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those Ride vinyls will get me broke, damn.

Finally a cover showing Lana being happy.

Here is a list of my collection

 

- Standard Edition - 12 tracks ( Europe )
- Standard Edition Target Exclusive - 15 tracks ( US ) ( Sealed ) ( SHIPPED )
- Digipack Deluxe Edition - 15 tracks ( Europe )
- Digipack Deluxe Edition - 15 tracks ( Taiwan ) ( Sealed ) ( SHIPPED )
- Digipack Deluxe Edition - 15 tracks ( Japan ) ( Sealed )
- Limited Edition Slipcase - 12 tracks ( France ) ( Sealed )
- Limited Edition Slidepac - 12 tracks ( Germany ) ( Sealed )
- 12" Deluxe Edition LP - 15 tracks ( Europe )
 

- Single - 2 tracks ( Germany ) ( Sealed )
- Single The Remix EP - 6 tracks ( Germany )
- Single Record Store Day Exclusive - 2 tracks ( US )
- Promo Single - 1 track ( US )
- Promo Single - 3 tracks ( Japan )
- Promo Cardsleeve Single - 2 tracks ( UK )
- 7" Vinyl Picture Single - 2 tracks ( UK )
- 7" Promo Vinyl - 2 tracks ( US )
- 7" Vinyl - 2 tracks ( France ) ( The Singles Box-Set )
- 12" Vinyl The Remix EP - 6 tracks ( Germany ) ( Sealed )
 

- Single - 2 tracks ( Germany ) ( Sealed )
- Single The Remix EP - 6 tracks ( Germany )
- Promo Single - 3 tracks ( UK )
- 7" Vinyl Picture Single - 2 tracks ( UK )
- 7" Promo Vinyl - 2 tracks ( US ) ( Sealed )
- 7" Vinyl - 2 tracks ( France ) ( The Singles Box-Set )
- 12" Vinyl The Remix EP - 5 tracks ( Germany ) ( Sealed )
 

- The Remix EP Cardsleeve Single - 9 tracks ( France )
- The Remix EP Cardsleeve Single - 9 tracks ( France ) ( Sealed )
- Promo Single - 1 track ( US )
- Promo Single - 2 tracks ( UK )
- Promo Single The Remix EP - 5 tracks ( UK ) ( SHIPPED )
- 7" Vinyl Picture Single - 2 tracks ( UK )
- 12" Vinyl Picture Single The Remix EP - 9 tracks ( France )
 
 

- Single - 2 tracks ( Germany )
- 12" Vinyl The Remix EP - 4 tracks ( Germany ) ( Sealed )
 

- Promo Cardsleeve Single - 1 track ( UK )
- 7" Vinyl Picture Single - 2 tracks ( UK )
 

 
Standard Edition - 8 tracks ( Canada ) ( Sealed )

Standard Edition Target Exclusive - 10 tracks ( US ) ( Sealed )

Deluxe Edition - 23 tracks ( France )

Deluxe Edition - 23 tracks ( Europe )

Deluxe Edition - 24 tracks ( Japan ) ( Sealed )

Limited Edition Box-Set - 34 tracks ( France )

Limited Edition Box-Set - 34 tracks ( UK ) ( Sealed )

12" Limited Edition Slipcase LP - 8 tracks ( Europe )

 

 
- 7" Vinyl Picture Single - 2 tracks ( UK ) ( Born To Die - Box-Set )

- 7" Vinyl - 2 tracks ( France ) ( The Singles Box-Set )

 

- Promo Single - 1 track ( US )
- Promo Single - 2 tracks ( UK )
- 7" Vinyl - 2 tracks ( France ) ( The Singles Box-Set )
 

- Fnac Megastore Exclusive Box-Set - 8 tracks ( France )
- Fnac Megastore Exclusive Box-Set - 8 tracks ( France ) ( Sealed ) ( SHIPPED )

Our exchange:
 
"LANA CAN YOU SIGN THIS?!?!?1"
 
"I can't..."
 
