pinkelliot 272 Posted May 10, 2023 1 minute ago, barttttender said: you're just not getting it babe. It's a dis of the whole idea of nonsense pop video culture. music videos are dying out, people don't care, and the idea of Hollywood glamor and red carpet culture is tired af. because everyone knows right now that behind it is hard work, and pain, and sweat, and blood and couch casting, and unequal pay, etc she explicitly voices this in the video by saying "i can't be a robot." she's over the industry. Like really over it. Tired of playing the game. She dissed it Arcadia but this is taking it to the next level. So that's why she said "where do we go from here?" It's a full 180 from her BTD video. I mean yeah ... I get it. That said I think not everything needs to be a diss of "classic" music videos, the culture and everything ... sometimes we juste want art, like a cinematic serve and I think the video would have been more impactful without the BTS footages ! Especially when you see how big the production was. But overall I'm happy and loving all these looks and storytelling ! Just weird choices but I'll take that ! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Let the Light In 18,569 Posted May 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Good Intentions said: now I need the extended version on Spotify I loved it so much. Honestly if she kept the video same with this extended version and minimized/erased all the talking, it would elevate whole video to another level. I think the video itself is self-explanatory and she explaining the concept explicitly takes away from it. 11 Quote I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sick of it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishtails 13,747 Posted May 10, 2023 This is just like her Burning Desire look but with blonde hair I love all the self references in this music video 22 Quote ♡ 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰'𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓬, 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽? ♡ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrborntolose 9,943 Posted May 10, 2023 gorgeous but i’m anticipating someone to make a really cool shortened edit!! also what are the chances some of these BTS could be for another music video? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prettywhenimhigh 49,294 Posted May 10, 2023 this is what I'm going to watch when the doctor says I have 10 minutes and 57 seconds left to live 13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmycocoapuff 5,122 Posted May 10, 2023 Just now, fishtails said: This is just like her Burning Desire look but with blonde hair I love all the self references in this music video ikr its giving ldr cinematic universe 14 Quote In a town like Twin Peaks, no one is innocent... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fireffie 3,663 Posted May 10, 2023 Another detail that I loved: when at the end they show all of them wearing the necklaces except the last Lana (the one with the Priscilla hair), I think it could mean that she’s finally free? From the media? so many interesting clues 25 Quote Dying by the hand of a foreign man, Happily Calling out my name in the summer rain, Ciao amore 13.04.2018 | 04.06.2024 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
average BB enjoyer 69 Posted May 10, 2023 *silently liking the others who also found the bts scenes annoying* 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honeymoon is alive 21,017 Posted May 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Fireffie said: Another detail that I loved: when at the end they show all of them wearing the necklaces except the last Lana (the one with the Priscilla hair), I think it could mean that she’s finally free? From the media? so many interesting clues wow that's really smart and it makes sense 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishtails 13,747 Posted May 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Fireffie said: Another detail that I loved: when at the end they show all of them wearing the necklaces except the last Lana (the one with the Priscilla hair), I think it could mean that she’s finally free? From the media? so many interesting clues I think that might be it, also because the video finally goes to color when she's shown not wearing a necklace anymore 14 Quote ♡ 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰'𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓬, 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽? ♡ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultraviolencez 2,608 Posted May 10, 2023 the way she did not include the black dahlia scene 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honeyyoung 17,090 Posted May 10, 2023 soo btd coded 28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Stargirl Pinky 71,609 Posted May 10, 2023 HELP ofc I was in a meeting when this came out sjdndjfndfjf wish me luck I’m going in 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Three White Butterflies 27,471 Posted May 10, 2023 literally left a meeting to watch this.....it's very interesting haven't seen anything like it before I love her xoxoxo 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackenedrussianpoetry 2,383 Posted May 10, 2023 Imagine if each of the separate looks are for another ocean blvd songs. One look for one song. Love Lanz for dropping a music video on a Wednesday night. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
American Whore 51,093 Posted May 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, SalvaWHORE said: Maybe the fact that she includes all those bts cuts alongside with official video is to prove a point that all these hollywood women she portrays in this MV (Marilyn, the black dahlia girl etc.) have all faced tragic ending by the exploitation of the media. And while her fake "character" in this video has the same ending (m*rdered & the paparazzi all swarm around her dead corspe) - she herself, in fact - the real Lana Del Rey in real life "behind all the scenes", behind this "character" is still alive & breathing, as we see in the ending of the video - it's just all "made up" It's giving National Anthem right here the hair is definitely giving old LDR, it's interesting how it reflects on the media and seems like her message to criticism - this shot makes me think of the acclaim she got during NFR, but the murder being used to symbolize how she "glorifies abuse" with the man in the car who was looking at her throughout the second half of the video, but it could also symbolize how the media murders her for being vulnerable and being herself, which is almost just as abusive of a relationship as her being with a man who beats her and she sings about it 12 Quote if i fuck this model and she just bleached her asshole and i get bleach on my t-shirt, imma feel like an asshole Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venice Peach 54,289 Posted May 10, 2023 If we only got the actual scenes from the MV what would the story/concept even be? Looking old Hollywood glamour and pretty? It's clear that she doesn't use MVs as promo to boost songs so I'm glad she can develop interesting concepts while still giving us visuals and looking amazing as always anyway We'll eventually get standard medium-big budget MVs like the Chemtrails one at some point but it makes so much sense to release this one for Ocean Blvd. 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
domandapiano 12,088 Posted May 10, 2023 Honestly love it. The behind the scenes aren’t really behind the scenes they were always planned to be part of the music video, ya know? while I get not liking it (that’s totally valid), if it was just Lana looking pretty as these different women the whole meaning of video would be lost. 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prettywhenimhigh 49,294 Posted May 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, Honeyyoung said: soo btd coded they definitely had this nicole photoshoot in the moodboard 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rural legend 2,144 Posted May 10, 2023 I would have loved for the BTS to be displayed differently, for instance have crew photos in photo frames in certain scenes or a video of the director talking to Lana on a tv screen that she is staring at etc. It is very obvious what they were going for but I wish they didn't have to say it out loud and instead used some imagery, illusion, storytelling to explain it. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites