anwdelrey 9,268 Posted June 29, 2021 I don’t know if anyone else feels this way but I feel like at some point in 2017-2018 something shifted. It seems like she got sick of celebrity culture and decided to cosplay as a normal valley girl (hence the less eclectic boyfriends, the more reserved and laid back style, and the LA socialite friend group). She kind of acknowledged it in that Interview magazine convo with Jack but it’s just so interesting to me. Every few years it’s like she decides to be a different person. ? 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigspender 8,366 Posted June 29, 2021 Does anyone else ever think of how horrible this industry is based on Lana alone? She made the name "Lana del Rey" before she actually got famous, and when she finally got signed, she signed a contract for it to only be her name. They changed her hair color, her style, the type of singing she does, and her sound. The leap from AKA -> BTD was done almost entirely by her label. If anything, BTD (excluding LFL bc that album was just a grab at relevancy) is her most "un-lana" album. In the ultra violence era, she clearly didn't want to keep doing what she was doing anymore, and made some amazing songs but they're all quite depressing and worrying. I think NFR! and COCC are the most real lana albums to date. I also think the reason she still performs BTD songs at concerts is because it's in her contract still. which is why she shows no effort during those songs, hardly sings, and does lazy dances. And I think she wants a lot of us to realize this. She said multiple times in VBBOTG that she is just a poet. She doesn't want this crazy industry mess, she's always just wanted to say what she needed to. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanadeIrey 61,970 Posted June 29, 2021 27 minutes ago, bigspender said: Does anyone else ever think of how horrible this industry is based on Lana alone? She made the name "Lana del Rey" before she actually got famous, and when she finally got signed, she signed a contract for it to only be her name. They changed her hair color, her style, the type of singing she does, and her sound. The leap from AKA -> BTD was done almost entirely by her label. If anything, BTD (excluding LFL bc that album was just a grab at relevancy) is her most "un-lana" album. In the ultra violence era, she clearly didn't want to keep doing what she was doing anymore, and made some amazing songs but they're all quite depressing and worrying. I think NFR! and COCC are the most real lana albums to date. I also think the reason she still performs BTD songs at concerts is because it's in her contract still. which is why she shows no effort during those songs, hardly sings, and does lazy dances. And I think she wants a lot of us to realize this. She said multiple times in VBBOTG that she is just a poet. She doesn't want this crazy industry mess, she's always just wanted to say what she needed to. I think the industry can be a terrible place sometimes, but I actually disagree. Lana has always been in control of her life and what you mentioned about the label choosing her look and style is exactly the kind of narrative the media used to spew about her - that she was “manufactured” by her label. The records are true of Lana’s life at the time, and perhaps those earlier records that you feel are the most unlike Lana are from when she was working through a lot of difficult things that had happened in her life that maybe she’s gotten clarity on now, and thus, hasn’t explored in NFR/COTCC. People evolve over the course of a life but I don’t think the earlier records are inauthentic to Lana. AKA and her catalogue pre-fame naturally grew into BTD, she has even said this. 14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strangeandwild 141 Posted June 29, 2021 22 minutes ago, bigspender said: Does anyone else ever think of how horrible this industry is based on Lana alone? She made the name "Lana del Rey" before she actually got famous, and when she finally got signed, she signed a contract for it to only be her name. They changed her hair color, her style, the type of singing she does, and her sound. The leap from AKA -> BTD was done almost entirely by her label. If anything, BTD (excluding LFL bc that album was just a grab at relevancy) is her most "un-lana" album. In the ultra violence era, she clearly didn't want to keep doing what she was doing anymore, and made some amazing songs but they're all quite depressing and worrying. I think NFR! and COCC are the most real lana albums to date. I also think the reason she still performs BTD songs at concerts is because it's in her contract still. which is why she shows no effort during those songs, hardly sings, and does lazy dances. And I think she wants a lot of us to realize this. She said multiple times in VBBOTG that she is just a poet. She doesn't want this crazy industry mess, she's always just wanted to say what she needed to. i've never thought this... about BTD, I think that's what she wanted to do. If you hear the pre-BTD songs they already have this LDR vibes, I mean, same themes that she put on that album. She dyed her hair at 2010, and if u see her in that year or before, she kinda start wearing clothes with BTD style and stuff. She clearly had a stylist/image consultant in that era, she said that in an interview, bc she said she "had no clue of fashion" (that explains why she was mostly wearing just jeans, but even in BTD era u can see hear wearing that kind of clothes too). Basically, I feel she was doing what she wanted, and she was the same person, not made up 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