The worst two words in the history of man. Granted, she was walking. Granted, her video was meant to be the main attraction and the timing was a bit inappropriate. Granted, she was surrounded by people. Granted, I was giving mad crazy juju the whole time, kind of hugging her unbidden and getting all shaky voiced. But come on, I brought my own Sharpies.

Our darling Lana signing autographs!
While other artists take their fans for granted,
ignore their fans, let them stand around for hours
just to cold shoulder them!
Lana is exceptional!
Lana is definitely a role model!
 
Watch this video to get an impression what I'm talking about!
Some lucky guy catches Lana at the airport and she gives him almost 5 minutes!
I guess it's a nice meet and greet, isn't it?

Naw, i wouldn’t go that far and say that i corrected you. We’re just talking and exchanging ideas here. You stated your opinion, i disagreed with it and i explained why. Your opinion is no less valid or correct than mine or anyone else’s. And no need to apologize for your post, haa.
 
Continuing on this subject though, because i think there's a lot of good stuff to talk about here, something i love so much about Lana Del Rey is how much of a ‘90s/early 2000s kid she is. Nirvana, Britney Spears, Guns N' Roses, Biggie Smalls, but with that very crucial component of having one foot planted firmly in the past, and all the inspirations and obsessions that come along with that--Elvis, Americana, old Hollywood, etc. She’s a little too old to have grown up with the internet and YouTube, but she’s still very much a product of it. That is just so apparent in all her homemade videos. And part of that is the whole webcam aesthetic: kids sitting in their poorly-lit room in front of the computer, un-self-consciously hamming up the camera, knowing you’re alone in your room, that no one is looking, you’ve got your ridiculous wigs on and you’re dancing like a fool. There are no pretenses there about the “right” lighting and camera angles and even picture quality. Forget that, leave that to the people who already shot the footage that she’s stealing and splicing into her videos. And i even love the fact that rather than, say, scouring for old VHS videos at the library and thrift stores, she just gets the footage directly off of YouTube, including the atrocious quality and compression artifacts. It’s like she’s wearing it on her sleeve and reminding us that she’s of her generation and time. It’s great, i don’t think she’s trying to fool anyone or pretend as if she transcends her era or anything. And i think this is where a lot of the magic in her whole persona, artistry, and aesthetic comes in--that highly idiosyncratic conflation of influences, styles, and ethos that form something without precedent. She is neither here nor there, but at the same time, as i mentioned before, she’s totally right here in the present, sort of holding a mirror up to the past--albeit a highly romanticized one. She could not have materialized as the artist we have come to know as Lana Del Rey any other way or time but the here and now.
 
Oh, and what you said about how she pushes your buttons...that, too, is why i’m here right now. She’s flawed and a lot of her choices are rather questionable. But that’s exciting. I don't want some perfect package that is always doing the right and artistically-sound thing. I want the hiccups, missteps, the warts and all. The Brite Lites video, a little embarrassing? Sure. And like you yourself said, awkward. But that’s a real person sitting in their home without any pretenses, and that sort of clumsy, incongruous pairing of music style and imagery is refreshingly baffling and inviting. At least i think so.

Oh #teamlana... today was a good day. I came home to find a missed delivery notice and shouted "F*CK!" quite loudly. Then my wonderful mailman saw my fit and came right over to my house to give me my box containing ALL THE PICTURE DISCS. (minus Blue Velvet... I have the box set.) I gladly signed for it, ran inside and played them all. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. Every one of them. Especially Video Games & Ride.
 
Then... later in the day, I got another box that shipped DHL. I was really surprised it came because it said it was half a country away this morning. It was The Singles box set from FNAC. That is beautiful and gorgeous and heavenly as well although I was surprised that none of the four cardsleeves included paper sleeves like some of the promo vinyls. If you want one... FNAC seems to be giving a discount applied after you get so far in the check out process. Go here and buy it straight from FNAC. No marketplace sellers.
 
