How Ultraviolence Vindicated Lana Del Rey

In this second installment of my Lana Del Rey retrospective series, we'll look into Ultraviolence, her second major-label album which redefined how many looked at her as an artist and figure. In this video, we'll remember the music, the history, and the vindication Lana finally got. #lanadelrey #popmusic #ultraviolence
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[@EljohnMacaranas]

So… how do we feel about Ultraviolence?

[@shahzadi.zafira__]

My comfort album 💕

[@AstralAustin]

Her best album🖤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

@@shahzadi.zafira__ YES!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

@@AstralAustin Honestly, yes… even if NFR is the perfect walking around LA album

[@connorilluminationhoward6392]

ultraviolence is my 2nd favorite album. i used to never care for this album but after a full listen recently it got it's self up there behind NFR. this is literally my summer album😭🖐

[@lexaproqueen9681]

I just realized the first line of the album is “I shared my body and my mind with you; that’s all over now” and the last is “…will spend her life alone”. Woah, what a story 😮

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It's tiny details like that so many people skip over then get to discover later on. Her work is transcendental.

[@V10l3tta1]

And then not to mention the somewhat unreleased one that technically ends the album, flipside.

[@kowcaine]

Is This Happiness ends the album (without the unreleased)

[@hannahmichaels9992]

There’s something cinematic about her sound that makes her so utterly alluring

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s the voicing she has, it feels like she’s lived through hundreds of years and different lives all during the same time period. Then its her choice of producers (she started producing her records and getting credit for it around Honeymoon.) It’s kinda funny (and tragic) no one took her at face value when she started and said she wanted to just be an artist and exist and everyone thought she was doing performance art or a gimmick for so long.

[@Ulises92]

Honeymoon is next 😆 her most underrated album. It's so beautiful and dreamy. And religion is the best song. It's so gorgeous

[@palemoonlight96]

Yess honeymoon is so underrated and there are literally zero in depth video essays on youtube that analyze it, we need one that does its magic and complexity justice 😍

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Don’t worry besties, gotchu ♥️

[@aldalab]

Chemtrails and Blue Banisters are way more underated.

[@kaylahudspeth]

Honeymoon is my favorite album!

[@ultraviolince]

chemtrails is her most underrated album

[@MasterSplinter931]

this is by far my favorite Lana album, this era was peak

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It was just above and beyond what anyone expected at the time, just an utter surprise

[@aliciamichelle955]

I'll never forget the first time I heard Cruel World. It was everything I ever could have wanted from her. A+++

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Truly one of her magnum opus. Like it's just so thrilling!

[@UltraViolet666]

Me too 😭 I remember sitting on my bed, ready to listen to the album in full, and as soon as I heard the opening guitar of Cruel World, I knew it would be my favourite song.

[@aliciamichelle955]

@@UltraViolet666 I knew right away too! I was basically in shock cause I couldn't believe my favorite singer was doing my favorite genre

[@quail57]

I feel like Ultraviolence is Lana's best work to date imho. I'm listening to it at work, and I'm still getting the same chills I got almost 10 years ago when I was a freshman in college. Truly a masterpiece. That whole era of her, the Born to Die era, Ultraviolence, and Honeymoon (an incredibly underrated Lana album, my personal 2nd favorite) will always hold such a a special place in my heart. I also feel like people are way too hypercritical about her lyrics. Like, she was just speaking on her relationships, and yes, not everything is rainbows and flipping sunshine. So many woman suffer through DV, and she was just being brutally honest about how she felt in her relationship in that place and time. It doesn't mean she's promoting anything. Lord.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh you’re so right about how masterful the record is. I went out of my way to buy UV as my first ever vinyl years ago! Honestly, though, yeah Lana faced so much unfair criticism over the themes of her music. It’s quasi-ironic she came up when “self-empowerment” anthems were the hot ticket. Lana’s music played against twee and skewed awfully brutalist and realistic

[@punkbjork]

i know this isn't the pc thing to say but i call cap that she experienced physical dv, no one who has would actually write those lyrics or feel that way. this is entirely based on anecdotal experience with everyone i know but she's proven many times that she tries to make herself and her story out to be way more tragic than it is to be taken more seriously as a tortured bohemian artist, like lying about poverty, addiction, stuff like that.

