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absolutely living for this alt timeline where lizzy was successful and carried over the look

Crackhead cover art for this album This is what I see Venice Bitch as

Lana Del Rey - Doin' Time

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Here's a fun question:
 
Had AKA been successful, what unreleased tracks do you think would've been used for a follow-up album? 

Welcome to the Lana Del Ray post-release thread, a place to collect information on, discuss, and appreciate Lana’s 2010 debut album! 
 

 
Tracklist:
1. Kill Kill
2. Queen of the Gas Station
3. Oh Say Can You See
4. Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven)
5. For K, Pt. 2
6. Jump
7. Mermaid Motel
8. Raise Me Up (Mississippi South)
9. Pawn Shop Blues
10. Brite Lites
11. Put Me in a Movie
12. Smarty
13. Yayo 
 
While Lana Del Ray (commonly known as AKA) wasn’t Lana’s first studio album -- that honor goes to Sirens -- it was her debut on a record label, and her first album to be sold commercially. AKA’s history was turbulent, which probably owes to much of the mystery and misinformation that surrounds the album today:
 
 
As noted above, the formation of AKA brought about many demos and outtakes that didn’t make the final cut, including Lizzy’s collaborations with producer Steven Mertens. Below is a helpful guide to the AKA demos, along with information on unused tracks recorded with both Mertens and David Kahne:
 
 
Lana’s promotion of her music during the AKA era included interviews, frequent live performances, and perhaps most distinctively, the creation of self-assembled music videos for most of the tracks on the album, much like the “Video Games” visuals that would propel her to stardom in 2011. Below are a selection of these videos, plus relevant fan creations: 
 
 
 
Lastly, here are some helpful links for further info and exploration of AKA:
 
 
 

The lyrics in this are kind of hard to make out, but are very repetitive
 
I know, way
I know, way
I know
 
Ooh
Hey, hey, oh
 
Ooh, ah ah oh
 
Roll with me, roll with me, don't be dumb
(Baby, baby, baby, baby) / Roll with me, roll with me, don't be dumb
 
On the radio, uh-huh
On the radio, baby
On the radio
On the radio
 
I know, way
I know, way
I know 
 
Hey, hey, oh
 
It's a dance track right now
 
Ooh, ah ah oh
 
Roll with me, roll with me, don’t be dumb
(Baby, baby, baby, baby) / Roll with me, roll with me, don't be dumb
 
On the radio, uh-huh
On the radio, baby
On the radio
On the radio
 
Ooh, ah ah oh
 
Roll with me, roll with me, don’t be dumb
(Baby, baby, baby, baby,) / Roll with me, roll with me, don't be dumb
 
On the radio, uh-huh
On the radio, baby
On the radio
On the radio
 
I know, way
I know, way
I know
 
Hey hey oh
 
Ooh
I know, way
I know, way
 
Roll with me, roll with me, don’t be dumb
(Baby, baby, baby, baby) / Roll with me, roll with me, don't be dumb
 
On the radio, uh-huh
On the radio, baby
On the radio
On the radio

Here's two different ideas I had for NFR

 



 

DOIN' TIME
 
We've Got Nothing To Do
Nothing Left To Lose
From Time Immemorial
We've Known The Consequences
And Still We Repeat The Same Mistakes
Courtesy Of Free Will
We Should Know Better By Now
But We Still Don't
We're Living Recklessly
Painting Smiles On Our Shining Faces
Doin Time, Losing Our Minds
Never Stopping, Always Spinning
In And Out Of Consciousness
Being Imprisoned In This Cage
We've Made To Graduate To The Next Level
But We're Still Stuck In The Same Level
Doin' Time. There's No Escape
Atleast Not Until We Master The Lessons
Learning All That Is, Was And Will Be
Reaching For A Thought From The Ether
Adding It To The Meaning Of Our Lives
Searching For Muses In Vacant Spaces
Listening To The Beckoning Calls Of Sirens
Absorbing Every Meaningful Silence
Hoping For A Better World. No More Violence.

Now for a re-upload of an old one of mine, for my Starry Eyed physical copy.

Been a minute

I listened to Lana Del Ray again tonight, for the millionth time-- my feelings haven't changed. This album is genius, and it definitely saddens me that Lana will likely never return to this set of aesthetics and style of music.
 
However, the genius of AKA is not *just* Lana. I give a sizable part of my respect for the album to David Kahne, as well. While Lana created killer melodies, lyrics, and concepts that would work extremely well under the guidance of any producer, Kahne had the perfect touch to push the songs from "excellent" to "god-like", in my opinion. 
 
It definitely deserves repeat listens-- some subtle flourishes Kahne brought in are best noticed after you've been bowled over a few times by Lana's handiwork with the stories told and pictures painted here. To me, the perfect example of Kahne's "Midas touch" on AKA is "Pawn Shop Blues". As evidenced by a live performance and a demo, PSB was a staggeringly beautiful, tender, and poignant track when Lana was doing it on her own. However, Kahne took it to another level-- while PSB in its raw state is mournful and brimming with sadness, Kahne's instrumentation gives it depth-- it goes from being a "sad" song to something better described as "bittersweet". With the angelic echoes and trembling guitars, Kahne doesn't detract at all from Lana's lyrics-- instead, he gives them deeper meaning and manifold facets. Pawn Shop Blues becomes, all at once, a hopeful look at living for a purpose outside of yourself, a melancholy assertion on the nature of love and loss, and a somber reminder of how one can lose it all for nothing. With these extra dimensions, the track becomes infinitely interesting, as it's hard to tell where the hope begins and the desperation ends. 
 
I'm rambling-- my point being, AKA is an absolutely genius record that I'll love 'til the day I die, and both David Kahne and Lana are geniuses for putting just the right elements in just the right places to create an album that is cohesive yet kaleidoscopic, and that has so many facets and subtleties that it demands repeat listens. Fabulous. Please continue sharing info and thoughts on AKA here, because it means the world to me and I want to know all there is to know about it!
 
Thanks for reading all this 

flowers in their hair
nuclear missile bomb threats made
children's children cry

i should not cry but
you fuck me good from behind
big dick starboy love

you messed up my fruit
love is getting shot and killed
bitch bitch bitch bitch fuck

hit me again please
i am a poisonous plant
it's hard to love you
 
we're making cocaine
i can see cuba from here
the beach is the best

guess the songs lmao
 
fucked up summer fling
something something armageddon
ivory horse car
 
underage hooker
drinking booze and speaking french
fame is just a sham
 
fucked a married guy
my self worth revolves on him
i am very sad

Bored af by the NFR thread.
 
Let's do Lana's songs as haikus. (first line: 5 syllables, second line: 7 syllables, third line: 5 syllables). They're also supposed to be about the weather 'n' shit, but fuck that - just try to capture the essence/theme of the song.
 
 
 
"Heroin"
 
Exceptionally warm
These kids are crazy as fuck
You shouldn't take drugs
 
 
 
"Summertime Sadness"
 
Unhappy in the heat
Driving far too fast. You're gone
So I give no fucks
 
 
 
(If nobody joins in, you know I'm gonna do her entire discography ...)
 
(Feel free to re-do a song someone else does if you have a different take on it ... keeps it interesting. Mine tend to be piss-taking, but yours might not be ...)

I think Andromeda is one of my favorite songs of all time

i think what makes yayo so great is the authenticity of it-- you can tell it means a lot to lana, and it doesn't need anything else than the guitar. i find the lyrics to be absolutely wonderful, too. but of course you're free to your opinion! 

you ought to know good and well that symbols like these mean a lot to lana. to assume that yayo is just a song about "drugs, motorcycles, and putting on shows for men" is to simplify things too much. it's a song, at least it seems to me, about escaping from the darkness in her life, really feeling happiness for once, and being with someone she loves very much-- i think it's so melancholy, though, because she doesn't believe she'll really get that 

New Masterpost Layout

 

I made a cover for Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road', lol.

What do u think?

 

I have no idea what to use this for but i just love the photo tbh.

 
 
Thank you!

I made a lil series for the Norman Fucking Rockwell era
 
 
 

(bitch!)