I hope you all are having a great New Years Eve/Day depending on where you are. I am here clutching my vinyls and twirling like a freak. (Sorry for the excited/rant-y post)
 

 

I finally finished reading all of this... and I am not so sure anymore that I am who I am. In fact, I am doubting everything about life right now.

i prefer naked lana tbh

Maybe, just maybe, Lana Del Rey is like a China Russian Doll, and when you open her up, inside of her there is Lana Del Ray, and inside of Lana Del Ray there is Lana Rey Del Mar, and inside of Lana Rey Del Mar there is Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, and inside of Sparkle Jump Rope Queen there is May Jailer, and inside of May Jailer there is Lizzi Grant, and inside of Lizzi Grant there is Lizzy Grant.

Someone just needs to start opening Lana Del Rey up.

I'm really gonna miss you picking fights
And me, falling for a screaming that I'm right
And you, will hide away and find your piece of mind
With some indie record that's much cooler than mine <- Born to Die obv

Shit imitates art.

I'm glad not only we, but 733 websites noticed the similarities...

LMAO
 
I thought people saying she ripped it off were just being stupid
 
But after watching it, oh my GOD. That is seriously embarrassing, shameless and fucking hilarious. It's so funny hearing her say all that ~deep meaningful ~ bullshit and then that uptempo pop song kicks in
 
Get fucked Taylor

I want them to have a rivalry like Nicki Minaj and Lil' Kim. Can you imagine lana getting sassy w/ tay swift?
 
I feel like you don't like my music. Do you like my music? I guess you like my videos though since you STOLE one.

I want Lana to write a song about Taylor stealing away her lost love.

it's amazing! Gosh you are really, really talented.

Heaven is a great word
 
by Dallach, Christoph
 
The pop-superstar Lana Del Rey, 26, about disfavour, the passion of social workers and the happiness that lies within a christmas carol "I just have to write 'Shut up' somewhere and Millions of people think it's great. I find that creepy."
 
