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3VOOR12 Song Stories @@maru

 

 

 

The things I was singing about were something that I've been thinking about for a long time. Just a time when I was happier. This was about ten months ago and I was just sort of... I don't know, the song is just about a time when I had sort of had let go of all my personal career ambitions because things hadn't been going very well musically. And, I was just sort of living with my boyfriend and like, relaxing [no idea here] and more simple life like when he would come home and I would just watch him play video games and do, you know, my own thing, too. 

 

People talk about a sense of longing in the song and I think there was also something I wanted more in terms of just... you know, I wanted to be a good musician, I wanted to be an artist and though all the things were heavenly in a way, there was like a dark side to the dynamic of our relationship because there were also things that we needed that weren't happening. And ways that we weren't... like, compatible. 

 

My songs lately for the first half of this album sort of took the same shape, which was just sort of about honouring love lost. And so, I knew already that whatever I was gonna be writing, it was gonna be about that.

 

 

[FROGGO 2,803]

OK, so unless I got it all wrong, I think these two interviews -- Mulberry x Lana - Poolside @ Chateau Marmont + La Boîte à questions -- are still available.

I could start by transcribing those, what do you think?

 

That would be great and very helpful! Thank you

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relaxing [no idea here] and more simple life

 

"relaxing into a more simple life"?

 

Oh, I included every "um"

[FROGGO 2,803]

"relaxing into a more simple life"?

 

Oh, I included every "um"

 

I don't think it matters a bit, most important thing is just that it gets done

 

Also, is there anyone that can rip this MTV Push video of Lana? I need this version specifically, not the NME one. We're looking to include the embed videos in the transcript threads

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Q Awards @@maru

 

 

 

Hi, I'm Paul Stokes. We're backstage at the 2011 Q Awards. I've just been joined by Lana Del Rey who's won the Next Best Thing Award. Congratulations! 

Thank you.

 

How do you feel? 

I feel better now that it's over. [laughs] I feel good.

 

Obviously, as the Next Best Thing, a few people won't know too much about you. Can you tell us a bit about your background?

I mean, there is really not that much to know. I've been singing and writing for a long time in New York and then sort of came to London to start writing again. And, singing again for the last two years. And hmm... didn't really think that "Video Games" would do that much - sort of a five minute love song, so... very happy about it.

 

A lot of people have watched "Video Games" online. What do you think is the reason behind that?

I know a lot of things, but I don't know about that. I'm not sure why. 

 

You're working on your debut album, how is that going now? 

It's going well except I have to go on a tour now that's sort of turning into a big tour. Um, but... it's supposed to be out by January so I have to make it happen. But it's good, it's really beautiful. It's half-done. And then, the other half... I just need to work on the production, so..

 

Obviously, we've read a lot about you online - some good, some bad. Have you reacted to the sort of reaction itself to your arrival?

I was reacting a lot in the beginning just 'cause just no-one had ever written about me before but I sort of stopped reading it because it was making me upset, so... I'm pretty busy and so, I'm just trying to focus on on writing.

 

No time to log-on. Your award has been voted for by people like Zane Lowe.

It's always nice to have validations from people who are doing well. So, yeah... it makes me feel very good. I'm really happy about it.

 

Lana Del Rey, the Next Big Thing, thank you very much!

Thank you!

 

 

 

 

Tip for transcribers: lower the speed of the YouTube video to 0.5 or 0.25 and it will get much easier to transcribe while the video is playing. Also, it sounds freaking hilarious! 

[DUKE 2,526]

"relaxing into a more simple life"?

 

Oh, I included every "um"

 

Sorry about that...   It's only know that I've figured out the genius speed-lowering option on YouTube. 

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TSUGI interview peeps, i'll correct the mistakes (if there still are) later corrected

Enjoy, the Twin Peaks vibes are strong in this one

 

Interview "First times" : Lana Del Rey

We chatted with the pop sensation the most coveted of this second half of 2011. First time interview with Lana Del Rey.

A video emerges on the first July on the internet and sets ablaze the music world's in a few days. It is "Video Games" of Lana Del Rey, we've already spoken of her a bunch of times. A couple of months later, the phenomenon incredibly swelled up, the haters unearthed everything they could to thwart her rise in power, while Lizzy Grant (her real name) bump on her debut album (scheduled to March 2012).

 

While she began her first tour (it will pass to the Casino on November 7th) and is about to shoot a new clip under the direction of the frenchy Yoann Lemoine (aka Woodkid), we were able to speak with her to approach her first times.

 

First life before Lana Del Rey ?
I was born in Manhattan but I grew in Lake Placid in the north of the state of New York. A very calm city in the countryside, of something like 2000 habitants. I remained there until my 14 years then I left to change school.
 

Because you were bored ?
Not because I was bored no, rather because I had put myself in troubles ! I went out every nights, my parents ended up by sending me to a private school.
 

First musical memories ?
My father (Rob Grant, a real estate broker who made his fortune later in the business of internet domain names, note) very often put the Beach Boys in his Ford Thunderbird. I also used to sing with my mom. My two parents sing.
 

First record bought ?
Are you sure you want to know ? (laughs) It was a cassette single "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio ! It was a good song !

 

First concert ticket bought ?
I think I never really went to a concert... I know it sounds weird... I'll see my friends play in the city, but I've never been to a real show of someone famous. I think it's mainly because I had no money. Now I should be able to go without paying...

 

First job ?
I was a waitress in Lake Placid from my 15 years in a restaurant. I did that until my 20 years almost. It was in a steakhouse. I rather liked that I believe, I was a very good waitress ! If my career stops, I could get back to serve pancakes in the morning with a big smile.

 

First bender ?
I was fourteen, in the woods of Lake Placid. It did not end too badly that night. I had the impression of reaching the paradise. It became a problem only slightly later (laughs).

 

First steps into music ?
I also didn't know what I wanted, if it is not sing. I began surveying the "open mic" evenings (free scenes where everyone can participate) in New York during which you can get on stage to sing a single song. I participated to a songwriting contest then in Brooklyn. And I did not win, but one of the judges was working for an indie label and I ended up signing with them, 5 Points Records. Lastly I was their only artist, at the time.
 

First song released ?
It was an EP released in 2009 called Kill Kill and which contained the song of the same name as well as two other songs, "Yayo" and "Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven)".

 

It was a good first experience ?
It was pretty strange. I worked with incredible people (including producer David Kahne, who has worked with Paul McCartney, The Strokes, The Bangle...) who thought I was good, it has finally validated my idea of music. Then my first album was forgotten on a shelf even before its release. It was finally released, but only for three months before being removed. It was quite difficult, I was proud of this record, but apparently that did not go.
So I continued to make music alone in my corner and I signed on my new label only four weeks ago (Stranger Records releases its first double single, Polydor will release the album in France) ! It was a long and difficult journey, but it looks like things are getting a little easier for me right now.
 

First show performed ?
I was about 18 years old, a guy from one of the open scenes proposed me to open his concert the next day. I took my guitar and played about thirty minutes, at Layla Lounge in Williamsburg. It was strange, my music was dark, a little jazzy, that did not go at all with the rest of the evening. However people listened to me religiously and I said myself that I maybe held something.
 

Do you remember your first interview ?
Yes I remember ! It was for Index Magazine. What is quite funny is that the second interview took about three years to arrive !
 

Do you remember the first time where you said yourself that you had the possibility of making a real career ?
When David Kahne wanted to work with me. We had sent via my label my demos to five different producers and he had called me. In the United States it's a big name, he made unbelievable records with unbelievable groups. Therefore I told myself that I could have my little career, make music that I like and turn across Europe.
 

And the first time when the buzz around you scared you ?
Two or three months ago I became very nervous to what was happening because I didn't understand very well. Since I had spent so long to do these new songs I hoped that people would start to like them. But I did not expect such strong reactions. And to an amount of people who violently hated my music. I did not sign up for this. I thought I would have preferred not having a career at all rather than have to meet such hard oppositions. Build his career is already hard enough.
 

