Unpopular Lana Opinions

[West Coast 45,066]

29 minutes ago, Angelic Tropico said:

Also, I don’t get the hype around “you fucked me so good that I almost said ily”. People were saying that’s one of the best opening lines they’ve ever heard. I thought it was cringe ngl 

While I love the song despite its many "white noise" moments and the tinny piano and overall production, this has got to be the cringiest opening line, let alone lyric, in Lana's discography. It's in the same category as "I'm crying while I'm cuming" and "Fuck it I luh yaaa" for me.

[Surf Noir 192,514]

1 hour ago, Shades of Lame said:

 

I saw people saying the song feels empty without the rap, but I love her humming so much! It's my favorite part. So captivating... 

 

i think she really embodied it, i love the sleepy, lazy vocals, and the overly loud beat track really gives the track character  

 

 cuz i got a feelin' in my bones  

 

 guess i got love on the brain  

[Vanilla Icy 29,593]

summer bummer is such a sexy song but i hate the title.. it’s so cringe and cliche i wish she went with daisy chains 

[rosesofsaigon 1,559]

2 hours ago, Angelic Tropico said:

Don’t hate me but I thought NFR (album) was lacking in every way possible. It just doesn’t have the Lana Del Rey feel. If someone was to cover an older Lana song, I’d be able to tell that it was a Lana cover but I swear any indie artist could cover any song from NFR and I wouldn’t think Lana had written it. There are some moments in the album that are absolutely amazing like the FIILY vocal layering towards the end and the verses of California but all in all I just don’t like it. It’s lacking production-wise, lyrically, etc... Even the chords and melodies are SO predictable and commercial - especially in the chorus of Love Song (imo obviously)

My main issue with NFR is that it lacked character. It sounds dry and flavorless.

 

There are some cuts on this album that I enjoy but overall it’s my least favorite from her discography.

[Crimson and Clover 22,256]

6 hours ago, TrashMagiq said:

summertime's her worst cover. the production great, the part at the beginning with the backup singers is amazing, but her vocals on it don't fit the song at all. it's uncomfortable to listen to.

i've been afraid to say this on here but yeah  imo her best covers are of folk/rock, and if she's doing jazz I think she has to add her own twists to it, which is why I think the Other Woman is her best jazz cover (and the cover itself is not entirely jazz either)

[genghis khan 5,101]

if you think nfr is a bad album you just have to wait for your next rock bottom mental breakdown where you end up relistening to the whole thing and then the album will find a special place in you 

[Surf Noir 192,514]

i really do enjoy summertime, but i do think it's a little underwhelming, i feel a little worried now that the album is going to be underwhelming as a whole, we need something like summer wine, that felt like a true classic and it was such a good cover, very iconic, summertime is very relaxed but it doesn't seem like album material...? i don't know, i just hope the christmas album as a whole is a quality project

[Black Roses 1,216]

Everything she’s released since LFL has little to no replay value which made me lose interest in her as an artist. I barely listen to her released work anymore 

[slang 1,517]

8 hours ago, TrashMagiq said:

summertime's her worst cover. the production great, the part at the beginning with the backup singers is amazing, but her vocals on it don't fit the song at all. it's uncomfortable to listen to.

I think she was aware that her voice was a strange match for the Gershwin opera and indicated this by that diva-esque palm pointing to the backup singer to signal a proper belt out of "standing by" was needed. But she sang it in her own voice, which was still interesting/satisfying, imo. Doubt it compares technically to an opera singer, but Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, and countless other non-opera types have covered it, and I think LDR's a bit more faithful to the song. BTW, Fantano, possibly mislead by "the Gershwin version" in the title, gave an abysmal track reaction to it. It honestly sounds like he thought it was a re-do of the Sublime cover, though I'm not sure (however, I'll choose to believe that's what he meant, i.e. Fantano, "the ignoramus version").

[Blackestday x CN 5,046]

I´m addicted to Summertime. when she sings "until that morning" that´s bliss for me. NFR is rather boring, 

[Surf Noir 192,514]

14 minutes ago, blackestday89 said:

I´m addicted to Summertime. when she sings "until that morning" that´s bliss for me. NFR is rather boring, 

 

that part is amazing, it's so heavenly  

[West Coast 45,066]

1 hour ago, Black Roses said:

Everything she’s released since LFL has little to no replay value which made me lose interest in her as an artist. I barely listen to her released work anymore 

 

I wouldn't say I lost interest in her as an artist, I'm still a hopeful fan and very looking forward to next releases and stuff. But, you do hit the nail when you say that her work has little to no replay value nowadays. I didn't like 'Lust for Life' as an album, but the songs I loved on there, I loved them and I'm still listening to them to this day. On 'NFR'... I'll listen to the title track sometimes even if the opening line is cringy, or sometimes if I feel like it 'Venice Bitch' or 'The greatest', but that's honestly about it.

[electra 20,631]

2 hours ago, sexyslutboy said:

if you think nfr is a bad album you just have to wait for your next rock bottom mental breakdown where you end up relistening to the whole thing and then the album will find a special place in you 

 

i had a fight with my boyfriend just before the release at midnight 

[Pico Ocean Boulevard 39,803]

I always start my NFR! album listening with Mariners Apartment Complex. " You took my sadness out of context " is a  better opening line than   " You fucked me so good  that I almost said I love you" btw

 

Speaking of title tracks..the LFL & NFR!  ones are my least favourite title tracks ...hoping for COTCC to surprise me with a title track that’s good as BTD, UV & HM

 

 

[Crimson and Clover 22,256]

On 12/3/2020 at 11:35 AM, sexyslutboy said:

if you think nfr is a bad album you just have to wait for your next rock bottom mental breakdown where you end up relistening to the whole thing and then the album will find a special place in you 

right  broke up with my bf with that album and HIADT and HIAB just has hit so different ever since 

[Party Favor 10,168]

On 12/3/2020 at 12:35 PM, sexyslutboy said:

if you think nfr is a bad album you just have to wait for your next rock bottom mental breakdown where you end up relistening to the whole thing and then the album will find a special place in you 

lmaoooooooooo yes. especially title track, cinnamon girl, HIAB, and the greatest 

 

bonus points for california because i actually broke down crying while driving to that song 

[Elle 116,709]

On 12/3/2020 at 2:35 PM, sexyslutboy said:

if you think nfr is a bad album you just have to wait for your next rock bottom mental breakdown where you end up relistening to the whole thing and then the album will find a special place in you 

thissss lol. I was really going through it when NFR dropped and it essentially defined that mental breakdown for me (which is also why it's now really difficult to listen back to that album)

 

To contribute on the note of UnpopOpins, I think that NFR is actually truly her saddest album. I feel like everyone always goes for Born to Die since that's what defined her as miss "Hollywood Sadcore" or even Ultraviolence, but the songs of NFR are extremely gut-wrenching in their meaning. California, The Greatest, Cinnamon Girl, Happiness is a Butterfly, Hope... all songs that are absolutely heartbreaking, and the sadness is almost.. more genuine, if that makes sense. Like, it's very raw. It's deeper than the songs on other albums in the sense that the pain is really coming out from her heart and soul. It's palpable x 

 

6 minutes ago, Party Favor said:

lmaoooooooooo yes. especially title track, cinnamon girl, HIAB, and the greatest 

 

bonus points for california because i actually broke down crying while driving to that song 

 

The first time I listened to California I was completely fine up until the second half of the chorus ("We'll do whatever you want, travel wherever how far..) and then I just completely burst into a full-blown sob session. It was so sudden and full force, it was like I had just watched someone get shot. While I was crying I was like, what tf just happened?? I was fine literally a second ago?? Whew, that song took me by surprise, and considering the situation I was going through, it hit waaaaaaay way way too close x

[Surf Noir 192,514]

nfr is truly a great body of work, and although i can understand why some haven't been able to warm up to it, i think it's a really great album and it's already a classic in her discography  bartender is that song! 

[Crimson and Clover 22,256]

36 minutes ago, Party Favor said:

lmaoooooooooo yes. especially title track, cinnamon girl, HIAB, and the greatest 

 

bonus points for california because i actually broke down crying while driving to that song 

my break down song was HIAB  literally in the middle of waking to class and hearing that song, tears started STREAMING down my face and people were staring at me 

[Party Favor 10,168]

43 minutes ago, Elle said:

 

The first time I listened to California I was completely fine up until the second half of the chorus ("We'll do whatever you want, travel wherever how far..) and then I just completely burst into a full-blown sob session. It was so sudden and full force, it was like I had just watched someone get shot. While I was crying I was like, what tf just happened?? I was fine literally a second ago?? Whew, that song took me by surprise, and considering the situation I was going through, it hit waaaaaaay way way too close x

Ugh yes. That part reminds me of my ex because of all the plans we had for the future and how willing I was to be by him so he could escape his toxic family. I’m sure you can assume what happened based on how he’s an ex lol 

 

also the “I wanted to reach out but I didn’t say a thing” bc before everything happened I felt things were off but said nothing bc I was stuck in my own pit as well