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I wish all of these were in one show...I'd be so happy
 
 
 

In my cringe tumblr emo gay years around Paradise, I used to relate to her as a goal that I wanted to achieve, like I've done with many artists that I loved through the years : being sucessful in what you love doing the most, and just finding yourself, knowing yourself, finding out what's good for you, keeping a vision, a joy for life, a will. But now I actually relate to Lizzy a lot more, maybe because I'm getting around her age and I'm in college, so I kind of share her more pseudo connoiseur and intelectual views on music, art... I have that growing interest in existential problematics, science and physics, I'm learning guitar & trumpet, trying to get healthy from substances, to make the most of everyday etc. Also being honestly in love with kitsch aesthetic and 50s movie unlike me trying to pretend I was so into it when I was 15 ; having your own aesthetical world.
 
I think her life has such a dramatic narrative (or at least she's always been very smart in the way she presented it), it's easy for anyone to identify with at least a passage of her past, which is maybe why she's got such a varied range of fans who love different moments of her career.
 
But most important to me, she expresses in her music, her interviews, idk, this feeling that I've rarely felt in music, wether it is pop or obscure art rock acts or anything : this feeling of trying everything, being everywhere, having this great vision for yourself, succeeding, failing, etc... And always colapsing, relapsing into a miserable state. She's stated multiple times how she changed her mind so many times, done a lot of different things (local indie singer, college student, alcoholism, living in London, trying pop sounds, just living life with no ambition, being famous...) and how at the end of the day she just can't sustain anything, any feeling of stability, of achievement in a way. She always ends up depressed or lonely or bored or moody. And how she still tries to make something out of herself, to find happiness even if her drive is lost. I think this part of why, in a more unconscious way, she's been so succesful and she still has people buying her records and coming to her shows ; this feeling is so honest in her songs, in her records' structures... Nobody does that, even less in pop, it's absolutely terrifying and grand at the same time.

I relate to Lana on a much simpler level than a lot of you, but I think I'll still post it here-- also, kudos to everyone who shared on this thread (especially those who were so brutally honest about themselves! That's not easy  )
 
The aesthetics of Lana's music and visuals are what initially drew me into her music, and are likely what have held me the most fascinated-- like Lana (and especially Lizzy!) I've always been fascinated (read: obsessed) with kitsch, Americana, and white-trash living-- probably why songs like Trash Magic and Pin-Up Galore rank among my favorites. Maybe it was growing up in a mobile home (in the American South, no less) that gave me this fixation, and so I connect very deeply with the images that run through her early work. I don't think it's any coincidence that trailer-trash Lizzy is my favorite era of Lana's work, and that the happiest time in my life was when I lived in a trailer that we decorated up with Christmas lights year-round. (No kidding-- looking back, we also had a hallway we called the "Florida hall" because it was so beach-kitsch-- and it looked straight out of a Lizzy vid-- teal walls, curtains with palm trees and flamingos all over it-- the works.) 
 
So, videos like the ones for 'Gramma' give me an almost painful sense of nostalgia, not only for the times when I lived like she did, but also for a time I'll never get to live in-- the same idealised, past world that Lana has written about-- one where JFK is still king, the open road is still alive, and motels still have their own seedy glamour, among other things. Maybe it all sounds pretentious, but I am so genuinely happy that Lana has recorded and created such a wealth of material that speaks to me on such a personal level. Do any of you connect to these aesthetics and visuals the same way? (If so, hit me up, because we're moving into the nearest trailer park ASAP )
 
Now, y'all better start leaking some more 2007/8 Lizzy for me after this heartfelt piece of work-- I need white-trash Lana in my life 

So, I got Photoshop like yesterday and I've been trying to learn how to use it effectively and all that fun stuff, so I figured I could practice by making silly things like these!
 
I just made this one and I'll probably keep updating the thread because I had fun making them! I hope you guys like them! (and I'll probably make some for covers we can actually use )
 
Fine China(this one's rather basic):

I like them over 50
 
 
 

made this today

hey @@Trash Magic, 
 
have you done any other vhs-ish covers with the similar aesthetics to this one?: 
 

 
i love it so much and am using it for my unreleased album, and really want covers with a similar vibe for my instrumentals and demos albums. 
 
thanks in advance

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

how i wish this thread was active again

I'm only about 3 years ahead of you on that. He wouldn't tell me anything.

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Omg she's going out all the time yas queen

ULTRAVIOLENCE

 

So I was listening to TLY today (like 5 times in a row) and I was thinking about what could she be singing about/what was this song written about?
 
So here's my theory....
 
TLY is for/about K?
 
Although he isn't dead (at least to my knowledge-know that he was on death row but idk if he was actually killed)
 
"I put the radio on, hold you tight in my mind
Isn't strange that you're not here with me
But I know the light's on in the television
Trying to transmit, can you hear me?"
 
These lyrics hit me as her wanting to reach someone who isn't here or who she can't contact anymore.
 
Just a bogus little theory I thought of and I don't know if it makes sense or anything. Just a lot of the lyrics allude to a guy who had a bad reputation and she didn't mind because she loved him, she lost him, she thinks of him a lot, and she's tried to communicate with him or something. Knowing homegirls interest in philosophy and the higher powers, maybe she has actually attempted to communicate with someone who isn't here anymore lol.   

when you're done with people complaining about the setlist

Born to Die Cassette:

I want a Bel Air 2.0 I don't care which producer delivers it

bring back David, Lana Del Ray 2.0. I want some properly released, matured to fit current Lana, kitschy Lizzy songs. Just because.
 
Steve Mertens or equivalent for a revisited punk rock sound. Show me your hands mother fucker.
 
More Rick Rubin, Ride was gorgeous. Which may not be down to him, but if he can take some time away from Adele...
 
This is what I want, feasible or not. If we're talking feasible, she's too bloody attached to the same old faces. I love their work, Lana pretty much has a Midas touch in my eyes, but using the same producer for every single bloody song on a record a la honeymoon, is just not okay. 

This may have been mentioned before, but what do we know about Lana's relationship with Aaron Peer, who made and starred in the short film "Poolside" with her? It struck me that his character is called "Ray" in the film-- at first, I dismissed it as coincidence or perhaps creative input from Lana, but come to think of it, could Ray be a nickname for someone named Aaron? My brother's name is Aaron, and I can't help but think of the way our southern great-grandmother prounounced it-- "Ay-ron"-- which in turn reminds me of Ray.
 
This is a big stretch, of course, but perhaps it would be an interesting avenue to explore-- if Aaron Peer was indeed the "Ray" Lana has sung about (and even apparently named herself after), this could be the first step in unlocking some big mysteries. 
 
Just a thought!