[@quail57]

@@punkbjork I do think she exaggerates things for sure. Like being poor and this rich glamorous life of a Hollywood starlet. Like, Lana your dad was successful and though he was successful you didn't have this Hollywood glamour life. I'm not going to agree with with you on her making up DV stories, because that is something that we just don't know and she even said Ultraviolence was an extremely personal album. Unlike Born to Die, it wasn't super manufactured and her image wasn't as manufactured for this album. I'll choose to believe her on that part. Nonetheless, I think a lot of artists kind of manufacture an image that's not truly them, and if you look at the most successful artists, they all kind of do this, and some of them really do live the life they portray. But they still have an image they sell regardless. That being said, it doesn't mean it would be okay to make up DV claims or make up any form of abuse.

[@punkbjork]

@@quail57 usually i give people the benefit of the doubt and am inclined towards believing victims, like even statistically male-on-female domestic violence is extremely common so they're probably telling the truth, especially if they name their abuser, because they have nothing to gain and everything to lose. but lana has been incredibly vague and poetic about all of those experiences, hiding behind poetry and building an image of narrative tragedy that i just don't buy. it's not that i need survivors to go into specific detail about their traumatic experiences, just that i don't believe her in particular because no survivor i know would romanticize it in art the way that she does. abuse drains all of your energy and sucks your soul out, you wouldn't even have the time to write poems and compose music while suffering because your main priority is survival while you're stifled under the weight of the fear and pain of a violent relationship. based on the rest of her personality and everything else she does and says in situations where it's obvious nobody can fake that, i deduce that she seems like someone who wouldn't stand for or tolerate that from a partner, but nonetheless likes to project an image of somebody who's passionate and hopelessly in love to attract an audience that adores her and eats that shit up. she grew up wealthy, privileged, and abandoned her mansion to go slumming in a trailer park, but portrayed that period of her life as "struggling" when really it was her choice to live like that and she had a safety net of financial security and support from daddy's $ the entire time. she's tried to hide her roots, pretended to be latina and from the hood, and when asked if she's done heroin, she's said "no comment" which is an obvious attempt to make herself appear like she has, when anyone who's actually met users can take one look at her and know for a fact there's no way this woman would touch h and has obviously never been near it. she's not hispanic, not ghetto, and not a victim, because victims don't tend to romanticize their circumstances in the way that she does, to the extent that she does. she's just selling an idea, exploiting gullibility, and taking advantage of the fact that most people want to believe in that image and find it aesthetically appealing.

[@quail57]

@@punkbjork artists have written and sung about dv and abusive relationships. Rain on me Ashanti, Goodbye earl Dixie chicks, Independence Day Martina McBride, just to name a few. I don't agree with people making up DV situations, but as far as we know, we don't know if she is telling the truth about it. If you choose not to believe her, that's your prerogative. People also deal with things differently. They are people who are open to talking about their abuse and there are people who are not open about it. Victims deal with trauma differently. There are plenty of artists who who say a lot of things in their songs that can be taken negatively. It is a fine line to walk, but I believe if artists are being biographical, they have the creative license to express how they feel. It doesn't even mean they agree with how they once felt or would promote certain behaviors to young people. Sometimes they are just telling their story. But if you don't believe her at all, then you don't believe her. But plenty of artists have sung and written about their abuse.

[@asa_rayder]

Flipside deserves justice

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s the fact it isn’t on streaming, people would talk about it more or recognize it. But alas… I omitted it for that reason, but think it’s a lovely addition. Ties into Cruel World quite well and could be a decent finale if the deluxe tracks were a bit more cohesive.

[@boyolita]

It somewhat did, listen to the drums version of it.

[@therobotdevil2284]

I love this album so much, it made a huge impact on my life and holds up incredibly well today.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I’ve had friends tell me that the album helped them recognize toxic habits and addictions in their life and take the steps to discard them, it’s kinda wild how powerful music can be!

[@_sty__le7433]

This album and era were so messy but so iconic - He hit me and it felt like a KISS - The cult leader line - ending it with the other woman - WEST COAST God I miss it, this was really her best album before NFR!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I thought it was kinda wild she really just dipped on promoting the album beyond social media and the occasional music video like a lot of my friends who loved her wondered where she went until I had to say… it’s out guys lol

[@magnusb9783]

It’s better then NFR.

