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pretty sure Gerald refers to G-Eazy, the rapper Lana dated at some point (maybe someone else knows when? i couldn't ever keep up with *when* they dated), whose real name is Gerald (and who In My Feelings and White Mustang are ostensibly written about)

Hello everyone. Not sure if many of you know, but i'm pretty good with editing music. So i decided to create a Deluxe Edition for LFL. It includes my own edited versions of songs, along with BAR, and an Interlude to better transition into the second half of the album. For a taste of how it transitions with the interlude, here's a snippet http://picosong.com/wyC4T/
Tracklist



Note 1. Songs with ** Next to them are special mixes created by me.
Note 2. For Daisy Chains, i mixed the Alt. Mix and Album Version together. It's wayyy better imo
Note 3. When the instrumentals leak, i plan on making solo versions for all songs with features. Then i will add them as bonus tracks.

Link


 
(Update March 18) 
 
 
 
ENJOY :)

i don't recall ever reading this in the lanalysis thread -- in one of the handful of blog posts Chris C did on Lizzy, he shared screenshots of their messages and a poem she commented on:
 



 
the blog is pretty telling. Chris was married w/kids, but talking to Lizzy and another girl named Sarah online. looks like he ended up meeting Sarah, but never met Lizzy before things dissolved. he also seems to suggest that Lizzy didn't really harbor the same feelings for him that he had for her, and he regarded her as more of a muse than a lover
 



 
also, sorry if this has already been shared! it was very new to me

You know, I don't think it would be that difficult! Drive By is the earliest of her 'death row' songs, no? (and certainly the most literal of them)-- so, that was recorded in 2005... that means K, or whoever was on death row, if anyone was, was already there by 2005. Presuming this took place in New York, NY didn't completely repeal the death penalty until 2007, so the timeframe fits. If there were a list of death row inmates in NY around 2003/5, I'm sure one of the great sleuths here could dig up some possible candidates. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RosviOqt77c
 LOVE IT

They're hoarding Shades Of Cool debut. I will riot
Also imagine the "Lana sit on my face" laugh of hers in HD.

Wow, in the Cruel World video there’s clips from both days! I hope more videos surface. I remember being so excited to see footage from these shows after professional camera equipment was noticed, but i for sure thought this had been scrapped after a few months of nothing released! But it’s never too late! I’m amazed. My only wonder is why it took over 3 years to release parts of this project. I really hope there is more to come.

https://vimeopro.com/kevinkerslake/live/video/242618915 short clip of cruel world 

https://vimeopro.com/kevinkerslake/live/video/242618624
 
Good sis @ has shared this gem in their status. As far as I know we didn't freak out about this on LB - it was uploaded 2 weeks ago from YouTube by a random person and it led us to Kevin Kerslake's Vimeo page (he's a known music video director). It was uploaded there 2 months ago.
 
I'm planning on spamming him on Twitter asking if he has more of the footage and if they plan on releasing it, what was his involvement etc.
 
I remember we were aware of the Hollywood Forever shows being professionally recorded but it never saw the light of the day as far as I know.
 
Thoughts?

I can't wait to see her cute outfit either from Gucci, a boutique, or Forever 21
 
Also can't wait for any candid monologue, potential for Yosemite, BAR, Heroin, TNC, RBFY, or WO to be sung, and also who she decides to shade tonight. 
 
Thank you.
 

After all Lana said Lust for Life is a concept album. I have a theory about Change coming out soon. x

Just some things I wanted to add; 
 
TNC was 'finished' in January, as she herself had thought that could've been the end of the record as iirc she said he tied up the whole thing
 
GBA was written closely before the womens marches- and they kinda colluded, im thinkin december-jan 2016-2017. she wanted it to be a single but her label didn't want to the controversy (ill have to find citation)
 
The BAR/Arch/WM video was posted Jan. 2017 iirc, I honestly do not think it was anywhere near 2016
 
Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems has been registered since 2015, I remember people saying HM had a deluxe version with Life Is Beautiful, Wild One, and Beautiful People as a rumor either before or around the time she released the tracklist on instagram
 
Also it's heavily argued (even moreso now) that the prechorus ended with "told by the fake news" > "told by the frightened" and I'm not too sure when Trump got REALLY into his whole 'fake media' bull for the song to have been written so closely after his election.
 
Also, we really don't have any info about Get Free. It wasn't retitled, she legit deleted Malibu altogether as she thought it was too personal to give to the public and started over again on GF. Whether or not she kept the melody or feel we really dk, only that Get Free is the phoenix that rose from Malibu
 
+ nice credits for Heroin, never really pieced those together but it would also make hella sense. Heroin being written off of the coattails of Honeymoon so soon after would make some sense and HM had a very lush noir and old Hollywood starlet feel, and besides LfL- no other track on the new record even mentions any form of old Hollywood besides Heroin
 
"movie stars and liquor stores in soft decay" 

Hey everyone!
One thing I love to do is look at Lana's activity from when she was working on a record or what she says about working on a record and use that evidence to help formulate a timeline of when she began or finished writing songs on that record. 
 
I feel like LFL was the perfect record to do this with, considering Lana was pretty active outside of the studio with this record, and a lot of it deals with themes that were very current and had to do with the real world.
 
Please share your ideas and thoughts and discuss! 
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
September 2015 - November 2015
“Lust for Life" (solo, "art song" version)
-Lana states that this was the first song she wrote for the record
-in an interview with KROQ in July 2017, Lana states that she began working on the record the day she put out “Honeymoon”
December 2015 - February 2016
“Heroin”
-December 2015, Lana attends a Motley Crüe concert (“Life rocked me like Motley”)
-February 2016, Lana talks about “a clarity of inner dialogue” regarding her new album during a Billboard event
-that same event, her hair resembles that of an iconic look of Sharon Tate, whose death is referenced in the song (“Writing in blood on all my walls…” She also told Billboard mag in October 2015 that she was asked to play the role of Sharon Tate in a film
March 2016
“Get Free”
-Originally titled “Malibu” - Lana was spotted in Malibu frequently during this time, and the song was regarded as an earlier, darker track in the Billboard 2017 interview
-She posted about being in the studio this month 
 
 
April 2016
“Love”
-Lana spotted with Emile Haynie frequently
-Love lyrics tweeted by insider/leaker as early as April 2016
 
“Groupie Love”
-Lana saw A$AP Rocky perform at Coachella, and has stated that she was inspired by Rocky’s “groupie” female fans
 
May 2016
“13 Beaches”/"Something Real"
-Lana spent a lot of time on the beach during Spring 2016 and in the Billboard 2017 interview, this was regarded as an earlier, darker track.
-She posted about being in the studio this month
(cr: @@Eclipse for month/year)
 
June 2016
"Yosemite"
-I know it's not on the record, but Lana was spotted at Yosemite National Park on June 13, 2016 with Chuck and Stella, so maybe around this time, she was inspired to write Yosemite?
 
July - August 2016
“13 Beaches” (also worked on in summer?)
as Paris Match Mag stated that Lana wrote the song “last summer” in spring 2017
 
 
September 2016
“Lust for Life” (recording with The Weeknd)
-Lana stated in an interview Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1 that he jumped on the track soon after his dramatic haircut
-it was also around this time that Lana most likely recorded her vocals for The Weeknd's album, Starboy, which she featured on "Party Monster" and "Stargirl (Interlude)"
 
September 2016 - January 2017
“God Bless America - And All the Beautiful Women In It”
-Lana talked a lot about the importance of politics on social media and this was most likely the record’s “stylistic turn” she referred to in a KROQ interview in July 2017
 
October 2016
"Groupie Love"
-potentially re-recorded Rocky verse done during this time which was stated to be done 6 months after initial recording (potentially April 2016) in interview with Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1
 
October 2016 - November 2016
"Best American Record"/"Architecture" VIDEO
- Again, not on the record, but I thought it should be included.
- I don't have any evidence as to when this track could have been potentially written but the video (which turned out to be for White Mustang) was most likely filmed in Oct/Nov 2016, so it was done before then. I would say it was an earlier track, so it could be anywhere from September 2015 (assuming it was a song written after HM) to the time the video was filmed
- lyrics posted on November 27, 2016:  http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/statuses/user/1645-eclipse/?status_id=109008
 
November 2016 - January 2017
"Groupie Love"
- another potential date, as Lana also saw A$AP Rocky at Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival with Stella in Nov. 2016 (seeing his female fans go wild for him, inspiring the song, as Lana has said)
 
“When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing”
-The timeframe between Trump’s election and appointment in office, and the song is a commentary and staying hopeful in the era of Trump
 
January 2017
“Tomorrow Never Came”
-Most likely worked on in 2016, but it is known that Sean Ono Lennon added his production and vocals around this time
 
March - April 2017
“Cherry”
-Stated that this was written “at the end of the record” in interview with Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1
-finished before May 18, 2017
 
"Roses Bloom For You"
-Again, not on the record, but in a snippet Lana posted on Instagram in June 2017, she stated that she wrote the song in March in the caption. 
 
“Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind”
-Began on Lana’s way home from Coachella on April 17, 2017
-Possibly worked on in May 2017 as well
 
“Beautiful People Beautiful Problems”
-Registered in 2015, possibly worked on with Justin Parker in 2012 OR Nov. 2015
- News of collab with Stevie Nicks broke in late April 2017, most likely track already had Stevie’s vocals ready in early-mid April 2017 before news was revealed
 
May  - June 2017
"Groupie Love"
-potentially re-recorded Rocky verse done during this time which was stated to be done 6 months after initial recording (potentially November 2016) in interview with Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1
 
“Summer Bummer”
-one of the last songs for the record, considering the record “loosened up” as it progressed
-features "Magnolia" vocal stems from Playboi Carti, which was released in April 2017
-one version finished before June 2, 2017 (snippet posted that day)
 
“In My Feelings”
-after G-Eazy and Lana’s break-up in May 2017
 
“White Mustang”
-written about Barrie James O’Neill OR G-Eazy (most likely the latter, with Lana’s “AND IT WASN’T EVEN THAT GOOD!” comment at the Denver Show on 1/7/18)
-finished before June 8, 2017
 
“Change”
-last song written for the record
-written on June 8 at approx 8:00 PM and finished on June 9 at 2:00 AM (June 8 is the same day the WM snippet was posted, her cap and makeup from the recording sessions are the same as the snippet, a fan also saw her that day, confirming the date)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b85UsgNyKM0

My album is almost finished. In the final check-ups and everything. Also debating on an additional track to add (it's up in the air, at the moment, but when you feel the itch to write and produce something, you just got to.) 
 
This was a very personal album, and the first one I spent months on, rather than solely a few weeks. I was influenced by the political climate of post-Trump America, but also about my memories growing up (in the closet) in rural midwest America. This time period was between 2006-2008, so Abercrombie, itself, is a nostalgic pull - and I understand the title can at first seem silly, but I hope it makes better sense in context. 
 
Here's the cover!
 
Brownie points to whoever guesses the album's cover my little gay heart was nostalgically inspired by. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6tZeW-MOEE
 
 
 
UPDATED (FINAL) TRACKLIST:
01. VCR (Intro) [1:07]
02. ABERCROMBIE DREAMS [4:43]
03. RA [4:04]
04. HUMILITY (Interlude) [1:17]
05. IN THE CORNER [3:46]
06. AGNES OF AMERICA [3:16]
07. LIGHTER FLUID [3:09]
08. PAST MIDNIGHT, 2008 (Interlude) [1:46]
09. TUMBLING (feat. Hazel T) [3:49]
10. CLAYMATION (Pts. 1-5) [11:52]
 
Full release this Friday, January 12th (but today for LanaBoards). 

After The Storm ft. Tyler the Creator & Bootsy Collins 1/12/18

Hi everyone,
 
I've been interested in getting a really accurate, high-end Lana Del Rey doll for a while.
 
Recently I discovered the 1:6 action figure community. They have really talented artists and sculptors who regularly make really amazing head sculpts of real people and characters from movies at the 1:6 (~barbie doll size) scale to put on fully poseable doll/ action figure bodies (which you can get off ebay for example).
 
The heads are sculpted digitally usually, and then molds are made. So you can imagine that the more people who want a head, the cheaper it is per person. It seems that the market price for hiring a sculptor to make a doll head is around 500-800usd. If you want the head to be painted professionally and real hair rooted on, you can also hire artists to do that for you - or you can give it a go yourself if you're artsy, as there are plenty of youtube tutorials.
 
So, bottom line: anyone else interested in getting a Lana doll? I'd need at least around ten expressions of interest in the head sculpt to bring the cost down.
 
If you're interested in participating in my project, please let me know below clearly! This is also just for the unpainted head sculpt at the moment.
 
Examples of the level and style of art I'm talking about - here's a commercially produced wonder woman, she's fully poseable: http://www.hottoys.com.hk/productDetail.php?productID=550
 

 
and here's a commerically produced Harley Quinn -  http://www.hottoys.com.hk/productDetail.php?productID=527
 
and I've attached an example of a custom head made by one sculptor, Waruna Weligamage.
 
 
 
I also have a thread up at http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/interest-threads/185942-1-6-lana-del-rey-head-sculpt.html if you're part of the 1:6 community already or interested in it.

Queen

For (Marx) and for (Engels)

this is my commitment, my communist manifesto

I'm just kidding guys.. don't kill me! For those who don't get the reference, Radiohead literally has a song called 'Burn The Witch'.

Now they’re tying to make her look like a lying fool? Lana needs to take her theraflu and get them boxing gloves on.

They're just trying to get a chance to meet Lana any way they can.

Have no fear, I asked the I Ching if Lana will win lmao
 
 
 

Might be worth filing suit just for the chance at discovery.  
 

Imagining a future where bands pretend to sue each other to juice sales. Or intentionally plagiarize knowing they will get sued, but also that the uptick in sales will more than compensate for the percentage they lose.