World At War 4,704 Posted June 29, 2021 Does anyone remember which interview it was that Lana said she wanted to write a novel about a starlet who found a dead fan in her pool or something along the line? Looking up "Lana novel" or similar stuff only gets me Violet results 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rightofjupiter 16,527 Posted June 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, World At War said: Does anyone remember which interview it was that Lana said she wanted to write a novel about a starlet who found a dead fan in her pool or something along the line? Looking up "Lana novel" or similar stuff only gets me Violet results i vaguely remember this but can't recall which interview it's from 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fingertips 72,034 Posted June 29, 2021 Heroin is such a good song omg..i've always loved it, but I especially love it now This is my Lust for Life time of year. I love how each Lana album suits my mood for each season 7 Quote "You can't be a muse and be happy, too. You can't blacken the pages with Russian poetry and be happy." - Blue Banisters Quote I asked Asmodeus (the demon of lust) to make Miley Cyrus suffer. I am not happy with these new developments. After Miley rips off Lana's aesthetic, she bullies Lana into changing her release date. It is infuriating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanadeIrey 61,970 Posted June 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, World At War said: Does anyone remember which interview it was that Lana said she wanted to write a novel about a starlet who found a dead fan in her pool or something along the line? Looking up "Lana novel" or similar stuff only gets me Violet results It’s from her October 2015 Billboard cover story! It was actually about a movie idea she had - https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/cover-story/6737539/lana-del-rey-billboard-cover-pop-stardom-relationships-anxiety 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
World At War 4,704 Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, IanadeIrey said: It’s from her October 2015 Billboard cover story! It was actually about a movie idea she had - https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/cover-story/6737539/lana-del-rey-billboard-cover-pop-stardom-relationships-anxiety oooh so that's why i wasn't finding it!! thank you. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 48,674 Posted June 30, 2021 I've never seen this picture before lmao 13 Quote LANABOARDS DEMOGRAPHICS SURVEY 2024 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
annedauphine 35,830 Posted June 30, 2021 I’m extremely bored to the point of searching “bored” on YouTube and the results include Lana’s cover of Ariana... This is a wake up call I’m going to get fresh air 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anwdelrey 9,268 Posted June 30, 2021 Do you guys think she’ll do interviews again? Or even attend Hollywood events post controversies? I can’t imagine how she’d respond in person to questions about qftc/the mesh mask and why she decided to wear it in the first place. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strangeandwild 141 Posted June 30, 2021 6 hours ago, anwdelrey said: Do you guys think she’ll do interviews again? Or even attend Hollywood events post controversies? I can’t imagine how she’d respond in person to questions about qftc/the mesh mask and why she decided to wear it in the first place. she has done interviews after that, haven't you read them? and yeah, I think she will 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shady 3,751 Posted July 2, 2021 My gay ass friend when I said that I don't want a LFL vinyl as a birthday present because it's 6/10. 0 Quote I'm fucking crazy, but I'm free Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fingertips 72,034 Posted July 5, 2021 I played "Yosemite" right after "Change" on Lust for Life. It really fits beautifully... 1 Quote "You can't be a muse and be happy, too. You can't blacken the pages with Russian poetry and be happy." - Blue Banisters Quote I asked Asmodeus (the demon of lust) to make Miley Cyrus suffer. I am not happy with these new developments. After Miley rips off Lana's aesthetic, she bullies Lana into changing her release date. It is infuriating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pink Flamingo 17,145 Posted July 5, 2021 I'm the only one who, even though I want another interaction between Lana and Taylor, feel that a collaboration between them would be somewhat strange because feel that their voices do not match but, who knows... they could shut my mouth. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fingertips 72,034 Posted July 5, 2021 Seasons will turn The world it will turn The only thing we'll turn, is the pages of all the poems we burn Yosemite has been hitting different lately 5 Quote "You can't be a muse and be happy, too. You can't blacken the pages with Russian poetry and be happy." - Blue Banisters Quote I asked Asmodeus (the demon of lust) to make Miley Cyrus suffer. I am not happy with these new developments. After Miley rips off Lana's aesthetic, she bullies Lana into changing her release date. It is infuriating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doll Harlow 12,366 Posted July 5, 2021 I saw this on reddit. 2 Quote You call me lavender, you call me sunshine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CinnamonGay 10,527 Posted July 5, 2021 I hope she releases her demos or other versions of the songs one day... FREAK demo is the best. I have no idea why she scrapped that ... Alt versions of all songs pls. Dark paradise too 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 201,669 Posted July 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Contemplating God said: Seasons will turn The world it will turn The only thing we'll turn, is the pages of all the poems we burn Yosemite has been hitting different lately same, i've been pretty obsessed with it lately, although it's always been one of my favorites from cotcc, the bridge especially <3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites