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just stumbled upon this pic of lana at today's mulberry show (makes sense!): she looks absolutely gorgeous, imo...the brunette look really suits her! sitting pretty in the front row, with nothing to envy kate moss or olivia palermo (maybe gillian anderson a little, because well...she is badass ^_^ ) hope we get some more pics in better quality! EDIT: here are two more ♥

thank you ♥ lovely!

yes! but we mean it in the sense that she didn't "put her face on" she surely is wearing some foundation and mascara!

you're probably right! this ignorance (i didn't know ruby tuesdays were located at gas stations!) shows the years it's been since i've been in the US

If I'm not mistaken, a song of hers called "Ruby Tuesday" contains these lyrics: "Ruby Tuesdays or Mobile* / I love you then, i love you still/ you trust me not cause looks can kill". This is from Twitter, so i don't know if it really is so, but well, one of the songs that may allude to her time in Alabama is nowhere to be found :/ *a city in Alabama

Taking into account that her unreleased songs are so eclectic and diverse, I thought these more eccentric, mostly acoustic tunes could be a cohesive collection, portraying a lesser-known side of Lana. The EP would be called “Forlorn on Fire” (because I think this fragment from “Dangerous Girl” describes her quite well) and the tracklist would be: 1- Disco 2- Get Drunk 3- You’re Gonna Love Me 4- 1949 5- Elvis 6- Axl Rose Husband 7- Money Hunny 8- Dangerous Girl (a capella demo) 9- Pin Up Galore (demo) The songs that comprise this selection are episodes in the story of a young woman’s search for her own identity, where she oscillates between self-confidence and substance-induced bravado, both shrewd and innocent, longing to discover and experience life and love without the binding ties of morality, determined yet astray, travelling from desire to despair, from certainty to confusion, and – after observing the ways of the world – emerging from loss towards a newfound sense of self, luminous and dark: “not of this world”. The cover would be this image ♥

Thanks Riley! I actually thought I had posted it in Thoughts

she had a gold tooth or cap! i do NOT love it here's a recent one:

Since, along with the music, Lana's image is an intrinsec part of her as an artist - and part of what differentiates her from her Lizzy Grant days - her look is most relevant. I love that she experiments with hair color and different lengths and styling. Every change conveys something particular and distinct. What would you guys say is the definitive Lana Del Rey look for the "Born To Die" era? Which represents the album best? or, subjectively, which do you prefer? Blonde LDR: Honey Blonde LDR: Ash-Blonde LDR: Strawberry Blonde LDR: Auburn LDR: Darker Auburn LDR: Brunette LDR: It's hard to pick just one, but I think I'll go with:Strawberry Blonde! or Honey Blonde Also, I have to say I didn't dislike, but didn't especially care for the bouffant (although it does go with a certain aspect of LDR) and I'm loving the darker, long, straight hair! ♥

i heard that, too...it's so ridiculous, right? Like 26 is the second half of your twenties so you're too close to 30? :/ It's so dumb to make her lie about being just ONE year younger, when these days it's so easy to find out the truth, and, really, this discrepancy wasn't too hard to come by...In fact, the little lies are what made fans sleuth around (more than they would've if the past hadn't been attempted to be altered or hidden)! Sam Gho, that is some detective work! You may be onto something. I do think that Jimmy was more than a fling, or maybe it was just that but it was meaningful because perhaps it was the first relevant relationship she had after K. The timeline of her musical output would suggest that she was with Jimmy in 2005 or early 2006, as in the 2006 WLSC Songwriting Contest she first wrote and performed "Pawn Shop Blues", which in a later interview she insinuated was about Jimmy (someone she met at a self-help group - AA - and that was a kind of famous rock star). "Yayo" is about Jimmy for sure, because she posted it to his Facebook wall, dedicated to him, so I think they may have been on and off till 2007. She has also said that Bradley Soileau was chosen because he resembled the guy she was singing about, and he looks a lot like Gnecco. Of course, in the past she has stated that she mixes things up in her lyrics, so that, of course, isn't a guarantee. (At times, she probably combines lyrics about different people in one song.) I also suspect she had a little fling with Van Wilson, the A&R from 5 Point Records, cuz remember in her first Pitchfork interview she said the strangest place she ever wrote a song was in a basement or office after - or while! - making out with a handsome record executive? and he is pretty cute: After that I suspect she may have been involved with Reeve Carney, but I too consider that her relationship with Mike Mizrahi was truly signficant and important. Anyway, I don't know if there is any basis to my assumptions, but here are my two cents, anyway ^_^

greymillenium, what a great idea!! it's also awesome, because these selections could also serve as a mixtape of unreleased songs we can pass on to "unconverted" friends, so they can sample lana outside of more well-known songs ♥

Thank you, Eulonzo! ♥

thanks, i corrected everything, except for that 4th jumper...i still hear a "ck" sound...but whatever! evilentity, maybe it IS jumper again but singing it that one verse she said "junker" or something instead of jumper again - like when singing "video games" live, a couple of times she sang "heaven is a place on erf with you"

OK, i've gotta run, but when i come back i'll listen to the song again and make the changes yes, it could be, because that 4th time, there is a K sound, it isn't jumper again. i heard it a billion times to check!

YES!!! i'm thinking "Salvatore" is an Italian name like...Gnecco! Could it be a nickname? SitarHero, does that give you a little push? Am I way off base? Only Lanalysis can save us!

I hope I got them lyrics right...feel free to suggest/correct! Salvatore, you can deff be my baby boo Be my mafiosi rock 'n' roll high Back to Malibu, in our trailer park for two We're like Sid and Nancy, loving the fight We got a jumper, got a jumper Got a jumper, got a jumper My man’s crazy and his mind isn't right But I like him--fact, I love him I can’t get e-enough of him He knows only I can save him tonight I’ve been waiting on your love Baby, for too long now, too long now I thought that I could change you like the others But I don’t know how, don’t know how It’s gonna backfire It’s gonna backfire, baby Gonna backfire Gonna backfire, baby Told you a million times before Yes, I’m up for it a million more I'm tired of fighting you, seems like everything I do Even when I win, I lose with you, man And it’s not something you choose You say trouble follows you It’s been like that since the day you began We got a jumper, got a jumper Got a jumper, got a jumper I know very well you’re bringing me down I will follow, I will follow For a little piece of heaven I am ready, I am willing to drown I’ve been waiting on your love Baby, for too long now, too long now I thought that I could change you like the others But I don’t know how, don’t know how It’s gonna backfire It’s gonna backfire, baby Gonna backfire Gonna backfire, baby We've done it a million times before Yes, I’m up for it a million more We’re always taking trips downtown Officer Brown’s always coming around Tapping on our windows, “Kids, come out Ain’t no way to live, let me show you how.” But we know we’re not gonna change Keep hustlin’ every night and day I’ve been waiting on your love Baby, for too long now, too long now I thought that I could change you like the others But I don’t know how, don’t know how It’s gonna backfire It’s gonna backfire, baby Gonna backfire Gonna backfire, baby Done it a million times before And I’m up for it a million more

i agree (and i've listened to that part repeatedly)

yep, i'm pretty sure she's referring to the t-rex frontman. love it!

THIS. EVERYTHING YOU SAID. i agree. completely.

i think she always looks good, but you can see that years ago, in her early days performing as lizzy grant, she wasn't as thin as she is now, even though she states in current interviews that every day she has spaghetti and cake for dinner. but do you guys remember that interview from 2010? check around 1:27, where she says that she drinks a lot of coffee and usually just does her lemonade-maple syrup diet. um...not super healthy :/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA_h3ayM3Ow

i love grimes! a great 2012 discovery (for me). "visions" is awesome!!! have you guys seen this? she is a one-woman show ♥

exactly! i think i listen to all the unreleased songs more than i do the BTD ones, haha! so in a way, most BTD tracks are my b-sides and i choose to forget the BTD version of "diet mntn dew" because i can't stand the production and the fact that it lacks the all-important bridge of "hit me my baby tonight..." p.s. LOVE your robert smith pic

so do i! it's so real.

thanks for posting ♥ if i'm not mistaken, that's the time she was interviewed by michaeal mizrahi, who later became her boyfriend, right?

LMAO at the flying fajita! now, precisely because i agree with you that a musician's looks shouldn't really matter - especially when you've got the beautiful voice and the songwriting talent lizzy grant has - is that it kind of irks me that she felt the need to alter her looks to be successful - which, since it worked, tells you a lot about how music is consumed in this era. btw, i am fully aware that she created lana del rey as an artistic persona/project, i mean that i think it's unfair that she didn't recieve recognition just being her wonderful, unique, non-gimmicky self - although maybe it's just because the world wasn't ready for her. timing is everything in life :/