Lana Del Rey: I'd like to ask you something beforehand: Do you like my music?
KulturSPIEGEL: Yes. Why do you ask?
Lana Del Rey: Oh thanks, thank you, that's surprising. Most journalists hate my songs. Believe me, I speak from experience, because I've been insulted extensively this year.
KulturSPIEGEL: Nonetheless, your album "Born to Die" became on of the bestsellers of this year. Do you have any idea why you polarise like that?
Lana Del Rey: It's a mystery to me. Maybe the thing is that once in a blue moon someone appears in Pop with whom many can't do anything with and recently, that's been me. Then that works like "whispers down the lane": Some writer spreads a little, weird, mean story about me which is carried further and keeps increasing in lunacy and malice until it doesn't have to do anything with me anymore.
KulturSPIEGEL: You've also been heavily criticised as a pretty marionette of cunning music managers. Would that have happened to a man?
Lana Del Rey: I've been approached with the alleged misogyny a lot but that's not what it's about in my case. I think that's something personal. My songs which I really do write myself, are very intimate and because such feelings seem shady to a lot of people, they conclude that I have to be a marionette. But that just illustrates their helplessness.
KulturSPIEGEL: Is the melancholy in your music artistically arranged or a case for the therapist?
Lana Del Rey: Neither. There's always been a melancholy in me, call it desire. I was four or five when I was sitting on the doorsteps of my parents' house and lingering for a place that was somewhere different. Ask my mother if you don't believe me. This feeling has been accompanying me my whole life. But I don't suffer. I would rather say that I've learned to come to terms with my sadness. But there have been times where I wasn't doing well. Luckily, I have overcome these dark years. The memory of those years inspire my songs now.
KulturSPIEGEL: In an interview, you once talked about death as "dark paradise". Are you serious about that?
Lana Del Rey: Yes, death and paradise are are intertwined to me. After death, I expect something that is very serene and calm. You could already call that paradise. It is so loaded with meaning. I just love the word "paradise". I even tattooed it on my hand. "Heaven" is also a great word, or "exotic".
KulturSPIEGEL: But does one have to tattoo a word onto your hand because it sounds nice?
Lana Del Rey: Of course! I love meaningful words. I tattoed the names of my favourite authors, Whitman and Nabokov, on my arm. Every time I look a that I remember that life can be great.
KulturSPIEGEL: What's the difference between Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, which is your real name, and Lana Del Rey, your pseudonym?
Lana Del Rey: Nothing. We are one. I just thought that this name fits my music better. It's exotic and arcane. But when I spend time with my friends, I don't behave any different than now when I'm in a hotel suite and talking to you as Lana Del Rey.
KulturSPIEGEL: Do you feel underestimated?
Lana Del Rey: Why should I? Just because many American journalists can't stand me? My album is a multi-million bestseller. I have even won awards. Only in my home country, the USA, that are the inspiration of all of my songs, one doesn't know how to treat me. That's also why I moved away from there and why I live in London now.
KulturSPIEGEL: What would you have done if you wouldn't have had any success as Lana Del Rey? Was there a backup plan?
Lana Del Rey: Music was my backup plan. A hobby. I worked as a social worker in New York for many years. I had been working at a homeless shelter and rehabilitation centres for alcoholics and drug addicts since I was 18. Music was the luxury after that for a long time. I'm great at getting people in need their social security numbers and -cards back. That's my true passion.
KulturSPIEGEL: Hard to believe.
Lana Del Rey: Just ask my parents and siblings. They will confirm all of that. When I came to New York, I immediately got to know a few people that were caring. I came to New York to get to know cool musicians and authors. I never found he poets that I had dreamt of that typed sensational novels into typewriters in breathless nights. The only passionate people that I met in New York, were social workers. And that's where I stayed, worked during the day and made music alone at night with my guitar.
KulturSPIEGEL: And how did you get to your record deal?
Lana Del Rey: I took part in an amateur-songwriter-contest. I didn't win. But one of the judges had a little label and offered me a record deal and a producer. I took the pseudonym of Lizzy Grant and recorded an album at night for seven months that was shelved for two years in the hope that a bigger company would acquire the record. But that didn't happen. The songs were dark, not suited for a wide audience. Besides, the back-and-forth of the music managers was tedious: people that first tell you you're brilliant think you're missing something one week later. I then came to terms with not making any music. Except just for myself. I produced video clips with friends which I put on the internet myself. Just like "Video Games" with which I got myself a record deal after all.
KulturSPIEGEL: Is it true that you grew up without a TV?
