Therapist Reacts To: The Greatest by Lana Del Rey

[@lewis-h6n]

Happiness is a butterflyyyy

[@victormonteiro5034]

Yes

[@pamelapiano3904]

Yessssss please

[@newmfxgirl]

YESSS!

[@fenano_]

yeeeeesss

[@shilohgoes5544]

YES! It’s my absolute fave right now, so beautiful.

[@EissaDelRey]

I always tear up hearing this, this album dropped on August, 2019, and this song in particular felt like a goodbye to the 2010s, the end of an era, a decade where "the culture was lit and we had a ball" 🥲❤️ that's what I associate this song with.

[@EissaDelRey]

"Hawaii just missed that fireball" is a reference to the 2018 Hawaii ballistic missile false alarm "Kanye West is blond and gone" obviously referencing his change of political views - which she dragged him for on instagram, and that line is so on point because recently he got worse with his antisemitism and praise for Hitler And both the "L.A is in flames" and "Life on Mars ain't just a song" is about climate change

[@laincoubert7236]

@@EissaDelRey i always wondered why "blond" tho... also "life on mars" refers to tech and elon as well. lana has shared her interest in that even at the beginning of her career! :)

[@malikbarry7542]

@@laincoubert7236this was when Kanye dyed his hair blonde and was also supportive of Donald Trump which is what the blonde references

[@EissaDelRey]

@laincoubert7236 As someone pointed out, Kanye went blond around 2016, which is the time he started endorsing Trump, as for Life on Mars, it could be a tribute to David Bowie since it's his song, or her interest in tech as you said, or probably the need for us to seriously consider colonizing and transforming Mars as climate change becomes a threat to human life on Earth

[@laincoubert7236]

@@EissaDelRey i don’t follow ye’s life (as i should lol) and didn’t know he went blond around that time, so thanks! I think you’re absolutely right about the life on mars line, the meaning’s clearly layered. Obviously, lana also referenced bowie on Terrence Loves You. It might also be important that Life on Mars is a pretty known song contributing to the theme of culture as a whole on this track, like she wasn’t gonna refer to something super niche to make that point. Ugh she’s such a genius

[@dancinkid1716]

The fact that she dropped Norman right before Covid marking the end of an era is so genius...the lyrics..just everything about it. No wonder this is her most acclaimed album. The line "culture is lit" is perhaps my favorite. She's using the slang "lit" to say that people are having fun despite all the problems going on in the world-- but at the same time is a wordplay with the verb 'to light'... relating to the L.A flames...then she uses the term burned out meaning she's tired of the culture and wants to leave. This song is so complex and beautiful. All the lines were so well thought out.

[@frotah]

And i LOVE that she uses "lit" and "ball" in the same verse 'cause they're both adjectives with the same meaning, it's just that one is contemporary and the other one very old and rarely used anymore.

[@dancinkid1716]

@@frotah omg YES. She's a genius

[@fairydreamkiki]

I love how lana has so many layers in her poetry. i also get the feeling its a goodbye letter to her one true love, alcohol. the greatest loss of them all.

[@jpvianini]

Hey, I liked your interpretation and I think it's valid. Jack Antonoff described this song as a "funeral march to the death of culture". Lana's always putting herself as metonomy of America (not the country, but the idealistic thought of freedom and liberal arts). This song was written in a time when culture was in an abominable state (Trump was president, Kanye - which once was one of the greatest artists alive - had completely lost his mind to a ego crisis, narcisism was ruining everything). In this case, there's no metonomy, she's watching how the whole culture she grew up looking to was disappearing, she experienced it, she had a ball, and got burned out. I think climate change, war problems are linked, but NFR! is deeply focused in the art world, putting it as a metonomy to the general culture. She's really clever and Jack really nailed the mood of the song with the mellotron. Oh, and about the book, do you think when it comes out in Amazon it can be shipped to Brazil? I really don't like digital reading and as I said before I am a recovering addict (almost beating the thousand day mark) but my father is an active alcoholic and my 14 year old brother feels he's responsible to "save him at any cost", even though my father doesn't want any help. So I think your book could be great so I can talk to my brother since he's actively refusing therapy.

