How Ultraviolence Vindicated Lana Del Rey

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
  • 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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КОМЕНТАРІ • 283

  • @EljohnMacaranas
    @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +73

    So… how do we feel about Ultraviolence?

    • @shahzadi.zafira__
      @shahzadi.zafira__ Рік тому +26

      My comfort album 💕

    • @AstralAustin
      @AstralAustin Рік тому +22

      Her best album🖤

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +2

      @@shahzadi.zafira__ YES!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +4

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

    • @con_is_brat
      @con_is_brat Рік тому +5

      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😭🖐

  • @Oldqueen96
    @Oldqueen96 Рік тому +450

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +60

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

    • @V10l3tta1
      @V10l3tta1 Рік тому +3

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

    • @kowcaine
      @kowcaine 7 місяців тому +2

      Is This Happiness ends the album (without the unreleased)

    • @lukaslourd
      @lukaslourd 6 місяців тому

      @@kowcaine no it's flipside

    • @kowcaine
      @kowcaine 6 місяців тому

      @@lukaslourd i said without the unreleased.. flipside is basically unreleased (even if its on some records its not on apple music/spotify/amazon)

  • @hannahmichaels9992
    @hannahmichaels9992 Рік тому +198

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +15

      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
    @Ulises92 Рік тому +311

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

    • @palemoonlight96
      @palemoonlight96 Рік тому +18

      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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +22

      Don’t worry besties, gotchu ♥️

    • @aldalab
      @aldalab Рік тому +6

      Chemtrails and Blue Banisters are way more underated.

    • @kaylahudspeth
      @kaylahudspeth Рік тому +5

      Honeymoon is my favorite album!

    • @ultraviolince
      @ultraviolince Рік тому +3

      chemtrails is her most underrated album

  • @MasterSplinter931
    @MasterSplinter931 Рік тому +97

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +7

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

  • @aliciamichelle955
    @aliciamichelle955 Рік тому +53

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +4

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

    • @UltraViolet666
      @UltraViolet666 Рік тому +2

      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
      @aliciamichelle955 Рік тому +1

      @@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
    @quail57 Рік тому +68

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +7

      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
      @punkbjork Рік тому

      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
      @quail57 Рік тому

      @@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
      @punkbjork Рік тому

      @@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
      @quail57 Рік тому +3

      @@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.

  • @karacoconutag
    @karacoconutag Рік тому +67

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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!

  • @martynangel2418
    @martynangel2418 Рік тому +62

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +2

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

  • @LLOriginal
    @LLOriginal Рік тому +37

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +4

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

    • @LLOriginal
      @LLOriginal Рік тому +2

      @@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
      @quail57 Рік тому

      ​@@EljohnMacaranasthat part!!!

  • @nebvlae
    @nebvlae Рік тому +17

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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.

    • @nebvlae
      @nebvlae Рік тому +1

      @@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 🧡

  • @_sty__le7433
    @_sty__le7433 Рік тому +274

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +27

      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
      @magnusb9783 Рік тому +4

      It’s better then NFR.

  • @shush9687
    @shush9687 Рік тому +43

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +5

      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
      @UltraViolet666 Рік тому +1

      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 :)

  • @randomazed
    @randomazed Рік тому +29

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +2

      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
      @randomazed Рік тому

      @@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
      @bluijay4204 Рік тому

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

  • @asa_rayder
    @asa_rayder Рік тому +46

    Flipside deserves justice

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +7

      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
      @boyolita Рік тому

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

  • @matheussantana2390
    @matheussantana2390 Рік тому +19

    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.

  • @MyAverageYoutube
    @MyAverageYoutube Рік тому +5

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

  • @IBeBradleyy
    @IBeBradleyy Рік тому +19

    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

  • @fernandagardeleo7045
    @fernandagardeleo7045 Рік тому +15

    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...💜

  • @kevinxsanchez
    @kevinxsanchez Рік тому +23

    Loved reliving this! You explain it perfectly.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +3

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

  • @Be12397
    @Be12397 Рік тому +15

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

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

  • @acielvert8573
    @acielvert8573 Рік тому +2

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

  • @JoHandavId21
    @JoHandavId21 3 місяці тому +2

    My favorite song from this album is constantly changing. I'll never shut up when it comes to ultraviolence

  • @Strawberry_donut
    @Strawberry_donut Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @Gabosaurus_13
    @Gabosaurus_13 Рік тому +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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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
      @Gabosaurus_13 Рік тому

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

  • @veenu_1853
    @veenu_1853 Рік тому +2

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

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

    • @veenu_1853
      @veenu_1853 Рік тому

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

  • @siddharthnaagar7028
    @siddharthnaagar7028 3 місяці тому +2

    The way she refused to replicate the astronomical success of Born to Die & made a radical psychedelic rock album like Ultraviolence is one of the reasons why i love & highly respect her. Lana has always been a radical auteur, an artist who also gave her artistry more levarage than commercial success. A total maverick.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 місяці тому +1

      She had the chance to do the same record again and get away with it so many times and she never did!

    • @xchi8040
      @xchi8040 3 місяці тому

      I don't think it would have been so easy for her to make a next born to die hit by dwelling on the same sounds. Her entire schick is being unconventional and copying herself would have been falling into convention by creating her own ultraspecific niche, it wouldn't have worked well for her. By changing her sound, yes she stayed true to herself, but she was able to sell a narrative expansion of the lana del rey persona.

  • @elenasreadingcorner
    @elenasreadingcorner Рік тому +4

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

  • @UltraViolet666
    @UltraViolet666 Рік тому +4

    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 UA-cam. 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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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
      @UltraViolet666 Рік тому +1

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

  • @lucas10armond
    @lucas10armond Рік тому +24

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +7

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

    • @BIGE2333
      @BIGE2333 Рік тому +2

      Damn you didn’t mention FlipSide??

  • @miloa.2684
    @miloa.2684 Рік тому +2

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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!

  • @DRM9394
    @DRM9394 Рік тому +8

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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 $$$)

  • @cainvarner
    @cainvarner Рік тому +2

    wow!!! great analysis

  • @julyavacon8837
    @julyavacon8837 Рік тому +1

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

  • @kaylahudspeth
    @kaylahudspeth Рік тому +2

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

  • @valerieidare4892
    @valerieidare4892 Рік тому +2

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

      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

  • @paulespinal2602
    @paulespinal2602 Рік тому +3

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

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

  • @tesselate8nowait262
    @tesselate8nowait262 Рік тому +7

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +3

      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
      @tesselate8nowait262 Рік тому +1

      @@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!

  • @persayla
    @persayla Рік тому +2

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

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

  • @austinrico9080
    @austinrico9080 Рік тому +11

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +3

      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 😭

  • @Heroinheart
    @Heroinheart Рік тому +8

    this album gets better everyday

  • @lessthanthree3528
    @lessthanthree3528 Рік тому +10

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +4

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

    • @BIGE2333
      @BIGE2333 Рік тому

      @@EljohnMacaranasdid this ever drop?

  • @arthurmartinezs
    @arthurmartinezs Рік тому +2

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

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

    • @arthurmartinezs
      @arthurmartinezs Рік тому

      @@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.

  • @peterdelcurtis
    @peterdelcurtis Рік тому +2

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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

  • @josefinamautone1293
    @josefinamautone1293 Рік тому +2

    omg do NFR, love this

  • @m3lancholiaa
    @m3lancholiaa Рік тому +3

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

  • @cdlucasth
    @cdlucasth Рік тому +3

    Best album of all time.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

      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.

  • @Hottest_Bardi
    @Hottest_Bardi Рік тому +26

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +10

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

  • @Sequoya
    @Sequoya Рік тому +4

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +3

      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
      @Sequoya Рік тому

      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.

  • @linnhellsten5336
    @linnhellsten5336 Рік тому +2

    Just found your channel and it's great!

  • @iconiclogan
    @iconiclogan Рік тому +8

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +4

      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
      @desireandfire Рік тому +1

      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
      @chrystianaw8256 Рік тому +1

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

  • @imarandomgirl.
    @imarandomgirl. Рік тому +6

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

      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.
      @imarandomgirl. Рік тому +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas sameee !!

    • @user-qf5kl6cv2y
      @user-qf5kl6cv2y Рік тому

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

  • @magnusb9783
    @magnusb9783 Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @Some_guy79-
    @Some_guy79- Рік тому +3

    Brooklyn baby is my all time fav

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

      Definitely one of her most recognizable songs for a reason!

    • @MyAverageYoutube
      @MyAverageYoutube Рік тому

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

  • @Alliflowerr
    @Alliflowerr Рік тому +7

    My favorite album of all time

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +2

      Another BELIEVER! Yes!

    • @Alliflowerr
      @Alliflowerr Рік тому

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

  • @thearchane3749
    @thearchane3749 Рік тому +10

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

  • @StanleyDo
    @StanleyDo Рік тому +2

    Top 2 album for me. SO GOOD!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      It constantly shuffles with NFR for my top spot!

