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it is so embarrassing to start the vol 2 of her best acclaimed album with a billie eilish sample intro 💀 please.... it's giving ig reels edits like 'which bedroom are you smashin the hardest' 

Ships in 2034

So I think this question could be perceived in different ways:
How has growing up influenced your view? Are there songs/albums you enjoy less or more than before? How has time based on things such as world events or personal experiences changed those perceptions?   
 
 

So I think this question could be perceived in different ways:
How has growing up influenced your view? Are there songs/albums you enjoy less or more than before? How has time based on things such as world events or personal experiences changed those perceptions?   
 
 

I listened to the song for the first time yesterday and.....it was probably the cringiest song I've ever heard. Like what the fuck was that:
She's my alma mater
Chasin' lines all night
Smokin' me outta sight
Well, summer's gettin' hotter
Threw her T-shirt down the pike
Screamin', "Fuck Balenciaga"
Right past the Wawa
Threw on "Heartattack and Vine"
As she alligator cries
I'll make it darker
2003, sad all the time

 
This isn't even camp, it's like something what a pretentious nerdy Instagram kid in high school, who thinks they were born in a wrong generation, would write. Sorry this was too specific, I know that Jack isn't like this but I know that he's capable of doing better music. The production reminded me of Midnights album a lot. Like the song isn't bad, it's just so weird, the whole time I listened to the song my face was like this  Lana's part was good though, the "I'll make it darker" part. I wouldn't mind listening to this part for 10 hours, it was like so smooth.

Where's the A&W video tho 

I can't lie, the writing reminds me of what an AI-written stereotype of what a bad Lana song would be like. 
 
The "summer's getting hotter," is a Lana mainstay, "screaming fuck baleciaga" (screaming black lives matter?), heartattack and vine is an album but it also reminds me of "hollywood and vine," I'll make it darker is probably a Leonard Cohen reference  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nmHymgM7Y), but the way the last line is framed in the song sounds almost mocking.
 
I don't know, it's a really weird one, I can't vibe with it at all and like you said it does come across as pretentious (and strangely unauthentic). I wonder what Lana wrote on it. 
 
Edit: I'm very rarely critical and overly negative like this, but I just don't like the song. The most annoying thing is I feel like it had so much missed potential lyrically. It's almost there, but it's just not hitting the way it should. 

Wait at her following Kim and not Taylor. I'll only be entertained by this for about an hour, but... Tangy!

DAMN GIRL SHE USED HEROIN IN HER LATEST POST AND ESPECIALLY WITH MY FAVORITE PART OF THE SONG OMFG I'M SHOCKED AND SHE USED THAT IN THE STORIES TOO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 
 
ALSO PRINCESS CHELSEA COMMENTED ON THAT POST WITH A "🔥" EMOJI OMFG MOI ROMAN EMPIRE I WASN'T READY FOR THIS AAAAAA
 
This really reminded me that time when she used randomly Terrence Loves You in one of her reels, I love when she acknowledges my favorite songs in this way, also she talked about Swan Song and LFL album yesterday in that interview too, my two favorite albums, my Roman Empire.
 
Honestly...I little bit caused here too much rant but I don't care because this was unexpected and also something pleasant!
 
I also love that she's verfied now, Honeymoon is alive and breathing and verfied!
I mean, she did say she loves the vibe of "Heroin" 
Squiddy, ily but...I do agree what you said on the first part, I have been waiting for 24 moment too but don't you slander my child Religion like that, she's godly too, the production is heavenly. But you're right that Godlymoon is Godlymoon 

tap management is mad wrong for not telling the fans the minute they decided to part ways

hey everyone! 
 
just wanted to give a quick little
*~~Mod Note~~*
 
As you can probably guess, since the mods been commenting/talking about what's going on, we are aware of what is going on with LDR Village, but we are in the same boat as all of you regarding what is official/what is not. Right now, the ONLY 'official' (if you can even call it that) news we've gotten is (allegedly) from Ben telling someone to e-mail tap management regarding LDR village. Since that was posted on Reddit, and not on his official instagram, it's hard to know if that was even a real exchange of messages, and until TAP/Lana/someone officially comments on the situation, we know as much as everyone else! 
 
Just wanted to touch base with everyone, and let you know that we here at Lanaboards are both aware of the situation, but equally in the dark about what is going on
 
Hope you all have a wonderful day!

So I think this question could be perceived in different ways:
How has growing up influenced your view? Are there songs/albums you enjoy less or more than before? How has time based on things such as world events or personal experiences changed those perceptions?   
 
 

you could tell the lana sub anything and they'd believe it

Is This Happiness is my favorite song of all time. 
I know it’s maybe a little repetitive & maybe on the simpler side for Lana 
But it just does something for me 
I feel like I never see/hear anyone talking about it. Selfishly I love that because it’s so special to me but it’s a crime that it’s an Apple exclusive. It’ll always be the true closing track to UV in my heart. 

dark paradise  
money power glory  
honeymoon  
swan song 
bartender
yosemite  
candy necklace 
dayglo reflection

Big Eyes and I Can Fly
 
collabs:
Life Lesson and Riverside
 
some of her least streamed songs...

guns and roses 

i cant believe i never let the thought that miss taylor is just our modern equivalent of siouxsie and the banshees occur to me! 

i started listening to her when i was thirteen, i wasn't nearly as passionate as i became over time, but i was definitely interested in her and her music, at first, i didn't immediately love every song by her, which i feel like makes sense since i was still just a kid and i mostly still listened to basic, mainstream pop music, but as time went on, i began to explore more of her music and warmed up to different songs, i used to not really care for songs like born to die, gods and monsters, and florida kilos, but at some point i revisited them and i happened to like them, it wouldn't be long until i considered her my favorite singer, and my love for her and her music continued to grow
 
i was always open-minded towards her earlier work, i remember liking songs like junky pride, oh say can you see, jump, ruby, trash magic, and a lot of her pop songs from 2010 and 2011, i had a playlist on youtube filled with all of the lana del rey songs i liked and it wasn't really organized and just simply used random uploads/lyric videos, i would add new songs to the playlist when i discovered and liked them, eventually i got spotify in my freshman year of high school and obviously i listened to lana's music a lot, i remember walking around outside listening to songs like pretty when you cry, guns and roses, and west coast, over time, i would discover more and more of her unreleased work, contrary to what you may think, i didn't immediately fall head over heels in love with the lizzy grant music, obviously, i'm now obsessed and completely in love with that period of her career, but i wasn't especially interested in that time of her career until late 2018/early 2019, i believe at the time, i started to learn more unreleased songs and gradually adding them to my music library on itunes, i didn't even have individual albums for each year, they were all just in one giant album, which ended up being pretty inconvenient! 
 
it took me quite a bit of time for me to become familiar with pretty much everything she's done, and dealing with the pandemic and also having gone through some pretty severe anxiety that basically left me housebound for nearly two years really gave me the opportunity to fall in love with her music more, and to become more obsessed with her early career, lizzy grant's music always felt so nostalgic for me, bringing me back to early, elusive memories, they made me feel happy, yet wistful and haunted, i don't think i'm going to find any other musician who has music that makes me feel that way, so i always want to hold onto the music from that period of her career and always remember what they mean to me, they're so special to me and always will be
 
right now, i do honestly feel more connected to her part work from 2005-2009 than i do her more current work, but i still love all of her music greatly, but my tastes have developed more and i don't feel the need to have every single demo or unreleased song in my collection, so i only have what i really want to listen to and what i really like, there's a few more current songs i know i just don't like and won't go out of my way to listen to... lolita and the paradise version of yayo... but for the most part, pretty much everything from her albums hold up very well, and i feel like as i go through life more, her songs will take on new forms for me and will continue to resonate with me and be special to me, there's just no other artist like her, and even at times where i feel like i may be losing interest... i always get sucked back in and love her music even more!

I feel like when you‘re exposed to her art at a very young age it‘s easy to take it all at face value and fall for the aesthetics of her lyrics and references without any critical thinking behind it. I‘m definitely guilty of the whole tumblr nymphette thing, that was my shit at 14, but now that I see all the same things happening on tik tok I‘m mature enough to distance myself from that stuff. So I think growing up with her has helped me measure my growth. I‘ve actually read Lolita now and I don‘t just take her aesthetics and her persona at pure face value. Actually having been in situations where older guys tried to get with me has defined how I see the whole Nymphette/Coquette thing now and I‘ve come to find it both sad and tasteless. I don‘t think it‘s Lanas fault though, I think it‘s just a result teens being teens. Because now I feel I understand her even more than I did when I was younger, especially BTD and Ultraviolence. However I also think I‘m too young to truly get certain works of hers. I‘m not thinking about forever-love and kids and marriage, so I‘m kind of excited to get older and „unlock“ that, I guess. It‘s a little like having a spiritual older sisters who‘s now going through all the things I‘ll probably be going through in a decade, makes me feel very supported, like she‘s something I can always fall back on.

Wow, this is a really good thread and I loved all these responses! Sadly I can't "like" them on PC...
 
When I started listening to Lana I was 13. I've always been a very emotional and impulsive guy, since very young age, and always liked "darker" art. Never been a fan of bubblegum/basic/for the masses type of music, not in a pretentious way, but because I was actually very interested in art and wanted to dig deeper into it. Born to Die made me discover a whole new world. Her voice in particular was something I couldn't believe... her lower register was hypnotizing and her higher notes and whispers were constant releases of serotonin. I loved the dramatic nature of her lyrics and even if I didn't relate to what she was singing about, I did relate to the passion she was singing/writing with. This album actually made me start writing my own music, which is one of the best things that's ever happened to me.
 
My teenage fan era was definitely dedicated to Lana. Ultraviolence - Honeymoon - Lust for Life were wild. Those years were very difficult for me, with school and family and self-esteem, and she helped me find joy in music. Lust for Life in particular was very impactful for me. I was 18, about to turn 19, living in a new city away from my parents, trying to find my style, always in the streets, making new friends, finding "love" and "lust" for the first time... My desire to change, physically and mentally. Also my growing concern about politics and global warming. Lust for Life captured that whole moment for me.
 
