Lana Del Rey

Chemtrails over the country club is a great title.

what a dope

sometimes I almost start to hate music like what a collection of fucking narcissistic numbskulls I've devoted a decent part of my life to reading every thought turd that drops out of their brain buttholes

She’s cool though. Wistful songs, strong aesthetic

I’ve listened to norman fucking rockwell hundreds of times by now probably

ums otm

I’ve listened to norman fucking rockwell hundreds of times by now probably

Hey that's on you.

what is the cover she is referring to?

https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2021/01/lana-del-rey-chemtrails-over-the-country-club-1610317466.jpg

"Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They're all in frame, laughing too."

I respect her music, but I wouldn't have wanted to be the one grading her philosophy essays.

I looked at that cover for quite a while before figuring out which one was her. (I had narrowed it down to three possibilities.)

her total inability to handle criticism (even very positive criticism) is really something

I think most of her album covers are pretty bad. The only ones I really like are Ultraviolence and Honeymoon.

lol ned

thanks for that. I thought by cover she was referring to a cover-version. This album cover is *looking eyes emoji*

it has a dark energy for sure

nfr had a good cover xps

She missed a trick not caling it I'm Not The One Storming The Capital.

― piscesx, Sunday, January 10, 2021 7:31 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Dying laughing

I was thinking White Fragility Reading Club

is it more exhausting being a fan of Lana or Grimes at this point

great post from piscesx!

Grimes is definitely more problematic than Lana

I am Canadian so I take no pleasure in reporting this

it's like....that LDR statement is bad on any day, like very embarrassing, but to do it THIS WEEK, like wow

is it more exhausting being a fan of Lana or Grimes at this point

― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, January 10, 2021 10:09 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is reminding me that i saw grimes open for lana when lana was touring ultraviolence! tremendous show tbh.

Grimes is cooler, IMO:

EXHIBIT A

Friendship with @Fantano CANCELED ! Friendship with @pitchfork RENEWED pic.twitter.com/DgKnFynbN4

— ☘︎𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰࿎ (@Grimezsz) February 28, 2020

So don’t call yourself a fan like you did in the article and don’t count your editor one either – I may never never have made bold political or cultural statements before- because my gift is the warmth I live my life with and the self reflection I share generously.

— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) September 5, 2019

idk Lana getting in up that Trumpist fan's mentions was pretty good and funny

we dont expect our writers to carry a tune why do we expect musicians to be philosophers. i mean i get that every band was comprised of wesleyan grads during the 00s but we're past that dark period now

fwiw, I’ve eventually been “turned off” in some way by almost every pop / rock artist I’ve ever tried to follow on social media (with one exception—a major artist who is pretty chill and generally avoids controversy/commentary, but even she has had a few little flaps of her own).

grimes is funnier and more ridiculous but her recent music has been worse than lana's

"Sometimes I almost start to hate music like what a collection of fucking narcissistic numbskulls I've devoted a decent part of my life to reading every thought turd that drops out of their brain buttholes"

Indeed

Not actively listened to her music in ages but actually quite interested now. Mainly as she has good album titles and does the whole butthurt thing quite sincerely. I think her heart is mostly in the right place. Plus her slightly dumb / butt hurt thing is weirdly endearing somehow.

she doesn't spend all day, every day reading political commentary through twitter so doesn't know the right things to say when she tries to respond to criticism. she doesn't get the overall context of the criticism, the assumptions that underlie it and how it fits into broader conflicts within american culture.

sure, but shes a singer, not a political journalist.

sometimes I almost start to hate music like what a collection of fucking narcissistic numbskulls I've devoted a decent part of my life to reading every thought turd that drops out of their brain buttholes

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, January 10, 2021 8:37 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

new board description, please?

its a terrible habit. why at this stage in my life do i still hope for some wisdom from a person just because they can sing or play an instrument or produce etc.

she doesn't spend all day, every day reading political commentary through twitter so doesn't know the right things to say

As if doing that is a recipe for knowing "the right things to say" in any context.

i think 'right things to say' means the bland, dull, 'acceptable' things to say, rather than just shooting from the hip

lol isn’t that what the rest of us learn as interacting with people? anyone can spout off rude and unthinkingly daft stuff, she’s not special because she does it while famous

It’s… interesting that no one said anything about her cover of Gershwin’s “Summertime”

Is it comment worthy?

“Im so happy to have recorded this song to support the wonderful arts institutions that are the LA and NY Philharmonic orchestras that have faced such difficult challenges this year.. I’ll be donating to both to support them and loved making this video I hope you like it”

— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) November 19, 2020

My best friends are rappers my boyfriends have been rappers.

It’s… interesting that no one said anything about her cover of Gershwin’s “Summertime”

my response to the above tweet, like I assume most people's, was "oh, that's nice", followed by not actually listening

that was my reaction even after listening

"My best friends are rappers my boyfriends have been rappers."

Interested to know who now.

I'm confused a little by the timeline, since I didn't even see the news that she'd released the cover until her weirdo post about the lack of POC/WOC - was there a gap in which people were complaining about the cover? Or did she bizarrely put that non-response response out even before anyone had any chance to comment on the cover?

I think she's mainly still salty from this particular fracas

lol the last person i remember her being with was some white dude reality show police guy

Maybe she was under the impression Axl was a rapper?