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Lana always delivered soundwise on her albums, I never was disappointed in that aspect of her work. Her voice is heavenly (that's the main reason I stan for her).
 
What I'm worried about is the theme of the album and the lyrics. The HM single lyrics are on the bad side for me and if the rest of the album is in the same mold I fear that HM will be her lowest graded album so far. I myself am somewhat tired of the undefined bad guys in her lyrics and it's kind of ridiculous to express your desperate love towards this type of dudes in 3 consecutive albums (I said that while I'm not focusing on her lyrics tbh)
 
Combine badish lyrics with some languid movie music produced by Heath or Haynie (somewhat like the second part of UV or the songs she made recently for Haynie and for the movies) and she'll face a huge commercial and critical flop

Lana always delivered soundwise on her albums, I never was disappointed in that aspect of her work. Her voice is heavenly (that's the main reason I stan for her).
 
What I'm worried about is the theme of the album and the lyrics. The HM single lyrics are on the bad side for me and if the rest of the album is in the same mold I fear that HM will be her lowest graded album so far. I myself am somewhat tired of the undefined bad guys in her lyrics and it's kind of ridiculous to express your desperate love towards this type of dudes in 3 consecutive albums (I said that while I'm not focusing on her lyrics tbh)
 
Combine badish lyrics with some languid movie music produced by Heath or Haynie (somewhat like the second part of UV or the songs she made recently for Haynie and for the movies) and she'll face a huge commercial and critical flop

I don't see it happening. As I said, HM seems to be UV 2.0 

From what I saw until now, if the HM single is not entirely different from the rest of the record, this album will be in the same mold as UV with some Paradise influences.

She looks like in the Australian Vogue shoot

She's rehearsing Florida Kilos in Miami. I don't know what I want to see more FK live or the new video

Remeber the promo snipets for Tropico which had nothing to do with the actual video or her instagrammed snippet for WC? Maybe the video will not look like the snippet at all is just the sound and some random footage

I know that she loves the ocean and if she's happy...but the conclusion seems to be that Lana is not there yet financially with the top entertainers. But from living on cocoa puffs now she's in the upper middle class of California... not bad at all

Honeymoon account, the bio there reads “Honeymoon is alive and breathing". FTW?! What that means? UV vibes again?! I hoped that HM is alive and slaying (even at Interscope) not merely alive and breathing.

What is the idea behind a specific instagram account for HM? This era starts pretty strange, she seems in charge yet again

She's rehearsing Florida Kilos in Miami. I don't know what I want to see more FK live or the new video

She's rehearsing Florida Kilos in Miami. I don't know what I want to see more FK live or the new video

Remeber the promo snipets for Tropico which had nothing to do with the actual video or her instagrammed snippet for WC? Maybe the video will not look like the snippet at all is just the sound and some random footage

The sound is strange, I hope that it will sound somewhat differently from Paradise and UV. The video gives me some UV video feels. She's beautiful

Well I don't remember Lana disappearing for 6 months. We all agreed that she's a prolific writer and she toured a lot since 2013. She did things for her fans but she doesn't want to be in the mainstream media were she was hurt a lot. She maybe agreed to work someday with Moroder, maybe wasn't something very clear because she's always polite and maybe she dosen't like to say no in your face. We don't know. I don't think that Moroder is very important on her list tbh

I'm fed up with this Giorgio Moroder guy tbh. The way he always name drops Lana it seems that he has some kind of creepy crush on her. Yea, he was a great disco producer in the 70's but I listened to his new songs with SIA and Kyle and they are not good. Lana has a good nose for collabs and I'm glad that she didn't wasted her time with him like she did with another septuagenarian Brian Wilson which recorded the "The Last Song" with her and afterwards decided that he will sing it saying that Lana "gave up on him". She has a tour, a new album to release she has not time to waste with these vanity projects

She's rehearsing Florida Kilos in Miami. I don't know what I want to see more FK live or the new video

She's rehearsing Florida Kilos in Miami. I don't know what I want to see more FK live or the new video

The sound is strange, I hope that it will sound somewhat differently from Paradise and UV. The video gives me some UV video feels. She's beautiful

The sound is strange, I hope that it will sound somewhat differently from Paradise and UV. The video gives me some UV video feels. She's beautiful

She looks like in the Australian Vogue shoot

I'm fed up with this Giorgio Moroder guy tbh. The way he always name drops Lana it seems that he has some kind of creepy crush on her. Yea, he was a great disco producer in the 70's but I listened to his new songs with SIA and Kyle and they are not good. Lana has a good nose for collabs and I'm glad that she didn't wasted her time with him like she did with another septuagenarian Brian Wilson which recorded the "The Last Song" with her and afterwards decided that he will sing it saying that Lana "gave up on him". She has a tour, a new album to release she has not time to waste with these vanity projects

I'm fed up with this Giorgio Moroder guy tbh. The way he always name drops Lana it seems that he has some kind of creepy crush on her. Yea, he was a great disco producer in the 70's but I listened to his new songs with SIA and Kyle and they are not good. Lana has a good nose for collabs and I'm glad that she didn't wasted her time with him like she did with another septuagenarian Brian Wilson which recorded the "The Last Song" with her and afterwards decided that he will sing it saying that Lana "gave up on him". She has a tour, a new album to release she has not time to waste with these vanity projects

I don't understand these critical posts about Lana at this time. She said last year that she had a follow-up idea after UV, she said that the album is almost ready and then she spilled the release date which is September. Nothing unusual or inconsistent here she didn't break her word yet. We should be proud of her because she is finishing successfully (bar that technical issue at the GovBall) a big arena tour which is quite a feat. Her live performances are giving me hope that she'll be a consistent good a performer from now on. I want new material from her but I'm not bummed that she didn't performed songs from HM on her tour because this is a sign that she has a plan for the HM release. She never said that the first single for HM will come out this month so we have to wait patiently for that.
 
I observed how mature she looked on this tour. The poppy, youthful Lana is gone and we have a serious (still beautiful) woman instead. I cannot associate a HM pop era with Lana's image at the moment. I'm more convinced now that a more artistic (UV like album) is the right way forward for her even if she'll not regain her BTD era popularity and commercial success. So I don't expect any BTD level hype around the HM release but at least a couple of TV appearances and good videos would be nice from her.

Let's discuss Lana's incredible streaming power.
 
I took the info from Spotify (original tracks + remixes), VEVO (audios + videos + remixes + Tropico) and Lana's official YouTube channel (audios + videos + remixes + live versions).
 
* means original/album track only. No remix, live version, etc.
 
 
BORN TO DIE
(2nd most-streamed female album of all time)


 
 
PARADISE

 
 
 
ULTRAVIOLENCE

 
 
HONEYMOON

 
 
 
OTHER

 
 
TOTAL (as of July 2016) = 
4 086 600 000 streams for Lana Del Rey!
 

 
Most streamed songs:
10. "Shades of Cool" - 82.2M
9. "High By the Beach" - 122M
8. "National Anthem" - 130.4M
7. "West Coast" - 162.3M
6. "Ride" - 164.7M
5. "Blue Jeans" - 305.6M
4. "Video Games" - 334.9M
3. "Young and Beautiful" - 400.8M
2. "Born to Die" - 433.2M
1. "Summertime Sadness" - 626.6M