caribbean blue

No like literally this was so hi-brow, I’m not shocked people don’t get it. She’s weaponizing that Metaphysics degree to the max 

also love the mix of National Anthem and LFL look at the end

Candy Necklace video is National Anthem video Pt 2 to me  I will not be elaborating

The callback to the beehive 

But this is the director’s cut. The bts and talking scenes are intentional to strengthen the theme and message they wish to convey

People keep saying they don’t want the behind the scenes footage but that’s literally the video. Like that’s the storyline/point of the video. I’m personally glad that she did something different for this. 

this was so beautiful and big brained imo.

This video was showstopping. One of her best. If it didn’t have the BTS footage it would’ve just been glamour shots with no clear story. Very gorgeous glamour shots, but it wouldn’t have the same impact.

I don't think you're too far off at all, I just wanted to add that these women are all also depicted as being vulnerable almost to a fault - where they may feel a certain type of way (MM died by suicide because the man she loved didn't love her, BD may have been killed by someone close to her, but who knows.) I think a lot of the people she chose to play in this video were chosen by purpose too, coincidentally lining up with her own eras. Marilyn Monroe / May Jailer; Elizabeth Grant / Elizabeth Smart (Black Dahlia), then at the end Lana Del Rey as Lana Del Rey. It's interesting that all were called stage names that weren't their birth names. It's just interesting little details.
 
The blood to me is more representative of the cost of this lifestyle, which you might consider a tragic end. Lana with the media. Marilyn with the sex icon and publicity of the love she had for someone who would never truly be hers, the Black Dahlia wanting to be a famous actress but ending up dying while chasing that dream. By the end of it, Lana isn't wearing any necklace, so she has fulfilled the dream without costing her her life, while still costing something else to her. Whatever that is.

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. 
 
 

the MV is 10/10, im excited for the next one (if theres gonna be one)

It’s the death of her persona, Lana Del Rey IS Lizzy and Lizzy IS Lana Del Rey 

So many things to say about this, but her paying homage to herself was the most full-circle moment I never expected from her.   
 
The fact that she doesn't look a day older than on the National Anthem music video set shook me to the core. 

I had no idea this was happening and it just appeared on my youtube, was this a surprise drop? 
 
The part of her in the blonde wig ignited something within me and suddenly i feel excited about her music again. This music video is so good!
 
Just goes to show how much power a good music video can hold when it's done right!

i dont get the hate, lana served

she served here

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)
 

hmmm this is interesting. i never thought of the relationship angle that could have lead to her death. someone said the older man represented the music industry/media but he felt more like a supportive figure up until the death scene so im unsure. 

this is so cool
 
its so funny how she swings between these high concept videos and random iphone footage of a chicken in her back yard

this is one of her best videos... like wow 

Yeah in the car. Throwback to the born to die video. That's why baptiste is so shocked - because he sees her dead. Then it cuts to her in "heaven" on the hollywood walk of fame. 
 
The story they're shooting is sth like she's dating / is sponsored by an older man but cheats on him with a musician she falls in love with and then she dies.
 
so it's got two stories happening in parallel - that's how i understood it at least.

I think the end of her with no candy necklace on was her saying that she will always remain true to herself and that she has broken free from the burden of “candy necklaces” that the women that proceeded her unfortunately dealt with.

This is gonna be in my top fave music videos. It was shot very well and I love the looks through out the video.

The haters need to sit the fuck doen rn Lana said it’s her day
 

I agree but I think there is a parallelism between candy necklaces and diamond necklaces, like how those candies dissolve in your mouth, give you a temporary taste/satisfaction and how there is no necklace left after you consume them.