0:38 Honeymoon 3:55 Music to Watch Boys To 8:00 Terrance Loves You 11:20 God Knows I Tried 14:20 High By the Beach 15:38 Freak 18:47 Art Deco 19:48 Burnt Norton 23:13 Religion 31:05 Salvatore 39:50 The Blackest Day 47:45 24 55:26 Swan Song 58:12 Don’t let me be misunderstood Thanks for your patience! Excited to listen to more! Faves: Honeymoon, Terrance Loves You, God Knows I Tried, Religion, Salvatore, 24, Blackest Day, Don’t let me be misunderstood
Really appreciate you putting the time stamps in the comment, thanks for another great vid, it’s so nice seeing reactions to Lana, think you would love Florence & the Machine if you haven’t heard of her already
“I bet she listens to Billie Holiday” *just you wait for The Blackest Day* ~ EDIT: girl your favorite songs from this album are literally all of mine, the tasteee
Lana has two tattoos across each of her collar bones: “Whitney Amy” on the right and “Nina Billie” on the left, for Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday, four of her biggest musical influences. She also has a tattoo on her left forearm: “Nabokov Whitman”, for Vladimir Nabokov and Walt Whitman, two of her favorite writers.
she had an italian boyfriend and they spent a whole summer in itali eating ice cream they were a lot in beaches they broke up before this album i think salvatore ,swan song, the blackest day, honeymoon are about him also 13 beaches (lust for life album) fun fact: Salvatore is Adele's favorite song by Lana ''soft ice cream'' is supposed to sound like "soft I scream"
misinfo, soft ice cream isn’t supposed to sound anything other than soft ice cream. its also slang for m€th just like yayo is for coke. swan song is about Amy Winehouse and how after her death she didnt want to sing anymore and the blackest day is originally a ultraviolence track meaning it was written for it way before honeymoon was in the works. 13 beachs doesnt coelenterate with anything about francisco (her Italian boyfriend) as that specific song is about lana having to go to 13 beaches to finally find one without paparazzi and that whole album (lust for life) is about her then 2016-2017 ex geazy
@@AhmedBalkhi but i tought Swan Song was based on the myth that swans sing before they die so with the song she's inviting that person she loves to commit suicide with her ???
The line “soft ice cream” in Salvatore doubles as “soft I scream” which she then proceeds to do in the refrain!!!! Genius. This album has infinite amounts of layers
True. NFR is critically-acclaimed for all the right reasons but personally, Honeymoon is her album that I really loved at the very first listening. Many people dislike it because the majority of the songs were slow and her voice melts with the instruments (which some critics interpreted as "overproduced")... but that was what I actually liked about her songs in this album. Her subsequent albums didn't have this style anymore.
Same, her TWO magnum opuses in my book. Both so cohesive and coherent and so well-written/composed. Her other works are good but nothing like those two masterpieces imo.
honeymoon is so beautifully atmospheric, it's one of those albums to put it on and just vibe to it. the lyrics talk about most about her career, fame (such as honeymoon, high by the beach, art deco and religion) and life, and I really appreciate that
this is my favorite lana album and my top 5 albums of all time. the lyrics and production are immaculate and to die for and the aesthetics of it all is stunning. terrence loves you’s concept is executed beautifully and each bridge on the album is gorgeous. its packed with some of her best lyrics and production and its truly a overlooked gem that most people aren’t patient enough to enjoy and explore
yesss terrence loves you has to be one of my all time favorite songs 🖤🖤 it resonates with me on a very deep level, as do most of the other tracks on honeymoon
It’s not one of those phases I’m going through, Or just a song, It’s not one of them, I’m on my own, On my own, On my own again, I’m on my own again, I’m on my own again, I’m on my own again, I’m on my own again. -The Blackest Day
Great Video, i loved it, i just wanna share my thoughts a little bit, i actually believe that "Swan Song" its a song about suicide, there's a legend about how white swans are completely silent throughout their lives but before dying they sing a very melancholic song. and i think Lana eludes to this in this particular song.
i do think so. the words "let's leave the world" is just so obvious. but at the same time, i also think its just her state of mind (regarding she mention the term state of mind in her futher song like Fuck it i love you), so she and her lover want to be free in terms of their mind, not thinking about work and life itself. just get lost with her lover (i guess). she also mention that her lover already has everything "you got your money now, and legacy... now let's get lost, that's what we want". the bridge make me more sad when she say "say good night to the life where the world we live". sorry if my english bad 😁
This is probably Lana’s most underrated album. I’m guilty for passing over it but whenever I come back to Honeymoon, I’m reminded of just how beautiful and cinematic it is. Also Lana’s new album, Chemtrails over the Country Club comes out March 19th ❤️
The album opens with the title track, a baroque pop and blue-eyed soul song.The Verge described the song as containing "sweeping strings and stuttering snares" that "float through the background of the song".[22] Time called the song "characteristically broody" and "cinematic", and suggested it "leans closer to the sounds of her breakthrough LP Born to Die than the material she cooked up with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach". "Music to Watch Boys To" contains a "narcotic haze" according to Alex Hudson of Exclaim!; Hudson stated that the song is built over a synth orchestrations, with flute-like sounds and "crawling" beats that serve as "the sultry backdrop for the vocalist cooing breathily about pink flamingos and creepy, destructive romance". "Terrence Loves You" has been described as "hypnotic", with Del Rey singing over piano, strings, and a "moaning" saxophone. The song contains an interpolation of the song "Space Oddity" by English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his eponymous second studio album. The song opens with isolated guitar notes plucked and dropped, before moving into the distance as piano chords appear, followed by violins, and Del Rey's vocals. The chorus is delivered in an operatic style and lyrically talks about strength in the face of abandonment. Throughout the chorus there is brief saxophone sections inserted and David Bowie references with lyrics such as "Ground control to Major Tom/Can you hear me all night long?". "God Knows I Tried" features guitar backing with layered harmonised vocals, with lyrics that touch upon Del Rey being wounded by "Mr. Wrong" as well as touching upon themes of domestic violence. "High by the Beach" is a hip hop-influenced synth-led, trap-pop song. Relatively upbeat and structurally sedate,[33] it serves as a combination of all Del Rey's musical styles, particularly recalling the hip hop and trip hop influences of Born to Die (2012). It is more uptempo and pop-indebted than her previous releases, and is based around laidback,airy electronic production and a swooning orchestral arrangement.The song comprises a slow and clear trap beat,prominent, dreamy synth beeps, hip hop-influenced percussions and Roland TR-808 drums; in contrast with brooding, eerie organ instrumentation, pertaining to an additional slow and airy feel.The drums were noted to put emphasis on its hi-hat. "Freak" contains a steady bass thump and lyrics about drugs that have been compared to the work of The Weeknd.Amy Davidson of DigitalSpy noted the song had a similar "sultriness" to that of "High by the Beach", Davidson continued to call the song a "slow motion" and compared it to a '90s R&B song.A reviewer from The Guardian noted the song to contain trip hop beats with lyrics that celebrate California."Art Deco" is a slow jazz-styled ballad with hazy beats and saxophone riffs, the lyrics of the song contain "hollowness and American ennui"."Art Deco" was rumored to be about rapper Azealia Banks.Del Rey dismissed these allegations in an interview with NME, saying that the song "is actually about a group of teenagers who go out every night." The eighth track on the album, "Burnt Norton (Interlude)", hears Del Rey reciting an extract of the first poem from T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, while the closing track is a cover of Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". The eighth track on the album is an interlude entitled "Burnt Norton (Interlude)", the short spoken-word piece features Del Rey reciting an extract of the first poem from T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, which speaks about the nature of time, and meditates on the idea of fate, with an underlying suggestion our present experiences are out of our control. The words are recited over an art rock instrumental production. "Religion" was noted as being one of Del Rey's most optimistic love songs, however the song was also noted for still be "tinged with the singer's favourite kind of noirish self-destruction". Lyrics that were noted for being optimistic were; "Everything is bright now" but this lyric is immediately followed with resignation "No need to survive now". "Salvatore" mixes violins, military drumbeats and verses sung in Italian which have been described as evoking "1940s Italy via Frank Sinatra". Lyrically, the track was seen as a sequel to "Summertime Sadness" with lyrics such as "Summer's hot but I’ve been cold without you". "Salvatore" was described as a two-step song by Nina Corcoran of Consequence of Sound, Corcoran noted the song sound as being "straight out of a resort hotel ballroom" before to continuing to describe the track as having jazz drums with "clean and rich" production. "The Blackest Day" is a post-breakup ballad, that primarily deals with the stages of grief. The first verse explores themes of denial, apparent in lyrics such as "I don't really wanna break up, we got it going on". The second stage of grief, anger, is exemplified by the tone of the bridge: "You should've known better, than to have, to let her, get you under her spell of the weather". The second verse shows Del Rey bargaining: "Carry me home, don't wanna talk about the things to come/Just put your hands up in the air, the radio on", before Del Rey reaches the point of acceptance in the outro: "I'm on my own again". "24" is a cinematic song that received comparison to the James Bond theme songs, due to its musical style and lyrics which were noted as being sung from the perspective of a Bond girl. "Swan Song" is a smooth, elegant theatrical song, that contains humming and low beats, with tragic lyrics that hear Del Rey repeatedly whisper "I will never sing again" and contains themes of Del Rey pleasing to run away from responsibility.The album closes with a cover of Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", which showcase Del Rey's operatic readings of classical '60s Hollywood melodrama and contains organ riffs.
It’s a blessing to see someone appreciate honeymoon and go deeply into the lyrics and music the way you did! Stunning reaction, thank you. My heart melts when people love honeymoon, because as you said, it’s a pure art at its best! Also, when you mentioned Billie Holiday right at the very beginning, I was scrrrreamiing haha! That just means that you actually felt her music and what she tried to portray and communicate to listeners. Can’t wait for you to react to her other projects!
I absolutely love this album. I don’t know how anyone couldn’t. I get transported somewhere else when I just sit and listen to it front to back. I love to listen to it when I need inspiration. I can’t say enough about it. And Salvatore is such a phenomenal song. I’m glad you appreciate it. It’s my favorite off the album. You’ve got this beautiful instrumental with Lana’s lilting vocals over it and the lyrics with the Italian mixed in. It has such a dreamy quality that conjures up so much imagery for me.
honeymoon is so underrated, it’s in my top 3 albums along with ultraviolence and nfr! 💖 lana is my favorite artist of all time, she really inspires me to write
Lana has a billie holiday tattoo and her single cover (let me love you like a woman) was inspired by the book of billie holidays life or vinyl I forgot which one
You have a beautiful smile. I love your reactions and interpretations. Honeymoon used to be my least favorite but It grew so much. Now its on top with uv and nfr.
I knew you were gonna like Honeymoon, it's her most poetic work of music. That's also why people dislike it. It's more about artistic interpretation than good production and not all people can appreciate that.
everybody says ultraviolence or nfr but honestly this is my favorite lana album i love each song in it. and if anyone ever wants her to really sing this is the album i recommend to them. it's so underrated!
You have to react to Ultraviolence!!! Including bonus tracks Flipside and Is THIS Happiness. The album is another masterpiece. Also in the Ride music video she also had like 6 minutes of poetry so you might react to that too 👀👀👀
I love Honeymoon because of all of the ballads and bops it has. As for why people don't like it, I honestly think a lot of Lana's vocal fanbase is comprised of sad to say, edgy teens. And unfortunately a lot of these people believe that the best art comes from a dark place and a dark person. Honeymoon doesn't give off that vibe as much as Ultraviolence does, which is basically the fan favorite album of Lana's, so because she isn't singing about depression and other dark themes as much in Honeymoon, people think it isn't good music. Along with that, Honeymoon is a slower, jazzier, and dreamier album, and I think that also plays a factor in why people don't like it as much.
Omg the anxiety I had that 24 wasn’t going to play! Lol this reaction had me laughing, crying, on the edge of my seat. Lol this is the best reaction to Lana ever. And I’ve seen em all I swear.
It’s so hard to pick a favorite Lana album, but I think Honeymoon is the one I keep coming back to the most. There’s something so beautiful, reflective, and healing about it. I would love to see you react a Marina (formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds) album. I think you would really enjoy The Family Jewels or Froot. ✨
Wait! I always thought the line in 'Religion' is "Even when the storms come, in the eye, we'll stay", as in the eye of the storm - like they're calm although everything else around them is chaos. But apparently, it is "in thee, I will stay". Could it be a double meaning? Lana's known to do those. Like in 'White Mustang', the way she sings "White mustang" sounds like "Why'm I staying?" Also, I used to be one of those who didn't appreciate this album, at all. But later on, as I've grown up and grown apart from the more-cliche themes found on Born to Die, I've learnt to love Honeymoon a lot more and, in fact, I think it's my favourite album of hers, after Norman Fucking Rockwell.
27:13 Just a little thought on the lyrics - I'm not entirely sure if honeymoon lyrics were officially published in full, afaik they weren't - and I always heard "even when the storms come, in the eye we'll stay", and I interpreted this as her staying in the eye of a hurricane with whoever she's singing about, like a demonstration of the strength and confidence she now has in her love. And since the eye of a hurricane is actually the calmest place in it, to me it feels like a metaphor showcasing her not being afraid of any troubles, because she can get through and she knows that, she's no longer afraid.
the vibe this video exudes is as intellectual and extravagant as honeymoon is ‘cause ma’am you looking fancy! this one from lana is so orchestral, introspective and conceptual with the in-the-gut lyricism. i even felt tempted to listen to it again. and thank you so much for the video, they brighten my dark and lonesome alienated pandemic oreo-accompanied nights 🥺
yeeeeyyyyy ... wow sher so excited! you’re so special what makes the reaction even more soft and sweet to watch. also, miss your videos about your own poems - you really should continue to show em on youtube ;) hugss
My fave reaction of many concerning this album..you really get it.i am 65 and have listened to 1000s of hours of music...Lana is my all time fave..greatest music figure of the 2000s...
This is my favorite album! When I listen to it I immediately see myself on the beach, time stops, the sun, the ocean and the sky "everything is fine now" like she says. I think this record was made for this kinda vacation, and the cover of the album says for itself. I love every song in it, love the transition from Burnt Norton to Religion uhhh it's so amazing, living for it!
Honestly, when the album first came out I really liked it. But after Ultraviolence I was a bit let down, years later I appreciate it so much more. Imo this album is in it's own lane, it's amazing. It took me a few years to appreciate songs like Salvatore. But now I love it.
I have to stop everything I'm doing and reserve the time to watch you, is such a journey to see people vibing with this work of art, you said all the things that's in our souls, Lana is our religion ❤️ so do you
I feel like you will really appreciate lust for life! It has really fantastic lyrics and as a poet you will like them more than lots of people who tend to write that album off as boring
I loved your reaction. I was so excited when you kept mentioning Billie Holiday and I was just waiting for you to get to The Blackest Day lol. And I love that you adored Salvatore.
People are divided with honeymoon, those who doesn't like it that much prolly like those more faster paced or hard beating songs she has like in born to die and ultraviolence, honeymoon is slower but very atmospheric, theatrical and can send you into a trance like feeling.
PLEASE react to stevie nicks' music, she really is a poet before a musician, her album Bella Donna is a PERFECT start, or even just her singles thank u!!
Terrence Loves You will always have a special place in my heart as one of my favorite songs of all time, it just hit me so hard the first time I heard it and it makes me feel the same way every single time it just makes the tears well up in my eyes every time. SO GOOD
You love Lana, Billie, Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, Bjork... I stannnn. I'm sure you're familiar with Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine, her writing in every single album pulled me out of some of the darkest places wow. Also an insanely good lyricist and storyteller. Very Virginia Woolf meets Frida Kahlo meets Emily Bronte
YOU ARE AWESOME! It’s such a pleasure watching someone fall in love with Lana. She is amazing. I like the format of your video and you being a poet and analyzing it! Can’t wait to watch more ❤️
finally found someone who appreciate burnt norton. i really love her cover on this poem. this song is mystifying and luxurious. it has a strange vibes--dreamy like--and gorgeous, very wonderful.
ultraviolence is still very very very special to me ‘cause made me want to learn more n more about playing guitar at the time and psychedelic music! the lyrics are quiet repetitive but for me that’s not a negative point, it shows how her mind were working at this same narrative at the time ~ so haunting!
This is my favorite reaction of yours so far! I learn so much about her song writing, structure and intentions with your reaction and commentary. I looked at this album in a whole different light. I love watching your videos and you have the most infectious personality💕 I was waiting for the Billie Holiday reference in Blackest Day with the amount of times you referenced him ahahah.
0:38 Honeymoon
3:55 Music to Watch Boys To
8:00 Terrance Loves You
11:20 God Knows I Tried
14:20 High By the Beach
15:38 Freak
18:47 Art Deco
19:48 Burnt Norton
23:13 Religion
31:05 Salvatore
39:50 The Blackest Day
47:45 24
55:26 Swan Song
58:12 Don’t let me be misunderstood
Thanks for your patience! Excited to listen to more!
Faves: Honeymoon, Terrance Loves You, God Knows I Tried, Religion, Salvatore, 24, Blackest Day, Don’t let me be misunderstood
Really appreciate you putting the time stamps in the comment, thanks for another great vid, it’s so nice seeing reactions to Lana, think you would love Florence & the Machine if you haven’t heard of her already
I love your Lana reactions, she's amazing!!
please react to Melodrama by Lorde
You should listen to cherry I think you’d really like it
Thought you'd love the blackest day lol. Guess not. Agree with everything else though
Honeymoon is Lana’s gift for humanity. Flawless
Agreed.Its a goddess
❤
Jesus: Salvation
Lana: Honeymoon
@@joekerr5418honeymoon is the salvation
“I bet she listens to Billie Holiday”
*just you wait for The Blackest Day*
~
EDIT: girl your favorite songs from this album are literally all of mine, the tasteee
Honeymoon is her most underrated album. Terrence Loves You is literally a masterpiece.
100000% agreed
and her best
No, most underrated is Chemtrails and then Blue Banisters
@@caiocardoso4234they are shite
@@caiocardoso4234 the person commented before these albums
Lana has two tattoos across each of her collar bones: “Whitney Amy” on the right and “Nina Billie” on the left, for Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday, four of her biggest musical influences. She also has a tattoo on her left forearm: “Nabokov Whitman”, for Vladimir Nabokov and Walt Whitman, two of her favorite writers.
I love how even her tats rhyme
she had an italian boyfriend and they spent a whole summer in itali eating ice cream they were a lot in beaches
they broke up before this album i think salvatore ,swan song, the blackest day, honeymoon are about him also 13 beaches (lust for life album)
fun fact: Salvatore is Adele's favorite song by Lana
''soft ice cream'' is supposed to sound like "soft I scream"
My mind is blown
misinfo, soft ice cream isn’t supposed to sound anything other than soft ice cream. its also slang for m€th just like yayo is for coke. swan song is about Amy Winehouse and how after her death she didnt want to sing anymore and the blackest day is originally a ultraviolence track meaning it was written for it way before honeymoon was in the works. 13 beachs doesnt coelenterate with anything about francisco (her Italian boyfriend) as that specific song is about lana having to go to 13 beaches to finally find one without paparazzi and that whole album (lust for life) is about her then 2016-2017 ex geazy
Yayo is slang for cocaine not meth, both bad but different lol
@@veronicacampos9198 i just meant that she references drugs with slangs in her songs not that their both the same type
@@AhmedBalkhi but i tought Swan Song was based on the myth that swans sing before they die so with the song she's inviting that person she loves to commit suicide with her ???
Your reaction to Salvatore made me giggle so hard. I love seeing someone appreciate Lana in this way
Lana inspired me to do this film! ua-cam.com/video/nSC4ptU79-8/v-deo.html
@@raphfilms6243 omg
I hate that song so much and like.. i just ugh.
The line “soft ice cream” in Salvatore doubles as “soft I scream” which she then proceeds to do in the refrain!!!! Genius. This album has infinite amounts of layers
Omg❤
who said that
I hate that song lol
@@camara1194 no one asked really
Honeymoon and Ultraviolence are my favorite albums of hers. I feel like Honeymoon is criminally underrated
True. NFR is critically-acclaimed for all the right reasons but personally, Honeymoon is her album that I really loved at the very first listening. Many people dislike it because the majority of the songs were slow and her voice melts with the instruments (which some critics interpreted as "overproduced")... but that was what I actually liked about her songs in this album. Her subsequent albums didn't have this style anymore.
Same..
Same, her TWO magnum opuses in my book. Both so cohesive and coherent and so well-written/composed. Her other works are good but nothing like those two masterpieces imo.
I can’t believe so many people sleep on this album, this is ART, and Salvatore is unbeatable
she has a billie holiday tattoo!
nina simone too
Marilyn Monroe and Whitney Houston too
she actually mentions him in darkest day
@@aidanmccauley3776 *her
*blackest day
@@angelashinner PLSSSS
my favorite album of all time
Taste..
yess
TASTE
same
The blackest day is by far one of lana’s greatest songs
Salvatore finally getting the recognition it deserves. Love to see it!
honeymoon is so beautifully atmospheric, it's one of those albums to put it on and just vibe to it. the lyrics talk about most about her career, fame (such as honeymoon, high by the beach, art deco and religion) and life, and I really appreciate that
this is my favorite lana album and my top 5 albums of all time. the lyrics and production are immaculate and to die for and the aesthetics of it all is stunning. terrence loves you’s concept is executed beautifully and each bridge on the album is gorgeous. its packed with some of her best lyrics and production and its truly a overlooked gem that most people aren’t patient enough to enjoy and explore
yesss terrence loves you has to be one of my all time favorite songs 🖤🖤 it resonates with me on a very deep level, as do most of the other tracks on honeymoon
Give me your another top 4 of the best albums , please❤️
Yass!!
YES!! 💯
It’s not one of those phases I’m going through,
Or just a song,
It’s not one of them,
I’m on my own,
On my own,
On my own again,
I’m on my own again,
I’m on my own again,
I’m on my own again,
I’m on my own again.
-The Blackest Day
Great Video, i loved it, i just wanna share my thoughts a little bit, i actually believe that "Swan Song" its a song about suicide, there's a legend about how white swans are completely silent throughout their lives but before dying they sing a very melancholic song. and i think Lana eludes to this in this particular song.
Thanks for this explanation!
wow that's so interesting! this just put swan song in a whole new light for me
i do think so. the words "let's leave the world" is just so obvious. but at the same time, i also think its just her state of mind (regarding she mention the term state of mind in her futher song like Fuck it i love you), so she and her lover want to be free in terms of their mind, not thinking about work and life itself. just get lost with her lover (i guess).
she also mention that her lover already has everything "you got your money now, and legacy... now let's get lost, that's what we want".
the bridge make me more sad when she say "say good night to the life where the world we live".
sorry if my english bad 😁
This is probably Lana’s most underrated album. I’m guilty for passing over it but whenever I come back to Honeymoon, I’m reminded of just how beautiful and cinematic it is. Also Lana’s new album, Chemtrails over the Country Club comes out March 19th ❤️
And then it leaked after your comment 😭
🙋🏻 guilty of that too
In the blackest day she describe the 5 phases of grief
denial
anger
bargaining
depression
Acceptance
as a psychology student the 5 stages of grief are way too old and inaccurate. most people dont go through them all and there aren’t just 5.
@@VeelouC That doesn't mean the concept can't be explored artistically
@@VeelouC we are talking about art and music not science
Burnt Norton is an excerpt from a T.S Elliot poem and I definitely recommend you read the full if you haven't yet. It's brilliant
The album opens with the title track, a baroque pop and blue-eyed soul song.The Verge described the song as containing "sweeping strings and stuttering snares" that "float through the background of the song".[22] Time called the song "characteristically broody" and "cinematic", and suggested it "leans closer to the sounds of her breakthrough LP Born to Die than the material she cooked up with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach".
"Music to Watch Boys To" contains a "narcotic haze" according to Alex Hudson of Exclaim!; Hudson stated that the song is built over a synth orchestrations, with flute-like sounds and "crawling" beats that serve as "the sultry backdrop for the vocalist cooing breathily about pink flamingos and creepy, destructive romance". "Terrence Loves You" has been described as "hypnotic", with Del Rey singing over piano, strings, and a "moaning" saxophone. The song contains an interpolation of the song "Space Oddity" by English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his eponymous second studio album. The song opens with isolated guitar notes plucked and dropped, before moving into the distance as piano chords appear, followed by violins, and Del Rey's vocals. The chorus is delivered in an operatic style and lyrically talks about strength in the face of abandonment. Throughout the chorus there is brief saxophone sections inserted and David Bowie references with lyrics such as "Ground control to Major Tom/Can you hear me all night long?".
"God Knows I Tried" features guitar backing with layered harmonised vocals, with lyrics that touch upon Del Rey being wounded by "Mr. Wrong" as well as touching upon themes of domestic violence. "High by the Beach" is a hip hop-influenced synth-led, trap-pop song. Relatively upbeat and structurally sedate,[33] it serves as a combination of all Del Rey's musical styles, particularly recalling the hip hop and trip hop influences of Born to Die (2012). It is more uptempo and pop-indebted than her previous releases, and is based around laidback,airy electronic production and a swooning orchestral arrangement.The song comprises a slow and clear trap beat,prominent, dreamy synth beeps, hip hop-influenced percussions and Roland TR-808 drums; in contrast with brooding, eerie organ instrumentation, pertaining to an additional slow and airy feel.The drums were noted to put emphasis on its hi-hat. "Freak" contains a steady bass thump and lyrics about drugs that have been compared to the work of The Weeknd.Amy Davidson of DigitalSpy noted the song had a similar "sultriness" to that of "High by the Beach", Davidson continued to call the song a "slow motion" and compared it to a '90s R&B song.A reviewer from The Guardian noted the song to contain trip hop beats with lyrics that celebrate California."Art Deco" is a slow jazz-styled ballad with hazy beats and saxophone riffs, the lyrics of the song contain "hollowness and American ennui"."Art Deco" was rumored to be about rapper Azealia Banks.Del Rey dismissed these allegations in an interview with NME, saying that the song "is actually about a group of teenagers who go out every night."
The eighth track on the album, "Burnt Norton (Interlude)", hears Del Rey reciting an extract of the first poem from T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, while the closing track is a cover of Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
The eighth track on the album is an interlude entitled "Burnt Norton (Interlude)", the short spoken-word piece features Del Rey reciting an extract of the first poem from T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, which speaks about the nature of time, and meditates on the idea of fate, with an underlying suggestion our present experiences are out of our control. The words are recited over an art rock instrumental production. "Religion" was noted as being one of Del Rey's most optimistic love songs, however the song was also noted for still be "tinged with the singer's favourite kind of noirish self-destruction". Lyrics that were noted for being optimistic were; "Everything is bright now" but this lyric is immediately followed with resignation "No need to survive now". "Salvatore" mixes violins, military drumbeats and verses sung in Italian which have been described as evoking "1940s Italy via Frank Sinatra". Lyrically, the track was seen as a sequel to "Summertime Sadness" with lyrics such as "Summer's hot but I’ve been cold without you". "Salvatore" was described as a two-step song by Nina Corcoran of Consequence of Sound, Corcoran noted the song sound as being "straight out of a resort hotel ballroom" before to continuing to describe the track as having jazz drums with "clean and rich" production.
"The Blackest Day" is a post-breakup ballad, that primarily deals with the stages of grief. The first verse explores themes of denial, apparent in lyrics such as "I don't really wanna break up, we got it going on". The second stage of grief, anger, is exemplified by the tone of the bridge: "You should've known better, than to have, to let her, get you under her spell of the weather". The second verse shows Del Rey bargaining: "Carry me home, don't wanna talk about the things to come/Just put your hands up in the air, the radio on", before Del Rey reaches the point of acceptance in the outro: "I'm on my own again". "24" is a cinematic song that received comparison to the James Bond theme songs, due to its musical style and lyrics which were noted as being sung from the perspective of a Bond girl. "Swan Song" is a smooth, elegant theatrical song, that contains humming and low beats, with tragic lyrics that hear Del Rey repeatedly whisper "I will never sing again" and contains themes of Del Rey pleasing to run away from responsibility.The album closes with a cover of Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", which showcase Del Rey's operatic readings of classical '60s Hollywood melodrama and contains organ riffs.
It’s a blessing to see someone appreciate honeymoon and go deeply into the lyrics and music the way you did! Stunning reaction, thank you. My heart melts when people love honeymoon, because as you said, it’s a pure art at its best! Also, when you mentioned Billie Holiday right at the very beginning, I was scrrrreamiing haha! That just means that you actually felt her music and what she tried to portray and communicate to listeners. Can’t wait for you to react to her other projects!
totally 😭
I absolutely love this album. I don’t know how anyone couldn’t. I get transported somewhere else when I just sit and listen to it front to back. I love to listen to it when I need inspiration. I can’t say enough about it. And Salvatore is such a phenomenal song. I’m glad you appreciate it. It’s my favorite off the album. You’ve got this beautiful instrumental with Lana’s lilting vocals over it and the lyrics with the Italian mixed in. It has such a dreamy quality that conjures up so much imagery for me.
honeymoon is so underrated, it’s in my top 3 albums along with ultraviolence and nfr! 💖
lana is my favorite artist of all time, she really inspires me to write
When you first mentioned billie holiday at the begining, I couldn't wait for you to hear The Blackest Day. And your reaction was perfect!
Me too!
Love the energy during Salvatore and Blackest day. Also, Lana is a big fan of Billie Holiday she even got tattoo on it.
Do Ultraviolence next! Love the channel!
Lana has a billie holiday tattoo and her single cover (let me love you like a woman) was inspired by the book of billie holidays life or vinyl I forgot which one
That single cover was NOT the look. :(
24 was written for the 24th 007 movie, I believe, but the studio went with Sam Smith's song for it.
I think the blackest day is one of the best songs ever made.
You have a beautiful smile. I love your reactions and interpretations. Honeymoon used to be my least favorite but It grew so much. Now its on top with uv and nfr.
I knew you were gonna like Honeymoon, it's her most poetic work of music. That's also why people dislike it. It's more about artistic interpretation than good production and not all people can appreciate that.
everybody says ultraviolence or nfr but honestly this is my favorite lana album i love each song in it. and if anyone ever wants her to really sing this is the album i recommend to them. it's so underrated!
Yes! Honeymoon showcases Lana's powerful voice in a way no other album has done!
"DRAG HIM AND PRAISE HIM AT THE SAME TIME" LMAOOO ikr
You have to react to Ultraviolence!!! Including bonus tracks Flipside and Is THIS Happiness. The album is another masterpiece. Also in the Ride music video she also had like 6 minutes of poetry so you might react to that too 👀👀👀
Flipside is one of her best songs periodt.
@@thevilkids exactly. Probably my favorite from Ultraviolence, I am still mad it is not on Spotify
@@welcometodmitrysworld And she never sang it live 😭😭😭
@@thevilkids it totally deserved to be on the track list 😔
@@piscesbeam3622 It is on the deluxe tracklist.
When you mentioned Billie Holiday in the beginning I was just waiting for you to get to The Blackest Day and see your reaction to that😄
24 is the most underrated song Lana has ever made.
My favorite on honeymoon
It’s SO underrated, a flawless masterpiece
It should’ve been in the James Bond movie instead of the Billie Eilish song, no disrespect to Billie but 24 was literally perfect for the movie
I respect your opinion, but I just don't know about 24, it just doesn't click with me
OMG she's very elegant in this video 🤍🥺
“gimme a cricket” 🦗🦟🦗🦟🦗🦟🦗
HAHAHA the emojis
This is an excellent album .. it's a crime that it's her most underrated album
I love Honeymoon because of all of the ballads and bops it has. As for why people don't like it, I honestly think a lot of Lana's vocal fanbase is comprised of sad to say, edgy teens. And unfortunately a lot of these people believe that the best art comes from a dark place and a dark person. Honeymoon doesn't give off that vibe as much as Ultraviolence does, which is basically the fan favorite album of Lana's, so because she isn't singing about depression and other dark themes as much in Honeymoon, people think it isn't good music. Along with that, Honeymoon is a slower, jazzier, and dreamier album, and I think that also plays a factor in why people don't like it as much.
Honeymoon is even darkest, just painted in blue.
@@jettwithanothert this!
I can’t watch this right now but I’m soooo excited to later❣️❣️❣️❣️😭
Omg the anxiety I had that 24 wasn’t going to play! Lol this reaction had me laughing, crying, on the edge of my seat. Lol this is the best reaction to Lana ever. And I’ve seen em all I swear.
I'm early! I bawled out to Terrence Loves You! 😭😭😭
41:57 is one of my fave moments on youtube. I revisit this iconic moment so often omg
It’s so hard to pick a favorite Lana album, but I think Honeymoon is the one I keep coming back to the most. There’s something so beautiful, reflective, and healing about it. I would love to see you react a Marina (formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds) album. I think you would really enjoy The Family Jewels or Froot. ✨
“...awake with thoughts of murder and carnage? She really was serious when she was talking about the ghetto” I’M SCREAMING. LOOOL ILYSM 😂😂❤️❤️
Yes honeymoon is one of her best album ,lots of clarity to the music and great experience ,very few people understand this particular album
Wait! I always thought the line in 'Religion' is "Even when the storms come, in the eye, we'll stay", as in the eye of the storm - like they're calm although everything else around them is chaos. But apparently, it is "in thee, I will stay". Could it be a double meaning? Lana's known to do those. Like in 'White Mustang', the way she sings "White mustang" sounds like "Why'm I staying?"
Also, I used to be one of those who didn't appreciate this album, at all. But later on, as I've grown up and grown apart from the more-cliche themes found on Born to Die, I've learnt to love Honeymoon a lot more and, in fact, I think it's my favourite album of hers, after Norman Fucking Rockwell.
I love your reactions! Also NFR! and Honeymoon are my favourite albums
Billie Holiday is one of her favourite artists and biggest inspirations
Terrence Loves You is about the loss of David Bowie's brother
✨ταξίδι του μέλιτος✨
come on 2021, where’s the foreign man who I could die by the hands of?
27:13 Just a little thought on the lyrics - I'm not entirely sure if honeymoon lyrics were officially published in full, afaik they weren't - and I always heard "even when the storms come, in the eye we'll stay", and I interpreted this as her staying in the eye of a hurricane with whoever she's singing about, like a demonstration of the strength and confidence she now has in her love. And since the eye of a hurricane is actually the calmest place in it, to me it feels like a metaphor showcasing her not being afraid of any troubles, because she can get through and she knows that, she's no longer afraid.
But could also be a reference to how she's in the calm phase of the relationship just before an inevitable storm
English is not my mother language so I'm finding so many interesting stuff with your videos. There's so many meaning I've found bc of u
When you mentioned Billie holiday in the first song I got so excited for you to hear her mention her in blackest day
the vibe this video exudes is as intellectual and extravagant as honeymoon is ‘cause ma’am you looking fancy! this one from lana is so orchestral, introspective and conceptual with the in-the-gut lyricism. i even felt tempted to listen to it again. and thank you so much for the video, they brighten my dark and lonesome alienated pandemic oreo-accompanied nights 🥺
yeeeeyyyyy ... wow sher so excited! you’re so special what makes the reaction even more soft and sweet to watch. also, miss your videos about your own poems - you really should continue to show em on youtube ;) hugss
I was so excited to see your reaction to The Blackest Day when u first mentioned billie HAHHA
I never knew she was singing "hallelujah" in Religion!
I always heard cities, spanning the country - "L.AAAAA...New Yoooork. I need your love."
when she mentioned Billie Holiday at the start I SCREAMED
OMG YES YESS IM SO HAPPY!! thank you so much for that
Yessss, finally honeymoon 🥰🥰🥰 I knew you would love it! Very underrated album
My fave reaction of many concerning this album..you really get it.i am 65 and have listened to 1000s of hours of music...Lana is my all time fave..greatest music figure of the 2000s...
This is my favorite album! When I listen to it I immediately see myself on the beach, time stops, the sun, the ocean and the sky "everything is fine now" like she says. I think this record was made for this kinda vacation, and the cover of the album says for itself. I love every song in it, love the transition from Burnt Norton to Religion uhhh it's so amazing, living for it!
!!! Oh I’m so excited for this one 💕🖤 It’s one of the most beautiful albums I’ve ever heard, looking forward to your thoughts and reaction!
I watch this video instead of going to therapy at this point
me hearing you loving Lana just makes me smile like her parent lol
NO HONEYMOON REACTION TOPS THIS! UNDEBATABLE !!!
Ok girlie I watched it and wow, you brought me BACK. Love you and your reactions so much. Love that you appreciate it deeper than anyone else.
Honestly, when the album first came out I really liked it. But after Ultraviolence I was a bit let down, years later I appreciate it so much more. Imo this album is in it's own lane, it's amazing. It took me a few years to appreciate songs like Salvatore. But now I love it.
honeymoon is art, i love it when i’m going about my day and the songs come into my head
I took a nap and by nap I mean it’s another day” LMFAOOOOOO
I have to stop everything I'm doing and reserve the time to watch you, is such a journey to see people vibing with this work of art, you said all the things that's in our souls, Lana is our religion ❤️ so do you
OMG YOURE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA?!? periooddddd I am too
Just finished and i'm in love with this reaction. I adore everything about this.
I feel like you will really appreciate lust for life! It has really fantastic lyrics and as a poet you will like them more than lots of people who tend to write that album off as boring
When you mentioned Billie Holiday-vibes early in the video I thought to myself “wait until they hear The Blackest Day” 😂
lol when she says "i think she listens to billie Holiday " girl just wait until the blackest day
Hands down my favorite reaction to this album, you’re the first person I’ve seen love it as much as me 🙏
I loved your reaction. I was so excited when you kept mentioning Billie Holiday and I was just waiting for you to get to The Blackest Day lol. And I love that you adored Salvatore.
People are divided with honeymoon, those who doesn't like it that much prolly like those more faster paced or hard beating songs she has like in born to die and ultraviolence, honeymoon is slower but very atmospheric, theatrical and can send you into a trance like feeling.
I wish the universe would listen to me sometimes the way it listened to you xD
If you haven't, you should react to Ride music video by Lana, she has a Ana amazing beginning and ending monologue. I love it so much ❤️
PLEASE react to stevie nicks' music, she really is a poet before a musician, her album Bella Donna is a PERFECT start, or even just her singles thank u!!
we been waiting for loooooooooong (from twitter)
Terrence Loves You will always have a special place in my heart as one of my favorite songs of all time, it just hit me so hard the first time I heard it and it makes me feel the same way every single time it just makes the tears well up in my eyes every time. SO GOOD
You love Lana, Billie, Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, Bjork... I stannnn. I'm sure you're familiar with Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine, her writing in every single album pulled me out of some of the darkest places wow. Also an insanely good lyricist and storyteller. Very Virginia Woolf meets Frida Kahlo meets Emily Bronte
YOU ARE AWESOME! It’s such a pleasure watching someone fall in love with Lana. She is amazing. I like the format of your video and you being a poet and analyzing it! Can’t wait to watch more ❤️
Love when you said…introvert anthem…introvert here
Oh my god Sher I love your energy!
finally found someone who appreciate burnt norton. i really love her cover on this poem. this song is mystifying and luxurious. it has a strange vibes--dreamy like--and gorgeous, very wonderful.
Ultraviolence by Lana ofc, and bury me at make out creek by mitski. Two of the best albums of all time. Thank u for the vid!
“All I hear is Billie Holiday, it’s all that I play.” It’s a lyric from The Blackest Day, one of my favorite Lana songs ❤️
finally someone who understand honeymoon !!! i love u
ultraviolence is still very very very special to me ‘cause made me want to learn more n more about playing guitar at the time and psychedelic music! the lyrics are quiet repetitive but for me that’s not a negative point, it shows how her mind were working at this same narrative at the time ~ so haunting!
me when she said billie holiday on Honeymoon (the tack), and couldnt wait for her to listen the lyric in the balckest day :)
I can't wait for Ultraviolence it's so poetic and a banger at the same time
best reaction to the album
im OBSESSED with this album so glad u reacted to it girl
This is my favorite reaction of yours so far! I learn so much about her song writing, structure and intentions with your reaction and commentary. I looked at this album in a whole different light. I love watching your videos and you have the most infectious personality💕 I was waiting for the Billie Holiday reference in Blackest Day with the amount of times you referenced him ahahah.