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This video is heaven. I'm such a sucker for retro space art. The luna blue tone is gorgeous~

Just copying and pasting my thoughts from the other thread: She looks absolutely beautiful in the video. Love her lil wink of course. I must admit though, I did feel some type of way seeing her look like she did on tour and then having the frame zoom out to see her performing on a small stage like the ones she was performing on in 2011. My, how times have changed. Also, weird note, but do you guys remember that fake song "Nonny Peeka Monger"that was hyped up as kind of a joke in 2013 during that one summer of leaks??? It was supposed to be about space. A false past foreshadowing the realistic present     

I think this is the prettiest she's looked in a video since Born to Die. Stunning queen.

I've only just been able to watch the video and I love it! She looks so happy and beautiful, I'm so excited for what's next

from being a jazz singer to a cult leader.
 
she leads the crowd to travel to space.
 
what kind of reverse heaven's gate experience
 

Wow I'm obsessed with the bluish "moon" tone in those scenes, these visuals

Are you prepared for our space queen, Lana Del Rey? She has just announced on her Instagram Live that the video is out! 

I could be wrong, but I think some of you native Italian speakers may be giving Lana too much credit with her pronunciation and knowledge of Italian. Ciao, amore, chicken cacciatore. These are like the next three most basic Italian words Americans know after pizza and spaghetti (which I'm almost surprised she didn't mention). Honestly, even though it sounds beautiful, these lyrics are really clumsy. 
A-a-a-a-a-propriazione...

Guys. I'm 99.74% sure she's saying "with Ribbons on ice". I can't hear a "b" or an "L"...
 
Also, what do you guys think of the "soft grunge" line. I know "soft grunge" is (apparently) from tumblr, but I was under the impression that it was more a fashion thing than an actual music thing... Does anyone have any insights about that or why she mentioned it?

Guys. I'm 99.74% sure she's saying "with Ribbons on ice". I can't hear a "b" or an "L"...
 
Also, what do you guys think of the "soft grunge" line. I know "soft grunge" is (apparently) from tumblr, but I was under the impression that it was more a fashion thing than an actual music thing... Does anyone have any insights about that or why she mentioned it?

wow! That's, like, exactly how I feel about her! (see my signature). Except, like, no, she's not A goddess, she's fucking God!     
 
Also, I agree (to various degrees) with a lot of the other stuff you wrote! XD

Whenever I see, like, a review or whatever, of a LDR album or something, well, these hipsters on youtube seem to give her generally negative reviews, but whatever they don't like about it, I either completely disagree with them or could not give less of a fuck. It's like... Were we listening to the same thing? Like, can they not tell how beautiful the music is or how incredibly versatile and expressive and beautiful her voice is?
 
Another thing is that maybe I just have a thing for melodrama, because I heard a lot of the same criticisms about her lyrics as I did (at least in terms of being melodramatic) with Evanescence, which was my favorite band of the past 10+ years...
 
Look, I know. "haters gonna hate." is it really as simple as that? I feel like there has to be something else going on somewhere...

Criticism of anybody is fairplay, if it's thoughtful and constructive. But it's also fairplay to criticize the criticism. Some of the BTD era strikes me as important just because there was this huge disconnect between what the fans liked and what the critics liked. And the reasons the critics (like the NYTimes and LATimes) gave for not liking BTD seemed an axe-grinding exercise of pushing their tastes onto others. LDR can take some pride in causing a huge discrediting of music reviewing in general. The era caused me to think very carefully about what it means to provide a useful/informative music review.   Also the phenomenon of Cedric Gervais seems relevant to criticizing LDR criticism. He received a Grammy for making an original song *less* original (or more pop-radio worthy), whereas Lana Del Rey redoing her public image and (allegedly) her physical appearance (i.e., remixing herself to accomplish popularity, though not less originality) received a critic's feeding frenzy. WTF.

i hade to
 
 
Okay, to me, Lana is literally a fucking goddess. Like, no one is more perfect than her (I'll be real though, she does have imperfections…but I guess these imperfections make her even more perfect as we realise she is only a mere human, and all humans have flaws).
 
