Unpopular Lana Opinions

[barttttender 5,341]

18 minutes ago, EstelsDream said:

Tomorrow never came would be 100% better if it didnt have a feature.

 

Old Money is the best song on ultraviolence and cruel world is second best.

 

Freak like me too shouldve been on hm instead of freak final.

 

Lana shouldn't announce anything unless its 100% coming

 

Anyone else love Sean Lennon's voice on TNC and think he's perfect for it??

 

The only, ONLY thing that ruins that song for me is the awful, obvious reverb on the vocals. Legit brought the song down from 10/10 to 8/10. 

[Rock Candy 1,948]

37 minutes ago, barttttender said:

 

Anyone else love Sean Lennon's voice on TNC and think he's perfect for it??

I like their duet. They should have paid more attention to this song, because it's at least not bad  (although the level of her ignoring LTLI just pisses me off...) 

 

 

 

Love MV is really one of the best, but my favorite is Doin' Time. The entire NFR visual evokes only positive emotions in me (but MAC and VB MVs are so lazy) 

And Hope...MV was really unnecessary unlike California MV 

 

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I just realized that Bartender has a mv  

 

[Francesco Carrozzini 13,439]

6 hours ago, Ultra Violet said:

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I wouldn't say she necessarily looked better but I do think the recent weight loss has taken a toll on how youthful she looks lately. In many photos even the skin on her face looks more taught now and its almost starting to look less healthy because of it. I really hate talking about people's bodies but its just something i notice a lot in the face of some people

But anyways if i have to say anything, I do admit that I think she looked her best when she was on the Endless Summer tour. That is when her legs just stole the spotlight and she looked so ethereal and also it was before she had backup dancers so her stage presence was just AMAZING

 

 

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I think she always looks beautiful honestly and I hate commenting on her body even though I am also a woman, so I know how it is annoying to have a magnifying lens on my weight and shit like that. I was just looking at some videos and pics from her tour in 2023 and she was glowing, her hair looked amazing, and her legs were an absolute knockout! (she's always had gorgeous legs). I was just thinking about why she chose to have such a drastic change in her appearance, and in a short time. 

 

[White Hot 4Ever 517]

i can't prefer a SINGLE demo over the final (except for Pink Champagne, Lolita and maybe Lucky Ones)

[Ralphie Choo 238]

8 hours ago, EstelsDream said:

Tomorrow never came would be 100% better if it didnt have a feature

one of her best features 

[bia 1,154]

Tomorrow never came would be 100% better without the feature.

 

BPBP would be 100% better without the feature.

 

All of her songs would be 100% better without the feature, except for the features with Barrie cause their voices are a match made in heaven

[bluechemtrails 27,591]

for almost every final from BTD I prefer at least one demo

[Embach 46,723]

I love all the features in LFL to be honest. I've started to love Groupie Love, one of her best productions ever!

[Cult Leader 5,795]

7 minutes ago, Embach said:

I love all the features in LFL to be honest. I've started to love Groupie Love, one of her best productions ever!

sameeeee

I prefer the released version of The Next Best American Record

[jaesana 3,838]

Ultraviolence explores domestic violence and other dark topics in a very immature and often irresponsible way, but that’s why it’s good. It’s real. No one is perfect especially in your 20’s.

[Seaside Motel 638]

Probably not an unpopular opinion but the Ultraviolence version of Say Yes To Heaven is way better than the released version. The released version is too atmospheric, maybe? It just does too much and it lost the magic of the demo version

[taco truck 33,696]

Ultraviolence’s true ending is “is this happiness”

[Karolll 82]

21 minutes ago, Seaside Motel said:

Probably not an unpopular opinion but the Ultraviolence version of Say Yes To Heaven is way better than the released version. The released version is too atmospheric, maybe? It just does too much and it lost the magic of the demo version

Werent both versions (James Ford and Rick versions) made during Ultraviolence? The released version is the Ultraviolence final

[Embach 46,723]

27 minutes ago, Seaside Motel said:

Probably not an unpopular opinion but the Ultraviolence version of Say Yes To Heaven is way better than the released version. The released version is too atmospheric, maybe? It just does too much and it lost the magic of the demo version

Not on topic (although I agree with your opinion) but your profile layout is so so stunning. The profile photo, signature - just perfect!

[Karolll 82]

Florida Kilos cuts the whole vibe of Ultraviolence. I feel like it shouldve been kept as a single and it would be something so much better like Looking for America. I really love the song itself but it does not fit betwenn Guns and Roses and Is This Happines, I feel like another outtake like Fine China or maybe Madly wouldve been SOOOOO MUCH BETTER

 

Edit: I feel the exact same with Doin Time

Edited 9 hours ago by Karolll

[Ruly 136]

3 minutes ago, Karolll said:

Werent both versions (James Ford and Rick versions) made during Ultraviolence? The released version is the Ultraviolence final

The James Ford version was made in early 2014 and Rick's version in 2013

[Seaside Motel 638]

7 minutes ago, Karolll said:

Werent both versions (James Ford and Rick versions) made during Ultraviolence? The released version is the Ultraviolence final

I'm not too familiar with the names of the demos, but I'm talking about this version

https://youtu.be/TcjwJesouTQ?feature=shared

2 minutes ago, Embach said:

Not on topic (although I agree with your opinion) but your profile layout is so so stunning. The profile photo, signature - just perfect!

Thank you! 

[Karolll 82]

1 minute ago, Ruly said:

The James Ford version was made in early 2014 and Rick's version in 2013

Ive never understood the timeline with this song tbh, both versions were made during uv sessions tho

[Seaside Motel 638]

5 minutes ago, Karolll said:

Florida Kilos cuts the whole vibe of Ultraviolence. I feel like it shouldve been kept as a single and it would be something so much better like Looking for America. I really love the song itself but it does not fit betwenn Guns and Roses and Is This Happines, I feel like another outtake like Fine China or maybe Madly wouldve been SOOOOO MUCH BETTER

 

Edit: I feel the exact same with Doin Time

I was just listening to Ultraviolence the other day and I definitely think Florida Kilos could have been placed better. I think it still belongs on the album, though, but I don't know where it would have gone better. I wish the deluxe of Ultraviolence was longer and included even more outtakes  If any album deserves it, it's Ultraviolence

[Anthony Applewhite 565]

On 1/5/2025 at 1:15 AM, Lanaparadiserey said:

In a perfect world, Lanas discography would look like:

 

Born To Die

 

Tropico (Mix of Paradise songs and scrapped UV songs)

 

Ultraviolence

 

Honeymoon

 

Lust For Life

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell!

 

White Hot Forever (Midwestern emo version with additional defining songs like discussed in Interview Magazine, with production similar to American Football)

 

Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Mixed and mastered better tho)

 

Can I make my version?

 

Sirens

 

AKA

 

The Revenge of Lana Del Rey (an album with adventurous, “gangsta” kind of songs such as Live or Die, Kinda Outta Luck, Playing Dangerous)
 

Do U Luv Me Yet (an album with poppy, mostly romantic songs such as Marilyn Monroe, On My Way, Back to the Basics etc.)

 

Born to Die

 

Paradise (a full album with Y&B, JFK, Starry Eyed, I Don’t Wanna Go, Hollywood)

 

Tropico (an album with rather acoustic stuff with songs such as Earthquakes, Dragonslayer, Fine China)

 

Riverside (a collab album with Barrie-James with Riverside, Nectar of the Gods, I Got You Babe etc.)

 

Ultraviolence

 

Honeymoon

 

Lust for Life

 

Lust for Life B Sides

 

Valley of the Dolls (a collab album with The Last Shadow Puppets with songs such as Dealer, Thunder, California etc.)
 

Norman Fucking Rockwell!

 

Your Mom Called (a club album with bombastic songs recorded during NFR sessions including Jimmy and VB)

 

Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass (audiobook)

 

Chemtrails Over the Country Club

 

American Standards and Classics

 

Prettiest Girl in Country Music (a duet album with Nikki Lane)

 

Blue Banisters (without old unreleased songs, instead with Rock Candy Sweet, Watercolor Eyes and other scrapped NEW songs)

Behind the Iron Gates -  Insights from an Instituition (audiobook)

 

Pacific Blue: American Standards and Classics Pt. 2 (we know she recorded a buuuunch of country and folk songs covers)

 

Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd.

 

Lasso

 

The Right Person Will Stay

 

P.S.: ofc that would mean that the released albums would be different, for example there wouldn’t be Next Best American Record on NFR and Yosemite on Chemtrails (they would be on LfL B Sides instead), Thunder would be on the Last Shadows Puppets collab album) etc., the only thing I’m bothered with is that Jimmy would already be released prior to A&W, which means that A&W wouldn’t give THAT wow of effect but I’ll think more about that part..