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This line seriously makes me wonder how she can touch anything down there with those long ass nails of hers

I think even contemplative introverts generally feel happier in the summer (maybe with the exception of depressives who dislike being reminded of the fun others are having). It's just that people usually focus on their ability to romanticize the darkness and desolation of winter, because it is comparatively rare in non-introverts. But I also tend to think that Lana's melancholy and introversion is exaggerated for the most part. To me it's pretty clear that she's fun-loving (references cheap thrills and sensual pleasures often) and a natural born people-person who really gets off on outwardly projecting her best 'self', partly for the enjoyment of others. I get the feeling her love of interpersonal contact isn't just limited to the meaningful/intimate stuff and that she feels most in her element when she's being wild, carefree, and expressive. It seems that if anything, Lana's melancholy arises from the high expectations of lasting happiness she has, and that she uses this melancholy as artistic fuel for the dramatic musical/visual aesthetic that she loves so much.

I doubt Lana was sexually abused as a child, given that there seem to be many more sexual abuse victims who grow up to become frigid/put off by sex, and afraid/hesitant of men (assuming the abuser was male) than those who find emotional comfort in men and physical intimacy. I honestly don't think Lana's need for love/intimacy is much different from a lot of women's; the difference with her is that rather than downplaying it for the sake of seeming like a stable, well-adjusted person, she exaggerates it for the sake of art and drama.
 
Also, I don't mean to dismiss teenage alcoholism on the whole, but given her upbringing and tendency toward 'artistic license' I'm very skeptical about Lana having been a real alcoholic at the age of 14. My guess is that she had started getting into partying and binge drinking like a lot of teenagers do, and was probably also starting to slip academically, so her parents panicked and sent her to a boarding school to set her on the right path. You would think that upon finding out that their daughter had a serious addiction at the age of 14, Lana's parents would have wanted to deal with the issue rather than just send her away to someplace where they had zero control over her and where she wouldn't be able to escape potential peer pressure. I'm sure Lana came into contact with substance abuse later in life, though.
 
And if we're going to assume that the song 'Boarding School' is at least accurate in terms of documenting Lana's general impressions/associations, it was not an experience that was beneficial in helping her combat her supposed alcoholism.

I doubt Lana was sexually abused as a child, given that there seem to be many more sexual abuse victims who grow up to become frigid/put off by sex, and afraid/hesitant of men (assuming the abuser was male) than those who find emotional comfort in men and physical intimacy. I honestly don't think Lana's need for love/intimacy is much different from a lot of women's; the difference with her is that rather than downplaying it for the sake of seeming like a stable, well-adjusted person, she exaggerates it for the sake of art and drama.
 
Also, I don't mean to dismiss teenage alcoholism on the whole, but given her upbringing and tendency toward 'artistic license' I'm very skeptical about Lana having been a real alcoholic at the age of 14. My guess is that she had started getting into partying and binge drinking like a lot of teenagers do, and was probably also starting to slip academically, so her parents panicked and sent her to a boarding school to set her on the right path. You would think that upon finding out that their daughter had a serious addiction at the age of 14, Lana's parents would have wanted to deal with the issue rather than just send her away to someplace where they had zero control over her and where she wouldn't be able to escape potential peer pressure. I'm sure Lana came into contact with substance abuse later in life, though.
 
And if we're going to assume that the song 'Boarding School' is at least accurate in terms of documenting Lana's general impressions/associations, it was not an experience that was beneficial in helping her combat her supposed alcoholism.

'Beauty and rage'. I heard 'range' as in, her vocal range
 
'He hurt me but it felt like true love'. I heard 'felt like July', probably cause Lana references July so much
 
'Chariots of gold'. I heard 'Jerry it's a goal'
 
'Riviera girls'. I heard 'we're the era of girls'
 
'Grand Ole Opry'. I heard 'grind all our prayer'
 
'Those bitches before'. I heard 'those pictures before'
 
'Indian reservations'. I heard 'neon reservations'
 
'Grenadine sunshine, can you break this heart of mine.' I heard 'remedy, sunshine, get your face out of mine'
 
'Hair thinning in the wind' (is this the actual lyric, btw?)
I heard 'Henathine(?) in Berlin'
 
'We're like Sid and Nancy loving the fight'
I heard 'where we'd sit and sweet love in the fire'
 
'Now everyone knows amicable'
I heard 'everyone knows I'm a cripple'

I doubt Lana was sexually abused as a child, given that there seem to be many more sexual abuse victims who grow up to become frigid/put off by sex, and afraid/hesitant of men (assuming the abuser was male) than those who find emotional comfort in men and physical intimacy. I honestly don't think Lana's need for love/intimacy is much different from a lot of women's; the difference with her is that rather than downplaying it for the sake of seeming like a stable, well-adjusted person, she exaggerates it for the sake of art and drama.
 
Also, I don't mean to dismiss teenage alcoholism on the whole, but given her upbringing and tendency toward 'artistic license' I'm very skeptical about Lana having been a real alcoholic at the age of 14. My guess is that she had started getting into partying and binge drinking like a lot of teenagers do, and was probably also starting to slip academically, so her parents panicked and sent her to a boarding school to set her on the right path. You would think that upon finding out that their daughter had a serious addiction at the age of 14, Lana's parents would have wanted to deal with the issue rather than just send her away to someplace where they had zero control over her and where she wouldn't be able to escape potential peer pressure. I'm sure Lana came into contact with substance abuse later in life, though.
 
And if we're going to assume that the song 'Boarding School' is at least accurate in terms of documenting Lana's general impressions/associations, it was not an experience that was beneficial in helping her combat her supposed alcoholism.

I doubt Lana was sexually abused as a child, given that there seem to be many more sexual abuse victims who grow up to become frigid/put off by sex, and afraid/hesitant of men (assuming the abuser was male) than those who find emotional comfort in men and physical intimacy. I honestly don't think Lana's need for love/intimacy is much different from a lot of women's; the difference with her is that rather than downplaying it for the sake of seeming like a stable, well-adjusted person, she exaggerates it for the sake of art and drama.
 
Also, I don't mean to dismiss teenage alcoholism on the whole, but given her upbringing and tendency toward 'artistic license' I'm very skeptical about Lana having been a real alcoholic at the age of 14. My guess is that she had started getting into partying and binge drinking like a lot of teenagers do, and was probably also starting to slip academically, so her parents panicked and sent her to a boarding school to set her on the right path. You would think that upon finding out that their daughter had a serious addiction at the age of 14, Lana's parents would have wanted to deal with the issue rather than just send her away to someplace where they had zero control over her and where she wouldn't be able to escape potential peer pressure. I'm sure Lana came into contact with substance abuse later in life, though.
 
And if we're going to assume that the song 'Boarding School' is at least accurate in terms of documenting Lana's general impressions/associations, it was not an experience that was beneficial in helping her combat her supposed alcoholism.

This line seriously makes me wonder how she can touch anything down there with those long ass nails of hers

This line seriously makes me wonder how she can touch anything down there with those long ass nails of hers

This line seriously makes me wonder how she can touch anything down there with those long ass nails of hers

This line seriously makes me wonder how she can touch anything down there with those long ass nails of hers

This line seriously makes me wonder how she can touch anything down there with those long ass nails of hers

These accusations that (mostly female) entertainers are part of a Satanic cult out to corrupt our impressionable youth is nothing more than a modern variation of the witch hunts, just like the Satanic Panic of the 80's and 90's. A great example for anyone who thinks that humanity has become far too rational and enlightened to fall into the traps of superstitious thinking like our ancestors did.
 
Of course the government and new world order proponents aren't beyond using whatever means they can to control and influence the public, but this whole illuminati symbolism hunt/listening to songs backwards/overanalysing trite lyrics nonsense is laughable. It's obvious these musicians are deliberately playing on this shit--it's a great publicity gimmick for 'artists' who only rely on gimmicks in the first place, and don't forget how dark and edgy it makes the Disney kids who desperately want us to view them as grown up. There is nothing remotely new about this either; there was a fascination with esotericism/mysticism in Hollywood as far back as the silent era and dabbling in occultism became really trendy in the 60's (Anton LaVey even became something of a celebrity because of it).
 
It makes me glad Lana isn't more famous because there are plenty of potential 'Illuminati clues' people would love to read into if they knew more about her. Like the Daily Mail interview where she said she wished she was dead and that she doesn't want to keep performing but she has to.

I think Lana's jazzy tangents are beautiful, the only problem is that they're too short and often just tacked onto slow or boring pop songs in an attempt to liven them up. If Lana would really follow through with an attempt at jazz I think it would sound amazing. Her free-form vocals are by far her most emotionally genuine and rarely fall into this monotonous 'I'm too cool to give a fuck' tone that she often does.

This was so exciting to watch, thank you for taking the time to make it! Though I think you overinterpreted at times (I think Lana is a much more intuitive songwriter, in this regard I think she sometimes gets too much credit) and though I disagree with your use of the term 'objectification', you brought up a very interesting point by saying that Lana's financially well off beginnings were what gave her insight into the emptiness of the American dream (especially since people often use her background to discredit her legitimacy). I think this is also where her fearlessness in creating her own reality/image arose. We live in an age where there is such a high emphasis placed on being 'real/raw' (even in the entertainment industry) and the irony is that this often just ends up producing a bad imitation of reality. In Lana's case it is more like an imitation of artificiality, because like you said, she deliberately references things that are famous for being illusory, and yet she does this so obviously that it ends up feeling genuine.

These accusations that (mostly female) entertainers are part of a Satanic cult out to corrupt our impressionable youth is nothing more than a modern variation of the witch hunts, just like the Satanic Panic of the 80's and 90's. A great example for anyone who thinks that humanity has become far too rational and enlightened to fall into the traps of superstitious thinking like our ancestors did.
 
Of course the government and new world order proponents aren't beyond using whatever means they can to control and influence the public, but this whole illuminati symbolism hunt/listening to songs backwards/overanalysing trite lyrics nonsense is laughable. It's obvious these musicians are deliberately playing on this shit--it's a great publicity gimmick for 'artists' who only rely on gimmicks in the first place, and don't forget how dark and edgy it makes the Disney kids who desperately want us to view them as grown up. There is nothing remotely new about this either; there was a fascination with esotericism/mysticism in Hollywood as far back as the silent era and dabbling in occultism became really trendy in the 60's (Anton LaVey even became something of a celebrity because of it).
 
It makes me glad Lana isn't more famous because there are plenty of potential 'Illuminati clues' people would love to read into if they knew more about her. Like the Daily Mail interview where she said she wished she was dead and that she doesn't want to keep performing but she has to.

These accusations that (mostly female) entertainers are part of a Satanic cult out to corrupt our impressionable youth is nothing more than a modern variation of the witch hunts, just like the Satanic Panic of the 80's and 90's. A great example for anyone who thinks that humanity has become far too rational and enlightened to fall into the traps of superstitious thinking like our ancestors did.
 
Of course the government and new world order proponents aren't beyond using whatever means they can to control and influence the public, but this whole illuminati symbolism hunt/listening to songs backwards/overanalysing trite lyrics nonsense is laughable. It's obvious these musicians are deliberately playing on this shit--it's a great publicity gimmick for 'artists' who only rely on gimmicks in the first place, and don't forget how dark and edgy it makes the Disney kids who desperately want us to view them as grown up. There is nothing remotely new about this either; there was a fascination with esotericism/mysticism in Hollywood as far back as the silent era and dabbling in occultism became really trendy in the 60's (Anton LaVey even became something of a celebrity because of it).
 
It makes me glad Lana isn't more famous because there are plenty of potential 'Illuminati clues' people would love to read into if they knew more about her. Like the Daily Mail interview where she said she wished she was dead and that she doesn't want to keep performing but she has to.

I think Lana's jazzy tangents are beautiful, the only problem is that they're too short and often just tacked onto slow or boring pop songs in an attempt to liven them up. If Lana would really follow through with an attempt at jazz I think it would sound amazing. Her free-form vocals are by far her most emotionally genuine and rarely fall into this monotonous 'I'm too cool to give a fuck' tone that she often does.

I think Lana's jazzy tangents are beautiful, the only problem is that they're too short and often just tacked onto slow or boring pop songs in an attempt to liven them up. If Lana would really follow through with an attempt at jazz I think it would sound amazing. Her free-form vocals are by far her most emotionally genuine and rarely fall into this monotonous 'I'm too cool to give a fuck' tone that she often does.

I think Lana's jazzy tangents are beautiful, the only problem is that they're too short and often just tacked onto slow or boring pop songs in an attempt to liven them up. If Lana would really follow through with an attempt at jazz I think it would sound amazing. Her free-form vocals are by far her most emotionally genuine and rarely fall into this monotonous 'I'm too cool to give a fuck' tone that she often does.

I think even contemplative introverts generally feel happier in the summer (maybe with the exception of depressives who dislike being reminded of the fun others are having). It's just that people usually focus on their ability to romanticize the darkness and desolation of winter, because it is comparatively rare in non-introverts. But I also tend to think that Lana's melancholy and introversion is exaggerated for the most part. To me it's pretty clear that she's fun-loving (references cheap thrills and sensual pleasures often) and a natural born people-person who really gets off on outwardly projecting her best 'self', partly for the enjoyment of others. I get the feeling her love of interpersonal contact isn't just limited to the meaningful/intimate stuff and that she feels most in her element when she's being wild, carefree, and expressive. It seems that if anything, Lana's melancholy arises from the high expectations of lasting happiness she has, and that she uses this melancholy as artistic fuel for the dramatic musical/visual aesthetic that she loves so much.

This was so exciting to watch, thank you for taking the time to make it! Though I think you overinterpreted at times (I think Lana is a much more intuitive songwriter, in this regard I think she sometimes gets too much credit) and though I disagree with your use of the term 'objectification', you brought up a very interesting point by saying that Lana's financially well off beginnings were what gave her insight into the emptiness of the American dream (especially since people often use her background to discredit her legitimacy). I think this is also where her fearlessness in creating her own reality/image arose. We live in an age where there is such a high emphasis placed on being 'real/raw' (even in the entertainment industry) and the irony is that this often just ends up producing a bad imitation of reality. In Lana's case it is more like an imitation of artificiality, because like you said, she deliberately references things that are famous for being illusory, and yet she does this so obviously that it ends up feeling genuine.

With the exception of many Lizzy Grant era musical moods and styles which I have come to accept will never be heard again, I think Lana has been steadily improving since Born to Die. I can understand why people like that album; it's ambitious, you can see Lana trying to reflect every facet of her image/persona and show us what she's capable of, but she simply tries too hard and loses herself in the process. I hate to agree but Pitchfork's summary of it as a 'faked orgasm' is dead on. Since then Lana has been exploring more niche themes, subtler sounds, allowing songs time to build atmosphere, and most importantly, has ditched that weird vocal schizophrenia in favour of her natural range. Overall I get the impression she's not as concerned with the way she comes across to her audience, and I think that's integral to her creative evolution. I also have a feeling that may be the reason why her pre-fame albums and unreleased stuff was so much more artistically diverse. When she only had a small audience there wasn't the same pressure to remain consistent and true to her image.
 
It's true that many of her songs lack the energy that they used to have though. I think this is less of an artistic decision and more a reflection of where she is in her life at the moment.

With the exception of many Lizzy Grant era musical moods and styles which I have come to accept will never be heard again, I think Lana has been steadily improving since Born to Die. I can understand why people like that album; it's ambitious, you can see Lana trying to reflect every facet of her image/persona and show us what she's capable of, but she simply tries too hard and loses herself in the process. I hate to agree but Pitchfork's summary of it as a 'faked orgasm' is dead on. Since then Lana has been exploring more niche themes, subtler sounds, allowing songs time to build atmosphere, and most importantly, has ditched that weird vocal schizophrenia in favour of her natural range. Overall I get the impression she's not as concerned with the way she comes across to her audience, and I think that's integral to her creative evolution. I also have a feeling that may be the reason why her pre-fame albums and unreleased stuff was so much more artistically diverse. When she only had a small audience there wasn't the same pressure to remain consistent and true to her image.
 
It's true that many of her songs lack the energy that they used to have though. I think this is less of an artistic decision and more a reflection of where she is in her life at the moment.

With the exception of many Lizzy Grant era musical moods and styles which I have come to accept will never be heard again, I think Lana has been steadily improving since Born to Die. I can understand why people like that album; it's ambitious, you can see Lana trying to reflect every facet of her image/persona and show us what she's capable of, but she simply tries too hard and loses herself in the process. I hate to agree but Pitchfork's summary of it as a 'faked orgasm' is dead on. Since then Lana has been exploring more niche themes, subtler sounds, allowing songs time to build atmosphere, and most importantly, has ditched that weird vocal schizophrenia in favour of her natural range. Overall I get the impression she's not as concerned with the way she comes across to her audience, and I think that's integral to her creative evolution. I also have a feeling that may be the reason why her pre-fame albums and unreleased stuff was so much more artistically diverse. When she only had a small audience there wasn't the same pressure to remain consistent and true to her image.
 
It's true that many of her songs lack the energy that they used to have though. I think this is less of an artistic decision and more a reflection of where she is in her life at the moment.