Born to Die- Lana Del Rey Reaction

[@felishareacts]

What are your tops songs from this album? I'm finding that Lana's music usually take a few listens, but I end up obsessed with all her songs!

[@patrycja1208]

Carmen ❤

[@jacopovianello3765]

off to the racessss

[@andyyy1r]

Blue Jeans & Off to the Races.

[@chromaticaking]

Radio and Carmen but every song is amazing

[@riversfrank826]

Off to the races is top 3 in all of her discography for me

[@andyyy1r]

Easily the most influential album of the 10's.

[@brianna058]

not when britney spears “blackout” exists.

[@jimbob2427]

@@brianna058 blackout didn’t come out in the 10s

[@scrimbo5319]

@@brianna0582007 fella

[@jspettifer]

She didn’t write “Light of my life, Fire of my loins” it is a direct quote from the first line of the book Lolita by Nabakov. He is one of her favourite writes and she has his name tattooed on her (next to Whitman who is one of her other favourites) Born to Die is currently 71 on the Billboard 200 and is on its 483rd week on the charts. Only 18 albums have charted for longer.

[@Littlepea2890]

I’m glad you picked up on the pervasive themes of death through her work - I feel it’s part of what makes Ocean Blvd almost feel like closing the loop. Lana has talked about a watershed moment for her in childhood was when she first learned that she, and everyone around her, would one day die. Honestly, the obsessive way she describes her childhood thoughts make me wonder if it wasn’t an early sign of an emotional disorder that went undiagnosed due to her growing up in an abusive household. a lot of these songs lean heavily on autobiography- Lana lived a rough life before she wrote this album. A suicide attempt, becoming a black out alcoholic and going through rehab all before graduating high school, she went on to major in metaphysics, and instead of going back home to live in her privileged childhood home, she chose to live in a trailer park with a guy who would eventually be sent to prison and die (meaning two of the men she loved when she was younger died). She was also living a really kinda scary life - she said she’d walk around at night and meet people and just “go with them”, whatever that means?? She said there were a few years where she didn’t have an ID or a social security card, she was just lost and wondering and even got involved with a weird sobriety cult with an abusive leader. This album is so weird and lovely and dark, it could really only have been made by her.

[@harrypike731]

It's all very interesting, especially from a man's point of view so a somewhat 'outsider' lens perspective. Most interesting/thought-provoking for me is how there's a sort of "glamorisation" of these genuinely toxic, dark and dangerous elements of the lifestyle/world that Lana not manifests through her music, but has actually lived through in real life. Especially amongst younger women, there certainly appears a sense of fascination and allure to the "sad beauty" identity of being a Lana type figure and living such a lifestyle...bad boys, booze, drugs, living in the moment, rollercoaster of emotions, and so on. But of course, there's an undeniable level of risk attached to all that, and quite frankly Lana and the young women who engage in behaviour/lifestyle like that are playing with fire and rolling the dice as to whether they'll end up dead in some ditch somewhere, or in the back of a van. But I suspect to such people drawn to that identity and lifestyle...that level of risk is part of the allure to begin with. The thing with Lana, is that she is mostly self-aware about this, and admits that in her music. She knows what she was doing / the men she slept with her toxic, but she enjoyed the toxicity. My concern is that there are probably alot of young women who want to emulate this identity/lifestyle without such self-awareness and street smarts that Lana had, and will not be so resilient to the effects of it. My thoughts on the album and identity of it - regardless, Lana is the best female lyricist alive IMO. Ridiculous how so many straight men refrain from listening to her on the basis that her fandom/music is for 'gays' and for 'women'.

[@leonardonogueira9214]

and I must say again: the way you pay attention and interpret the lyrics is what makes your reaction so great and genuine ❤

[@tesselate8nowait262]

This album was Lana’s noir period. Very cinematic, melancholy, and exaggerated, however, there’s a lot of truth sprinkled in. LDR has lived a crazy life, and at the start of her career, she felt she had to present her truth behind a persona in order to be accepted. You can see as she evolves that this persona is stripped away until you’re left with just Lana/Lizzy as she truly is.

