Huffington Post take on the smile: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lana-del-rey-album-art-smile_us_58ed54abe4b0ca64d91a3649
― obvious, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
oh great
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
^^ otm.
Both the misoginy on this thread and HuffPo's piece abt the ~radical power~ of a woman smiling are sides of the same stupid coin.
― On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Driving In Cars.. on this album i wonder?
― piscesx, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
she's smiling in front of a truck so it's prob Driving in Trucks
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
sorry just adding to the needless projection itt
she has shit tons of unreleased stuff, driving in cars with boys being just one of them, and I have a feeling she will not go back and revisit that material anytime soon, or ever.
― akm, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
when someone's entire media image both A) is incredibly deliberate and B) largely revolves around being "hollywood sadcore" then it is, in fact, valid to point out a smiling album cover. it isn't a candid photo, it's a photoshoot. it exists for a reason.
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link
XP Lana Del Rey Bootleg Series in 2030
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
(yes, xp, that was the point I was trying to make earlier, I don't think that was misogynistic)
I've snagged a lot of unreleased stuff off the web and on slsk; some of it I assume originated from her youtube channel, the rest I have no idea; I get the feeling she spends a fair amout of time in the studio with other people generating things before settling on what to do for an album; or at least did until the around Honeymoon.
― akm, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
I assumed the smiling album cover was just a direct reference to the Iggy Pop album
― silverfish, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
We all like motorcycles to some degree
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
sorry, pls, everyone talk about whether ldr should smile or not
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
I deeply regret bringing it up in the first place
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/IggyPopLustForLife.jpghttp://static.idolator.com/uploads/2017/04/lana-del-rey-lust-for-life-cover-1491930821-413x413.jpg
― vmajestic, Thursday, 13 April 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
Smiling Lana just intensifies her persona as the Naomi Watts audition scene in Mullholland Drive
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Thursday, 13 April 2017 15:41 (seven years ago) link
does anyone know what the font is from? it feels like 70s Readers Digest or something.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
i thought i didn't like honeymoon, but then i put it on today and remembered that it had my two favorite ldr songs: terrence + blackest day. i think the album loses me on the stretch of high by the beach/freak/art deco which are imo admirable attempts at trip-hop with modern trap beats, but they largely don't do anything for me.
forgive my ignorance of the genre, but are there any other triphop acts with trap-style beats?
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 14 April 2017 00:51 (seven years ago) link
"terrence loves you" might be my favorite lana song. it's truly transcendent.
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 14 April 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
Love the Nancy Sinatra quoting strings on that one
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Friday, 14 April 2017 04:29 (seven years ago) link
i was lukewarm on that album when it first came out but it's grown on me a lot, the point where I prefer it to Ultraviolence (though I still think West Coast is probably my favorite song of hers)
― akm, Friday, 14 April 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
The font is called "Loretta Lynn" xpost
― everything, Friday, 14 April 2017 05:03 (seven years ago) link
Ultraviolence is great because it's very committed to its particular style - and it rarely deviates from being a sublime come-down album.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Friday, 14 April 2017 05:11 (seven years ago) link
http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35578/1/lana-del-rey-courtney-love-lust-for-life
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35cTIXoBnuw
not bad :)
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
my boyfriend's backand he's cooler than ever
^^ lol
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link
(i like this a lot)
The way she sings, "take off, take off, take off all your clothes" reminds me so much of the, "hello hello" bit in Without You from Born To Die. That's also the bit that Taylor Swift borrowed for Wildest Dreams.
This new album is shaping up very nicely. Really hope that rumoured May 26th release date is right.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
I like both new songs. Reading that she's really into the mixing process and is very particular about it was cool, maybe more women (musicians or otherwise) should interview female musicians
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Does the song survives besides that weeknd collaboration?
― Nourry, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
Any artist who cites Shangri-Las as an influence on their new record is cool with me
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 20 April 2017 06:28 (seven years ago) link
i dunno if i'm supposed to be thinking of mandela when quoting invictus, but i always think of tim mcveigh
― goole, Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
re: the font, I don't recognize that specific one, but it's very reminiscent of Bookman Swash Italic which was all over the place in the '70s.
― early rejecter, Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
I was skeptical of the Weeknd collab, but I think it works well. They share that decadent, sleazy vibe -- a more natural fit than him w/Beyonce, e.g.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 24 April 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
yea Im not sure yet I love this but it is v earwormy, been stuck in my head a few days
plus this image is gorg
http://popcrush.com/files/2017/04/lana-del-rey-lust-for-life.png?w=630&h=630&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
This song is incredible.
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 29 April 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
Hate the Weeknd collaboration, and the fact that the album also includes collaborations with Sean Lennon and Stevie Nicks has me basically running the other way.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 April 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
ideologically she has more in common w/Nicks han with the Weeknd
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 29 April 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
"Tin Weekned and Nicks han comingWhen will Lana record on her own?"
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 April 2017 01:51 (six years ago) link
sean lennon is finestevie nicks is fineweeknd is fine
she hasn't done an album of collabs before like this, so I'm fine with it as long as that's not what she does from now all the time
― akm, Saturday, 29 April 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
larry Clayton is fine
― kinder, Sunday, 30 April 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
mmm he sure is
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 April 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, April 28, 2017 9:24 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what 'ideology' is that?
― Wimmels, Sunday, 30 April 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
Worshiping beautiful young men while dancing with them in cowboy boots.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 April 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
Maybe one of these days I'll see what you're all seeing in her but it's still not the time.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 April 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
It's taken several years; I started cracking in January after prolonged exposure to "West Coast" in my work environment.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 April 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
I kinda suspect she's like Antony/ANOHNI for me -- someone a lot of people I know go "GAH" over (not to mention open Marc Almond fandom, usually a good sign for me) that makes me go "I guess the trappings are okay?" because the songs aren't much. I can see why the fandom exists, but I have no need.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 April 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
That's always the way I've felt until this title track.
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 30 April 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
Interesting; ANOHNI is definitely a "you've got to be fucking kidding me" artist for me, but I have basically loved everything LDR's done since the Paradise EP (I liked a lot of Born To Die, but it's patchy and definitely her weakest album).
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 30 April 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
her songwriting chops have grown so much since that album. "Honeymoon" and "God Knows I Tried" sound like standards.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 30 April 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link