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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LANA DEL RAY!

Seven years ago today, Lana's official debut album was released. 

May it continue to "raise us up".

 



 

(I'm a little late, lol. Also, credit to adoringlana on tumblr for these beautiful gifs!)

Written with Rick Nowels, Emile Haynie, and Benny Blanco.

Oh yes, excited for this ! Born To Die... Such a special album in my heart ! 
I was a bit bored of what was being done at the time and then she just brought this breath of fresh air. I was amazed by what I was listening to: the lyrics, the melodies, the cultural references, the themes, the visuals, the interviews, the face, the vocals... It was so much ! 
Video Games (and more particularly Blue Jeans) pushed me to make videos myself and film more. I always thought: "You need to have studied editing/cinema to do these things" and she showed me that you just need a vision and love for that...
 
"Born To Die" sounds timeless (most of it)
I still can't get over "Off To The Races", the flow, the imagery, the strings, the vocals, the delivery, the hard beats, 
"Blue Jeans" is the song that stole my heart
"Video Games" is a modern classic,
"Diet Mtn Dew" is a bop and yet so melancholic (plus the demo versions are fire),
"National Anthem"'s chorus is so breathtaking,
"Dark Paradise" was so unusual to what could be heard back in the day,
"Radio"'s chorus was infectious and was on loop pretty much my whole spring/summer,
"Carmen"'s storytelling is superb,
"Million Dollar Man" needs to be a jazz standard,
"Summertime Sadness" is so gorgeous for so many reasons, those military drums swept me away, the bridge, the chorus,
"This is What Makes Us Girls" took me the longest time to appreciate but now I see the light, the lyrics paint such a vivid picture,
"Without You" is so easy to love,
"Lolita" is so dark and naughty and pow,
"Lucky Ones" is heartbreakingly naive...
 
I feel sorry for every BTD detractor who constantly feel the need to bash this superb album because the truth is; it has a strong identity rooted in a unique universe.
 
No, in all seriousness, I respect everybody's preference. Happy Birthday, BTD, a great album ! 

I'm getting all misty-eyed at the fact that I got TWO (2) nominations, in two of the nicest categories! Y'all do too much. I love all of you oml

I'm surprised with this nomination, thank you! 

Thanks for not voting for me, guys.
 

I'm getting all misty-eyed at the fact that I got TWO (2) nominations, in two of the nicest categories! Y'all do too much. I love all of you oml

I wish luck to everyone who has been nominated!
Congrats guys 

I and blessed and amazed at the discovery of having a nomination at this award. I am greatful that my hard work has been seen and has blessed everyone.From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect. Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them
 
I would be greatful to win Best Taste. Thank You all.

Y'all better vote for me for best status updater and veteran member  

I'm getting all misty-eyed at the fact that I got TWO (2) nominations, in two of the nicest categories! Y'all do too much. I love all of you oml

New photoshoot for Akna clothing! Click here to buy!
 

Also there will be a song titled "Teeth in my Neck" on the album! Listen to a snippet here...  
 
Another interesing bit of info.. If you input her youtube onto the Wayback Machine you can find some videos she deleted (you can't watch). Here are titles and dates.


 

I'm getting all misty-eyed at the fact that I got TWO (2) nominations, in two of the nicest categories! Y'all do too much. I love all of you oml

First of all, I want to apologize for the delay. I've been really busy lately. If it wasn't for users @@Elle, @PARADIXO and @Brooklyn Baby we wouldn't even be here tonight. They've helped me a lot. Thank you guys. Also once again, thank you @BBMBaby for providing the banners for this post.


Enough said, it's time to introduce you to this year's official nominees. 


I'll aso take this momento to announce the new date of our iconic Ceremony, which this year will take place on January 28th.




DISCLAIMER: REMEMBER THIS IS ALL FOR FUN. DON'T THINK IT'S PERSONAL IF YOU GET A NOMINATION IN A CATEGORY YOU MAY CONSIDER "NEGATIVE". I ASSURE YOU THERE'S NO REAL HATE AGAINST YOU. ANY MAJOR ISSUE MAY RESULT IN THE REMOVAL OF SAID CATEGORIES (all of them) NEXT YEAR. And we all know it wouldn't be half as entertaining.



@sexwithme @@Elle @annedauphine @comeintomybedroom @







@browjob @Limelight @comeintomybedroom @@SitarHero @



@comeintomybedroom @Limelight @annedauphine @Ed55 @@SitarHero



@sexwithme @@leaked_version @letsescapelizzy @Constantine @@SitarHero



@lmdr @Eclipse @Trash Magic @Degenerate @#glimmeringdarling



@honeym00nbitch @PARADIXO @@SitarHero @BBMBaby @subversiviolence







@Bekim @trayertrash @Miss America @BLOODSHOT @comeintomybedroom







@@Elle @PARADIXO @HoneymoonSwan @sparklrtrailrheaven @annedauphine







@comeintomybedroom @Constantine @Love is Patient @Electric Body @@leaked_version







@Miss America @@leaked_version @comeintomybedroom @Constantine @sexwithme



@annedauphine @Love is Patient @knoxavel (RIP) @sexwithme @



@Trash Magic @@Elle @YUNGATA @Bekim @Eclipse







@sexwithme @annedauphine @ @Love is Patient @comeintomybedroom







@trayertrash @Trash Magic @Hundred Dollar Bill @National Anthem @@SitarHero







@cacciatore @sparklrtrailrheaven @HoneymoonSwan @Saturn Princess







@Benvolio @AllAboutThatBase @MeghanTrainor @CarcrashBandicoot



@annedauphine @@Elle @PARADIXO @BENTLEY









@Eclipse @knoxavel @Love is Patient @ @sexwithme







@Brooklyn Baby (aka Zanella aka MeghanTrainor aka AllAboutThatBase @Love is Patient @Constantine @graham4anything @@leaked_version









@@Elle @#glimmeringdarling @SwayTokyo @JohnDelRey @Hundred Dollar Bill











@AshleyM523 @knoxavel @graham4anything @comeintomybedroom @Love is Patient









@lmdr @annedauphine @#glimmeringdarling @boywonder











@sexwithme @comeintomybedroom @Love is Patient @@leaked_version





@@Elle @PARADIXO @YUNGATA









@BENTLEY @GagaOopsy @Viva @lola @TrailerParkDarling









@ (yall have no chill) @Miss America @@Elle @PARADIXO









@xcx @AshleyM523 @CrazySister @sexwithme










@browjob @Bekim @HundredDollarBill @FourAlarmFire @Constantine





@Trash Magic @Eclipse @@Elle @Bekim @annedauphine





@Eclipse (in general) - @Love is Patient (in general) - Discord chat - Allie X (in general, including her DDoS'ing the site) - LDR5 (Pre-Release Thread)





WARNING: If Resistance doesn't win this category, it will get scrapped.


1949 (Studio)
Roses
Caught You Boy
Super Movie
BBM Baby
Dance For Money
Girl That Got Away
Motel 6 (Vicarage)
Other Woman
Resistance
Yes to Heaven
Fine China
Be My Daddy


NOTE: "Hollywood Movie", "Every Man Gets His Wish v2", "BBM Baby v2", "Party Girl v2", "Children of the Bad Revolution (Demo)", "Never Let Me Go (Concept)" and "Go Go Dancer v2" were not eligible due to their demo-ish nature and for not being that different from previous versions.





@@Elle @Miss America @Eclipse @anneduauphine

A mashup.  To Lana's "Us Against The World".  Hope you guys like it!
 

"Bonnie & Clyde" is for a playlist I've been working on!

"Video Games"

 



 

The song that started it all; a moody, dramatically romantic 5-minute ballad about “letting go of [her] musical ambitions and settling down into a simple life with a person [she] loved”.

 

Written by Lana Del Rey herself, composed by Justin Parker (who worked with Ellie Goulding, Rihanna and Sia right after collaborating with Del Rey) and produced by Daniel Omelio and Brandon Lowry (Robopop), “Video Games” features haunting sustained piano chords, gentle strings, subtle electronic elements, passionate vocals and some of her finest lyrics to date, introducing us to the Lana Del Rey world: beautiful, innocent women terribly in love with bad guys.

 

“Video Games” was an instant classic. “I knew right away that it was a pretty epic piece of work and that it would put her on the map and define her as an artist,” Omelio said back in 2012. “It was such a heartfelt and real piece of music, that I felt sure that people would connect with it right away.” And it definitely did; it went Top 10 in twelve European countries and even hit No. 1 in Germany and Luxembourg. This long, dreamy lullaby performed so well in the continent that it is considered to be one of most successful songs ever in France.

“I would play my songs [to my label], explain what I was trying to do, and I’d get ‘You know who is No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Kesha,” Lana told T Magazine. “It was too dark, too personal, too risky, not commercial. It wasn’t pop until it was on the radio.” That’s exactly what this song and the whole Lana Del Rey persona did: she turned what it was risky, anti-EDM into the mainstream. Suddenly, slower songs hit the charts on which Katy Perry and Lady Gaga were dominating. An entire indie culture met the pop world and transformed into a sudden obsession for “retro vibes”, visual and musical textures and post-Born to Die kids like Halsey and Lorde.

 

Its iconic video, a “moving collage” as described as Dazed, was just so brilliantly simple that the industry and general public started to conspire; Did she really edit this video herself? How did she get a contract with a major label? Is her dad a millionaire? Are her lips real? She’s not a feminist.

 

Lana Del Rey was then a young woman opening her heart to the whole world. Yes, “It’s all for you / Everything I do”, “Only worth living if somebody is loving you” – among other lines – could come off as controversial, but she’s just another human being deeply, wrongly in love. Of course men are able to sing about dying over perfect bodies and great sex with multiple women, but Del Rey wishing to spend her life with an unrequited love is a bad example to young girls.

 

At the end of the day, “Video Games” was just a taste of what was yet to come: the most interesting and unique female artist of the 2010s. A modern classic Del Rey should always be proud of.

 

Recommended article: Robopop on the process of “Video Games”

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVyluf1a-oI

Lana Del Rey's major label debut Born to Die will turn 5 this month, and we will celebrate its 15 tracks during the next 15 days, until it officially turns half a decade old on January 27.

OTHER WOMAN

Still my fücking favourite song ever and will always be

You say that you don't want to be hypnotized
But baby, I, I don't wanna hypnotize you
There's nothing from you that I wanna take
I just wanna be like you
Maybe love you just a little bit
Please?
 
             

Jim, I'mma dedicate this whole album to you
You told me to get my way, that's exactly what I'm gonna do 
 
  

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
 
Best Taste - Just check out my profile, fam. Or my Letterboxd profile.
 
Underrated Member - Yeah.

Biggest Stan - All of those apply to me, although I did a 40-minute video essay on the queen's music videos, and did a 5-hour music video project of her albums, so yeah...
 
Marina Joyce (Attention Whore) - This reply.
 
Be My Daddy (Hottest Member) - Because many of you sent me messages asking for nudies, so I must be doing something right?

Big Eyes (Resident Artist) - For my film work; and the album "ZU" I did this year.

I am a little (LOT) bit in awe over the trailer and I don't think I can verbalize anything until I've watched it like 5 more times... oh my god.
 
This is, like.... I've got nothing! It's too perfect, and I seriously can't say how much I love it at the moment because I'm still totally in shock at seeing this because I LOVE AKA so much, and this is like... this is like...
 
I don't even know. I'm so obsessed with AKA, so for me to say this is COMPLETELY PERFECT is the highest praise I've got! Thank you so, so much because this is my favorite video, ever now :kiss:
 
it's so perfect i'm gonna literally die this is like my heart and soul and inspiration all in one video i am SNATCHED

for whatever reason, Hollywood's Dead and Million Dollar Man always remind me of one another