You understood the controversy that has swollen ?
To be honest I'm still confused about this. People are starting to say that I have changed, that there's a big machine behind me while I repeat, I signed my deal with a label only four weeks ago and I still do the same kind of music, trying to make it as beautiful as possible. "Video Games" was my favorite song but it's long and very personal, I did not think people would like it so much. Especially since my first album was also like that, so I didn't understand why people started to love when they weren't paying attention to the previous record.
 

First people to whom you turn to have an opinion on your music ?
My lawyer (laughs) ! He is also one of my managers, so he knows about music. And my managers are primarily my friends, I love them, it seems logical to turn to them.

 

First big mistake in your career ?
It's hard to say. I know that I made a mistake but I don't know where. If all goes well now, I have the impression that the road has been hard. But I always did the music I wanted to do. But I feel that I made the wrong choice at a one time.

 

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@@maru

 

Mulberry x Lana - Poolside @ Château Marmont

 

 

I’m Lana Del Rey and we’re at the pool at the Château Marmont, and I’m talking about Video Games, the first single off of my record called Born To Die.

 

When I first started making videos, I was originally collecting vintage clips of exotic places that I considered to be beautiful and inspiring and started setting it to classical music, and then I eventually started setting those clips to my own music and slowly splicing myself in, um, and turning them into music videos.

I knew, in my video for Video Games, I wanted to feature different clips of the Château because it was one of the most beautiful places that we had seen in Hollywood, and it had a lot of the muted blues and greens that I was sort of inspired by for the color scheme of my video.

I actually started with the footage from here and then started collecting my other footage for the video based on, I don’t know, the energy and the colors that I found from vintage clips of the Château back about 10 years ago. I used a collection of different clips, um, some of them were… some of them were vintage clips from the 50s and 60s of certain icons or just shots of things that I considered to be really beautiful and timeless, and I also spliced in different footage of, um, more modern clips of kids skateboarding, um, down in Santa Monica and also, you know, like there’s a modern day actress and… that I’ve put in the video and, um, I feel like all the choices I made were really… they were just personal choices, I was guided by my intuition and, um, I just picked things that I thought were beautiful. I liked the skaters because we used to skate in New York and, you know, it just reminds back of when things were pretty easy and simple. And it resonated with me because when I wrote the song for Video Games it was like a time when I was at my most… one of my happiest times and, um, I felt like the kids by the… the kids skating and the kids by the swimming pool, like, you really felt that they were just living for the moment. It was very young, um, and I miss that and I missed that at the time when I was, I don’t know, writing.

 

It’s amazing to be back at the Château Marmont because it’s a place that’s inspired so many of my videos and influenced a lot of my visuals, and I’m excited to perform here, it’s so beautiful.

 

 

 

 

La Boîte à questions

 

 

 

BQ (Question Box): Could you show us how Lana Del Rey dances in a club?

LDR (Lana Del rey): That would be… illegal.

 

BQ: Video Games is my favorite song, can you please sing it for me?

LDR: *sings* Swinging in the backyard, pull up in your fast car whistling my name.

 

BQ: What can you do for the sake of the audience ratings?

LDR:  *kneels in the chair and playfully lifts her skirt*

 

 

 

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I will definitely come here and pick more interviews to translate and/or transcribe tomorrow, but now I really need to get some sleep as it's almost 7am here.

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I am so overwhelmed at all the interviews taken on and completed! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your contributions so far  

I do not take a single interview any of you have done for granted, thank you for donating your time and energy in joining me on this!        

Remember, we're tackling 2011 before we move onto 2012, but the way things are going, we'll be done this year before we know it! :3

[lola 6,617]

Rolling Stone Germany - Interview #1:

 

A warm summernight in Manhattan. Ice cubes are crackling in the cups on a roof-top terrace of the fancy private club while beautiful, young people stroke their iPhones. From the speakers, Peter Murphy gloomily laments "Bela Lugosi's dead." Never did the gothic-dub of Bauhaus ever sound so out of place as in this hideaway of a globally networked media elite. 

 

"I met Lana Del Rey in October of 2009 at the CMJ conference," says Ben Mawson, who is sitting at a table near the pool. "At first, I was only her lawyer for six months, then I became her manager. Back then, she had a contract with a very small label that didn't do anything besides sending her songs to the big record labels. She felt frustrated. And I felt that she was something special." 

 

Of course Mawson's protégée isn't really named Lana Del Rey but Lizzy Grant. The 24 year-old is the daughter of a rich New York entrepreneur but has been living in London for over a year where she is working on her major label debut with different producers. She already is a pop sensation. Music- and style blogs, journalists, forum members and other opinion makers have been outdoing one another with superlatives about her. Her single was being sold at best on eBay before it had even been released. 

 

Meanwhile, the artist herself was crafting an ingenious image on Facebook: She posted a mix of high and trash culture, stills from French New Wave movies, videos by Daniel Johnston and Frank Sinatra, quotes by Rilke and links to gushing articles about herself, daily. Photos show a mixture of gangster moll and Britney Spears, the flamboyant full lips caused a stir. But anyone who has heard Lana Del Rey's voice believed in the promise of a new, seduction-invested, pop-conception: the sixties pop of Nancy Sinatra, the sultry torch songs of Julie Londona, the fatalistic attitude of gangsta rap. 

 

The song "Video Games" which was officially released in October, had been keeping the residents of the internet busy for months before. The video, which is reminiscent of a trailer for the TV show "True Blood", had been viewed at least two million times. The amply orchestrated music seems to come directly from an old Hollywood melodrama, the vocals are lascivious and mournful: "They say that the world was built for two/Only worth living if somebody is loving you." What does the continuity of the world matter if the loss of a loved one sends you into the bleakness of loneliness?

 

Finally, Lana Del Rey arrives on the roof-top terrace and of course her appearance is reminiscent of Betty Draper, the demure dream woman from "Mad Men": The flowers on her flared skirt shine in orange and torquoise, the almost transparent blouse seems sophisticated and innocent at the same time. During this first meeting with a German journalist, it's not all about an interview but the presentation of a glamorous new pop star model.

 

"I used to play the guitar and sing in little clubs in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side  as Lizzy Grant. Since I got my fake nails, that doesn't work too well anymore." Lana Del Rey's finger nails are indeed impressive, glitter applications sparkle, she's wearing a rhinestone knuckleduster. Lana Del Rey would like to be a bad girl, hard-boiled and sexy like the ice-cold film noir-ladies. She also carefully picked her name. "My songs invoke pictures of old Hollywood, my interpretation of the American Dream. I wanted a name that defined my music at the time and gave me a goal."

 

At 19, Lana Del Rey signed her first record label with New York's Five Points Records, she recorded her first record with the reknown producer David Kahne. "Lana Del Rey [sic] a.k.a. Lizzy Grant" is good record, maybe a little well-behaved compared to newer songs. "The record label shelved my record for two years. It was finally released in early 2010 but only for three months. She doesn't want to say why the record disappeared from the stores. Later, after the interview, her manager explains: "She wants to become more pop, reach a bigger audience but still keep the essence of Lana Del Rey. That's why we made a contract with her previous label that the records disappears from the market.

 

The new record label, Universal, and Lana Del Rey emphasize repeatedly that she writes lyrics and melodies herself. Producers only help her with the arrangements. But judging by the credits, the singer is rather part of a team of singwriters which, according to internet sources, includes heavy weights like Robbie-Williams-authore Guy Chambers. The collage-like videos are completely made by Lana Del Rey though and that's why she had to digest all of the online comments herself: "They made fun of me, especially of my appearance. Even though I only had the web cam of my laptop and it's pretty fucking hard to pose by yourself at your desk."

 

"Video Games" is Americana from the perspective of a young woman, an hommage to the dirty glamour of old Hollywood. And Lana Del Rey masterfully plays with the clishés of a time she never experienced. "In the fifties and sixties, everything appeared so vibrant and new", she says and dreamily hums "I'm On Fire", which is playing in the background. "Bruce Springsteen was a trustworthy variation of the American Dream, too. There's not that much optimism anymore, the view on luck has become cynical. But I try not to lose hope. In my eyes, even sadness can be beautiful."

 

Lana Del Rey is still a pop star in the puppy stadium. But if she keeps the promise she gave with "Video Games", 2012 could be her year.

 

 

Zeit Online - December

"My American Dream was: To find someone who loved me and whom I loved"

 

The pop singer Lana del [sic] Rey is being celebrated everywhere even though she hasn't even released a record yet. You can become a star by other people taking enough photos of you, she says.

 

When I was younger, I dreamed of getting all kinds of things. Now it's important to me that my family and friends are doing well. And that's how my interpretation of the American Dream has changed as well.

 

I was always a very independent person, even when I was fourteen. I could decide how I wanted do lead my life very early on - it's beautiful to have that freedom. A while ago, I gave myself a new name. That's why some people say I reinvented myself but that's not ture. I have stayed true to myself, to myself and my dreams that are important to me. My new name fits the path I have decided to take. Even as a teenager, I saw what I was doing as an art project: I wrote a lot, worked with videos, I always casted my net wide. "Lana Del Rey" connects all of that. The singing is just part of my life.

 

I was born in New York City and I always knew that that's where I belong. I grew up in Lake Placid, six hours north of New York. It has a beautiful, monumental landscape, Lake Placid is surrounded by 46 high mountains, it is one of the coldest places in the USA, a holiday destination people used to like to visit in the fifties.

 

But I don't long for a mythic past. I have my own mythic past. I don't talk about it, no one would believe me anyway. But I can say: All of my songs are autobiographical, I don't have to dramatize anything. No, I don't long for the past but I think about it a lot. When I was compiling the footage for my videos I wasn't even aware that a lot of it shows a certain time in history. I just liked the colors, the Super 8 look. But when I was choosing the pictures of Elvis and Hollywood, I was maybe subconsciously trying to bring the best of the past together with my hopes for the future.

 

Everyone has their own version of the American Dream which has become something like a World Dream: Striving for Happiness. My American Dream was: To find someone who loved me and whom I loved and to live with that person. That's something I do like about the fifties: the belief in true love. I feel attracted to the beauty of classic cinema, the power of the big movie icons fascinates me. I myself am more of a quiet person but through singing, I get the opportunity to be on stage. Maybe even to become a star? Who knows. I don't think it's that hard to become a star - as long as enough people are taking photos of you. I don't have to rehearse a role for that. If I stay in this business for over a year, or maybe even several year, it'll be easier to tell who I am.

 

My great personal dream has come true already: I have come to peace with myself. That's also my gulding star for the future. For all eternity.

 

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@@maru - I'll start transcribing the 3FM radio interview (still not done, right?). I looked for the Sirius XM one but, like you, I can't find it anywhere; only the occasional newspaper article with partial transcriptions... Maybe we should try contacting the radio or something?

[lola 6,617]

i'm going to translate the bauerfiend interview now

[sweetlana 450]

I haven't found them but when there are dutch interviews.

 

I'm right here!

[lola 6,617]

here's the bauerfeind interview, complete with german snobbiness, lana-is-fake talk and soccer metaphors:

 

Welcome to the YouTube stage with Lana Del Rey. With Millions of clicks, the 24 year-old American is being celebrated frenetically by the blogosphere and being hyped as the Newcomer of 2011by music critics.

 

Lana Del Rey: Well, I didn't always have hype around me or my projects but I've been writing and singing for a long time, since I was eighteen in New York City and I think when I put "Video Games" on YouTube, lots of people were watching the video at the same time and then there was just a tipping point when it seemed like everyone was starting to talk about it.

 

What's behind the Lana Del Rey phenomenon?

 

Joe Chialo: Desire. Desire for a better time, desire for covetousness, desire for being coveted and I think she stages that very well, in the video as well, with those 8mm shots but also with those normal shots that are spliced in.

 

The videos are homemade and the songs witnessed emotions, so they say.

 

Joe Chialo: I would assume that it's a real feeling of hers and i think it's always disappointing when you discover that it's just a simulated feeling.

 

Lana Del Rey: No, it's completely autobiographical. Yeah, a hundred percent. Regardless of how important authenticity is to me, I just so happen to write my own songs and make my own videos, so far. So, in terms of the definition of "authentic", I happen to be authentic.

 

Tim Renner: If they succeed to sell this feeling, then it definitely has a commercial value. People crave for something like this, especially in times of American Idol and casting shows which they consider to be completely on the other side of the industry.

 

So it stands out that the record label politely retains itself from the public.

 

Tim Renner: Earlier, when Motor still belonged to Universal, we had this legendary sentence, "feint left, shoot right" and that seems to be the case here, to act relatively alternative but completely aim for the mainstream.

 

The label has perfected this game. Interviews are rare and the past of the star is being kept mysteriously nebulous. A millionaire's daughter or trailer park icon? The international press is discussing.

 

Joe Chialo: People who want to be mysterious naturally wake extreme covetousness, you want to know what the mysterious thing is. And I am very interested to see whether this mysterious image that is being created can be held up over a very, very long time in a time where so many things can be communicated very quickly, like now.

 

In January, Lana is releasing her first album and 2012 could be her year.

 

 

and look at what i found beneath the video

[Quentin 552]

@@maru [-] November 15th, RTL Radio Station (with Steven Bellery) - France

Cherie FM in 6 parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) and Europe 1, you probably have this one i guess ?

 

She also participed to La Musicale Special Girls for Canal+ (not so long after the Concert Privée) but as i stated here we can't find the interview anywhere. I've PMed the guy from the link Paraiso gave me to ask him if he still has the files but he didn't answer yet and their boards is kind of dead

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@@maru

 

3FM Radio

 

 

17 november 2011

 

LDR (Lana Del Rey): So far it’s really good. We’ve had a really good experience here and, yeah, we love it. *chuckle*

G (Gerard): Last night you performed at the Paradiso for a big audience in a very, well, kinda small venue. How was it for you?

LDR: *laughs* It was good, I mean, I’ve been looking forward to playing here and, you know, the only thing was that I couldn’t hear myself that well, but the audience was really nice, really receptive and really warm, so… I enjoyed playing for them. *laughs*

G: There was something magical in the air last night.

LDR: Yeah.

G: I don’t know if you noticed it but there was something!

LDR: Yeah, there was definitely… I definitely felt that. There’s definitely like a sparkling energy.

G: I felt the exact same way. Well, let’s talk about…

LDR: Did you?

G: Let’s talk about the song. When I first heard your song Video Games I thought I… I was in some kind of a dream, I thought it was… I was in a trip or something; what the hell happened? Then I saw the video and I thought “well, it really is some kind of a trip!”

LDR: *laughs*

G: It’s a fantastic song, it’s one of my… I think it’s one of my favorite songs of 2011. What’s it about, what is Video Games about, when did you wrote [sic] the song?

LDR: Um, I wrote the song 10 months ago and it is sort of about, um, a time when, you know, like my music wasn’t going very well at all, and so it was just about a time when I was living at home with my boyfriend and he would come home from work and… um, I’d be there and I’d just sort of walk around the house and watch him play video games and just enjoy our time together and…

G: And you’d just put his favorite perfume on?

LDR: I did put his favorite perfume on! *laughs*

G: What was this favorite perfume?

LDR: It’s by Creed, it was called Spring Flower. *laughs*

G: Okay, I wanna smell that, I wanna smell that.

LDR: *laughs*

G: Well, you came out of nowhere, I mean, boom, there was Lana Del Rey all of a sudden. How did it happen, I mean, what’s the story?

LDR: Well… Let’s see. I mean, I’ve been singing for a long time since I was 18 and… I think what happened was in May, when I put, um… when I put Video Games up on YouTube, um… people just started reacting to it really quickly, people I didn’t even know. I think… I think it’s just ‘cause that song in particular is a… it’s a good song and people like… I think when you have one really good song it does… it can change things, can't it? Sort of.

G: Well, yeah.

LDR: *laughs*

G: See, it happened right now. I mean, it’s changed a lot of things. Um, your real name is Lizzy, Lizzy Grant.

LDR: Yeah.

G: Where did Lana Del Rey came [sic] from then?

LDR: I think in 2008, when I started really making, like, my first record I was sort of considering it an art project, I was making the videos and writing the songs and I just wanted something that sounded…

G: It sounds good.

LDR: Yeah, I like the sound of it.

G: Yeah.

LDR: It sounded like a good match for what I was trying to do sonically, huh!

G: In January we can, uh, expect this album, the first one.

LDR: Uh uh.

G: I’m very, uh, I’m very curious [about] what we can hear on this album but at the same time a lot of people got high expectations, I mean, is that something that’s bothering you?

LDR: No, no. Not in terms of… in terms of people’s expectations for the record I’m not worried at all because… one thing I do right is sing; that’s one thing I can do. The rest of it, pfff… is a mess. *laughs* But I mean, I’m, you know… I love to sing and I love to write and so I think that comes through. It doesn’t have to be a good record anyway. It’s just sort of like… I’m just sort of trying things out and, um… but you know, regardless, the songs are… the songs are, they’re pretty good, so um… I mean, I don’t think, you know, it’s not like… I don’t think people will consider it a masterpiece but you can’t hate it, it’s, you know, it’s… it’s beautiful, I have like the Philadelphia Orchestra playing on it, I have amazing, like, hip-hop programmers and so there’s nothing really… not to like about it. *laughs*

G: Can’t wait to hear it. January the album is there, uh… Blue Jeans and Video Games is [sic] in the charts in Holland, it’s [a] very big, big hit.

LDR: Isn’t that amazing?

G: It’s great, but I know… you gotta come back next year for more shows, right?

LDR: Yeah, I can’t wait. I’d like to play the, uh, bigger room downstairs at the Paradiso ‘cause I thought… I know we could have done that; that would have been nice.

G: Well, next time the big one.

LDR: *laughs* Yeah! Thank you.

G: Okay Lana, thank you very much.

LDR: Thank you.

 

 

 

One minor thing: between 2:40 and 2:42 (between "it can change things" and "sort of"), I can't quite figure out what Lana says. It's not super relevant but if someone understands what's said, please let me know so that I can add it.

EDIT: Already added it, thanks @@lola!

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3FM Radio

 

 

17 november 2011

 

LDR (Lana Del Rey): So far it’s really good. We’ve had a really good experience here and, yeah, we love it. *chuckle*

G (Gerard): Last night you performed at the Paradiso for a big audience in a very, well, kinda small venue. How was it for you?

LDR: *laughs* It was good, I mean, I’ve been looking forward to playing here and, you know, the only thing was that I couldn’t hear myself that well, but the audience was really nice, really receptive and really warm, so… I enjoyed playing for them. *laughs*

G: There was something magical in the air last night.

LDR: Yeah.

G: I don’t know if you noticed it but there was something!

LDR: Yeah, there was definitely… I definitely felt that. There’s definitely like a sparkling energy.

G: I felt the exact same way. Well, let’s talk about…

LDR: Did you?

G: Let’s talk about the song. When I first heard your song Video Games I thought I… I was in some kind of a dream, I thought it was… I was in a trip or something; what the hell happened? Then I saw the video and I thought “well, it really is some kind of a trip!”

LDR: *laughs*

G: It’s a fantastic song, it’s one of my… I think it’s one of my favorite songs of 2011. What’s it about, what is Video Games about, when did you wrote [sic] the song?

LDR: Um, I wrote the song 10 months ago and it is sort of about, um, a time when, you know, like my music wasn’t going very well at all, and so it was just about a time when I was living at home with my boyfriend and he would come home from work and… um, I’d be there and I’d just sort of walk around the house and watch him play video games and just enjoy our time together and…

G: And you’d just put his favorite perfume on?

LDR: I did put his favorite perfume on! *laughs*

G: What was this favorite perfume?

LDR: It’s by Creed, it was called Spring Flower. *laughs*

G: Okay, I wanna smell that, I wanna smell that.

LDR: *laughs*

G: Well, you came out of nowhere, I mean, boom, there was Lana Del Rey all of a sudden. How did it happen, I mean, what’s the story?

LDR: Well… Let’s see. I mean, I’ve been singing for a long time since I was 18 and… I think what happened was in May, when I put, um… when I put Video Games up on YouTube, um… people just started reacting to it really quickly, people I didn’t even know. I think… I think it’s just ‘cause that song in particular is a… it’s a good song and people like… I think when you have one really good song it does… it can change things... sort of.

G: Well, yeah.

LDR: *laughs*

G: See, it happened right now. I mean, it’s changed a lot of things. Um, your real name is Lizzy, Lizzy Grant.

LDR: Yeah.

G: Where did Lana Del Rey came [sic] from then?

LDR: I think in 2008, when I started really making, like, my first record I was sort of considering it an art project, I was making the videos and writing the songs and I just wanted something that sounded…

G: It sounds good.

LDR: Yeah, I like the sound of it.

G: Yeah.

LDR: It sounded like a good match for what I was trying to do sonically, huh!

G: In January we can, uh, expect this album, the first one.

LDR: Uh uh.

G: I’m very, uh, I’m very curious [about] what we can hear on this album but at the same time a lot of people got high expectations, I mean, is that something that’s bothering you?

LDR: No, no. Not in terms of… in terms of people’s expectations for the record I’m not worried at all because… one thing I do right is sing; that’s one thing I can do. The rest of it, pfff… is a mess. *laughs* But I mean, I’m, you know… I love to sing and I love to write and so I think that comes through. It doesn’t have to be a good record anyway. It’s just sort of like… I’m just sort of trying things out and, um… but you know, regardless, the songs are… the songs are, they’re pretty good, so um… I mean, I don’t think, you know, it’s not like… I don’t think people will consider it a masterpiece but you can’t hate it, it’s, you know, it’s… it’s beautiful, I have like the Philadelphia Orchestra playing on it, I have amazing, like, hip-hop programmers and so there’s nothing really… not to like about it. *laughs*

G: Can’t wait to hear it. January the album is there, uh… Blue Jeans and Video Games is [sic] in the charts in Holland, it’s [a] very big, big hit.

LDR: Isn’t that amazing?

G: It’s great, but I know… you gotta come back next year for more shows, right?

LDR: Yeah, I can’t wait. I’d like to play the, uh, bigger room downstairs at the Paradiso ‘cause I thought… I know we could have done that; that would have been nice.

G: Well, next time the big one.

LDR: *laughs* Yeah! Thank you.

G: Okay Lana, thank you very much.

LDR: Thank you.

 

 

 

One minor thing: between 2:40 and 2:42 (between "it can change things" and "sort of"), I can't quite figure out what Lana says. It's not super relevant but if someone understands what's said, please let me know so that I can add it.

"I think if you have one really good song, it does...it can change things, can't it? Sort of"

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I'm so late.

If it's still/ever needed, I'd love to help with typing out magazine interviews or transcribing them! 

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I'm so late.

If it's still/ever needed, I'd love to help with typing out magazine interviews or transcribing them! 

 

We definitely need someone to type out the articles; that would be great! :3

[Hundred Dollar Bill 21,460]

We definitely need someone to type out the articles; that would be great! :3

 

Yay! Just let me know about stuff because I suck at taking initiative!  <3