I am a big fan of jazz. Sonically, I love Lana's style, although if I were to listen to another artist of the same style, I'm not sure if I would enjoy it. Lana's voice has this angelic quality to it, and to me, it's actually somewhat addictive (I do mention around this time last year of what I called "the drug phase" where I was literally addicted to her and I was not happy unless I was listening to her & it's all I ever wanted to do). It's like there are specks of gold within her voice, a treasure amongst her vocal chords, and each time she sings, a little bit of that treasure comes out with it that was the worse metaphor ever. I do miss Born To Die's orchestral instrumentals, though.
 
Lyrically, Lana's style is so beautiful, so magical, so…poetic, which was in fact Lana's goal (or so she mentioned in Ride's monologue). Her words are so eloquent, they posses a kind of prose. As aforementioned, Lana uses literature within her work, which makes it even more poetic. And personally, I believe her usage of themes like daddies, Coney Island, Americana, gangstas, etc. is very poetic indeed. These images are what inspired her and all poets have inspiration. Not only that, but using these themes and turning it into an aesthetic, a persona, a profile, is yet another very talented and creative thing to do. Also, using these themes to describe her life is also important, maybe these images hold some significance to her? Maybe they are special to her. Perhaps they helped her through some of the difficult experiences she claims to have gone through.
And some of her songs pretty much sound like they're coming from my own mouth, I can relate to them so much. This, the fact that I feel like I'm not the only one, and that she might actually understand me, play a very big part. She's just a very relatable person …to a point, of course.
 
 
Also, sorry if none of this makes any sense, it's like almost one in the morning here and I'm really tired.

I actually really liked this review of Born to Die (except I think I would have given it a solid 8.0, at least). I think it's like we're coming from the same place. Like, "'robot girlfriend?' whatever, have you listened to this shit?" yeah. You can't give a negative review to an album you find yourself listening to and singing/humming [along with] over and over again! Lol
 
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/01/lana-del-rey-born-to-die.html
 
And then I was listening to Ultraviolence last night, and, I just kept thinking, why would I need to THINK about or analyze this album to death (even with the flaws I would admit it has) when it makes me FEEL so strongly!?
 
[also, I am a feminist, but that's a discussion for another time. It certainly doesn't keep me from enjoying her music!]

Whenever I see, like, a review or whatever, of a LDR album or something, well, these hipsters on youtube seem to give her generally negative reviews, but whatever they don't like about it, I either completely disagree with them or could not give less of a fuck. It's like... Were we listening to the same thing? Like, can they not tell how beautiful the music is or how incredibly versatile and expressive and beautiful her voice is?
 
Another thing is that maybe I just have a thing for melodrama, because I heard a lot of the same criticisms about her lyrics as I did (at least in terms of being melodramatic) with Evanescence, which was my favorite band of the past 10+ years...
 
Look, I know. "haters gonna hate." is it really as simple as that? I feel like there has to be something else going on somewhere...

I want that kim kardashian crying picture, but with lana

Lana Del Rey is so boring, all her success is thanks to Cedric Gervais. I hope HoneyMoon is produced by him otherwise she can say goodbye to the made-up career her dad bought!!!!!!11111!

I recently started listening to a youtube playlist of her unreleased songs, but there are 135 songs on it! Lol!

I recently started listening to a youtube playlist of her unreleased songs, but there are 135 songs on it! Lol!

@@buster They let the Gokd VIP people with pit tickets in the pit first. Made the Silver VIP people really angry, but I mean it made sense. She came down and signed my hat and told me to keep it for good luck. It was a fantastic show.
 
Also, Courtney Love was something else. More of a comedian than any performer I've seen. She's still got it.

https://instagram.com/p/2sev6cnVfM/
 
One of the better pictures I took. I'm not a fan of having my phone out at shows, so I didn't get too many. I'm on my way to San Diego as we speak for the show in Chula Vista tomorrow, super excited.

The show was amazing.  Courtney rocked it, and had a really good sense of humor about everything.  Lana sounded incredible -- I don't know if she's been taking vocal lessons or is just more comfortable, but she sounded 100 times better than when she was in Phoenix last year.  The only disappointment was that she didn't do You Can Be the Boss.  She also didn't do Why Don't You Do Right.  But still, an amazing night.

@@frankestrella So, how was the show? Hope Live Nation/Ticketmaster resolved your package issue and that you had a great time. Can't wait to hear about the show.