[@shush9687]

ultraviolence is still my favorite album from her. im so so in love with the darker soft rock/grunge feel of it. kinda wished she would come out with smth like this again but i dont think she ever will

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I feel like UV came at a particularly dark and challenging time in Lana’s life, I’d love for her to revisit the sound but if she’s “outgrown” it… well you’re just about right we’ll never get it again 😭

[@UltraViolet666]

Saaame! It will always be my favourite, and my all time favourite album too. It was released at the perfect time to have such an impact though, so personally, I don't think there will ever be an UV 2.0, but hopefully some more throwbacks in her next work :)

[@Supernovaex]

Ultra is a bible. I just love the darker stuff and blues vibes of it. Tho I understand she was in a quite dark period in her personal life it's still one of her best for me

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s a very unique album but definitely a once in a generation work of art that’s the sum of unique lived experiences and moments. I see so much recent art inspired by it, it’s insane.

[@Supernovaex]

@@EljohnMacaranas very much agreed! Next year it's gonna be 10 years since it was released but West coast is easily one of the best songs I've heard. Also thank you so much for supporting Lana 🧡

[@martynangel2418]

Love this video :D I got into LDR when I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL and at that time Ultraviolence was her newest album. Her music has always had a quality to me where it feels like she is singing directly to my soul. This album in particular alongside Honeymoon were the albums that raised me through my adolescence and honestly I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh Honeymoon was a pivotal coming of age album for me when I was younger! I def understand your feelings about LDR!

[@LLOriginal]

This will literally be my favorite forever no matter what. I can always go back to this album and just fall in love all over again... Mood wise I'm totally feeling NFR & BB but this will always be my #1

[@EljohnMacaranas]

No agreed, if I had to save like one Lana record I might be crazy and pick Ultraviolence over NFR

[@LLOriginal]

@@EljohnMacaranas NFR ISSSS SO GOOD!!!! Like every song on that album is gold and just flows effortlessly! But I have so much love for that OG Ultraviolence.. I feel like that album literally saved me 💖

[@quail57]

​@@EljohnMacaranasthat part!!!

[@matheussantana2390]

I was a Tumblr Sad Girl during my teen years and very much vibed with the some popular songs on BTD. As I grew old, though, I began to despise everything related to that era of mine. It wasn't until I randomly listened to West Coast that I respected Lana as artist; had never heard anything like this and it's still one of her best gems. There's few artists out there that can turn 180 in their style whilst being true to themselves. In this regard, Lana reminds me of 90s Madonna.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Omg she’s Alt Madonna 😭

[@IBeBradleyy]

Its so odd because i never cared for this album and barely liked a single song on it then literally one day.. it just grabbed me and I fell inlove lol

[@EljohnMacaranas]

No like that’s what I’ve heard from Lana stans like this one sneaks up on u!

[@SafeTripHome33]

Yall slow

[@MyAverageYoutube]

this will always be my favorite lana album forever , this was my first pop concert and overall just a good time

[@Be12397]

Old money is really one of my favorites too! But who can pick- every song on this record is amazing.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Like it shifts everyday, I’m a huge fan of The Other Woman at the moment, just a perfect cover

[@Gabosaurus_13]

Lana was a complete boss pulling out this masterpiece Going zig when everyone wanted/thought she was gonna go zag It's hands down a highlight in her career and it has left It's mark to this day A rebel, reckless, bold and brave fever dream

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Like genuinely she’s a pioneer who said “never go back” even when we do want another UV like album, have you heard Pink Champagne? It’s the Ultraviolence demo for Let Me Love You Like a Woman

[@Gabosaurus_13]

@@EljohnMacaranas it's amazing, I just heard it So different from the released one Just like Beautiful People (Demo) A completely different story

[@Strawberry_donut]

I started listening to Lana Del Rey because of the anticipation around Ocean Blvd and I can proudly say that I'm a stan now.

[@AnnaBanana-kz6es]

Please listen to Heroin and Get Free!!

[@fernandagardeleo7045]

Lana's musica NEVER gets old to me it feels like yesterday but oh boy those days ....i lost a bit of track between lust for life and NFR but came fully back when COTCC realesed and i couldn't be more proud of her she's a GIANT person to me ! Makes gratefull for being alive at this era when my fav music it's from old eras. Lana is my island, wouldn't need anyone elses music...💜

[@fernandagardeleo7045]

@Sylvia she's the only one i've never been tired of

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Spill on the part about never being bored of her 😭

[@fernandagardeleo7045]

@@EljohnMacaranas 💜😔 she means deeply to all of us...

