but the fact that she is privileged and notices is nice.
my fiance's side of the family are rich and white and support Trump and see NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, because OMG I DONT WANT MY PRECIOUS MONEY AND TO BE TAKEN AWAY FOR TAXES! OH NO NOT TAXES!!!!!
it's nice to see my fav celeb being aware and being in the moment.
it's probably a phase.
It's Lana, she goes through phases.
But it could be worse.
although i wish there was a warning so i could have saved those insta videos........sigh
This is my translation of the interview posted by Vanity Fair Italy with Lana. She is on the cover of the magazine, anyway it is an old photoshoot. There will probably be a lot mistakes, but I'm not a native speaker and I tried my best.
Enjoy your reading
Her first record was Born to Die, the last one it titled Lust for Life and it is not a case. Lana Del Rey is happier and less dark at our time, she has found out political commitment. She got rid of all of the covers that she used to hide herself behind, but she still keeps beautiful memories from the past. Some of them more special than others, and some of them are Italian.
She admits that something has changed and it comes to my mind that the first sign of this change may be her smile on the cover-art of the record, even though it is pretty ironical. Daisies in her hair, a long white dress hippie-style and a retro feel that reminds of Summer of Love. And then there are the titles of her records, that seem to give no explanation except for some hints: we’ve come from Born to Die, 2012, her first album, to the last one, out a few days ago, Lust for Life.
“For what concerns the titles, that seem to mirror one another, I actually noticed it a lot after, it wasn’t something thought in advance, but I really like the idea, I think it is really cool. For me it symbolizes the beginning of a new chapter. But the contents of this new chapter are yet to decide” she says before bursting in laughter, and it won’t be the only time she will during this chat. Calling from Los Angeles, Lana Del Rey speaks so slowly, you can hear an undertone of music and people talking.
Conspiracy theorists from the business probably will have a lot to say about this change, going from the dark David Lynch character singing about death, violence, hopeless love, to a Californian Style popstar, always sad but with hippie features (there’s also a duet with Sean Lennon, which is called Tomorrow Never Came, and she tells us why she choose him: due to the “peace & love” concept that runs in his veins.)
When Lizzy Grant changed her stage name to Lana del Rey, with her first song, Video Games, getting millions of views on YouTube, suspicious was after her: her look was considered too perfect, planned in advance, that goth imagery – she seemed to be a marketing product, with nothing authentic in it. “A reflect of our common nightmares about cynicism and fake American culture”, that’s what was written by New York Times. It was 2011. Her career eventually told us another story. There have been successful records as Ultraviolence and Honeymoon, new scandals, an important love affair with Francesco Carrozzini, son of Franca Sozzani, who died last December, and above all the desire to carry on, among haters and loyal fans.
Have you still got that tattoo that says “trust no one”?
Yeah and I never understood why I did it, I think it was a subtle message to myself. At first I thought I did for fun, but at a certain point I wasn’t that sure about it.
Have you been betrayed so many times?
She laughs. “I’d say that a good half of my boyfriends cheated on me. I’ve never been good at picking them.”
But today you sing about your lust for life. Is it a statement?
Yes, I think so.
So, does it mean that you’re happier?
When I started making this record and I wrote Love, the first single, I was in a place where doing this kind of statements was really easy and I wanted to change.
How have you changed?
In the last two years a lot of things happened that made me a different person. Relationship, thoughts. This is the direction I’m going to: more colors, more light, a sound with a seventies aftertaste.
What does this new light you’re talking about illuminate?
Beautiful melodies, a sixties mood but still with a contemporary atmosphere. It’s the tone of my songs that is different: they are what they are, without barrels, without covers.
And what did the covers used to hide?
The story I was telling. So that the listeners weren’t able to understand and empathize. For me it’s an achievement to have gotten rid of them.
It’s a new season for you.
I like my last records, in them I told my whole life and it was a hard challenge making them. With Lust for Life I felt like I could be more relaxed and experiment new things, such as having other people on my record, and also at the same time having the opportunity to stay in my comfort zone.
Love it’s a hymn to youth, to the sensation of having endless possibility in your hands.
Yes, it’s a feeling that I have often, that I can do everything. I like my life. After a day in the studio, I go out and do whatever I want with my friends, like going to the beach or just hanging around the city. I really feel lucky, and free in every moment of my life. Nowadays I only see people that make me feel good and give energy to my life. Love talks about this energy that you try to grow in yourself.
And yet a few years ago you said in an interview that you whished you were dead. It was a scandal: did you regret that statement?
No, I don’t regret it, that’s because I really thought it, it was a hard time in my life. I just never thought that the journalist would publish that sentence. I was in tour for 14 months and in this kind of situations the only persons you talk to the most are journalists. To this person in particular, I had developed a confidential relationship. That’s how it went. My fault was to be too naïve.
You spent a lot of time in Italy. What have you learnt from our country and our people?
I found out that Italy is really beautiful as you see in movies. My experience was exciting: when I was in Milan I used to be part of a world that was separate from everything. At that time I only knew a couple of Italians and their friends were people with a strong sense of freedom, they were wild, they were artists, joyful and had this motto on their mind: live and let live. And then there was fashion.
What relationship did you have with Franca Sozzani?
I used to see her very often, that’s because every time I was in Italy she stayed with us. I was a big fan of her, I really appreciated the way she brought Italian fashion at the top of the world, I think it is extraordinary. And she was extraordinary too.
And what memories do you still keep with you from your Italian lover?
