"did she date my ex" stoppp I laughed so hard 😂 The idea of having the responsibility to fix him or men she was with in a main thematic umbrella in the whole Ultraviolence album. She really shows the psychomachia of wanting to please but also wanting to make them better. Despite it all, she chooses to stay because she's not aware that she deserves better. That comes in more in Honeymoon when she sees that her need to please these men is just the honeymoon phase of a relationship and she actually comes to realize that it's time to walk away because it damages her wellbeing. It's part of her evolution. As the albums progress you'll see that more.

@chasedaniels8086

Жыл бұрын

She took me out with that one😂😂

@staratlas7778

11 ай бұрын

😂❤

lana literally says "you are unfixable" in her song shades of cool!

@LouisianasQueenLuisaMorgado

Жыл бұрын

BUT I CAN'T FIX HIM CAN'T MAKE HIM BETTER BUT I CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT HIS STRANGE WEATHER BUT YOU ARE ARE UNFIXABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@lilianadelcaribe

Жыл бұрын

@@LouisianasQueenLuisaMorgadoperiodt

@mrovvka6882

Жыл бұрын

The first thing that came to my mind when she said that haha

@kdr3108

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was "invincible" because she put the lyrics in the describtion and it is "invincible"

@faisal-ag

Жыл бұрын

Omg! Please do the entire Ultraviolence album. Shades of Cool next? 🥹

Keep on serving

I read somewhere that these lyrics: "Oh what can I do? Nothing, my sparrow blue" were a real dialogue between her and her boyfriend. He answered her that she can't do anything and called her his sparrow. It makes this song even sadder. Thanks ❤

@computerb0y

Жыл бұрын

really? where did you see that? that's sad but actually beautiful, like black beauty

@hugofrota

11 ай бұрын

calling her his sparrow means something I'm not catching at first glance? english is not my native language so if there's some known meaning that I'm not aware about I would very much appreciate a reply :] thanks

@k.d.5603

11 ай бұрын

​@@hugofrotaAs far as I know we haven't heard Lana explain that lyric. I think it's a term of endearment like Sweetheart, Honey and Babe. I'm sure it means something important to Lana. She's said she likes to add little things in her song that only she (and sometimes family or friends) will understand exactly what it's means. I think that's probably common for artists.

i think you’ll love “Old Money”, one of the best songs of hers

@LouisianasQueenLuisaMorgado

Жыл бұрын

Violets For Roses.....The Greatest.....If You Lie Down With Me......Old Money...

@angelo3986

Жыл бұрын

Also beautiful

@camjam420.

Жыл бұрын

MY FAV BY HER

@LouisianasQueenLuisaMorgado

Жыл бұрын

@@angelo3986 And Black Bathing Suit

@LouisianasQueenLuisaMorgado

Жыл бұрын

I Actually have a tattoo of a Hydrangea on my hand in honor of that song

This song is so sad, and it's clearly about her relationship with barrie- james i always remember what she said when they broke up: "Probably the relationship I’ve been in for the last three years. Definitely demolished that through tons of depression and insecurity. Now it’s just an untenable relationship, impossible because of my emotional instability."

as a lana del rey stan who’s studying psychology in uni, i’m loving these reactions. also - today’s her birthday! by the way, i love the wallpaper in the background 🤩

I see Lana, I click

Happy birthday Lana Del Rey!!! She’s 38 now!!

She wrote this song and basically the whole Ultraviolence album about Barrie, he struggled with depression and that’s why they broke up 🥺 despite she tried to bring him up, like you said, it was not her job 😭

MERE DID THIS FOR LANA'S BIRTHDAY

@LouisianasQueenLuisaMorgado

Жыл бұрын

She did!!!!!

This song has made me curl up and weep before. Loving someone with depression is so hard. You'd do anything to take their pain from them. It physically hurts to see them unhappy. And as someone who has struggled severely with mental illness my whole life sometimes this song feels like I'm singing to myself. The instrumentals fit the theme perfectly too and capture that longing aching feeling of wanting happiness for yourself or someone else This is in my top 3 Lana songs

I think many people miss a lot of Lana’s humor or sarcasm in her lyrics. Not saying the song’s subject is humorous, but her singing “I paint the house black, and my wedding dress too,” is a rather funny image. Makes me think of the movie BeetleJuice. So many of her songs have a twisted humor to them, but because other lyrics are so heavy it gets overlooked. Love your reactions - they’re super insightful ✌️

@piscesbeam3622

Жыл бұрын

So agree with this 100%.

This song is dedicated to Lana's ex-boyfriend, who used to be one of her few men who wasn't that abusive to her (my personal impression and observation, cause Lana usually doesn’t talk much about her personal relationships). I guess they really loved each other, but because of his and her dark personalities, they were not able to make it. Barrie used to have depression at that time, sadly, Lana is also not the most optimistic person. She moved to London for some time to live with him. He is a singer too. At that time Lana kept getting popularity, so whenever you see some videos of that time when they both were caught in public or at some music related events, it is clear that all attention goes to Lana, while Barrie stays aside just observing. He wanted the recognition too I believe, so at those times, especially, taking to consideration he had depression and his career was not as successful as Lana’s(must admit he is a talented singer too), it was obvious he was jealous. At the same point I want to say he used to always protect her from her annoying or crazy fans in public. You can see he really loved her and cared for her. I think it was not a good time for two of them then. Maybe if they started dating later, when they were not as vulnerable as they were, they would have had a better ending, who knows..? I guess their story is really sad😞, their relationship was one of the longest from all Lana’s. It was sincere, but painful love… I believe they had much in common.. it was just not a right time for them.. You can tell, cause Lana still gives a positive feedback about him. Barrie does the same. They still keep in touch as friends :) You can check out their cover for a song “Summer Wine” on Lana’s channel. They sound great together! Very magnificent cover ☺️ watching the video to the cover now, gives me a feeling it is a dream, that was never supposed to become true… Thank you for your reaction!🥰 Looking forward to the next ones😁

@sabra8064

Жыл бұрын

No he wasn’t jealous of her at all! Barrie didn’t want fame he just sings and plays guitar because he loves doing it

@heavenboulevard

Жыл бұрын

her songs with or about barrie are the best 😭

@V10l3tta1

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s so sad omg

@dglsldrh4166

11 ай бұрын

the part you say they could meet themselves later is the main ideia of Flipside (song).

@emilyb.8219

11 ай бұрын

@@heavenboulevard Do you know what other of her songs are believed to be about him?

I laughed so hard when you asked "she dated my ex?" 🤣🤣

This is from her Ultraviolence album, where, as another commenter pointed out, the central themes surround the idea of wanting to simultaneously please/appeal to and change/fix the men she’s romantically involved with. Another song in the album that’s very similar to Black Beauty, but I think a bit more direct, is Shades of Cool. I’d really love to see your reaction/analysis of that one at some point! The chorus literally breaks out with “you are unfixable, I can’t break through your walls”

"He's unfixable", Lana says "You're unfixable" in her song Shades of Cool from the same album Black Beauty is from, Ultraviolence.

I LOVE BLACK BEAUTY SO MUCH!! This is my favorite song of all the time 🫶🏼✨

My interpretation: This song is love song to her loved one because she knows that he can't see the light of life. She wants to show him the light in everything around them. The "red" cherries resembles love, passion, and intimacy. The sun is "yellow" and represents joy, comfort, and vision. The ocean "blue" represents being embraced, peace, and perseverance. Brown is the color you get when you mix red, yellow, and blue together...and that's the color she dyed her hair. To be strong, dark, and proud. Trees stand tall, provide shade, and it's trunk is sturdy. That is what she is. She is the tree that bridges both worlds together, the world of light and the world of darkness. And like a tree, it's branches reaches towards the sky for light while it's roots digs deep into the darkness. And where do sparrows make their nests? On trees! Sparrows are song birds and they sing beautiful songs for their mate. So if he can't see the light, then maybe he'll listen.

@e4ernity

Жыл бұрын

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What I associate this song to the most, in a purely subjective way, it's to this one time during my darkest phase, when I had suicidal idealizations and felt completely hopeless: I decided to go out for a run around a park at night, took my headphones and phone with me, put Lana's music on on shuffle, and this song came on. Despite the fact I was running, I couldn't take my mind off my negative thoughts and emotions, but when Dark Beauty came on, I really listened to the lyrics for the first time, and it was so soothing, I felt she was singing it to me. It gave me a sparkle of hope, thinking about how beautiful life can be, starting with the fact that such beautiful music and art exists and how it can brighten you up for a little while at least.

@mendwithmere

Жыл бұрын

Yes! This proves music is so healing. Sometimes no amount of medication or therapy can help in the way one song can. So glad it supported you and you are here.