[@brunohyde2306]

Ahazou mana

[@georgiam4725]

Beautifully worded and encapsulated what I was going to comment, but far more articulately 😅 Also, congratulations on your sobriety ❤️

[@hugopy882]

Would like to know too!

[@sunsetstillsam]

isso mesmo

[@thiago.drochon]

Obrigado por essas informações. Espero que a sua situação familiar melhore! Um grande abraço ❤

[@myopia2020]

"Dennis" is Dennis Wilson, drummer of The Beach Boys who drowned in Marina *del Rey* while intoxicated (He struggled with drugs and alcohol for much of his life. He also briefly hung out with Charles Manson and was instantly scared s***less. Manson even has a song on BBs album credited to Dennis) The Beach Boys also have an early song called "Lana". I'm sure Lana is well aware of these things. There is an apocalyptic air mixed with nostalgia - L.A. is in flames on the NFR album cover. Does anybody here know if Lana actually lived in Long Beach? Thank you, Mere! You're making your way through NFR!

[@TheAnastyB]

This 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@leonamroa]

OMG

[@meljc2823]

I think I read at the start of her career she has lived there.. Thanks for everything you just wrote. I understand her wrighting style a lot better now..😌🙏

[@strngerinldn]

I always tear up at "I want shit to feel just like they used to when baby I was doing nothing the most of all" because I feel like she’s reminiscing about pre fame period when she used to just enjoy herself and life without all the "bad" things that comes with life when growing and just the current world as it is. I personally associate it to me being a kid and worry free and how I miss that

[@berzatto]

i interpret this song being about depression. "i miss doing nothing the most of all" like the nostalgia you always get from when you were at your lowest because you've been depressed for so long it becomes comforting. nothing feeling like i used to and always missing times where u didn't have this feeling. knowing you can't ever go back to what life was like without depression

[@andresdelrey26]

I love how she talks facts in the outro, LA in flames, Kanye West gone, the fact That Life On Mars being more than a song is so real, and she ends it with “Oh, the live stream is almost on” like in the current world, people don’t care about the real problems and just pretend to do, but when something trends on social media, they forget the real issue

[@wiseguy100]

The guitar solo sends shivers down my spine (In a nice way). The melody to this song is so beautiful. Has a 50s/60s surf vibe to it.

[@dylanstewart1154]

I love this too, I always get the very specific feeling of a smokey 80's basement party, at the end of the night with one couple slow dancing in the middle of the room. That's what I feel during that part

[@violencnoviolet]

Mere, you TRULY need to react to Lana's poems. Especially "L.A Who am I to Love You" and "Sportcruiser". Guys, please give this comment a thumbs up so she'll see it!

[@stargrl77]

I agree! I have Lana’s book and I’ve read it so many times. :)

[@Joydisaster]

YES !!! I love the entire book, but these two are seriously something else, I would love for her to react to these ❤️

[@zaheeporbanderwala2270]

LA who am I to love you and beyond the bushes cypress thriving are my favorites! they both give me such major NFR vibes too!

[@aleksejmilasinovic6524]

she did

[@cagehro]

This song means a lot to me. I did not imagine that it was going to touch me so much, without imagining that the pandemic would make us value the past time. For me, this album is one of the best, where Lana del Rey showed maturity in her songs. I love your interpretation, thanks for doing it. .

[@carriethompson84]

This is one of my FAVORITE songs by Lana!! It's so happy with a tiny slice of melancholy about missing the past or sumn from the past... Lana is simply just amazing & a wonderful storyteller/songwriter. Thanks Mere!!!!! ❤

[@oOcitizenOo]

Have goosebumps every time i listen to this song. The instrumentals here are top-notch

[@sofiaamaro2715]

Yes! I was waiting for this one. For me the thing with Lana is that you can interpret and feel the lyrics as they relate to your own life. Everytime she sings "I'm burned out after all" and "If this is it I'm signing off" I relate to it so much!

[@aghatabarbosa19]

I feel a little bit guilty asking more songs but wish you could react to Violets For Roses cuz I think u specially could relate to that one with the things u had shared with us. Anyways, great reaction, I LOVE the greatest, one of my favorites songs from Lana ❤

[@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395]

Mere would love Violets for Roses!!