Lana Del Rey: Even though there was a TV in the living room of my parents' house, it wasn't connected to the cable network, it was just a display for video films. There were normally connected TVs in my father's and mother's rooms on which I was allowed to watch cartoons as a child. But only rarely. My parents thought that TV was too overtaxing for me, that it impressed me too much. They were probably right. When I saw something interesting on TV as a child, I would parrot them for days after that which scared my parents so much that they took the family TV from the network when I was 7. I wasn't allowed to watch TV normally until I was 14. Back then, I used to sit in front of MTV 24/7 and inhale everything I saw on there.
KulturSPIEGEL: The video to your song "Video Games" has been clicked on nearly 50 million times on YouTube. Where would you be without the internet?
Lana Del Rey: I have no idea, I've asked myself that. The internet is something abstract that I probably haven't understood until now. Who are all of the people that are seeing my videos? I know neither them nor their faces which makes my success seem surreal.
KulturSPIEGEL: Do you read the comments on YouTube?
Lana Del Rey: Sometimes. You have to be careful otherwise you'll go crazy. Sometimes I'll react to something. I'll write a comment, ordinarily, under my real name. That will set off excitement on the internet. I just have to write 'Shut up' somewhere and Millions of people think it's great. I find that creepy.
KulturSPIEGEL: You're badmouthed even worse on the internet. Are you hardened now?
Lana Del Rey: No, and I'l' never be that ironclad. Of course I know that one shouldn't take vulgarities like that personally. But sometimes it takes a while to become conscious of that fact.
KulturSPIEGEL: Do you still feel the need to google your name?
Lana Del Rey: Earlier, before I became famous, I did that a lot. I only do that rarely now. A year ago, nobody was writing anything about me so the googling was relaxed. Now, it scares me more. The internet is full of aggressive people. I don't even want to know how my new record "Paradise" is being teared to shreds these days on the internet. But in a few weeks, the curiosity will probably overcome me.
KulturSPIEGEL: Do you use social networks?
Lana Del Rey: As to Twitter and Facebooks, I pulled myself back privately for a long time. I only use the networks as a marketing tool. When I'm bringing out a new record, I'll upload a few photos. Nothing more. I'm more interested in other aspects of the internet. For example, I'm planning to found a little foundation. For that kind of work, the internet is great. We want to encourage thinkers with up to $200,000 - people that care for the sustainability of this planet or are improving the usability of social networks.
KulturSPIEGEL: Where does your social commitment come from?
Lana Del Rey: My parents raised me knowing that one has to apply oneself in the community and share with others. I'm flying to New York tomorrow and will help with "meals on wheel" on Thanksgiving. I need that for my inner balance because in the past ten months it has often felt like that wasn't my life. I barely talk to the people that used to make up my life anymore.
KulturSPIEGEL: Do you also distribute food to people in need on Christmas Eve?
Lana Del Rey: No, I'll be with my siblings and grandparents in Lake Placid then. I promised my mother a while ago that we would always see each other on Christmas. That is a meaningful time, in the days between Christmas and New Year's, everyone draws the balance where one stands in life and how it's supposed to go on.
KulturSPIEGEL: Do you go to chuch then, too?
Lana Del Rey: Of course, I'm Catholic. I like to sing in church because I love religious songs, christmas carols. "Silent Night" is particularly great.
KulturSPIEGEL: Did you believe in Santa Claus as a child?
Lana Del Rey: Oh yes! I was confident in his existence. My mother used to write us little notes that were supposedly written by him. Like "Thank you for the cookies. I hope you like my presents. Greetings, S."
KulturSPIEGEL: Did you feel betrayed when you found out the truth?
Lana Del Rey: I was twelve years old and shocked and asked my father to tell me the truth: "Dad, does Santa Claus exist?" He awkardly shook his head and I was bewildered - "What?" I wanted to know what the fuss and fairy tales where all about. But now I know how important a good show is.
KulturSPIEGEL: Is it exhausting to be the protagonist of the Lan Del Rey-Show?
Lana Del Rey: It depends. In France I'm responsible for enormous crowds, in the USA I'm rarely recognised. I love sitting in coffee shops and reading the newspaper. That's still not a problem in New York. All right, sometimes someone will come up to me and say: "I'm sorry, you look like Lana Del Rey." And I'll respond: "Thank you, that's very nice of you." And I'll be happy.

I'm translating it now

Hey guys!!!
 
First of all, HELLO EVERYONE, I'm all fresh and new here!!
 
I'm a massive fan of Lana, and I made a drawing of her a while back, and just thought I'd show it to you here....guess this is the place where people appreciate it
 
I'm not quite sure it will show up, but I'm trying....so here's the picture :
 



 
This is my portfolio/shop, where order a HQ print of it too if you want to... it looks great on my wall and I love it lots
 
Hope ya like it too, there should be more drawings of her soon, I just need to find an amazing photo of her that inspires me
 
xx!
 
Ps.: hope I did everything well, if not, please excuse me I'm new

This is all so ridiculous, why are we even discussing it still.

Whoever needs it, PM me

Thank you for translating this interview!!

Here are the scans:
 
 
 
Also, I translated the interview if you're interested: