Lana is suffering from depression - Interview with BHMAGAZINO

[GodBlessMe 2,141]

 

 

 

I just found this and thought I was a very interesting interview. http://lanadelreycrew.com/2014/08/lana-del-reys-interview-with-bhmagazino/

 

” Ultraviolence ” gives you the vibe that it could have been written back in the 60′s in Laurel Canyon, this neighbour hood in Los Angeles where an informal community of artists like Frank Zappa and Jim Morrison had been created.

 

Yes, I really love that era, especially Johnny Mitchell, which was my mothers favorite. When I was living in New York, that’s what I was going for, the feeling of community, something like what Jeff Buckley did back in the 90′s, or Bob Dylan in the 60′s. However, I never found my ” gang “, my family.

When I arrived in Los Angeles, I met people who I could play with, people who I could talk to. All those had somehow rebuilt, Laurel Canyon, like Father John Misty and Jonathan Wilson, who I started writing the album with. Whatever I was seeking in New York, I found it on the West Coast. I used to drive in my old Mercedes from one house to another, I felt like I was back in high school. Every seven years the centre of gravity in the music industry moves from one coast to another. Now everything’s in the ” West Coast “.

 

Your songs seem to put melancholy in an environment of opulence. Is this your intention or does this happen accidentally?

 

I feel like I make happy songs, but when others listen to them, they think they’re sad. I can’t escape from my life, which has been wavy. Three years after my debut album, I’m still suffering from self-doubt and depression. Ahead of me there’s uncertainty and a feeling of emptiness. I don’t like it when I don’t know where I’m going. My love life, my family – are so fragile. I’m not sure of anything.

 

What do your fans maybe not imagine about your life?

 

Nobody knows it but I really love to dance, While we were recording in Nashville, when we were finished with the tracks, we would listen to everything we had made and dance along like crazy. We invited people we had met in a shop near the area of the studio and our friends like Juliette Lewis or Harmony Korine. I never worked like that before. It was the first time I was with such creative people in the studio. I learned a lot, now I can isolate myself, I can experiment without trying, even if there are many people in the studio. There’s a huge universe in my mind I usually go to find shelter in. I may not be that lucky in my everyday life, but as far as my work is concerned – I’m blessed. In the studio I’m always surrounded by good people. My mood is always good there.

 

You’ve been through a lot until you released Born To Die, when did you realize that you have to insist on working?

 

While recording Born To Die, I will never forget when my father visited me. He was so surprised when he saw me so sure, so determined, asking for a beat or a deal with my producer. He had no idea what I had been doing for 6 years, the fact that I was building my own little world with passion. My parents didn’t even know I was singing. However when my father saw me in the studio, he told me it was one of the most beautiful days of his life. He was so shocked, he realized that music was my passion. My family insisted on telling me to not drop out of school for music. I finished my studies in Philosophy because I knew it would help me “nourish” my songs.

 

Do you believe in talent?

 

I feel like I have a charisma to make music. However, these last years there were times when I hadn’t written a word I liked and I prayed for my muse to come back to me. And suddenly, last winter, a song like ” Old Money ” came to my mind. What happened with an older song called ” Carmen “, is that I got inspired while walking and wrote it afterwards. That time of my life I used to walk a lot, it was my ritual. Now, I drive and go swimming on the Pacific Ocean. And inspiration comes to me from these everyday actions. I record myself in my car, singing loudly.

 

Which part of your work is pleasure and which part of your work is torture?

 

Pleasure starts and ends with recording the album. Then the pain starts, touring, promotion, difficult stuff. Because even if I try to convince myself it’s okay, misunderstandings and twisted ideas regarding who I am, are constantly being spread around, and I feel like I have to stand up for myself, like I have to excuse everything I do and I don’t need that. My music is quite good for me to not need to excuse myself. Deep inside, I’d rather keep silent.

 

How concentrated are you when you work?

 

I can make my producer go crazy, because I have a very clear vision for my songs and in the end I want the speakers to play exactly what I had in my head. Same goes for the videos. I have the storyboards ready in my mind. I might have made Auerbach so insane this year, but at the end of the day there will be one name on the cover of the album and that’s my name. I have to protect it.

 

There’s this track on Ultraviolence called ” Brooklyn Baby ” where you mentioned Lou Reed.

 

I was dreaming to share it with him, I thought that he would find the lyrics very fun. I wrote them thinking about him. The day I flew to New York in order to meet him, he died.

 

A lot of your idols have died at such a young age, Elliot Smith, Amy Winehouse, Marilyn Monroe, Jeff Buckley..

 

I do not love them because they died young, but this seems to be the fate of almost everyone I admire. Luckily, this didn’t happen with Leonard Cohen. I do not romanticize death at a young age, artists are far more useful alive than dead.

 

You give the impression you don’t enjoy huge concerts, is that true?

 

I’m on tour in America since the first days of April, it’s the first time I play so many shows and everything goes exceptionally well. These past two years I don’t feel very well physically, I suffer from gastric ulcer, but I can make it through concerts who’s capacity can be over 9,000 people. I smoke, I drink a lot of coffee. I eat chocolate and pizza. My way of living when I’m not on tour isn’t that right. The fact I played Coachella and Glastonbury in the same year is a great honour. When I’m done with my tour, I’d like to occupy myself with cinema and movies. I have received some interesting suggestions and I’m really tempted to say ” Yes! “. When I was little I used to dream about Cannes, the festival, the prestige and the red carpet. I sang there last May for the third year in a row. As a teenager, I dreamt about living in France, an exile poetess. I really loved French culture, especially Serge Gainsbourg.

[stadiumarcadium 137]

This is really interesting! Now I've got that cute picture in my mind where she just sits in the car and starts singing. 

And that she wants to occupy herself with movies makes me really curious but now I'm also a bit worried she might concentrate on that more than on music.. but well, let's see. I really hope she's able to manage both. And I hope she'll be alright, the depression and gastric ulcer thing worries me.. I really want the UV tour but I hope she will have a good rest before she starts touring again, I don't want something worse to happen to her.

Anyway, good one! 

[PARADIXO 31,457]

Great interview! And I loved her reaction to the dead idols question. Very clever.

[GodBlessMe 2,141]

I pray to god that she dosens start making movies instead of singing!

[Rebel 3,175]

Isn't this interview from something else? Swear I've read it before

[Creyk 11,495]

While we were recording in Nashville, when we were finished with the tracks, we would listen to everything we had made and dance along like crazy. We invited people we had met in a shop near the area of the studio and our friends like Juliette Lewis or Harmony Korine.

 

 

How the fuck did nothing leak then

[fl0ridakil0s 3,958]

shes so cute, she could be anything in this world

[ednafrau 831]

parts of this interview ring a bell, they are literally identical to another one (i can't search now), but some parts are new. when in doubt, it's better to have more info than less, so thank you for posting ❤️ loved it!

[Limelight 4,694]

Good interview! It sucks that she suffers from gastric ulcer ( I have stomach problems too) Giiirl, take some medicine! And it would be great to go to the movie theater and see Lana wearing a wedding dress, eating oranges and sucking people's fingers xd

Good interview! It sucks that she suffers from gastric ulcer ( I have stomach problems too) Giiirl, take some medicine! And it would be great to go to the movie theater and see Lana wearing a wedding dress, eating oranges and sucking people's fingers xd

[Jazzmin 297]

And I loved her reaction to the dead idols question. Very clever

 

This. And I love the interview as a whole, it's just the essence of Lana ^^ . And she likes French culture (Serge Gainsbourg!), that's something kinda interesting for me and gets me thinking once again that Lana could be my kindred spirit.

[HEARTCORE 18,829]

I might have made Auerbach so insane this year, but at the end of the day there will be one name on the cover of the album and that’s my name. I have to protect it.

 

 

[florencewelch 81]

aww lana singing to herself in her car is sooo cute

[GangstaBoy 3,930]

Wow, great interview! I really enjoyed it. I loved what she said about the 'dying young' matter.

[Philomene 926]

This. And I love the interview as a whole, it's just the essence of Lana ^^ . And she likes French culture (Serge Gainsbourg!), that's something kinda interesting for me and gets me thinking once again that Lana could be my kindred spirit.

 

Annie aime les sucettes, les sucettes à l'anis.

[Angel Forever 145]

parts of this interview ring a bell, they are literally identical to another one (i can't search now), but some parts are new. when in doubt, it's better to have more info than less, so thank you for posting ❤️ loved it!

 

I feel like I've ever read this before:

 

Ahead of me there’s uncertainty and a feeling of emptiness. I don’t like it when I don’t know where I’m going. My love life, my family – are so fragile. I’m not sure of anything.

[Heaux 1,396]

I do not love them because they died young, but this seems to be the fate of almost everyone I admire. Luckily, this didn’t happen with Leonard Cohen. I do not romanticize death at a young age, artists are far more useful alive than dead.

 

didnt Francis tweet those exact words

[Trash Magic 26,723]

definitely read this before, I remember because it was so good.

 

Specifically "artists are more useful alive than dead" and about Rob seeing her in the studio.

and - honestly. What a strange thing to do extracting the small small part of the interview talking about depression and using it as the title. Do you work for the Guardian? 

[Jazzmin 297]

Annie aime les sucettes, les sucettes à l'anis.

Lorsque le sucre d'orge parfumé à l'anis coule dans la gorge d'Annie...   

 

 

OK, it's mean of me to like "Les sucettes" if France got depressed for a few weeks when she found what the lyrics where really about. But I do nonetheless...

[MahaMaha 1,110]

Please don't you go do movies, Lana! Because I still remember the way you played in Poolside and it wasn't really glimmering, darling.

[GodBlessMe 2,141]

definitely read this before, I remember because it was so good.

 

Specifically "artists are more useful alive than dead" and about Rob seeing her in the studio.

and - honestly. What a strange thing to do extracting the small small part of the interview talking about depression and using it as the title. Do you work for the Guardian? 

AHAHAHAHAHAHAA MAYBE!!!!