  • @lorenzodelconte6645
    @lorenzodelconte6645 Рік тому +1

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

  • @cristanero
    @cristanero Рік тому +1

    The best, absolute best

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

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

  • @utopiaurora
    @utopiaurora Рік тому +1

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

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

  • @HEAVYONITBARBIE
    @HEAVYONITBARBIE Рік тому +5

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      If she put it on streaming I would have 😭

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      Also BARB! ❤️💅

    • @HEAVYONITBARBIE
      @HEAVYONITBARBIE Рік тому +1

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

  • @mundanerecordings
    @mundanerecordings Рік тому +2

    The content I want ❤️

  • @sourpuss310
    @sourpuss310 Рік тому +2

    My favorite album 🥰

  • @jmmc04
    @jmmc04 Рік тому +2

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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.

  • @brynniefresh9746
    @brynniefresh9746 Рік тому +3

    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

  • @arthurmartinezs
    @arthurmartinezs Рік тому +1

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

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

  • @xmissdaytona
    @xmissdaytona Рік тому +3

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

  • @ofekR
    @ofekR Рік тому +1

    Flipside is one of the best songs of this album!

  • @a2ad9c36
    @a2ad9c36 Рік тому

    justin parker worked on 2015's Honeymoon btw

  • @stephencroft1612
    @stephencroft1612 Рік тому +1

    i love your channel i subscribed

  • @stellamagdalene3521
    @stellamagdalene3521 Рік тому +7

    If Old Money was the lead single....

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +2

      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)

  • @davidwyatt6169
    @davidwyatt6169 Рік тому +2

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

      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

  • @hurricane_valence
    @hurricane_valence Рік тому

    Please do paradise 🙏

  • @featmyself
    @featmyself Рік тому

    Justice for flipside, it’s so dark and beautiful

  • @mirecek0210
    @mirecek0210 7 місяців тому

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

  • @VJ-bu7sp
    @VJ-bu7sp Рік тому +2

    Old Money is one of best songs ever made !

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

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

  • @gestionhumana8743
    @gestionhumana8743 Рік тому

    Ohhh the shade about Megan made my day.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

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

  • @cristanero
    @cristanero Рік тому +3

    Pretty When You Cry was recorded completely impromptu

  • @ButteryLemon
    @ButteryLemon 9 місяців тому +1

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  9 місяців тому +1

      Flipside definitely should be added to a 10 year anniversary reprint

    • @ButteryLemon
      @ButteryLemon 9 місяців тому

      @@EljohnMacaranas i would cry if that happened 😭

  • @chunli6197
    @chunli6197 Рік тому +2

    yasss

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

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

  • @neonpinkdreams
    @neonpinkdreams Рік тому

    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
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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.

  • @SummersFrost
    @SummersFrost Рік тому +2

    Ou- Im late to this but UV is THAT album

  • @allansarmiento8221
    @allansarmiento8221 Рік тому +3

    Wht about flipside and gums and roses????

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @katiek6481
    @katiek6481 Рік тому

    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?

  • @may-ud8kk
    @may-ud8kk 4 місяці тому +1

    what about flipside?😭

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  4 місяці тому

      I omitted it because it's still not on streaming but it's such a beautiful song

  • @youwillovercome
    @youwillovercome Рік тому +2

    all roads lead back to “west coast”

  • @LittleMissNoName24
    @LittleMissNoName24 Рік тому +1

    PERIOT X

  • @babel_UV
    @babel_UV Рік тому +3

    WHY DOES EVERYONE IGNORE GUNS AND ROSES

  • @vincentdanao
    @vincentdanao Рік тому

    plz make a retrospective on melanie martinez

  • @AKLabs-xl4re
    @AKLabs-xl4re Рік тому +1

    Will you complete her discography before release of Ocean Blvd?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

      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.

  • @brisenocturne1441
    @brisenocturne1441 Рік тому +1

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +2

      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
      @brisenocturne1441 Рік тому

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

  • @sandorkocso1798
    @sandorkocso1798 Рік тому

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

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

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

  • @Dantefrost
    @Dantefrost Рік тому +1

    You forgot flipside

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому

      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 😭

  • @neftalialejandrovegavega7263

    What about flipside? 😋

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  Рік тому +1

      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 😭

  • @ricardosalmeron1946
    @ricardosalmeron1946 6 місяців тому

    Jizz Lana went against the mainstream music landscape with that album, it still hitting after 10 years tbh... I'm glad she released a Lana album not an Adele album.

  • @user-om1hi8wd5o
    @user-om1hi8wd5o Рік тому

    How could u leave out flipside 😭

  • @keshavg3318
    @keshavg3318 Рік тому

    U forgot guns and roses as well as Flipside

  • @Rhandomcurator
    @Rhandomcurator Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @AZyzk
    @AZyzk Рік тому +1

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

  • @polaras
    @polaras 10 місяців тому

    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.