Lana's Music and Color Synesthesia

[Bekim 2,576]

Ultraviolence(album) - gray 

[MermaidTrailerHeaven 454]

Video Games is lilac / lavender you can all go fuck a door hinge.

[ilovetati 15,297]

this is so ridiculous, people think they are special or something for having his "condition". It literally takes 1gram of imagination. if you want to "see" a colour you will lol there's nothing wrong with you

It's very common, but it's more of an automatic thing rather than a controlled mental image.

[thatsomason 1,201]

this is so ridiculous, people think they are special or something for having his "condition". It literally takes 1gram of imagination. if you want to "see" a colour you will lol there's nothing wrong with you

It's not like you think of a color, it's just automatically there. Like 3 is always green. And for some people with synesthesia, they have automatic smells or tastes correlating to other sensory perceptions, like if some thinks the name Kevin tastes like bacon, Kevin will always taste like bacon.

[VegasBaby 895]

this is so ridiculous, people think they are special or something for having his "condition". It literally takes 1gram of imagination. if you want to "see" a colour you will lol there's nothing wrong with you 

nobody said any of that though?

[luminom 3,284]

oh yessss

 

cruel world - silver

ultraviolence(song) - purple

brooklyn baby - light green

sad girl - dark green

money power glory - black

ottr - yellow

diet mtn dew - blue

million dollar man - gold

carmen - black

american - orange

cola - red

yayo - very dark green

gods and monsters - blue

[LoreleiLee 1,306]

Hmm..

 

Raise Me Up - teal

Mermaid Motel – amethyst, lavender, silver

Get Drunk - grey

Disco – grey, black, purple

Serial Killer – orange, yellow

Kill Kill – orange, hot pink

Velvet Crowbar – magenta, red

Last Girl on Earth – turquoise, blue, dark grey, violet

Trash Magic – silver, pink (sparkling)

Put Me in the Movie – parisian blue, silver, gold

Pin Up Galore – deep oceanic blue, black, violet

Playing Dangerous – toxic/acid green, bright coral red

Maha Maha – deep crimson, violet, hot pink, fuchsia, tangerine, golden, turquoise (LSD-ish, fluid mixture of colors)

 

Born to Die – red, black, golden

Blue Jeans - aqua blue, baby blue, white  (off course)

Million Dollar Man – black, golden

Carmen – blood red, powder pink, black

Summertime Sadness – crimson, burgundy, maroon, sunset orange-pink, ruby red, smoky and watery

Off to the Races – turquoise, lime yellow, very light yellow, cotton candy pink

Yayo – grey, black, silver, golden

Without You – cherry blossom pink

 

Cola – red-brown, purple-red

Bel Air – sky blue, pink sprayed with gold

Body Electric – deep violet, indigo, long cold flames

Gods and Monsters – indigo, blue, violet, similar as Body Electric

Ride – teal, dark blue, orange, moss green, sand beige, red

 

West Coast – coral red, orange, yellow, gold

Shades of Cool – all shades of blue

Sad Girl – very light grey

Pretty When You Cry - grey

Black Beauty – black, indigo, midnight blue

Florida Kilos – turquoise, yellow, pink, white

Flipside – brownish grey

 

 

[annedauphine 35,812]

This is so fascinating. Sorry for digging this up but I actually wondered if something was said about it already as I remember recently reading an interview were the guy asked Lana if she was a synesthete because of all the colours in her songs and she was really interested. So I really wonder if she is herself. I personally am not but I definitely associate UV with black and grey and HM with red. I can't remember the bloody interview, but I'll definitely post the quote as soon as I find it.

[apricockjuice 332]

I don't think I've got full-on synesthesia but there are some things that cause association with me, usually peoples' voices or words and it'll be with sensations or colors,, sometimes smell. The thing is it doesn't happen with everything, it's kind of hit or miss what'll bring about associations but when it does happen it's pretty strong.

 

Out of Lana's stuff UV and Paradise have the strongest associations; Paradise as a whole is very warm feeling with lots of heavier colors, while UV is very lush and damp.

 

Cruel World - intense light orange and dark brown, also the feeling of damp soil

Ultraviolence - lavenders and some blue but also there's something really warm in there color-wise

Shades of Cool - humidity and deep greens

Brooklyn Baby - yellow-orange

West Coast - almost black and bright yellow, the feeling of wetness

Sad Girl - grey and varying shades of red, raindrops on skin

Pretty When I Cry - light greens

Money Power Glory - fog, I dunno as a color or feeling but fog

FMWUTTT - a very warm, pastel grey-brown

Old Money - black and an intense orange/white, her voice is kinda pink in the chorus

The Other Woman - pastels, lots of pastels

Black Beauty - vivid blue (like the sky at the beach) and monochrome shades

Guns and Roses - Dark and kind of static-y, her voice glows

Florida Kilos - Lilac and something very muddy

Is This Happiness - pastel purple and yellow

Flipside - there's a very specific feeling I associate this with and I don't know how to describe it

 

Ride - dark blue (the night sky kinda blue) and the physical feeling of warmth

American - blend of like light burnt orange and goldenrod

Cola - green and brown

Body Electric - blue-black and a very very faded yellow makes a few appearances

Blue Velvet - grey-green (does that even make sense??) and a faded blue-purple, the smell of pine trees

Gods & Monsters - deep burnt orange

Yayo - dark dark green

Bel Air - off-white with a very very slight red tint

[TRENCH 15,450]

Hm, interesting thing, For some reason, I relate pictures of Lana I've seen to some of her songs, not colours.

 

same here!!

 

Synesthesia also has some strange other effects too like assigning genders to things like numbers etc

how does that work

[fork2 90]

OK well I don't have this but West Coast always sounded REALLY DISTINCTLY dark green, to me, with a hint of deep teal blue. I got that feeling from the very first listen. A kind of lush green with a tiny hint of blue. Like a humid but nice and cool forest in the middle of the night. I love it.

Guns and Roses: Deep, deep greyish brown, almost black
Florida Kilos: Grey
Raise Me Up: Orangeish red

Bel Air: light gold

[VioletsnRoses 50]

Bel/Air is a pale blue and some lavender

 

Off to the Races- gold

 

Damn You- rosy pink

 

Out With a Bang- pale blue, yellow, white

 

Serial Killer- purple

Hm, interesting thing, For some reason, I relate pictures of Lana I've seen to some of her songs, not colours.

 

Like Diet Mountain Dew, American. Off To The Races, Million Dollar Man, Black Beauty, This Is What Makes Ur Girls, Old Money, Pretty When You Cry, Blue Velvet, Body Electric, The Other Woman, Is This Happiness, Flipside, Ultraviolence Cruel World, or Brooklyn Baby

 Same as well!

[folklore 1,528]

Burning Desire - crimson

 

Big Bad Wolf - red

 

Girl That Got Away - light pink

 

Maha Maha - olive

 

High By The Beach - sky blue

 

Swan Song - white

 

Salvatore - red

 

Honeymoon - violet

 

Lolita- hot pink

 

National Anthem - blue

 

Little Girls - yellow

 

Ultraviolence - gray

 

Old Money - pastel purple

 

Paradise - (multiple colors) blue, violet, green, teal

 

Sad Girl - black

 

Florida Kilos - green

 

Dark Paradise - dark blue & violet

 

Hawaiian Tropic - red

[Violets in Your Eyes 313]

I saw something, I don't remember where, but lana said she wanted the honeymoon album to be in the tone of blue, so I've always wondered since then if she has synesthesia.

[My Sparrow Blue 689]

My most vivid synesthesia for a Lana song is probably 'Off To The Races'. The background music in the verses sounds orange and the people yelling or whatever sound like a sparkly gold. Her voice sounds bright red (like matte lipstick) througout all of it. The verses where she says 'Swimming pool glimmering darling/Likes to watch me in the glass room' sound hot pink to me, getting warmer with each line, but then it goes back to orange for the rest, however the chorus is brighter. In the bridge when she says 'till the end' and the tumult of the orchestra happens I hear a sparkly silver colour, like glitter falling.

 

After I heard the song I was convinced the single cover art would feature those colours and then I saw the

real cover and I was like ew what is that.

[frankie 1,781]

i know this isnt like, a game type thing, but i noticed how peoples colors and songs are way different from mine so i thought id share the colors i think of

 

aka lizzy grant

 

 

KK - dark red, orange

QOTGS - yellow

OSCYS - red, dark blue, black

G(BRSTH) - green, yellow

J - yellow

FKP2 - green, gray

MM - light blue, gray

RMU(MS) - dark red, orange, brown

PSB - blue

BL - green, yellow

PMIAM - white, yellow, pink

S - orange, yellow

Y - yellow, gray

 

 

 

born to die

 

 

BTD - light blue, dark red

OTTR - red, orange

BJ - blue

VG - white, gray, yellow

DMD - green

NA - blue, dark blue, gold

DP - gray, black

R - dark red

C - gray

MDM - yellow, green

SS - light blue, blue

TIWMUG - brown

WY - white, yellow

L - yellow, orange

LO - green

 

 

paradise

 

 

R - dark pink, red, light blue

A - blue

C(P) - red, yellow

BE - green, gray

BV - dark blue

G&M - gray

Y - green, gray

BA - yellow, green, white

BD - gray 

 

 

 

ultraviolence

 

 

CW - gray

U - gray

SOC - gray, dark green

BB - red, gray

WC -  gray, dark green

SG - gray

PWYC - black

MPG - gray

FMWUTTT - gray

OM - gray

TOW - gray

BB - black

ITH - gray

FK - gray, green, yellow

F - gray

 

 

 

honeymoon

 

 

HM - dark red, violet

MTWBT - gray

TLY - black

GKIT - red, orange

HBTB - light blue, gray

F - red

AD - blue

R - orange

S - dark red, orange, blue

TBD - gray

24 - gray, dark blue

SS - gray

DLMBM - red, dark red

 

 

[Flowerbomb 65,592]

I get this sometimes with particular songs:

 

Million Dollar Man - Navy Blue and Silver

Bel Air - White, Yellow and Peach

This Is What Makes Us Girls - Baby Pink and Blue

Black Beauty - Dark Red and Black with a hint of Navy

Money Power Glory - White Gold

Brooklyn Baby - Dark Green and Lavender

Freak - White and Peach

The Blackest Day - Royal Purple, Blue and hints of Fuschia