[@lucas10armond]

It's my favorite era of hers without a doubt, but my favorite track is Flipside super hidden in the Japanese version I think

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It was on the Target version I think too which I totally regret not getting!

[@BIGE2333]

Damn you didn’t mention FlipSide??

[@randomazed]

I'm so glad I found these, I'm a new fan who has been sleeping on the genius of Lana Del Rey and it's so fantastic to live vicariously through these eras 💜

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I love recapping eras for people who weren’t really like aware or interested at the time (and to recall why I like records so much or maybe changed my mind about initial feelings if it aged better.) Lana and Taylor have been like near day 1 faves of mine and both have lengthy discographies so in many ways it’s kinda paying back reverence to the histories of legends I love. I intend to do a full recap of Lana but also some of my fave records from 2013 (Prism, Beyonce, Bangerz, and another Artpop video)

[@randomazed]

@@EljohnMacaranas yessss omg I can't wait for all of it those are all incredible records and I know I don't even know the half of it but I am taking notes 😍 🎶 you're awesome

[@bluijay4204]

Oh my gosh ! Please listen to her May Jailor album!

[@austinrico9080]

Ultraviolence being touted as one of her best and birthing the pop stars of today that is queen shit

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I’d kill for Olivia Rodrigo to have her version of an Ultraviolence record, maybe not thematically but sonically something earthy and rock-y and a little psychedelic. You have to go big or go home with your second album, do or die and queen Lana is now on her 9th 😭

[@Hottest_Bardi]

I didn’t even know the other woman was a cover 😭 she made that song her own

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I think it takes a certain talent to be able to do that. She really ATE.

[@DRM9394]

Ugh. I miss the ultraviolence era and paradise… I wish we could go back💕

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I wish I could tell my past self how great it ages (and to pick up some vinyls bc damn the limited pressings go for mad $$$)

[@acielvert8573]

brooklyn baby was the song that got me into lana, i just love it so much

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s just a vibe 🖤

[@lessthanthree3528]

yes yes yes ultraviolence is the best lana album and always will be nothing compares a near perfect score in my book 😭

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I heard she’s dropping a doc called The UV Sessions… if true, that’s all the proof we need 🖤

[@BIGE2333]

@@EljohnMacaranasdid this ever drop?

[@thearchane3749]

AKA - vision Born to Die - sacrifice Paradise - transformation Ultraviolence - manipulation

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Wait… this is perfect!

[@thearchane3749]

@@EljohnMacaranas your videos are perfect!

[@kevinxsanchez]

Loved reliving this! You explain it perfectly.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thanks bestie! Very nostalgic recalling what exactly I did like from the record

[@veenu_1853]

I'm a new Lana fan and have slowly been working my way through all of her songs and I've gotta say, Ultraviolence is probs my fav so far with West Coast and Brooklyn Baby. Oh! and Pretty When You Cry is near and dear to me.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

UV remains my fave besides NFR to this day, this one cemented me as a Lana stan for life

[@veenu_1853]

@@EljohnMacaranas NFR is awesome! My fav song from that one is Cinnamon Girl

[@Heroinheart]

this album gets better everyday

[@EljohnMacaranas]

No like she put crack in it

[@julyavacon8837]

love this series so far! great job putting this together :D

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thanks a ton! 🖤

[@paulespinal2602]

Great content! Thanks for putting this out there 10/10✨

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank u 🖤 used to chase views years ago and whatever but now just talk about whatever i want

[@kaylahudspeth]

Love your Lana videos, I'm obsessed with everything she's put out please keep doing videos 😍

[@EljohnMacaranas]

More to come! Recording 🌝

[@elenasreadingcorner]

I’m so glad I have discovered your channel! Your album analyses are so good❤ Ultraviolence supremacy

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank you! 😭

[@UltraViolet666]

8:27 I love all versions of West Coast so much, even all of the leaked early versions/mixes, but my favourite mix is the Rob Orton mix. This is the one in the West Coast Official Audio on KZbin. It was first released with that mix because the final album mix wasn't done yet (i.e. the mix on Spotify, and the mix in the Official Music Video). The Rob Orton mix is more chill, with the guitar sounds more prominent in the chorus, and it's the version I played on repeat in April-June 2014, before the albums release so it will always feel like "peak West Coast" to me.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh my god thank you for this comment, I always wondered why I remembered it different. Ugh, I’m dying from nostalgia right now. I haven’t heard this version in years 😭

[@UltraViolet666]

@@EljohnMacaranas yayyy! I'm so glad! 😄😄😄

[@miloa.2684]

one of my favorite albums of all time listened to the entire album in one sitting on vinyl that I had connected to my A/V receiver at the time and plugged in my headphones into it sounded amazing and really brought me into the music

[@EljohnMacaranas]

That sounds amazing! I think I sat down and actually listened to Ultraviolence for the first time on crappy car speakers when it dropped then finally got to experience it on some good speakers later that week and it really sounded better!

[@shygyrl2328]

cruel world might be her best song of all time,,,, also guns and roses is so underrated its so good though

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Cruel World was honestly her first true masterwork song, not to knock the BTD or Paradise tracks but it was the first time she r felt unrestrained and ready to show us her more colorful artistic edge

[@iconiclogan]

my opinion will always be this was & is her best album, hands down. it drives me up the wall when new fans swear to the hilltops that NFR tops this- like how? HOW?

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I blame it on accessibility. NFR is my second favorite album and era but I do get why the easy listening chill album would be newer fans' favorite. I think UV (and Honeymoon to a degree) was Lana at her most stylized where as NFR was a very stripped back record to the point some argue it's barebones.

[@desireandfire]

Nfr was so beautiful and tranquil. I was actyally shocked at how good it was. Lanas songwriting improved so much on that record and felt more true and personal than uv's more cartoonish feel

[@chrystianaw8256]

​@@desireandfirewhat cartoonish feel? Y'all are so annoying

[@persayla]

Thank you, keep the good work, Iam waiting for your next video.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Honeymoon is one of my fave era hands down, I’m like deep listening and writing it up as we speak 🌕

[@peterdelcurtis]

I remember she was actually announced to have a live performance on David Letterman to promote the album but it was cancelled! 16 year old me was so upset haha

[@EljohnMacaranas]

That was during her decision to blackout the media after she'd been misquoted one too many times, I remember seeing people on fan forums (twitter wasn't as popular then) being so mad

[@valerieidare4892]

You have the exacts words to describe the songs. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank u so much, it was hard to find them, like I’ve felt that way about UV since I first heard it at 17

[@magnusb9783]

FLIPSIDE EXISTS? I know its only on the japanese and target cd I think? But still thats an incredible song. Also similar to how you skipped mentioning burning desire on the other video lol.

[@linnhellsten5336]

Just found your channel and it's great!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Welcome aboard! Thank you for watching!

[@cainvarner]

wow!!! great analysis

[@EljohnMacaranas]

THANKS! i try!

[@arthurmartinezs]

I gotta Say that she chose the singles for this album SO WELL!! And tbh pretty when you cry, florida kilos and black beauty are single worthy too.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

This album would have done bigger numbers in a streaming age because whew the hits!

[@arthurmartinezs]

@@EljohnMacaranas i think about this often, but at the same time it wouldnt had the same magic of the era... lana goin to many places to promote it and etc.

[@Sequoya]

I had no idea Auerbach was a part of this record, it makes so much sense.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

My friend HATED pop but loved The Black Keys and found out about this and has been to every Lana tour since Endless Summer tour in 2015 since listening to UV

[@Sequoya]

Yes! Everything is a reference and intertwined. It’s a better experience when you understand the inspiration. Nina Simone is one of my favorite artists. I get what Lana is saying in her version of “the other woman”. P.S. check out “four women”, “do I move you”, and “real” which were written and composed by Nina Simone.

[@HEAVYONITBARBIE]

Not you skipping to talk about Flipside, my favourite track from her 😭it was a Japan exclusive

[@EljohnMacaranas]

If she put it on streaming I would have 😭

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Also BARB! ❤️💅

[@HEAVYONITBARBIE]

@@EljohnMacaranas clock lana's tea 😭 i always have to stream it on KZbin/soundcloud 😮‍💨 and yes maam, the barbz are outt ❤️‍🔥

[@imarandomgirl.]

All of her albums r my faves I can’t choose 😂❤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

UV is my fave just because of the time it came out in, but removing nostalgia: it’s v hard to pick a fave. Like I’ll have days where I know it’s Honeymoon then other days it’s NFR or BB

[@imarandomgirl.]

@@EljohnMacaranas sameee !!

[@user-qf5kl6cv2y]

@@EljohnMacaranas It changes based on the emotions you feel!

[@tesselate8nowait262]

You’re doing the lord’s work, I love this✨❤️

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank you! I genuinely started making these after revisiting her music before her new one drops next month. Like for the longest time I wanted to make a series but like seeing a lot of stans not know the lore on TikTok, I went… nah lemme do this.

[@tesselate8nowait262]

@@EljohnMacaranas people need to know!! Lana’s fans have always had her back, even when the media has done her dirty. Keep up the great work!

[@Alliflowerr]

My favorite album of all time

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Another BELIEVER! Yes!

[@Alliflowerr]

@@EljohnMacaranas Yes how could Uv not be the best album of all time yk?

[@StanleyDo]

Top 2 album for me. SO GOOD!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It constantly shuffles with NFR for my top spot!

[@josefinamautone1293]

omg do NFR, love this

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s in the oven ❤️

[@lorenzodelconte6645]

You forgot the Target bonus track "Flipside". One of my favourite

[@brynniefresh9746]

not even mentioning guns and roses is funny...i feel the same way...i wish she put black beauty on the regular album and there's other leaked songs that i wish were on there but i wonder if she was told she couldn't

[@cowhidesunglasses]

The content I want ❤️

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank u 🖤

[@stephencroft1612]

i love your channel i subscribed

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank u sm 🖤

[@jmmc04]

didnt know harmony was involved in florida kilos but it makes so much sense now lol its my fav too

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Lana is so cinematic, like where’s HER movie? I’d love to see her go into directing one day like long form stuff or maybe a story or two. Ironically I think Spring Breakers was ahead of its time in that it would have been a streaming smash.

[@Some_guy79-]

Brooklyn baby is my all time fav

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Definitely one of her most recognizable songs for a reason!

[@MyAverageYoutube]

It got me into Lou reed which opened the door to soooooo much music

[@xmissdaytona]

Best album ever in my opinion. It will always be 1 ❤✨🖤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Love to see a diehard Ultraviolence fan!

[@stellamagdalene3521]

If Old Money was the lead single....

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I feel like it would have been a smoother transition for BTD fans but like I remember when West Coast dropped and like music merds everywhere went WTF (for good reasons)

[@ofekR]

Flipside is one of the best songs of this album!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I’m shocked she never put it on streaming

[@utopiaurora]

love the way u talked ab every song but guns n roses😭

[@EljohnMacaranas]

the omission was from exhaustion but it’s a great song (just not one of my faves)

[@cristanero]

The best, absolute best

[@EljohnMacaranas]

no like i get NFR is the critical darling and all but UV is my personal fave

[@sourpuss310]

My favorite album 🥰

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Mine too (don't let the NFR stans find me)

[@hgntmz]

Best album of all time.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It's pretty close to there for me, just a one-of-a-kind record I'm sorta glad she never mimicked or did again.

[@a2ad9c36]

justin parker worked on 2015's Honeymoon btw

[@hurricane_valence]

Please do paradise 🙏

[@m3lancholiaa]

you didnt mention the "guns and roses" single, which is on the deluxe version...

[@davidwyatt6169]

Please make a video on Chromatica I would love to see your thoughts!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

plan to once i wrap up lana and do a video on miley’s endless summer vacation and a bangerz reevaluation, it’s in the queue

[@chunli6197]

yasss

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Just all around the sad girl album we never knew we needed 😭

[@katiek6481]

What song is the back half? And I thought black beauty is on ultraviolence? I'm just wondering maybe I misheard or it's different on spotify?

[@featmyself]

Justice for flipside, it’s so dark and beautiful

[@cristanero]

Pretty When You Cry was recorded completely impromptu

[@EljohnMacaranas]

😭😭😭 the talent!

[@ButteryLemon]

I (STILL) need time to recover from the fact that Flipside is not in most vinyls and is considered a semi unreleased song. UV is still a 10/10 tho

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Flipside definitely should be added to a 10 year anniversary reprint

[@ButteryLemon]

@@EljohnMacaranas i would cry if that happened 😭

[@VJ-bu7sp]

Old Money is one of best songs ever made !

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s one of my fave all-time Lana tracks just gorgeous 😭

[@gestionhumana8743]

Ohhh the shade about Megan made my day.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Genuinely hate the new Mother snippet… like ofc tiktok loves it

[@arthurmartinezs]

One of my all time favorites is Flipside, wich is only available in japan for some reason, just like is this happiness is only available in apple music, tell me why Lanita.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Contracts and labels trying to sweeten their relationships with specific companies and not realizing they paywall songs forever

[@reey2778]

Ou- Im late to this but UV is THAT album

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh it’s THE album for me 🖤

[@AKLabs-xl4re]

Will you complete her discography before release of Ocean Blvd?

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I've done BTD, UV and have old reviews for COCC and BB (i may mention them again together in NFR's epilogue) so i just really have Honeymoon, LFL, and NFR so probably.

[@babel_UV]

WHY DOES EVERYONE IGNORE GUNS AND ROSES

[@sandorkocso1798]

"poptivism" looooool :))))))))) love that

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Poptimism was actually a thing! Like that’s what some modern critics labeled the 2010-16 era!

[@LittleMissNoName24]

PERIOT X

[@EljohnMacaranas]

🖤🖤🖤

[@vincentdanao]

plz make a retrospective on melanie martinez

[@brisenocturne1441]

I didn't like Ultraviolence when it first came out because it was different from BTD. But it grew on me gradually

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I feel like it was so jarring going from BTD to this to Honeymoon but I’m glad she really got the chance to explore different sounds early on, she’s still pushing boundaries but those first three were insane!

[@brisenocturne1441]

@@EljohnMacaranas it's an album you listen to and constantly say daaamn this is dark girl run 😀😞

[@allansarmiento8221]

Wht about flipside and gums and roses????

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Flipside’s a beautiful bonus track that was only available on the Target version and some International versions. Thought it was a good parallel to Cruel World’s guitars honestly. Really gorgeous, loved the dark feeling coming to a hedge even at the end. Guns and Roses I omitted because I felt while it was pretty it didn’t necessarily add much to the record. The deluxe tracks felt more tacked on than anything, I wish they’d felt more ordered or deliberate.

[@pandoraforcandy]

What are your thoughts on Guns and Roses and Flipside? A lot of fans seem to really dislike G&R. Personally I think it’s a great track.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I mentioned liking Flipside in another comment for being a nice epilogue to Cruel World. I think Guns and Roses is disliked for feeling a bit plain but the songwriting is pretty impressive, resembling her later works but not quite refined.

[@mirecek0210]

The Black Hall?????? What is that, i cant find any info about it!!!!!!!! 8:47

[@user-om1hi8wd5o]

How could u leave out flipside 😭

[@danielrhenals1533]

Ok so I’m colombian and yayo yaaaaaaaayooooooo yaaaaaaaaaayooooooooooo that’s how we do it. Mmm mmmm pretty baby. What a mess and i LOVE IT.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Messy Lana is always the best Lana.

[@daniela-kc2ui]

You left out flipside!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I kinda acknowledged it in another comment. Like it’s a great song but just not available on streaming and was shoved onto the Japanese and some other international versions (as well as Target’s here in the states)

[@keshavg3318]

U forgot guns and roses as well as Flipside

[@Dantefrost]

You forgot flipside

[@EljohnMacaranas]

From an earlier comment: “It’s the fact it isn’t on streaming, people would talk about it more or recognize it. But alas… I omitted it for that reason, but think it’s a lovely addition. Ties into Cruel World quite well and could be a decent finale if the deluxe tracks were a bit more cohesive.” Deserved track placement but was not on Apple Music or Spotify 😭

[@AZyzk]

Mr Grant is releasing an album this year? Daddy Del Rey is real?

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Yes and I will cover it 🫡

[@youwillovercome]

all roads lead back to “west coast”

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Literally an American classic

[@PolarasX]

Honestly i love every lana album dont get me wrong, but i dont think ultraviolence isnt even in my top 5. I love alot of the songs, but compaired to Paradise, Born to Die, Honeymoon, Chemtrails, and NFR (my top 5 in that order) I wouldnt pick ultraviolence out.

[@neftalialejandrovegavega7263]

What about flipside? 😋

[@EljohnMacaranas]

From an earlier comment: “It’s the fact it isn’t on streaming, people would talk about it more or recognize it. But alas… I omitted it for that reason, but think it’s a lovely addition. Ties into Cruel World quite well and could be a decent finale if the deluxe tracks were a bit more cohesive.” It’s a deserving track, wish it was available beyond CDs 😭

[@bluijay4204]

Dude.... No one holds a candle to Lana & it's just the truth. ❤❤❤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Like… she needs to win her AOTY grammy next year, she was robbed in 2020

[@gabanostyle2664]

Megan 😂 trainor lmao