renaissance

this is an awful take u are indeed the only one

Wait so when is the album supposed to be coming out?

https://twitter.com/tulsajfreaks/status/1661207604209631234?s=20
 

Why is Jack making his way up to be one of my fave Lana love interests, he seems so questionable but so unproblematic at the same time lol

https://twitter.com/tulsajfreaks/status/1661207604209631234?s=20
 

Does anyone wanna share what the updates account stated by the way instead of the bitchiness?

https://twitter.com/tulsajfreaks/status/1661207604209631234?s=20
 

https://twitter.com/tulsajfreaks/status/1661207604209631234?s=20
 

song of the century lives were changed including mine

There's no better version than James Ford one, you can't convince me otherwise. Everything else is just laid-back bedroom folk boredom. It would be cute to release all versions, given that she released a sped up dumbo, but abandoning that one is just insane. 

A thread like this probably already exists but I thought it would be nice to have a place to share some of your personal favourite pictures of Lana! Here are just a few of mine:
 

My take is who cares 
 
So tired of this discourse

Lana is definitely referencing Marilyn's death and comparing it to her own life, so I did some research.
Stay with me, sorry it's a bit lengthy
 
First, we have to look at some theories about Marilyn's death for context.
 
In a recent Netflix documentary, Marilyn's housekeeper, Eunice Murray, stated Robert Kennedy was at Monroe's home in the afternoon on the day she died. In the days leading up to her death, Marilyn told a friend that she was "very much in love and was going to marry Bobby Kennedy." The housekeeper also stated that Bobby and Marilyn had a terrible fight on the day of her death. The documentary confirms that Bobby flew to the airport in a helicopter to catch a flight around 2 or 3 am on the night of her death.
(https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a39840131/marilyn-monroe-death-true-story-netflix/)
 
According to an article discussing Marilyn's death, an LA District Attorney "believed that Monroe was given just enough chloral hydrate to make her unconscious. Someone then dissolved about 30 Nembutal capsules in water, which was given to Monroe via an enema bag. The drugs were absorbed by the large intestine, and that was how she died from an overdose. Based on his theory, Miner said that someone else killed Monroe."
When the pills are taken normally, orally and undissolved, they leave a yellow stain on the small intestine. Marilyn's did not have a stain.
 
Continuing with this theory, Marilyn was crossed by her lover, Bobby, who decided to kill her after their argument earlier that day. He gave her chloral hydrate and injected dissolved Nembutal into her large intestine and she died.
 
I think this is highly convincing, especially because her organs conveniently disappeared after the short investigation concluded.
 
The video as it relates to Marilyn:
Looking at the video, it's clear the old man is Bobby and Marilyn is playing the role of his sugar baby, "dancin like the young and reckless". The necklaces represent the gifts he gave her and how the dangerous nature of their relationship, and the thrill she got from being involved with someone as notorious as "Rockefeller," kept her holding on. The same could be said about her relationship with fame. She eventually lost her sense of self after "playing" Marilyn for so long, and it led to her death. The candy necklaces can also be seen as metaphors for his, or fame's, materialistic/romantic/sexual possession over her, and you can see her uncomfortably pulling at the necklaces later in the video wanting to be free.
 
Later, the bloody car and trunk heighten the gruesome truth of the paparazzi and media publicizing photos of Marilyn's gruesome fate.
 
Over-all Message: 
At 4:07, Lana says, “The whole thing about the video–why it’s all supposed to be behind the scenes–is because all these women who change their names, change their hair–like me–it’s like they all fell into these different snake holes. The whole point is: how do you learn from that and not fall into a thing?”
 
These women fell into "snake holes" while playing their celebrity personas, like actresses, and got hurt searching for fame and its benefits. The downside of entertaining a celebrity persona is your persona begins to split between your character and your true identity. Eventually, you lose your grounding, and someone takes advantage.
 
Down the thread, @wildheart noted the similarities between Lana's and Veronica Lake's outfit in "I Married A Witch" promotions.
"Veronica Lake was born Constance Ockelman and changed her name when she came to Hollywood. She was known for blonde wavy hair and her style became very popular in the 40s. She struggled with alcoholism and while she didn’t die, her addiction did have to do with her leaving Hollywood to find recovery."
 
Lana is paying homage to Veronica, and pointing out similarities between her, Veronica's, and Marilyn's stories. They all created Hollywood personas with new hair, names, and personalities.
 

 
 
The last shot with her sitting on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a reference to this pic of Marilyn, I think. Pretty sure it's edited using pics of Norma Jean on the beach but conceptually, it's strikingly similar.
 

 

Lana also isn't wearing a necklace in this shot which shows she is free from him and her desire for the thrill
She's reclaiming herself and her accomplishments, free of anyone's control.
(She's referencing the Love music video with the hair, makeup, and outfit - I LOVE)
 
In the video, Lana explores the dangerous power dynamics and situations that can be forged when someone creates and maintains a Hollywood persona.
She questions how you can learn from these situations, and how you keep from falling into similar ones. Additionally, how can you regain your stolen safety, stability, and sense of self after playing a Hollywood persona/splitting your personality for so long?
 
Lana is referencing the Born to Die era in multiple shots throughout the video. Going by my theory with the Marilyn and Bobby parallel, I'm guessing she was in a similar situation with someone around the BTD era (my guess is Harvey but who knows). Ultimately, she was haunted and thrilled by her relationship with Rockefeller/fame because of how dangerous it could be for her. She was so caught up in playing the part, she lost herself.
 
SUCH an incredible music video 100000/10

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 mean she probably did hate it but it's fun to perform now bc it got a good reaction

I think their actual problem is the processing time, not the shipping itself. After weeks or sometimes months you get a "shipping notification" - if you click on it, you see that the "shipping label has been created" so you got a tracking number. But they need more weeks or months to actually hand the parcel over to the shipping company 😅 however, currently they seem to work a bit faster, at least regarding the air fresheners.
 
Once the parcel was actually posted, I got it in one or two weeks (Germany). And I love how they always declared the value to be 5 USD 😅🙈 I never paid customs for it. 

One of my biggest reasons for not buying Lana’s merch (aside from price) is that many designs seem to not use official fonts or logos, and use photos from different eras for different albums. For example, the LDR eyes hoodie that says Blue Banisters under it. Nothing on that looks like something you’d relate to the music.
Theres just a rlly big disconnect between ldrvillage and Lana’s music. I wouldn’t mind t shirts with just a photo of the album or Lana on them, like the Peyote one and Paradise one from years ago. As long as it is actually cohesive 

taylor swift and jack antanoff are in NYC i think

of course she's walking around new york wearing a california hoodie #fuckthenewyorkpost

No.
Unfortunately, the way most education systems work these days, if you want to get a solid B+ on an essay, it's enough to recognise where something comes from, and you don't have to work out why a reference is actually being used. None of the references/callbacks, to her own work or to the work of others, are done just for the hell of it.

Not the yassified Lana...

Not the Melanie stans getting brave in the bjork thread like their fave doesn’t have multiple r*pe allegations against them … go outside and touch some grass bjork is THE blueprint for the alt girlies 

Not the Melanie stans getting brave in the bjork thread like their fave doesn’t have multiple r*pe allegations against them … go outside and touch some grass bjork is THE blueprint for the alt girlies 

Not the Melanie stans getting brave in the bjork thread like their fave doesn’t have multiple r*pe allegations against them … go outside and touch some grass bjork is THE blueprint for the alt girlies 

i mean she probably did hate it but it's fun to perform now bc it got a good reaction