Random Lana Discussion Thread

[honeymoon is alive 21,013]

47 minutes ago, margaret soty said:

when The Grants starts and the first thing you hear is "I guess you could call it textbook...". 

IT WILL BE A BOP THEN.

[Lasso 13,193]

16 minutes ago, Americen Whore said:

Rank these songs according to ur fav food

Sweet 🍰🍦🍧
Candy necklace 🍫🍬🍭 
(Fish)tail 🍣🍤🐟
Peppers 🌶️🫑
Taco Truck 🌮

 

Sweet

Fishtail

Peppers 

Taco Truck

Candy Necklace  I don't like candy, I like actual desserts

[taco truck 32,808]

6 minutes ago, lilac heaven said:

criticism of the Blue Banisters writing style clearly comes from a place of not understanding it, and then y’all want to twist that same writing into making her seem like the worst person in the world

Literally no one is doing that i was saying it's tone-deaf and ignorant. If she is dumb enough to say something like "A lot of my boyfriends were rappers" to defend her not having any diversity in her album cover (which no one was even criticizing) she is obviously ignorant enough to write a line like that. We know she is saying she supports BLM and Sean doesn't, that was never the issue lol. The crazy defensiveness of Blue Banisters writing style clearly comes from a place of not being able to handle any criticism you don't agree with you can understand something and still not like it. 

[taco truck 32,808]

It's really just an album its truly not that serious if people don't like it

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[lili 3,175]

I've wanted to write an analysis on Text Book for a long time, because there seems to be a lot going on in it. Now might be a good time for it. I'll try to keep it concise

 

I'm gonna skip the obvious parts, like the song opening "looking for the father I wanted back" and what it entails to.

 

Okay, so, I think "the issue of her" might be a few different things (likely at the same time):

 

1. "her" being Lana's mother: we all know about this dynamic being dysfunctional

2. "her" being Lana herself: because what follows is "I didn't even like myself"

3. "her" being Lana Del Rey as a celebrity because there were rumors as to whether her fame caused problems in her relationship with Sean

4. "her" being another woman as alluded to the now deleted video with Lana alluding to a second woman

 

Personally I think, "the issue of her" is a combination of the dysfunctional relationship with the mother and the fame which brought upon "the life she had and didn't like". Then, man "standing blue" comes (in my opinion it's definitely Sean) and she wants to rewrite her personal history with him and maybe heal and grow through it. That said, rewriting history might as well just amount to recreating it with all its dysfunctionality. "Maybe just the way we're different could set me free" - she acknowledges that they're different but almost kind of tries to rationalize this discrepancy like "what if I try it with someone very different than me this time?"

 

Now the most interesting part imo arrives:

I saw you saw who I am - their discrepancy can't be ignored anymore due to their political stance during BLM?

Then she does something interesting and switches back to talking about her father:

All the things I couldn't want for him

I screamed for them, oh, oh - Only explanation I could come up with was through thinking what were people wanting during the BLM protests? Justice, right? Why does she want justice for her father? She perceives him as a victim of injustice? By his spouse? Or does she want justice from her boyfriend, does she want him to see what she sees as the truth?

 

Could we do this dance again?
Do you think if I go blonde we could get our old love back?

(This is also very interesting, as she is naturally blond, so this might also allude to her childhood as well as going blonde briefly during her relationship with Sean. I see this line as a question to both her father and boyfriend)

 

Anyway thank you for reading my ramblings 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ultrabanisters 44,642]

i stop reading this thread for one (1) evening...

[American Whore 51,090]

20 minutes ago, taco truck said:

Sweet

Taco truck

Candy Necklace 

Peppers

Fishtail

i agree with this

[taco truck 32,808]

2 minutes ago, lilac heaven said:

i’m about to get my first warning point

girl then get it but idk why you're so mad people not liking BB is not a personal attack on u

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[lili 3,175]

Just now, lilac heaven said:

this is actually a really good analysis—i always thought “you saw who i am” was a good thing, but maybe she didn’t necessarily mean it in that way

Glad you liked it. 

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19 minutes ago, taco truck said:

the fact that he is a cop makes the whole black lives matter thing even more tone-deaf imo

 

i totally get where you're coming from on the whole tone-deaf issue but i disagree, i think songs should be examined in the context of the song itself or perhaps the album they're on.. but it isn't fair to say a lyric is tone-deaf because of the things an artist has chosen to do in their personal life (e.g. how you said the lyric just "feels icky" because of things like QFTC and her comments on dating rappers, etc) - that's a subjective thing that's unique to you, so i think it's a fairly valid opinion that the lyric feels icky/tone-deaf.. it being a valid opinion doesn't make it a valid objective statement about the lyric 

 

because really, all the lyric does is provide a setting for the song/explains lana's thoughts.. i think your argument insinuates (correct me if it doesn't) that artists should filter their truth in order to appease people who would feel a certain way about what they're saying even if that feeling was unwarranted, which is just an opinion that i dont resonate with at all

[Jojo 921]

@taco truck use your last braincell to log out instead of this

[Blossom 8,961]

Just now, Jojo said:

@taco truck use your last braincell to log out instead of this

 imagine being hated by Jojo

[taco truck 32,808]

Just now, Jojo said:

@taco truck use your last braincell to log out instead of this

wtf... jesus christ sorry i dont like textbook what is wrong with u guys

[Fingertips 72,034]

1 minute ago, Jojo said:

@taco truck use your last braincell to log out instead of this

JDJDKCISJDBLSJCJS

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[American Whore 51,090]

the ladies are getting wild, leak it someone

[Cake Bush 435]

i agree with everyone else, Text Book is a masterpiece.. i find myself screaming Black Lives Matter in the crowd all the time

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