The days spent with a beautiful and slow rhythm in Portofino, a dream place; playing soccer in Miami with his Italian friends; spending time with his mother.
Even when you were in Italy you were followed by paparazzi. You always say that you don’t really like fame.
It’s not that I don’t like fame, it’s just that I consider it being a total different game that has nothing to do with music. When I lived in London I used to ride around with my bike and it was so easy to be recognized that I always ended up with being caught by paps. Then I learnt some tricks, it takes a couple of years to get used to this kind of life. Now is good, definitely, I feel at ease.
What’s the worst part of being famous?
I don’t know.
You have many haters.
She laughs: “maybe that’s the worst part of being famous.”
This record is more political involved than the others. How come?
I was a girl with a good voice, who loved singing and who knew that she was going to be a musician. After my debut, I spent a lot of time trying to understand what was happening to me. I mean, I was figuring out who I was, so that means that I wasn’t ready to express my opinion about problems going on in the world. Now, six years after Video Games, I feel like I am part of a community, so I can take part of the social talk where are involved millions of people.
There’s a song on the record, called God Bless America – and All the Beautiful Women in It, dedicated to American women.
Yes, that’s because we are the most hurt by the new administration. Just think about all the stuff going on with Planned Parenthood, trying to limit access to birth control. I’m just one out of many women who feel outraged.
But feminists have never loved you.
At the beginning of my career people wanted to label me as “the singer who doesn’t like to feminists” because of the things I was singing and so I received a lot of questions about the theme. I have never answered, I have never wanted to get at the same level of this kind of discussion. I always believed music goes beyond everything, and in a year as the one that we are living in the U.S.A, it was natural to speak to women and say: I’m with you.
Speaking about Trump, on Twitter you posted some magic formulas to get rid of him…
I red somewhere that witches from all parts of the world were organizing a ritual against the president. Obviously, it was a joke. Was it that hard to understand?
Lana Del Rey has just posted a video teaser of something (presumably White Mustang music video) onto her old Twitter account, @missdaytona! Check out the tweet here and discuss what you think it might be!
https://twitter.com/MissDaytona/status/891124518307090434
I dont even live in Texas, my uncle does! I live very far away and it was my only chance to see her. She has never been to my state so if she goes back to Texas I can assure you that I will be there
Omg me too! I was so disappointed. Like wth! That was my first and only Lana show. Considering how epic the Houston show was we can only imagine how great the Dallas show would have been! Man we missed it lol. Plus on top of it I live like five to six hours away so I was like damn. Really hoping she brings it and very soon lol. Just not too soon since we are going to the Blondie/Garbage concert in Dallas in two weeks!
Omg me too lol! I remember when I first joined we both talked about the Dallas show! I'm so ready for another Texas one. I just hope it's not within the next couple of weeks cause my boyfriend and me are going to see Blondie/Garbage and I would hate for that to conflict! If it came down to it though I'd wanna see Lana but my bf is so hyped about this other show. I'd have to go by myself lol! Just bring on the TX shows Lana though.
I'm so ready for Texas shows, still crying about Dallas. And she said San Antonio! just love to hear her say the word Texas, her speaking voice is just so cute. This era is legendary
I'm so ready for Texas shows, still crying about Dallas. And she said San Antonio! just love to hear her say the word Texas, her speaking voice is just so cute. This era is legendary
I asked a q about adding more Lust for Life tracks to her setlist, very exciting to hear about what she has in mind. She seemed to put a lot of emphasis on wanting to go to back to Texas because of the canceled date, should be good for those that didn't get to see her!
Well, here goes nothing I've had this theory for years..
So I have gathered similiar lyrics but did consider the "drive by sunday night" reference and the timing is also a bit earlier (making it line up with the release of Sirens). The difference though is that this crime took place in South LA. (We all know she travelled through the USA as mentioned in several songs and videos, I believe this was during her gap year. Tropico proves the LA theory as well)
The double homocide took place on April 6th 2004 (Sunday to Monday night"drive by sunday night" - For K)
at 2AM ("I was shot at 2AM" - Jump -> as in that's when Lana died, too, because she lost him forever because of the crime)
over a drug dispute (I'm not gonna quote obvious themes in her music )
Lana was 18 at the time (gap year)
Two men shot a man and three women (witnesses) in the Nickerson Gardens housing project, two of the women survived and one of them was brave enough to testify (She died September the same year, and her funeral took place in St. Paul's Baptist Chruch ("Swinging in and out of Old Paul's" - Video Games)
Sidenote: This could be a stretch but there's a Willowbrook street and a Willowbrook Park right next to the housing project ("See the willow bowing" - Out With A Bang)
In July 2004 one of the men (K) involved in the shooting was convicted to murder charge (the articles don't say the amount of years but I guess 30 could be it) The jury split about the question of death penalty and the 'phase of the case should be retried'. (Not important but the other man involved had a different trial as he didn't confess)
A piece of information that is missing is when they decided to put him on death row because in 2009 a judge denied to reduce his death sentence that's all I could find.
K was 28/27 in 2004, so he does kinda fall into the older man type. I mean 10 years apart for an 18 year old is a lot imo.
Now, his name is the most mind-blowing piece of information: Kai Harris (as in fucking K, Kai, KAY..)
ITS JUST A THEORY THOUGH
PS: He's a lightskin black man ("golden skin" - several songs) with long dark hair (again) and a slender, muscular figure.
Still praying for the day where she's like "yeah, im a feminist sue me", but this is kind of progress I guess? She's not opposed to it so much as she's afraid of the reception that might get.
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