[@vic4231]

pleaseee

[@Xxs2xX]

this song used to trigger me alot, she nailed everything in those lyrics, i cried so much guys, you cannot imagine, the only song i would skip in NFR because the emotional baggage too strong for me

[@Birdie522]

This song is one of her saddest, in my opinion. Your face during the chorus made me tear up. Thank you so much for this reaction! I cannot wait for your book!

[@dwarfheart6566]

When I was in my early 20s I had a lot of trouble with my own addictions and hearing this was song was what started me on my road to recovery. Thank you for your insight Mere

[@LorenaVasquesxx]

Thank you so much for this, I loved your reaction! This album was released on the second half of 2019,and it seemed like a premonition to the pandemic and the lost of the world as we used to know. Lana's music has the power of make us feel nostalgic about things that we haven't experienced yet ❤

[@Lagoonlucas]

Love this, honestly all NFR is art, there are no bad songs

[@JR_Cargile]

Just lost a bestfriend to suicide a couple days ago. He was struggling with substance abuse. I’ve rewatched your videos talking about those subjects and I hope you know how much you’ve helped me through some of the grief. Thank you Mere🤍✨🪽

[@SeamusWood]

I’m sending you so much love, everything will be okay. What is grief if not love perceiving 💓

[@akerr5823]

Love your interpretation and agree … I interpreted the Greatest loss of them all as the loss of youth and the idealism and optimism that goes with it … Clarissa Pinkola Estes says that nostalgia in etymology actually means ‘ pain for home’ … so yes grieving the loss of our beautiful earth as we know it

[@jmere05]

This 100%, this song always resonates with me since I'm close in age with Lana.

[@zaheeporbanderwala2270]

This song is so amazing, its so beautiful like all her songs and it just feels like she finally came to terms with something through this song that she found comfort in avoiding, idk its just what it feels like to me.

[@LabyrinthianLex]

Great reaction Mere! This is one of my favorites. Her performance at the Newport Folk Festival last week was incredible, I think you would love it!

[@tinasucevicc]

You know what I love the most about your channel... It's like every time I think I love a Lana song and then I listen to your interpretation of it + read the comments, the song just becomes more profound and holds an even greater emotional value! LIKE I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!

[@BenBigalke]

Thank you so much for your effort, dear Mere! I love your reaction videos. I would die to see you react to 'LA Who Am I to Love You' by Lana 😍

[@lizka8792]

"Miss doing nothing the most of all" when she was free, didnt have a care in the world, just enjoying dancing w her lover, rock n roll w friends, not the weight of fame. My take

[@hg3xg]

Your assessment of it being about climate change and the end of the world is how I've always interpreted it. If you look closely at the artwork for this album, Norman Fucking Rockwell!, you can see a city in flamesas she sails away. Even though it came out in 2019, this song was especially poignant for me when I discovered it during the pandemic, as the feeling of missing music, every day things, people you love, dancing in public, was one we were all collectively experiencing. In California the sky was completely orange some days because of wildfires and it literally did feel like the end of the world, not to mention a lot of long-term relationships

[@SeamusWood]

Wow the lyric at the end “Hawaii is a fire ball” really hits different now..

[@almirhukic1072]

The song is described as a funeral marsch for the culture. Just take a look at the cover of NFR album, the song is from that album.

[@reesepasquarello1355]

if you look closely at the background of the album cover for norman f*cking rockwell (the album this song is on), youll see california burning in the background. when i first saw it my mind was blown

[@skazasp]

HER BEST SONG

[@luuuuuu145]

the greatest is simply the greatest

[@walisonlima5297]

Literally The Greatest ❤

[@707_erin]

This is such a good reaction, I think your interpretation is valid. How I think of it is when she says I miss doing nothing the most of all maybe like not being famous and when she lived in nyc it was mainly before her fame as she moved to La during the ultraviolence era and just being a bit more free maybe as she really loves the idea of total freedom, in ride she references her being out on the open road and being free before fame too maybe she didn’t literally do that but she’s definitely had those sorts of experiences in her past. I do agree with you totally at the end though, she almost adds to her sadness that the whole world around her feels like it’s going down with her and it’s causing her to have even less motivation and just want to do nothing the most of all

[@laurqhh]

My favourite song of all time.

[@707_erin]

Oh my god I was one of the people that requested, thankyou so much for doing it ahhhh, I watch all ur Lana videos and I love them so thankyou for taking time to do this ☺️🙏

[@thytuz]

Rewatching every single one of your Lana reactions just to say that you are amazing and I love you

[@thytuz]

One of my favorites from Norman F Rockwell

[@LewisEthridge_95]

NFR was written during the actual time of the big LA fires. That's why the cover of the album has the fire. Hawaii did just miss getting hit by a ☄ at the time too. Watch the music video for "F*c* it I love you + The Greatest" and you can get a little more of the story.

[@andresvega9417]

HOW TO DISAPPEAR, PLEASE 🥹♥️

[@HappyNBoy]

I don't disagree with the interpretation that it's mourning a relationship with an addict... but in this case the addict is the entirety of modern culture. Addicted to convenience, excess and oil... pretty accurate, really, Mere.

[@JoaoPedro-rh4nx]

Do "Heroin", pleaseee, I think it's a strong song and personally it touches me very deep and I think it's a very personal song to Lana too and she once said that it's her favorite song from "Lust for Life" album and it's coneccted to "Change" and "Get Free" creating a kind of trilogy. Sorry for the weak english, I'm from Brazil

[@jayconcepcionx]

I’VE BEEN WAITING SINCE FOREVER

[@mentiwow]

THIS IS THE GREATEST (no pun) song in my opinion, thank you for the reaction❤

[@MickReynoldsAug7]

I love this song! Thank you, Sweet Mere! 🤗

[@laincoubert7236]

i've been binging some of your reactions to lana and taylor and i always love your interpretations

[@dnn6939]

requesting the other woman its such a deep song that really encapsulates lana's entire career in my opinion. love the content !

[@fredericobaptista3067]

Yes!!!! This is my favorite song tysm

[@angel_0971]

Your look and interpretation of Lana's songs is so precious, please react to Carmen, there's a lot of material in the lyrics for you to analyze 🥺🙏🩷

[@hebeeeeert]

Amazing . I'm so glad you already this resquest (I was one that asked for this) my fav Lana's song. And The Greatest yes it is about nostalgia and missing the old stuff. By the way you look amazing beautiful. Once again thanks.

[@derelie]

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK

[@dannydavid5268]

Sending love from Brazil

[@ckwilson10]

I have never subscribed to a channel faster in my fucking Life. This content/ concept is fascinating 👑 You’re a genius

[@OscarMartinez-fi1dz]

The culture is lit: is like this is the moment to create art with a fully and deep message and for that, she said after: I had a ball, like she is please of change the culture with her music, so she is in peace with her art form and can have a ball every time and everywhere ❤ love her poetry the most of all !

[@davekatcho3157]

I really loves the Piano at the ending so chilling

[@Evie170]

This was part of a double single/video, with the first song being 'F... It, I Love You,' which is a banger!

[@luvindustry]

thank you!! loved this interpretation

[@bengilkey5650]

FAVORITE LDR SONG

[@alexinhozinho]

i've been waiting for this reaction and i loved it! The day you finally react to some of the songs on Melodrama I will be sooooo happy

[@maispearlsxo]

this is my fav song on nfrrrtf

[@AJBudig]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE LANA SONG❤!!!!

[@livinginsaturn]

Thank you for this!! One of my favorites. Your interpretation skills are something else. ❤

[@caiovargascomarella2996]

I LOV THIS SONG.. ❤

[@DiegoAlves-nj3lu]

i guess she said that after her reach the fame she could see that theres nothing amazing in it for her except the people who loves her

[@daveleciel]

my fav song of her

[@avetse]

OMH OMG MERE OMG TYSM

[@dvk212]

god knows i tried or happiness is a butterfly would be great

[@jadenbfa-f1u]

mere, i just wanna say i absolutely love these lana reaction vids❤ the greatest is probably one of my favorite songs of all time, really recommend you listen to dark but just a game❤️❤️

[@melliecara]

This song is one of those songs that makes you miss something you never experienced or knew. Lana has that magic to put you on that feeling. Also “white dress” made me cry, reminded me of my waitress days in London. Hawaii just missed that fire ball- is a reference to the false alarm 🚨 that nuclear b o m b was going to hit it in like 3minutes. Happened 2016(?) 2017? Well and K. West used to be friends with Lana (to my understanding) but when K went with Trump and stumbled upon his own ego he was gone to Lana. Like in BPD kinda way, anyway I see it that way… thank you again! Love seeing your videos

[@felixquinones5507]

I always perceived this song as a loss generation that she misses

[@shaniazimmerman3922]

Another great video, Mere! Thankyou!!

[@strawmuncher]

this song got me through the pandemic

[@victorthatfriend]

Can you react to Violets for Roses? It’s def got my favorite Lana line in the pre-chorus 🪻🌹

[@noraharris9804]

i never realized the lyric was “oh the live stream’s almost on”, it sounds to me like “oh the life streams almost gone.” could be a double meaning

[@NotTheVibe]

SERIAL KILLER PLEASE, it’s so catchy

[@ronaldofigueroa3419]

i feel this represents the decadence of LA’s culture and the world in general, remark the good old times, it’s is a fact that lana is scared of dying and getting old and she spills it all over this song and you can feel it like a new young and beautiful. the fact that she released it during covid times duplicated the meaning of facing the greatest lost of them all for everyone. Climat change, celebrities losing their mind, people doing nothing like NPC’s, such a powerful song man… that’s why i love lana. 😮‍💨❤️‍🔥

[@mentiwow]

Also personally i feel like she is reminiscing the good old days and how simple life used to be with just her, her lover and friends. In the outro she is expressing loss such as the California wildfires and i think Kanye part is about him embracing Trump. I really love the interpretation of climate change and its effects in the world aswell!

[@Ag8844]

yeah it’s about feeling like the world is over, the album was almost called “burnt world”.

[@vampssluuvv3000]

In my feelings next pls

[@davisousa223]

Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple plss

[@unabombertampon]

under the table tooooo

[@therealpeppa3091]

Violets for roses-lana del rey PLZZZZZZZZ IM LITERALLY BEGGING U

[@gustavoferreira-po9zt]

eu amaria um vídeo reagindo a 13 beaches ou terrence loves you ❤❤❤❤

[@serenxbrookes]

i really recommend born to die by ldr it’s my fav song by her tbh

[@marygracelabrador3397]

I really like your videos keeps me going

[@nanc-y]

Ураааа я так ждала эту реакцию 💘 спасибо

[@gabrielferrazramos1611]

WHAT A SONG TO DIE

[@SineadCollins-p6k]

Love this ❤❤

[@JoeHartman80]

Lana has such an uplifting way of being depressed 😂.. such a weakness of mine. This is in my top 5 Lana songs.

[@Vance82]

Top 5 for me as well!

[@zaheeporbanderwala2270]

hey mere! could you please do next best americain record by lana, I feel like its such an overlooked song and its just beautiful. I love all your reactions so much!!

[@naomiemojicat2]

absolutely, and with the livestream almost on it's like distractions from important pressing issues.

[@Lx_lizzy]

Is This Happiness pleaseeeeee!

[@keenanrodammer9493]

This song reminds me both of me selling my childhood home to the owner of Kokomo’s Family Fun Center. But it also reminds me of how I named Lana Del Rey after wanting to change my classmates name Marina Lynn Harding to a new name Lana Lynn Harding because of the marina that Denis from The Beach Boys drowned in Marina Del Rey. Meant to be played as the Chris Farley tribute music video on KZbin.

[@domystic20]

“Hawaii miss the fireball” and she predicted about the wildfire happened in Maui

[@rubyxvyy9930]

I think she meant “I missed doing nothing the most of all” as how life back then came naturally without her having to do anything to feel special. Which makes sense cause she said she wants shit to feel like it used to when she was doing nothing the most of all.

[@alex3480]

TEXT BOOOOK 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@senju451]

You look so beautiful in this shirt color 🥹

[@Freezerbride5]

Great Lana reactions as always 🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@aimeeoller2944]

pls do carmen! i love your lana videos 💞

[@richard6764]

Happiness is a butterfly