99centlips 8,519 Posted August 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, HydroponicWeeds said: white mustang sounds like “why... am i staying?” think of that when she sings that part especially the second time in the chorus. so like “your white mustang, why am i staying?” apparently someone said it on genius and i can’t unhear it now lol damn! okay thanks lemme listen 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
American Whore 51,313 Posted August 16, 2020 1 minute ago, 99centlips said: damn! okay thanks lemme listen it’s interesting bc the song says “summers meant for love and i’m leavin’” but then the “why am i staying” thing kind of makes it a little... deeper? idk. it makes me see this song differently now 1 Quote if i fuck this model and she just bleached her asshole and i get bleach on my t-shirt, imma feel like an asshole Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
99centlips 8,519 Posted August 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, HydroponicWeeds said: it’s interesting bc the song says “summers meant for love and i’m leavin’” but then the “why am i staying” thing kind of makes it a little... deeper? idk. it makes me see this song differently now i definitely hear it! do you think it’s intentional? but i agree that one of the repetitions in the second chorus sounds like it a lot! what if that was the original chorus and she changed it? hmm ? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
American Whore 51,313 Posted August 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, 99centlips said: i definitely hear it! do you think it’s intentional? but i agree that one of the repetitions in the second chorus sounds like it a lot! what if that was the original chorus and she changed it? hmm ? it really could be both! i think it’s definitely intentional, just going with the context on the other lyrics and even the context of the video. which doesn’t mean it’s 100% true, she’s never said it from what i know, but i think it definitely holds some meaning to it. knowing it’s a thing makes me like the song a whole lot more 1 Quote if i fuck this model and she just bleached her asshole and i get bleach on my t-shirt, imma feel like an asshole Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluechemtrails 26,721 Posted October 7, 2021 The song will be covered by Cat Power on her next album: https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/cat-power-frank-ocean-bad-religion-covers-album.html 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrborntolose 9,967 Posted October 15, 2021 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM829GnYW/ the way this changed my whole perspective on this song. wowowowowow 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluechemtrails 26,721 Posted January 10, 2022 Reminder that Cat Power's cover of White Mustang will be released this Friday https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/423133-cat-power-covers.php There're already some reviews Loud And Quiet (https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/cat-power-covers/) Quote The cover of Lana Del Rey’s ‘White Mustang’ came about similarly during a European tour with Lana alongside bassist and longtime collaborator Erik Paparazzi. “He started playing ‘New York, New York,’ I just started singing ‘White Mustang’ over it, and I said to him, ‘Let’s keep this and do it on the tour,’” she recalls. Eventually, Marshall gathered Paparazzi and a supporting band in the studio to record what would become Covers in a series of loose, off-the-cuff sessions produced by Marshall herself. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Siren 30,521 Posted January 15, 2022 On 10/7/2021 at 4:28 PM, bluechemtrails said: The song will be covered by Cat Power on her next album: https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/cat-power-frank-ocean-bad-religion-covers-album.html ITS SO GOOD It's like if 2007 Lizzy did a alternative rock version 1 Quote Last.FM | Discogs | JOYRIDE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drugmunny 8,880 Posted January 15, 2022 can't stand the lyric changes on the cat power cover, but still cool to see her honoring her relationship to lana 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteHydrangea 4,216 Posted March 13, 2022 I really loved this song, but it didn't deserve to be played at every show during tour 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Grants 13,489 Posted January 19, 2023 YOU’RE WHY AM I STAYING 0 Quote and also for giving me Margaret Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChemtrailsOverTheBlueBanisters 4 Posted April 26 Guys in White Mustang everybody in the comments has been saying she says “white mustang” to purposefully make it sound like “why am I staying” but I genuinely don’t get it 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Candy 1,754 Posted April 26 You're gonna hit me like liiiiightning 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChemtrailsOverTheBlueBanisters 4 Posted April 26 HELP I thought it was “you’re gonna hit me like lightning” <— Me 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Get Drunk 17,971 Posted April 26 I think it does sound like it. But I don’t know whether it’s intentional or not. Lana has a lot of songs where meanings make sense and she’s saying them in a way that it could very easily be heard as something else, kinda like LSD/deep normality. Another one - MAC, official lyrics are “the lightning, the board, the thunder” but you’d be forgiven for hearing “bolt”. I do think she does a lot of these intentionally. White Mustang is a bit of an odd lyric for a hook, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the real lyric was intended to be “why am I staying” and they just transformed it? Could also just be something people hear🤷♂️ 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