Now that I'm 25, I see her as my idol. I take her songwriting more serious than ever. That's what made her stay and earn her spot as an icon and upcoming legend; she's always been a visionary and a painter with words. Ocean Blvd will forever stay in my heart. The emotions it made me go through. The introspection. I always had a rough relationship with my parents, and now we love and care for each other, I always go to see them, and finally have a great and normal relationship. Listening to The Grants or Kintsugi is healing.
 
Thank you so much Lana.

Growing up with Lana music is honestly a bless of my life. No bullshit. I feel lucky to have her as my idol - an inspiration - a soul-mother - who nurtured me spiritually.

I listened to her constantly from 2011-2019. I'd bring her up to anyone who would listen to me.
 
I remember playing BTD all the time in my dorm room and people would stop by and ask who it was.
I remember that insane summer 2013 leakfest where every morning was just more and more leaks including my fave Hawaiian Tropic.
I remember how chaotic it was getting tix to the Paradise Tour in Atlanta (her first ever show there) and going by myself. The audience was a nightmare but she was magnificent.
I remember sitting in the press compound at Bonnaroo in 2014 when UV leaked and using the shitty ass WiFi in the press trailer to download it and I loved it to pieces.
I remember going to the Endless Summer Tour with my then-boyfriend. I met another LB user there who gave me a physical copy she made of AKA that I still have.
I remember running to the Target by my apartment to buy the Honeymoon CD on release day in my last semester of college and thinking about how dreamy it was.
I remember just being absolutely feral for LFL and it was all I played that summer when I visited the same-boyfriend at the beach where his internship was.
I remember being obsessed with the NFR cover and loving every song even though -- at the time -- people on here were annoyed as fuck with all the snippets pre-release.
 
Then I really don't know what happened, COVID maybe? A bunch of other artists competing for my attention?
 
I'm still here though it's mostly for other genre discussion because the pre-release period and shitposts are just a lot for this 29-year-old.
I still listen to her occasionally. I will always buy her new albums, buy tickets to see her, buy merch, be interested in everything about the era from covers and interviews and photoshoots. Post-COTCC it's just been harder to get into the full albums and remember all the lyrics, the music doesn't capture me as much as it used to but when I sit there and force myself to listen to it, I love it. I still keep track of every single leak.
 
I don't know. Maybe I'm waiting for a huge switch-up moment again like NFR was when it effectively distilled everything from the first few albums into one. Maybe I hated Blue Banisters so much I just started mentally checking out dd.

Graet topic.
 
For me, it's simple. Lana and I are the exact age (one month apart), so a lot of the themes she's writing and singing about are exactly what I was thinking about from 2011 onwards.
 
It's like he albums are the soundtracks to my life. Born to Die - I was still young and restless/reckless, UV I was pretty self-destructive, Honeymoon I happened to be in a relationship with an older man, etc. Norman really solidified her as a great artist and I've realized she's here to stay for a long time. Chemtrails also came at a very rough time where I was in the middle of a big transition (my parents had both passed away), and songs like Chemtrails, White Dress and Wild at Heart helped me through it. Just to get clarity of thought and focus on staying positive, and raelizing it's all part of life.
 
More recently, Lana's preoccupation with family etc struck a cord with me, too, as I'm in a new long term relationship, with a cat and potentially a family soon, too.
 
The only album I couldn't relate to at all and on any level was Blue Banisters. I just thought it was Lana on autopilot and there was no themes I could connect to. The record is a kind of jamble of her old stuff and some new throwaway stuff. But, hey, every artist is allowed one flop. I saw today that Arcadia is like the 90th something most listened to  LDR songs on Spotfiy, whereas Say Yes to Heaven is already among top 25 tracks.That just proved to me what a flop that record was.
 
But again, 8/9 albums is a some incredible staying power. I've never listened to any band or musician for this long.

Ooooh this is a wonderful topic. 
 
I would say that the biggest change for me is how I relate to some of her earlier work. I was 13/14 when I got into BTD and when UV came out, so obviously a HUGE amount of those themes and contexts were completely lost on me. In many ways, I was both very socially mature and also a bit of a late-bloomer--so while I could completely understand what she meant in her lyrics, I wouldn't experience them for another 7 or so years. Lyrics like "if you'd call for me I'd run" were relatable in different ways when I was 13 vs. when I was 20 and I had had real heartbreak/relationships, even tho I always knew the meaning. There is an element of "lived experience" that no amount of sympathy or fantasy can really match. When I listen to songs on UV and BTD now, they cut me open differently--and I re-open scars from experiences past, rather than imagine what the knife would simply feel like. 
 
One of the reasons LFL is so highly regarded for me is likely due to the fact that that was the first album to come out after I had that sort of "coming-of-age" and I could actually really genuinely relate to her songs for the first time. At that point I was moving to the opposite coast for college, I had had my first BF and of course my first sexual experience, and given that we were not going to the same school in the fall, I was also going through my first real heartbreak (juvenile stuff, now, I know). But I think that's why, in my journey with Lana's music, that album is the one that stands out the most to me bc of where I was at the time it was released.