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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 

honeymoon instead of MTWBT

it appears the setlist was - 
 
13 Beaches
Pretty When You Cry
Cherry
Scarborough Fair (cover outro)
Yayo
Born to Die
Blue Jeans
White Mustang
Honeymoon
National Anthem (w/ 'Happy Birthday Mr. President' video intro)
Diet Mountain Dew
When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing
Lust for Life
(Start Medley)
Change
Black Beauty
Young and Beautiful
(End Medley)
Ride
Video Games
Serial Killer
Cruel World
Summertime Sadness
Off to the Races

CRUEL WORLD AFTER SERIAL KILLER

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I missed Cruel World being on the setlist so much

okay f*ck this curfew she want she to do more but can’t :/

okay f*ck this curfew she want she to do more but can’t :/

CRUEL WORLD AFTER SERIAL KILLER

CRUEL WORLD AFTER SERIAL KILLER

no Love, straight to suSumertime Sadness bc 11pm curfew

CRUEL WORLD AFTER SERIAL KILLER

CRUEL WORLD AFTER SERIAL KILLER

CRUEL WORLD AFTER SERIAL KILLER

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

they started to play the happy birthday interlude and she said ‘this next song is about a different president’ before going into WTWWAW
she did diet mountain dew after national anthem

honeymoon instead of MTWBT

honeymoon instead of MTWBT

honeymoon instead of MTWBT