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cherry-interlude · 2 years

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born to die

the paradise edition

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flospurpura · 2 years

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god, I'm so crazy, baby, i'm sorry that i'm misbehaving

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juicyprincess · 2 months

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I can be your China doll, if you like to see me fall ౨ৎ

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rahabq · 1 year

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ivoryteacups · 4 months

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think ill miss you forever, like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky

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melankoliskt · 10 months

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if this isn’t my future i don’t want it

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manicpixieangel444 · 1 year

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♡○°.its' you. it's you. It's all for you°.○♡

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angeldoll4ever · 1 year

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Lana Del Rey performing "Body Electric" (2013)

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carm3n-carm3n · 5 months

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divinecouture · 6 months

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cherry-interlude · 2 years

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LDR released/unreleased yin/yang songs

The released songs that I think pair perfectly with the unreleased songs

Jump/Heavy Hitter

Both songs feature drug use quite heavily, and in a near-fatal way - Lana sees “palm trees in black and white” before she ‘dies’ in Jump, whilst similarly having an overdose (”dyin’) in Heavy Hitter; in both trippy songs she seems to be enjoying herself

Smarty/Hundred Dollar Bill

Lana features a sado-masochistic (or in other perspectives, abusive) relationship in both of the songs (”beat me and tell me that no one will love me”/”I like your ultraviolent swing”) - Lana does, in both, have a sense of power in her ownership of her body and ability to get what she wants

Lolita/1949

Drawing inspiration from the novel, Lana seems to represent the character of Lolita in both, though in different ways: in Lolita comes across as the way the character sees herself - smart, capable and able to demand whatever she wants, whilst also romanticising her relationships; in 1949, it sticks closer to the novel’s story itself, showing the imbalance of power, her age and her blinded ‘love’

This Is What Makes Us Girls/Boarding School

These two songs are essentially about the same thing - Lana’s friendships in her younger years where they’d be wild and have fun; TIWMUG embraces the power of these friendships and good times, whilst Boarding School blindly supports the “pro-ana nation”, illegal relationships and notably disloyal friendships

Without You/French Restaurant

Without You is about not caring for material things and status, as Lana simply loves the man she has lost “All the lights and all my dreams mean nothing without you”; French Restaurant is similar in that she has everything she could want but coldly withholds anyone from seeing - or being with - the real her “I know they think I have everything, if I can’t have you then they can’t have me”

Guns and Roses/Axl Rose Husband

Both feature one of Lana’s favourite musicians, though in different ways; they are both dreamy and slightly strange songs, but Guns and Roses is about a lover who likes the music she does, whilst her lover is literally Axl Rose (or very much like him) in ARH

Ultraviolence/Cult Leader

Both have the cult theme, and of course Jim is a character in both as her “cult leader”; in Ultraviolence she is blindly in love with him despite the ways he hurts her, whilst in Cult Leader she seems more aware of the reality of the situation, and sounds bitter

Groupie Love/Ridin

The shared feature of A$ap Rocky pairs these two songs, but they also have a similar vibe - they’re ride-or-die, Bonnie and Clyde style lovers who admire each other a lot and are simply in love and lust

Ride/Angels Forever Forever Angels

Ride talks about literally (and metaphorically) riding through life, enjoying the moment and being free, and the music video features Hell’s Angels; AFFA similarly features riding (”easy rider”) and noticing things like the sky and nature, much like in Ride - AFFA’s Hell’s Angels references tie this directly to the former song

Cinnamon Girl/Valley of the Dolls

In Cinnamon Girl, Lana tentatively opens up her heart to her lost lover, knowing she’ll have him in the end, though he takes pills (”violet, blue, green, red”); in Valley of the Dolls, Lana instead is trying to separate herself from her lover, struggling with the way he treats her and taking pills herself (”my violets, my oranges, my reds”)

Sweet Carolina/Motel 6

Lana’s sister, Chuck, is name-dropped in both - in Motel 6 they are young, having fun and partying, whilst in Sweet Carolina Lana makes a mature ode to her sister’s new motherhood

Million Dollar Man/Hollywood’s Dead

Million Dollar Man has an old-fashioned quality about it, like a fifties lounge singer moll crooning for her gangster boyfriend; in Hollywood’s Dead, the 20th-century influence is more obvious, and she similarly seems to weep for her lover in this song

Lust For Life/Hollywood

Hollywood and the Hollywood sign are obvious connections to both of these songs, but they are both optimistic, fun and breath-taking; in Hollywood, Lana is excited and hopeful for her future and fame, whilst in Lust For Life she is settled in the town and dreamily adoring her lover

Mermaid Motel/Disco

These sexy, lower-key songs are about the physical art of seduction; Mermaid Motel sees Lana play some kind of sexual performer, making “mermaid videos” and letting men watch her “take it off”; in Disco, Lana holds the control still, and though it sounds more intimate than the former song, she similarly gives a “prostitute stare” while modelling

Old Money/Methamphetamines

Methamphetamines is the original version of Old Money, a scrappier version of the mature and more introspective released track; the lifestyles oppose greatly in both songs, showing her difference in age and the way she lives her life: in Meth... Lana makes plenty of references to New Jersey and motels, whilst Lana is much richer and glamorous (”red racing cars”)

Alternative: Ride/Get Free

The obvious similarity between (”I got a war in my mind so I just ride”/”sometimes I feel like I’ve got a war in my mind, I wanna get off but I keep riding the ride”) show Get Free is definitely referencing Ride and Lana’s state of mind during the older song; in Ride Lana feels lost, crazy and simply strives to be free, whilst in Get Free Lana has learned from her “birds of paradise” to live her life the way she wants to and actually put it into action, so she can ‘get free’ from the ‘ride’