[@LanaDelReySupremacy]

Born to die raised a generation oh what an album ❤

[@staratlas7778]

Off to the Races is one of the best SONGS, I’ve ever heard! The storytelling and structure of the song, just a Masterpiece of a Song🙂❤️

[@AlejandroJoelSanfiel-il1xn]

So nice to see you are going throughout her discography ❤

[@raurvish]

I've seen probably 50 reactions to this album and this is my favourite reaction by far. You really understood the album so well for someone who's listening to it for the first time. I'm obsessed with your comments on every song, you were so good omg. I can't wait for Ultraviolence

[@kentinatl]

I am 65,adore LDR and when this came out I think I was up at midnight to download it the day it hit.it remained my favorite Lana album until ocean Blvd.Elizabeth Grant is #1 now because she does not lower her standards or beliefs to suit the ""insiders" at record companies or some disgruntled fans,she wants to be free like she sings about in "Get free". she wants to be a wife,mother,sister,daughter,friend and she shows us herself and ourselves on every album,she implores us to look beyond sexual control and manipulation,to find what lies beyond because she wondered in 2013 "will you still love me,when I'm no longer young and beautiful" she is a modern master who brings a lot of soul to the table..Love your reactions..Kent in Ohio.

[@MrsSilkiebantam]

I think the "sweet like cinnamon " refers to the fact that too much cinnamon can be bitter. It's a great line.

[@dominickgoga6892]

12:07 I know I’m late but the lines : “Light of my life/fire of my loins” are quotes from the book Lolita. These themes heavily explored in this album

[@imaginist96]

I don't know if you were planning to jump into Ultraviolence next, but she released an EP called "Paradise" right after Born To Die and I think it's a must-listen! Very important in her discography and people tend to skip it without realizing it.

[@biravijnya]

Dark Paradise could probably be about Aaron Greene who is mentioned in Fingertips 😢 It's the way Fingertips explains everything for me omg

[@biravijnya]

omg you also talk about it in the video. yesss

[@Tubularmydude]

LOVE how much you loved Carmen! Such an underrated track of hers imo, it’s not mentioned much when people name their LDR favs-but it’s just so fantastic. The chorus gave me full-body chills the first time I heard it lmao, and I’m still hooked. Such an incredible song portraying such a tragic picture of someone. Great reaction in general tho, loved your insight! Subscribed! ☺️

[@meleh_m]

Honeymoon is her best album and the best album ever created in the history of albums and I’m saying that as a long time Lana fan who hated Honeymoon at first but as I grew I understand the whole artistry and how that album completely belong in a museum.

[@melg6834]

Lol, another tikTacky fan kid it seems

[@meleh_m]

@@melg6834 ew what are you talking about? I’ll slap you bitch tryna come for me

[@mylasagnaisready]

@@melg6834true they don’t know Lana like I do

[@user-yo8yd2xv6b]

Totally agree. Honeymoon is a masterpiece. NFR is monotonic and non-melodic (except a couple of songs).

[@user-yo8yd2xv6b]

​@@melg6834Never used Tic Toc. Agree with Melehpotter's comment.

[@darioan1676]

"This is giving me Great Gatsby" Well, shes part of the soundtrack of the movie with "Young and Beautiful" give it a try! And im so happy you are doing this a journey! Im loving your reactions

[@greatboredompineappl]

It’s hard for me to pick a favorite (maybe NFR?) but Ultraviolence is the album that got me into her music and a lot of people love that album. But I also really love her Lizzy Grant stuff, you should check it out it’s really unique

[@TheBoundBowman]

Ultraviolence is my choice for #1. Shades of Cool.... *chefs kiss*

[@benjaminseoane4794]

Omg! You should react to Melanie Martinez!! I noticed you like lyrics and look in depth into them and Melanie has really deep and good lyrics that she writes. Start with her first album Crybaby, K-12, After School EP and finally her most recent piece of work PORTALS. Such a genius artist. Like honestly, give her a try and you’ll see. Sending love ! ❤

[@sandyschmandy8684]

I love your attention to detail while interpreting her lyrics its so enjoyable to watch

[@ashleebottomfeeder3790]

17:17 she is not irronic, you can see in all her song this kind of crazy love "fly or die" type of thing. She has a very specific typology of men and a unique view on love, thats why some would she is promoting abuse and toxic relationship. I think its actually in a dark way very beautiful

[@londonsheraton1]

Even though she sings a lot about dedicating everything to a love interest, I think the “you” she is referring to in “Radio” is her Lana persona. ❤️ Great reaction video! 🙏🏼❤️

[@itsChanandler]

Million Dollar man is done in one run. If you listen carefully, all the choruses are sung differently.

[@bradleyberdecia9511]

Oh to hear Born to die for the first time ever. so happy to hear ur going thru Lana’s discography!

[@frankmoran3459]

So excited to watch you explore her discography!!! Ultraviolence and Honeymoon are my faves!!! Every piece of her work is a well developed, meticulously thought out concept and executed masterfully!!! A truly brilliant woman of our generation!!! Thanks for reacting to this!!!

[@arielsoriano8530]

The fact that she has im not dead on her wall, makes me wanna stan. Yeah

[@jerry9621]

THE CAT IS SO CUTEEEEE

[@joed8612]

You're so lucky to hear her albums for the first time. Buckle up 😁

[@rajagrant28]

She wrote Summertime sadness for her best friend that committed suicide.

[@adragonsheart6680]

Im so excited for you to get into the lana journey shes definitely my favoirte and I like how you do refrences from her newest album to this album too ultraviolce is even better

[@odonvargas9527]

I don't know why but I knew that you were gonna appreciate it Carmen... It is one of my favorite songs from lana

[@fee9284]

I just noticed that the rythm/drums in national anthem just sounds like the sound of fireworks during the chorus????? she is a geniusmy god. It's also interesting that we went from national anthem to dark paradise, like, the whole vibe shifted, and knowing that in the MV lana's bf die, and in dark paradise she literally sing about her dead bf..? In NA she is with her love, living fast and stuff, it sounds like life, and dark paradise she is without him,...this is so sad and she is a genius, Lana really does nothing by chance, everything makes so much sense...

[@rubenmendoza1798]

so happy you wanna discover her 😭 Love your comments and highlights on the lyrics, hope you listen the other albums, specifically my fav Honeymoon 🤧

[@user-tp4rb4gg3g]

I love your LDR reactions. You get all the feelings right. Can’t wait to see more! ❤

[@tvinblackandwhite723]

I love your reactions so so much and the way u understand every lyric and the meaning behind it!! Criminally underrated!!🩶

[@GigaChaadam]

Just when I thought I’ve seen all LDR reaction comes another 😭 makes me happy af. You dissected the lyrics very well and it was an amazing reaction. Can’t wait to see you react to more of her!

[@abdoesper3908]

Loved your insight! Been a long time Lana fan and I hadn’t caught some things you said about her song. You’re really smart and intuitive

[@user-pv9zl6tb4b]

I love your videos! my fav songs on this album are million dollar man, off to the races, and carmen

[@AlexSantos-sn6ks]

if you thought BTD was toxic… gurl you’re not ready for ultaviolence lol

[@Fairways-and-greens]

Great album. How is Million Dollar Man not part of a James Bondish type movie. No Grammy? She knows how to paint a picture with her voice. My mind follows her lyrics like movie clips rolling through my mind .

[@mariajoseabac5853]

I totally LOVE your interpretations and the way you actually pay attention. I’m so excited for your next LDR reactions. Can’t wait for you to go into NFR. 😍❤️

[@sebastiananthony5442]

Born To Die is Lana’s most popular album more than twice as popular than her second most popular album. I believe DUKTATUOB is her BEST album but only time will tell if it becomes her most popular.

[@manuelkazanjian]

Taylor literally ripped the melody off from Without you XD

[@uranus_crunch_cake87]

I feel like Lana's albums are hard to rank because she's gone through such an evolution. The fans are like taylor swift's, where certain factions will ride or die for one specific album. But they're all good in their own way. My top 3 are NFR, ocean blvd, and honeymoon. Yes I said honeymoon. That is my quintessential summertime album to listen to on a warm night with a drink and a joint. Lmao

[@wonderland4515]

With the new album and other songs on her previous album "Blue Banisters" she goes so in depth about her childhood and her past that really make me have a new appreciation for her early songs like "Carmen" or "This is What Makes Us Girls" since it gives those songs even more context of what Lana was actually going through. Also summertime sadness is a song about a dear friend of Lana who sadly commited suicide during summer, a lot of people think it's about a guy/relationship.

[@daveleciel]

her discographies are autobiographical, even tho some words can be changed to make it more dramatic but thats just her way of being poetic

[@artlover20.]

Just discovered your amazing reactions and can't wait to see the rest of the Lana albums!

[@jhampton_]

Hi! It’s Rey not Ray :)

[@lanabanana5301]

Unless it's 2008 😊

[@jerry9621]

@@lanabanana5301 it’s 2023😭😭😭

[@lanabanana5301]

@@jerry9621 nooo, you don't say 🤔

[@imsogolden5681]

@@lanabanana5301 wdym 😭

[@baalmolech]

It’s fine, even Lana herself didn’t decide on the spelling till later 😂

[@Marqo974]

Next is Paradise, don't forget it before Ultraviolence, it's great one.. And most of the lyrics are autobiographical, but u also need to read between the lines + she likes to be satiric. And she often refence other songs, singers, art, books (in this album Lolita is reference to the book Lolita by Nabokov). And in Radio, when she sings about her life being sweet like cinnamon - so it's bittersweet.

[@adriancrespo1575]

YESSS MAAAM PLEASE DO THE WHOLE DISCOGRAPHY

[@patrycja1208]

My fav album is honeymoon, sadly underrated

[@haendellmagalhaes6112]

your reaction to born to die (song) makes a lot of sense. she is always contemplating about thing in life like meanings and stuff. she's actually a graduated philosopher so yeah lol

[@markopintaric2313]

You deserve a lot of credit for understanding her songs so well on the first listen! Excited to see you react to Paradise and then Ultraviolence

[@MiguelMikeLopez]

I loved the way you react the poetic talent of Lana 😍

[@lipidi14]

Estou muito feliz com a sua reação!!

[@ruinswithin]

I'm really enjoying your journey with her. You listened to the album that explains so much/ verifies so much before listening to everything she explained. I am here for it!

[@joshuafoster8726]

That necklace is fukn TIGHT. you're so pretty!!!

[@EthansTarot]

My fav Lana albums: 1. Lust For Life 2. Ultraviolence 3. Blue Banisters 4. Born to Die/Paradise 5. NFR 6. Honeymoon 7. Chemtrails 8. DYKTTATUOB

[@heartsareopengraves]

I made the connection between Aaron Greene dying and this song as well. In Dark Paradise she sings, "I'm lying in the ocean, singing your song" and Fingertips, "Pulled me up by my waist, long hair to the beach-side. I wanted to go out like you". A potential suicide attempt over losing her one true love?

[@derlis_whatever7033]

Light of my life, fire of my loins is the first line of the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[@chelseaxx6672]

found this account from lanas recent album, i love your reviews! cant wait to see more lana album reactions!

[@beladonnadiaz4357]

you were so necessary for this! thanks!

[@leonardonogueira9214]

I’ll be here all the way with you in this Lana journey 🫰🏼

[@kelseyknowsyou]

you also have you reaction to lana del rey's pre-fame album lana del ray a.k.a lizzy grant, i hope you'll like it as you liked born to die

[@BayAreaBeachBunny]

Loved your reaction! I can't wait for you to listen to Ultraviolence its such a dark psychedelic rock album and definitely my favorite of hers 💕

[@mcneleon]

I also have never listened to Lana and watching this video was amazing. I am coming along for the ride!

[@haendellmagalhaes6112]

you're a sweetheart! looking forward to the other albums reactions ❤️

[@caps07]

Lana's lyrics are 100% autobiographical Even in blue jeans she writes about her relationship with a gangster

[@wonderland4515]

I wouldn't say they're a 100% biographical, every song of hers is insipired from real life and things she went through but she's very glamorous and exaggerated in her lyrics and she's very good with words, she goes the extra step to really get the point across and to really give that shock value. I'd say her lyrics are 90%-95% biographical.

[@darioan1676]

​@@wonderland4515Indeed she said that around of a 90% of her lyrics are autobiographical

[@antonionunezvazquez2335]

Make a video about her album NFR. You’re gonna love it. Personaly is her best album

[@strangerthings88]

Your style and authentic analysis is soo refreshing! Great channel and I would have to stop to make sure that damn spider was gone too 😂❤️

[@chooperhero]

I love your comments on the Lyrics but appreciating the poetry and music at the same time 😅

[@rojurr]

love your Lana videos! ❤

[@DavidAPiano]

My favourite Lana album at the moment is Did you know there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, my fave song is Grandfather please stand upon the shoulders.... but i've had different favourites since starting to listen to more and more.

[@pawankumar-rl2ic]

Thnx for reacting our 👸 queen's album😊😊

[@eddiebabygore]

“i wonder if her sound evolved over time” so funny for you to say that before witnessing an album that is drastically different in every way from the album you previously heard. also almost all of her albums being different genres from each other

[@fetheo26]

Deep dive into Lanas world!

[@imaginist96]

This is random, but I'm thinking the intro to National Anthem was reminding you of Bitter Sweet Symphony. Because I just now realized that myself lol

[@rvveluz3553]

you’ll love NFR, her best album! it also has some rock elements

[@myopia2020]

I think somebody already mentioned this, but the Paradise EP (tacked onto the Paradise Edition of Born To Die) has 8 more songs (a couple are classics). The videos for "National Anthem" and "Ride", in particular, are fantastic and well worth checking out😊...Oh, and there's also the "Young And Beautiful" single (I think it might be her most streamed song)

[@jackg935]

I would LOVE if you listened to her two albums before born to die! There’s AKA Lizzy Grant which comes before born to die, and Sirens under her pseudonym May Jailer which comes before AKA and from when she was a teen. I have a google drive with Sirens if you’d like it!!

[@abdoesper3908]

Great coming across you channel! Keep it up!

[@rrriflefox2335]

Cant wait to see your reaction to Paradise!

[@booli8542]

You're so cute, cause you seem so genuine and nice ❤ Great video about a great album.

[@abriannamarie]

i absolutely love u and ur reactions

[@riversfrank826]

I’m so ready for you to get to Ultraviolence!! Also Miley’s and Halsey’s best albums in the back, taste!!

[@FIVESTARBLINK]

lana wrote a song for the great gatsby film in 2013!

[@elwynobatay5515]

ur cat is so cuteeeeee.

[@strangerthings88]

If you haven’t heard would you be willing to do the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy album by Sarah McLachlan and Surfacing? She has some pretty dark and contemplating lyrics in her earlier albums. Aside from that they’re just timeless and have no skipable songs. Those two anyhow are just perfection. Afterglow is more mature, but amazing also. I’d love if you just just resting to Building a Mystery first and maybe the video too

[@selimjadue7865]

What a great reaction ! Waiting for Ultraviolence reaction 🖤 lyrically is darker than Born To Die

[@pawankumar-rl2ic]

She is underrated😢singer, she is worth more than all top singers today!!

[@brunokingz]

Underrated lol everybody knows her

[@luca_vxbes8150]

i love ur reactionss

[@BrokenGodEnt]

A few years back Lana said all of her love songs are pretty much about the same person

[@toomanythingss]

Most people always make me irritate when they're pausing, but you, i do not. don't know why.

[@strangerthings88]

I really hope you do or did the Paradise EP!

[@nvplast6212]

I can't wait for u to listen to norman Rockwell lol I think it's better than ocean bld but it's really close tho.

[@mimosa7070]

If you´re obsessed about this, you should really try Angelina Jordan´s cover of Born to die. Some people (me included) find Angelina´s cover even better than the original. And she was only 12, that says a lot about Angelina.

[@terrencelovesyou4506]

I love ur vibe. Please react to ultraviolence

[@gio-gl2pj]

great reaction!!!!

[@saatmohd9482]

Born To Die is LDR's best album