lili 3,177 Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 1:12 PM, Venice Peach said: I wonder if a Get Free version where she says Amy and Whitney still exists cause on the released one you can hear "for A- and for W-" but I don't know if the decision to silence those parts was made while recording (so a full version may not exist anymore) or after she had the song done (so a demo might exist). Maybe those lines were from Malibu I’d like to imagine the reason for the silenced parts were purely out of respect for those artists who have been heavily targeted by media and general public which contributed to their early demise. So as not to open up another discussion like “LDR name-dropping Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston on her new album” or whatever. It’s like she’s saying they’ve had enough, they’re “free” now and must be beyond scrutiny. On top of that, you can put in those gaps any artist that you like who’s not with us anymore or even people dear to you who passed away and meditate upon what the song is trying to say as such. Edit: Sorry that this is not really answering your question or in response to you, I just wanted to express my opinion on the silenced part when you happened to mention it. ♥️ 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddisease 17,941 Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 6:12 AM, Venice Peach said: I wonder if a Get Free version where she says Amy and Whitney still exists cause on the released one you can hear "for A- and for W-" but I don't know if the decision to silence those parts was made while recording (so a full version may not exist anymore) or after she had the song done (so a demo might exist). Maybe those lines were from Malibu IIRC Get Free's censored names are Lana's personal friends. I hope Malibu leaks one day but I doubt it will, since she said she deleted it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wait For Life 16,789 Posted August 6, 2022 40 minutes ago, baddisease said: IIRC Get Free's censored names are Lana's personal friends. I hope Malibu leaks one day but I doubt it will, since she said she deleted it. Lana was friends with Amy winehouse and Whitney Houston lol? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddisease 17,941 Posted August 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, Wait For Life said: Lana was friends with Amy winehouse and Whitney Houston lol? No. Their names were not the ones censored in Get Free. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wait For Life 16,789 Posted August 6, 2022 Says who 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddisease 17,941 Posted August 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Wait For Life said: Says who it doesn't make sense for them to be the censored words, at least not to me. Amy and Whitney were superstars, so I don't understand why she would censor their names. She also said that the censored lyrics were too personal for her. how would two artists whose deaths were mainstream and well-known be personal? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chemtrail 3,104 Posted August 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, baddisease said: it doesn't make sense for them to be the censored words, at least not to me. Amy and Whitney were superstars, so I don't understand why she would censor their names. She also said that the censored lyrics were too personal for her. how would two artists whose deaths were mainstream and well-known be personal? She sang for Amy and for Whitney multiple times, that is the lyric 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddisease 17,941 Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, Chemtrail said: She sang for Amy and for Whitney multiple times in live performances, that is the lyric just because she inserted their names during performances doesn't mean that that's the lyric in the album version of the song. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lili 3,177 Posted August 6, 2022 19 minutes ago, baddisease said: it doesn't make sense for them to be the censored words, at least not to me. Amy and Whitney were superstars, so I don't understand why she would censor their names. She also said that the censored lyrics were too personal for her. how would two artists whose deaths were mainstream and well-known be personal? It could be personal in the sense that she is also afflicted with media scrutiny. Fame is only truly understood by those who have it, so she can feel super close to them. She also once said she believed she had a special, personal connection with people long gone before her through their art. I'll update this post if I find the interview. Found it: “I knew then, really, that my closest friends would be people I have never really met before,” she said. “I was different and I didn’t know many people who felt about mortality how I did. As a result, I do feel a personal connection with the icons: John Wayne, Elvis. I loved how nice Marilyn was, I related to her. Finding girls who were as loving and warm as her is hard.” https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/elvis-presley-lana-del-rey-feels-friends-dead-celebrities.html/ 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 202,392 Posted August 7, 2022 23 hours ago, baddisease said: just because she inserted their names during performances doesn't mean that that's the lyric in the album version of the song. i mean, technically there is no lyrics for the album version because it was cut out, but it seems like she’s supposed to be saying “for amy & for whitney” because that’s what she sings live, there’s nothing that would suggest otherwise 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddisease 17,941 Posted August 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Surf Noir said: i mean, technically there is no lyrics for the album version because it was cut out, but it seems like she’s supposed to be saying “for amy & for whitney” because that’s what she sings live, there’s nothing that would suggest otherwise why blank out their names, though? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotshot2am 18,781 Posted August 7, 2022 19 minutes ago, baddisease said: why blank out their names, though? Out of respect, she didn't want to make headlines by namedropping dead artists. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themusicsinme 125 Posted August 8, 2022 off topic but do we know why she's been uploading old songs to her YouTube channel? she uploaded the greatest With the caption love sucks and summertime sadness with the caption iykyk 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoftwareUpgrade 19,349 Posted August 8, 2022 29 minutes ago, themusicsinme said: off topic but do we know why she's been uploading old songs to her YouTube channel? she uploaded the greatest With the caption love sucks and summertime sadness with the caption iykyk Possibly for a generated playlist or compilation album? Must be tied with some type of streaming platform because I've seen that on her generated audios before 10 Quote I'm Poppy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeminiLanaFan 49,048 Posted August 9, 2022 Posting this here because in the charts thread, nobody sees or comments it lol Lana is synonymous with summer indeed. And thank goodness for Summertime Sadness. Imagine if she had a mid-tempo summer « bop » sleeping somewhere in her hard drive… 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coney Island King 26,003 Posted August 9, 2022 48 minutes ago, GeminiLanaFan said: Posting this here because in the charts thread, nobody sees or comments it lol Lana is synonymous with summer indeed. And thank goodness for Summertime Sadness. Imagine if she had a mid-tempo summer « bop » sleeping somewhere in her hard drive… Who the fuck is Karol G? 15 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yameena Khatri 3,219 Posted August 9, 2022 5 hours ago, GeminiLanaFan said: Posting this here because in the charts thread, nobody sees or comments it lol Lana is synonymous with summer indeed. And thank goodness for Summertime Sadness. Imagine if she had a mid-tempo summer « bop » sleeping somewhere in her hard drive… Lana & SS should be the face of summer just like how Mariah is for Christmas. 15 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 202,392 Posted August 10, 2022 i hear lana’s lyrics & it feels as if they’re tattooed onto my soul 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadesofloveduthenandnow 20,610 Posted August 10, 2022 Jenny jumped into the pool She was swimming with Nikki Lane 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotshot2am 18,781 Posted August 10, 2022 Saw this on Twitter, does anyone know what this is? https://dice.fm/event/dnrpo-lana-del-rey-concert-screening-14th-sep-bethnal-green-working-mens-club-london-tickets?lng=en 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites