Lana Del Rey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKl3xeBVY4

New thread, because this might wrongfully be forgotten in a year or two. Because there is no mention of her on ILM so far apart from mine. Because I want to marry and have steamy sex with and cry over this brilliant song. Because I have played it on repeat endlessly. Because David Lynch should take note. Because it is fantastic.

yes plz. ILG got there first btw.

ILG? Point me towards it plz

rolling thread of stuff worth reading on videogames

Did not catch that, but we seem to agree on this on a deep fundamental level Mordy <3

Not until October when this song gets a vinyl release. There's no EP or LP yet, either. Agony.

song is so gorgeous.

great song.
came to it via pitchfork via grizzly bear.

Link doesn't work for me (not after deleting the first part of it).

I tried and tried and made a lame attempt reviving a slowcore thread earlier today but I cannot classify this song, which is really for the best. My song of the year so far, no doubt.

i'll cosign that -- helps that i haven't heard much i love this year, but this really is amazing + beautiful. a little cat power'y, no?

If that is true I have to listen to way more Cat Power! I keep thinking Nancy Sinatra for some reason.

"i heard you like the bad girls honey / is that true?" destroys me every time

Hah! So true... me too...

Holy shit this song. October, really? Fuck! WILL BUY LIKE FIVE HUNDRED TIMES.

me three re: that line

this is a great song

i am SUPER IMPRESSED by this song

what else is there out there by her?

the stuff i'm reading suggested a nellie mckay angle, press wise

Whoah, this might be the first time the Lex is as impressed by a song as I am! Good times :-)

There's only two or three songs out there. Will be released in October on vinyl and mp3

Wow, what a smoky little thunderstorm of a song! Youtube-to-mp3 converted immediately. Wish I was still in a position in life where I could freely abuse nyquil, cause I could totally see drinking half a bottle and listening to this on repeat for 3 hours.

adding to the chorus here; this song is marvelous

I mean, goddamn

can't really find a single coherent thought to express about this song — after "pull up in your fast car, whistlin' my name" everything goes black w/ multicolored streaks of stars

... I suppose I'll go ahead and lay this card on the table tho: how much 'irony', if any, do y'all hear in her delivery?

Hmm. Her delivery is deliciously knowing, but I don't think it's disingenuous.

Will be released in October on vinyl and mp3.

Bah. I get that vinyl fits her aesthetic, but eschewing CD will be a cruel blow to those of us who don't own turntables but do care about sound quality.

"i heard you like the bad girls honey / is that true?" destroys me every time

so much

"diet mtn dew" is excellent too

i have a few residual suspicions about what i suspect is a shtick, as well as the very conveniently simultaneous way she's been noticed by critics, but these are quality, quality songs

Uploaded by LanaDelRey on May 27, 2011
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HOLLYWOOD SADCORE

hopefully the attention del rey gets will give me an opportunity to wave fiona apple in people's faces again, at least

This song is beautiful...

Also liking this a lot, with bernard snowy on the excellence of that first line.

Bah. I get that vinyl fits her aesthetic, but eschewing CD will be a cruel blow to those of us who don't own turntables but do care about sound quality.

― Vast Halo, Sunday, August 7, 2011 9:54 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

I don't know if there won't be a CD, but at least there will be an mp3 and vinyl.

So chuffed this is getting love here!

i can't remember the last time i kept having to come back to a song so much on the first day i heard it

<3

Me too. Tirelessly repeating it.

just got in and literally the first thing i did was go to my computer to play the youtube video - my groceries are still sitting on the floor

I like this song but I'm getting a promotional street team vibe off of this thread...

I'm as unnerved as anyone by the seemingly unanimous consensus (+ as lex aptly put it, "residual suspicions about what i suspect is a shtick")... but at the same time, it really *does* feel like this totally unique, amazing, timely song that just... appeared from nowhere.

I've only ('only') played it like a half-dozen times today tho, and am trying to balance my desire for further listening against my desire to adopt a more critical and self-aware position in said listening (I get suspicious when something seems "too good to be true"). not that I'm rushing to be the first one to burst the internet echo chamber's bubble of irrational exuberance; just that I'd like to deconstruct my own and other people's reactions to this (very very good) piece of music in order to understand *why* it's hitting us all so hard.

off the top of my head, start with
—the ever-present mystique of the total blank-slate unknown artist, who is doing
—a well-done pastiche(?) of a much-loved style that is not especially popular or prominent at the moment, coupled with
—a strikingly original video that supports the aesthetic of the song (i.e. doesn't just feel like a gimmick), while also giving it
—an unmistakably contemporary 'twist'; all topped off with
—a hot girl, who is
—singing about video games, but also
—love,
—love,
—glorious bittersweet terrible love

I really hope this gets released as a one-sided 12" single that plays on 45rpm, because I'd buy the shit out of that.

Don't really wanna be friends with anyone who could hear this song and not melt.

This is great and I did melt. But I composed myself enough to play it again. Four times in a row.

http://radioexile.com/2008/10/27/spotlight-on-lizzy-grant/#more-75976

Kill, Kill: http://www.spinner.com/2008/12/18/lizzy-grant-kill-kill-video-of-the-day/

nice find! song's not bad either

http://coxy.co/post/8443458829/i-recently-posted-a-music-video-for-video-games-by

Will be released in October on vinyl and mp3

or you can get the instrumental karaoke version right now

fucking awful video

Just wanna put it out there that I posted this video to WS back in early June to no fanfare.

Also I heard a joke:
Q: how'd the hipster burn his mouth?
A: he ate pizza before it was cool.

^^knew i'd seen it before

It’s hardly a shock that her music so far is so diverse given all the people she’s been in the studio with over the past year, some of whom include Eg White (Adele, Duffy), Chris Braide (Cheryl Cole, Paloma Faith), Guy Chambers (Robbie Williams, Katie Melua), and newcomers Robopop (Neon Hitch, Gym Class Heroes).

I’m not sure if Miss Del Rey has landed a major label record deal yet (I’m sure she probably has and is just waiting to announce it), but she’s under the same PR company in the UK as Adele and Bjork, so the wheels are certainly in motion.

none of those names she's been in the studio with are remotely promising :/

“Watching the people storm the Capitol, everyone gets to go look at that and figure out what Capitols they’ve been storming this year in their own freakin’ lives”).

Lana dril Rey

― Chris L, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 3:51 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

irl lol

honestly don't get what's wrong with the album cover

as i understand it literally no one other than LDR has suggested theres anything wrong with it

^^^^

It's good that she got out ahead of this controversy that she invented herself, shows real foresight

just a nice photo of her and her friends from all over the world enjoying each others company, not storming the capital, thinking about the various rappers theyve dated

otm

as i understand it literally no one other than LDR has suggested theres anything wrong with it

I've seen some comments, and I'm sure they'd have commented all the same, but this pre-emptive strike shit is extremely cringe

lol she did date g-eazy i guess

Misread that as Eazy-E.

tbf if her last bf was a cop he might very well also be a rapper

"Waa "Summertime" done as some kind of companion piece to her "Doin' Time" cover?"

no it was for some tribute album I believe. It was pointless.

I love LDR's music, and at times I"ve been really impressed with how she's spoken about working as a woman in the music industry. But she is really, really defensive these days. If the cover was getting flack I never even saw the flack. Personally I think it's a lame cover but if people were complaining there weren't enough POC in it, or the POC there were tokens, I can see her getting frustrated. It's her friends. Are they all unusually attractive? yeah, well, it's LA, surprise, there are a lot of unusually attractive people there. I don't think she helps herself by getting defensive about everything, she gets incoherent.

song itself is fine.

(again, don't know if that was the root of the criticism, it's what I gleaned from some equally incoherent twitter responses to it)

pic.twitter.com/DyqOcsNEVw

— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021

don't know if that was the root of the criticism

how could people have criticised it before her defense

love you lana but absolutely not watching a video of you speaking

surprised this wasn't posted here

It’s fucked up. You know I’m real. You know I voted for Biden. I’m super steady in everything I’ve ever said. You probably listened to my entire interview. So whoever wrote this is a genuine piece of shit. I am the one helping bringing the problem with narcissism to light. Gfys

— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021

At least that is coherent

I am the one helping bringing the problem with narcissism to light.

that's one way of phrasing it

no worries queen. I just got my drivers license, so the person who wrote the article better watch both ways before crossing the streets. that’s all I’m gonna say.

— permanently high (@BhadDhad) January 12, 2021

you know what they say, you can take the girl out of upstate new york, but

Log-off Del Rey

I’m actually not tone deaf, I don’t think there’s anything tone deaf about responding to questions about why there are only white women on a album cover when that’s just not the case. I’m not gonna let people say that some thing is what it isn’t. You’re jealous I get it.

— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021

The music is great and it is important to talk about inclusivity. Which I don’t have an issue with, I’ve been super open about my issues are and that isn’t one of them. I just think it’s sad that you’re trying to paint one of the only artist who is genuine as otherwise.

— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021

spill queen pic.twitter.com/5AfbcVVvPE

— harris (@TrueHarris) January 12, 2021

Even her own stans in those replies are like—“stop wasting yr energy,” “you need a new manager,” etc.

hahaha beginning a statement "I'm actually not tone deaf." you know it's going well

the stans seem to be saying that she needs a manager who would be powerful enough to stop Australian music blogs from making Lana look bad by repeating Lana's own words, not that she should stfu

I read it as they're gently steering her toward more productive avenues of dealing with the "problem" than long-winded replies.

I actually like her more now.

how long until Lana ends up in the Real Housewives franchise

https://i.imgur.com/9Sm6jM7_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

I'm not much of an LDR fan (to put it mildly), but I kinda like this new song... maybe she's worn me down, lol

Her cover of Father John Misty’s “buddy’s rendevous” is great.

lana listening to the silver jews while stuck in hollywood traffic taking selfies on a busted phone pic.twitter.com/okCnyzZmOc

— alana (@slowdaysfast) May 14, 2023

That was that Primitive Radio Gods single, right?

Apparently, a new version of an old song called "Say Yes to Heaven" – which dates from the Ultraviolence days, and has been considered for a bunch of albums since – is being released tonite.

It’s out. I somehow missed this unreleased song and I thought I’d heard most of it. Its extremely good. I guess this is actually the original version as recoded in 2012 and not a subsequent remix which has leaked and was what people were using on tik tok. I gather she did this to capitalize on that, which means people should now start using Driving in Cars With Boys so we can get a properly mastered version.

It’s kind of bewildering the high quality of a lot of the unreleased stuff. Imagine thinking this song was a dumper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiAoetOXKcY

I read about the TikTok thing last night; somehow I’m always surprised by it being the reason for something like this (you’d think I’d be used to / understand it by now!)

It’s kind of bewildering the high quality of a lot of the unreleased stuff.

The Lanapedia entries for some of those songs (including this one) says that fans somehow got ahold of “stems” of earlier recordings, and emailed them to well-known producers — pretending to be Lana, asking them to produce a finished track and email it back… which they somehow then do(??) It’s totally insane.

lmao what the hell

the leaked stems were probably from a google drive getting hacked or something i guess

Having (re-)listened to several of the early versions – mindful that some fans seem to think she has “ruined” the song – I feel like the new/official version probably is the best. I think it may be a somewhat “mid” song from her, but in any event, the new recording is nice and I think it has a good atmosphere.

Damn, this is good. Her work with (professional hack) Rick Nowels is perhaps less mindbendingly bizarre but consistently some of her most listenable stuff.

I’m surprised she does so many Born to Die-era songs… I would have thought they have so little in common with her now:

https://twitter.com/lanadreyonline/status/166260628241790566

LANA DEL REY - 2023 FESTIVAL SETLIST

— Lana Del Rey Online (@LanaDReyOnline) May 27, 2023

it's still by far her most successful album so that's her playing the hits

that's a boring ass setlist and a short set too, so if that's what she's doing at Outside Lands this summer I'm happy to miss it. Wish she'd just do a headlining tour again; the NFR show was excellent.

20 songs is not a short set. What are you expecting, some kind of Cure/Springsteen-style marathon?

Surprised that even her 2019 setlists don't have "Mariners Apartment Complex" or "hope is a dangerous thing," even though both of them might be hard to pull off in an arena. And now no "Let Me Love You Like A Woman."

These probably got a lot more love on ILM than IRL

oh I kind of glanced over how many songs that was, for some reason I thought it was only 10. that said, I could do without so many BTD tracks. anyway I am interested in seeing how the new songs sound live.

I wonder if she enjoys performing those old songs… she’s evolved so much artistically since then.

It's almost like she should do more of a theater tour to do the last four albums' songs.