The Ultimate, Decade-End Lana Del Rey Ranking (NOW: VIDEOGRAPHY, Vote p.13)

[mkultraviolence 5,832]

The put me in a movie music video, kill kill and Brite lites are missing also meet me in the pale moonlight. I really am a big fan of those and would like to see them

[ArtDecoDelRey 15,281]

what they hell why is the original blue jeans video removed from her channel? I wanted to rewatch it because I don't remember anything about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t-I-Lqy06g&feature=emb_title

[TheBoss 13,477]

The put me in a movie music video, kill kill and Brite lites are missing also meet me in the pale moonlight. I really am a big fan of those and would like to see them

Probably because they're from 2008 and as far as I know there's no Meet Me In the Pale Moonlight video

[West Coast 45,790]

Shades of Cool and Ride are the only videos that deserve a 10 and you know it. Freak and White Mustang don't deserve more than a 5 given that they are just repurposed footage and MAC, Venice Bitch and that whole messy triple video don't even deserve a 1 and that's that on that. The rest dangles between 6 and 9. 

[mkultraviolence 5,832]

[link]https://images.app.goo.gl/bAa3sYWT9KCoxumX6[/link]

[TheBoss 13,477]

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That footage is from the On Our Way video

[ArtDecoDelRey 15,281]

the ones I gave 10s to are National Anthem, Born To Die, Summertime Sadness, Ride, Gods And Monsters, Young And Beautiful, Shades Of Cool, Music To Watch Boys To, and Love 

[takeitdoen 10,627]

This thread made me reflect a lot. Turns out things I am not interested in:

 

-Lana made videos (Carmen, Lolita etc)

-Videos where nothing happens (Honeymoon, MAC, Venice Bitch, That boring trio we got etc)

-Videos where she repurposed material (Freak, White Mustang)

 

So basically I don't care for 90% of her videos looool

[PARADIXO 32,925]

I honestly love it

 

So basically I don't care for 90% of her videos looool

[daphnedinkley 13,383]

no shade but this poll has made me realise that for an artist once considered so visual, lana doesn't actually have that many good music videos 

[daphnedinkley 13,383]

took a while but finally got time to finish my rankings!!

 

tropico got 10s except for bel air which got an 8. i love it, but it has less going on and is a little less visually interesting than BE + G&M. ride obviously a total 10. i realised i actually really really love the video for summertime sadness and for love! i didn't pay much attention to either one before, but i love the stories and the trippy visuals of love. the blue velvet video is so bizarre hahah.

 

of all the homemade videos, i think DMD is the worst one and kinda outta luck is the best one. and video games obviously, but that doesn't really count.

[SlowGinFizzzz 15,354]

Born To Die/Paradise was THAT classic era and y'all know it. All the later eras had one or two decent videos at best.

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,036]

Rewatching these today after class and submitting my rankings, hope it’s not too late

[PARADIXO 32,925]

Let's do this quickly...

 

Here it is,

 

the Ultimate, Decade-End Lana Del Rey Videography Ranking

 

 

Let's begin with the very bottom of the list

 

40. Mariners apartment complex (Chuck Grant, 2018)

The release of the music video for the lead single from Norman Fucking Rockwell! was a very dark moment for Lana fans. Director Chuck E. "Cheese" Grant promised it was footage from a "bigger project", which was true to a certain extent.

 

39. Venice Bitch (Chuck Grant, 2018)

One week after "Mariners" came "Venice Bitch", the very same video except it has cars down a road for 5 minutes straight.

 

38. Bartender (Chuck Grant, 2019)

Filmed alongside the "Mariners apartment complex", "Venice Bitch" and "Happiness is a butterfly" music videos, Bartender was perhaps the most polarizing LDR video in years. What many people couldn't see is the slight social statement: people having fun and doing whatever while the world is literally ending.

 

37. Don't Call Me Angel (Hannah Lux Davis, 2019)

Del Rey's collaboration with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus was chosen as the worst Lana Del Rey song of the decade. Its music video didn't meet the same fate, kinda.

 

PARADIXO's commentary: It wasn't that bad.

 

36. Happiness is a butterfly (Chuck Grant, 2019)

Same theme from "Bartender": a girl having a meltdown over his lover, her friends trying to help her while there's an alien invasion in the background.

 

35. White Mustang (Rich Lee, 2018)

Beyond the fact that it's terribly edited, most of us are salty it was originally intended for "The Next Best American Record".

 

34. Norman fucking Rockwell (Chuck Grant, 2019)

Part 1 of the "Norman fucking Rockwell"/"Bartender"/"Happiness is a butterfly" short film.

 

PARADIXO's commentary; How is this the best part of the film? she's literally doing nothing.

 

33. Lolita (Lana Del Rey, 2010)

32. Million Dollar Man (Lana Del Rey, 2010)

31. Diet Mountain Dew (Lana Del Rey, 2010)

[PARADIXO 32,925]

 

30. On Our Way (Lana Del Rey, 2010)

29. You Can Be the Boss (Lana Del Rey, 2010)

28. Chelsea Hotel No 2 (Anthony Shurmer, 2013)

27. Kinda Outta Luck (Lana Del Rey, 2010)

26. Blue Jeans (Lana Del Rey, 2011)

25. Burning Desire (Anthony Shurmer, 2013)

24. Young and Beautiful (Chris Sweeney, Sophie Muller, 2013)

23. Blue Velvet (Johan Renck, 2012)

22. National Anthem (Lana Del Rey, 2010)

21. Carmen (Lana Del Rey, 2012)

 

 

20. Freak (Lana Del Rey, 2016)

19. Summer Wine (Lana Del Rey, 2013)

18. Ultraviolence (Francesco Carrozzini, 2014)

17. Fuck it I love you (Rich Lee, 2019)

16. The greatest (Rich Lee, 2019)

15. Honeymoon (Francesco Carrozzini, 2015)

14. Love (Rich Lee, 2017)

13. High By the Beach (Jake Nava, 2015)

12. Music to Watch Boys To (Kinga Burza, 2015)

11. Bel Air (Anthony Mandler, 2013)

[PARADIXO 32,925]

 

10. Blue Jeans (Yoann Lemoine, 2012)

9. West Coast (Vicent Haycock, 2014)

8. Gods and Monsters (Anthony Mandler, 2013)

7. Doin' time (Rich Lee, 2019)

6. Summertime Sadness (Kyle Newman, Spencer Susser, 2012)

5. Body Electric (Anthony Mandler, 2013)

4. Born to Die (Yoann Lemoine, 2011)

3. Video Games (Lana Del Rey, 2011)

2. Ride (Anthony Mandler, 2012)

1. Shades of Cool (Jake Nava, 2014)

[urgirl 5,744]

how is national anthem not even top 20 ?!

[daphnedinkley 13,383]

 

2. Ride (Anthony Mandler, 2012)

1. Shades of Cool (Jake Nava, 2014)

 

 

now THIS is a shock, i expected these two to be the other way around!

[UltraHeroin 8,803]

National Anthem definitely deserved a top 10 spot over Body Electric, overall it's a pretty good list. Ride deserves the no. 1 spot but SOC is still 2nd no doubt. 

[Terrence Loves Me 72,645]

shades of cool winning, as it should!