maybe, which are all images that paint a nostalgic, sad picture of happier times in our heads. The kids who were young and pretty, I believe, are Lana and her lover, as we later find out. She asks where he's been, since the happy times feel so long ago. I love this line: "So is the girl you used to call the Queen of New York City." It's a bittersweet song, and a great counterpart to Young & Beautiful. Y&B is told from the present looking at the future, and OM is told from the present (or, the future of Y&B) looking at the past. I love the connection there. Even though they are broken up and in the past, she obviously still loves him, because at any call in the blink of an eye, she would come running back to him. That's extreme devotion. The second verse is even stronger. "The power of youth is on my mind. Sunset, small town--I'm out of time." This is either a song about made up people who are older and have lived their lives, looking back at the past, or a song about her currently, growing older and feeling old, missing her youthful past. The next line alludes to Y&B. She wants to be known for her career and artistry, not her looks. That is more important to her. She references her love for her parents, and how even though she should feel loved and such, she still feels alone. She's always been a longer and unique, as she has said many times. She's never known why, but I think she is happy, since it has shaped her music and who she is in general. The song is so sad. I think Old Money is a metaphor with double meaning: her music often talks about the life of the rich and famous, but on another more personal level, maybe OM refers to a past love--the one from many of the other songs. A while ago she said "I will always love the same man. He will always inspire me." I don't think she was lying.
 
THE OTHER WOMAN
An interesting album closer. She recently talked about this, the reasoning for including it. There are a couple, but it's just another representation or metaphor for the life she feels she lives: she is, in a way, pop music's "other women."

indeed! and brighter than any of her exes'

i've always thought that "brite lites" is about an ex-lover who lana stood by in dark or tough times, to whom she gave everything, and now he has the spotlight shining on him, having gained some recognition, and he's left her to only look for him in magazines, instead of sharing those newfound bright lights with her. hence her taking off her wedding ring, as she was unilaterally commited to an ungrateful bastard :brit:

1.Worst Honeymoon Ever
2.Let me fucking doing what I'm fucking doing
3.Lizard Queen of New Zeeland
4.I see you Satan
5.How Francesco's Fingers Taste
6.I'm gonna cancel my tour
7.Snubs Chanteuse
8.Tay Tay (She Stole Jaime)
9.All Words Finishing With "-ally"
10.I Discovered Instagram
11.Laughing at my fans fake tracklists
12.Riding Blake's Guitar
 
Deluxe Edition
 
13.Record Label Issues
14.Golden Globes Sultry Mermaid
15.Why are people calling me "mom"
 
Itunes exclusive
 
16.Iphone Tribute
17.Honeymoon trailer made by me
 
Lana's exclusive edition (Not available)
 
Roses, Original Ultraviolence, Cola video, Pretty When You Cry Video, Ultraviolence original video, Honeymoon concept (MTWBT, DLMBM) and other things my fans want

Is it me or this girl just sounds very close to Lana's voice ?
It troubles me so much, I love it.