There's Violets For Roses, If You Lie Down With Me, The Greatest, that I really think you'll love 🥰

@LouisianasQueenLuisaMorgado

Жыл бұрын

At this Point I'm just being ANNOYING

Black Bathing Suit it’s also a great song that tells a little bit more of Lana

3:07 “he’s unfixable” listen to Shades Of Cool she says this exact line :) it’s in the same album too! 💗

Another one in such a short time 😍 and on Lana's birthday❤

I found myself obsessed with your reactions to Lana 🩷

Maybe you should listen to Wild at Heart by Lana where she says "I love you lots like polka-dots..." another relatable fact 😊❤

Your interpretations are so spot-on. As a die-hard Lana fan since 2011, these are some of the best reactions out there. I've been following your channel for a few months now, and thank you SOOO much, you make me feel like I'm listening to these songs for the very first time. Looking forward to more ❤

"Oh, what can i do?" Wait 4 Mend with Mere to post, that's what! Thank you for the DEDICATION, we love every reaction, interpretation and advice! ^^

Happy birthday Lana! She's playing here in the UK this weekend at Glastonbury. Keep on doing what you are doing Mere. Love the analysis

Love u Mere keep up the great videos ❤

Your reactions are always amazing! ❤️

THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHH I love your vids and this is my fav song

ALWAYS look forward to your videos, Mere!!! This made my day. Thank you for all you do!!!

Shades of cool, pretty when u cry and sad girl will be amazing for u to listen

Mere!!!!!! Love THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY THE ONE I WAS WAITING FORRE

I get so excited when you post a new Lana video!! You're the best. Ty!!

“I think she might’ve dated my ex” SENT ME😭 I think this is why we all love her so much, there’s such a relatability ❤️

I WAITED SO MUCH FOR THIS REACT

I’ve been waiting a long time for this one 🥹

Love you and your reactions!!!

I love how deep you dig into these songs, trying to interpret the works of art and deep emotion! One song by Lana, that's on the "Lust For Life' album, has always been beautifully challenging for me to understand. It's called "13 Beaches". The song has a haunting need to escape from the world with the sound of a cinematic ballad. Somehow it's relatable, but I'm not sure why.

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

YESSSS I WANTED THIS SO MUCH

one of the songs that got me hooked onto her, so good 🖤🖤🖤

HAPPY 30K MEREEEE

Thank you for giving us these ♥

@mendwithmere

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! 🤍

Lana and Mere? Yes please!

By minute 4 of this video I was already crying, damn. Thank you for doing this song, it's one of my favorite ones by Lana 🖤

YOU JUST KEEP PICKING MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM THE ALBUMS 😭❤️

Love your reviews ❤

i love when you make connections to the songs, you have so much good insight 😊❤️

@mendwithmere

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

4:48-7:45 This whole dialogue 😢 This is one of my favorite songs by her. The entire Ultraviolence album is incredible.

Im really loving this channel! Lana's music is definitely a genre where you have to have been through some things to fully appreciate, rather than see it all as sad and depressing. And I see similar outtakes as you do on some of her songs. If you don't mind a request, I recommend doing her song "cherry" from her lust for life album. Thank you again. And keep up the OUTSTANDING vids❤😊

the quality of your content is amazing, love you mere

@mendwithmere

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you 🤍

lana’s catalogue is full of controversial themes that somehow we can all relate in a way, it’s just as painful as it is beautiful

Yeah! And happy birthday to Lana💕

Can’t wait for more reactions! Whatever you react to I will love and enjoy because you have amazing analysis, but if I had to make a suggestion I think you’d really like Sportcruiser, it’s a poem from Lana’s poetry book/album Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass (an underrated masterpiece if u ask me) 🥰

I really love your channel, you bring such a new perspective to these songs with your insight! If you could, it'd be great to see you react to Beautiful People, both the demo and the released version. The difference in lyrics are... really something! I think you'd enjoy analyzing the evolution 👀

Hiii Mere, since Fleetwood Mac is one of ur fav ( and my personal fav band, and Stevie Nicks omg ), i think you'd love "Beautiful People With Beautiful Problems by Lana featuring Stevie Nicks herself lol, btw love your reactions 💖

once again, you slayed

I've been binging your videos and you make such good points and annotations on her lyrics to the point that I am shocked, you are so good at analyzing her songs and I agree with 99.9% of the conclusions you get to!

Highly recommend listening to her song, Beautiful, on her album Blue Banisters. Its amazing song that discusses her going through depression herself. Highly recommend

I love your reactions. I feel you understand Lana in a very different and deep way. Thank you! I would love to see your reaction to Liability by Lorde! Kisses from Brazil ❤

Love your reactions! as a fan of Lana, I don’t always understand the meaning of her songs and it’s so interesting to listen to your opinion and really a lot starts to make sense I also like to look at your face when she sings, for example, about changing for a man😅Thanks a lot! take breaks, hope you don't get tired of doing reactions to her songs. Sending you so much love💕 you should go to her concert! at the moment she has many festival concerts

My fav LANA song on her birthday what a sign thank you!🖤

Ever since i've heard this song for the first time ,it has still remained my fav Lana song of all time and that is hard cuz all of her music is superior.

MY FAVORITE LANA SONG OMGGG. Starting to watch now

This song is about depression

i love your videos sm

Your videos had become my favourite videos

Hi Mere! I discovered your channel over the weekend, and I'm really enjoying your thoughts on all these different songs, particularly since you are much better than I at understanding metaphors and the subtle imagery they lend to music. If you're interested in songs relating to addiction, you may want to check out Remember me Happy by Alex Warren. Alex released this song shortly after his mother who struggled with alcohol addiction died from liver and renal failure. From what has been said about his relationship with her, I can see how this song might be from her perspective as an apology or from his perspective as he struggled to care for her but also set boundaries.

THANK YOU, REALLY!

that song is so amazing

Violets for Roses please!! I know you’ll love it 💛

Mere trust me, you must do violets for roses, it won’t disappoint!!

This song is so sad 🥺

Loved this reaction! I think you’d enjoy Shades of Cool. It’s one of my favorites from the Ultraviolence record and she’s talking about very similar themes.

@____thisguyhere________

Жыл бұрын

And Say Yes to Heaven. Great song!

@cherrydelrey1949

Жыл бұрын

Oh, yes. These two go hand-in-hand.

this song is a bonus track from ultraviolence, arguably her darkest album (honeymoon is also a good candidate), about a very toxic relationship that ended up hurting everyone involved

PLEASE DO HAPPINESS IS A BUTTERFLY!!

Lana's celebrating 38th birthday today! I love your reactions!

❤ great reaction.

Do ‘old money’ next! One of her saddest songs. It’s also off of the album ultraviolence

I had this song on replay from SoundCloud then one day decided to listen to UV and realized the song has been released 😭

I think this song is about how is hard to be in a relationship when ur the only one who´s actually tryng to make things work out, i felt this one so deeply, one of my favorites of ultraviolence album🖤

@kadinmay

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’s about being “the only one actually trying,” I think it’s about her lovers sheer inability to put in the same effort she did. How despite her efforts there’s nothing much she or her lover can do.

i luv this song

Love this one, great break down as usual. I really got into this song when my dog was diagnosed with cancer. We tried everything to help him, but he succumbed to the disease. I was playing this song for myself so much. "oh, what can I do?" because there was nothing I could do. "Life is beautiful but you don't have a clue" and I knew that the world was full of beautiful things, and that year (2019) before he got sick, was going really well. But it just broke me. I had to feel my feelings of deep grief and there was no escaping it. And it's interesting you used the description of "unfixable" because in Shades of Cool, the chorus is literally "But you are unfixable, I can't break through your world, 'cause you live in shades of cool, your heart is unbreakable" This song also reminds me of my first boy-friend I had as an adult who was an alcoholic. I remember asking him, "why don't you spend the day sober?" and he responded with "Now, why would I do that?" It was a hard time and I was very naive. He also lived on a street that was named Belair, so that song reminds me of him too. I hope he's doing well today. He was very self-destructive. Anyway, I hope you're doing well, Mere. Bright and light colors look beautiful on you! 💜

@mendwithmere

Жыл бұрын

This made me cry bc my dog isn’t doing too well at the moment and this comment changes how I see the song. Thank you so much for sharing 🤍

@cherrydelrey1949

11 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmere Aw, Mere my heart goes out to you. 💜

i'd love to see you break down "shades of cool" off of ultraviolence, it covers a lot of the same themes :)

Can you do, “is this happiness?” Pls :) btw thx for the videos ;)

Tysm for the reaction, btw black beauty is a deluxe track from ultraviolence

Out of all of Lana's songs, this one definitely hit me the hardest, VERY close to home. I remember hearing it for the first time. Sure, vocally speaking, it is angelical, no doubt. Poetically/lyrically, it absolutely destroyed me to the point of causing me a breakdown. I interpreted the lyrics a little differently than what they possibly were meant to/for. It felt as if a younger version of myself was trying to speak to me. A version of myself that wants to fight/change, and do everything in his power to take my current version out of the depression I was feeling at the time. It made me rethink so many things and build enough courage to want to heal. This song is one of the reasons why I'm alive today.

I would really love your take on gods and monsters by Lana or dark paradise!

Mere, I love your hair and your t-shirt. You look stunning and full of energy! ❤ You'll love Shades of Cool, I'd be cool if you Cann add it to the list! Kisses!!

you need to react "is this happiness'' by Lana omg i need to hear ur interpretation

one of the best song on the album🙌

i clicked so fast when i saw you uploaded

i really love your reactions and the way you discuss and analyse the meaning of the songs. even though i don't know you personally, i think you are a beautiful soul and have a kind heart! if I make a kind request, can you please record your reaction to «Liability» by Lorde? i think you will appreciate the lyrics greatly. thank you in advance stay safe & sound!

thank you for this video

@mendwithmere

Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

00:12 Ultraviolence! Also my fav song from Ultraviolence😂😂

Arcadia next please😢❤