I’ve heard people say the wolves are a representation of the duality of her own femininity. Hence the line “my cancer is sun and my Leo is moon” almost like in the day time she’s her sensitive and gentle cancer sun, but at night she becomes wild like her Leo moon.

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

Ahhhh I wish I caught this! I thought about what she meant after but couldn’t connect it as perfectly as you did!!❤

@etherealibra1642

7 ай бұрын

Love you Mere! Will you do more poetry readings soon?

@k.d.5603

7 ай бұрын

​@@mendwithmereThis person is right! Lana posted about this book not long before the video's release.

@melg6834

3 ай бұрын

Originally, her moon is in own house, Cancer & Sun is in Gemini 😂

Fun fact: she performed this song in a recent show, and at the end she sang He's born in December and got married when we were still together. He got married when we were in couple's therapy together, sometimes I wonder what his wife would think if she knew". She just slayed.

@amandajm

7 ай бұрын

this is in the video???

@P0ppins_

7 ай бұрын

@@amandajmyes😭

@keane2160

7 ай бұрын

watch the whole video 😭

@lorenavasques8657

7 ай бұрын

@@keane2160 yeah, sorry, I don't know why but my mobile didn't uploaded the whole video the first time 😭😭

@SergioSde

7 ай бұрын

I was there 😍😍😍

I believe it references the book Women Who Run with the Wolves. One side she says "washing my hair, doing the laundry", "wearing our jewels in the pool", and for the other side she says "I'm not bored, I´m still wild"

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

Oh I love that book and can’t believe I didn’t connect it!

@melliecara

7 ай бұрын

It’s absolutely reference to that jewel of book❤

@melliecara

7 ай бұрын

@mendwithmere do a short video about this connection. More women need to read Women who run with the wolves ❤

@akerr5823

7 ай бұрын

I’d say read or listen to ALL Clarissa Pinkola Estes ! Life changing

@ifrutiger

7 ай бұрын

She also references Women Who Run With Wolves in the lyrics to her song “Hollywood Bowl”

I think the “meet me for coffee at the elementary school” might just be a metaphor to reuniting with her childhood friends and remembering their wholesome moments. It’s more sweet than dark, I feel the album has a nostalgic theme through it and focuses on happier moments rather than trauma as she’s done in her other work.

@superhamhams6586

7 ай бұрын

i think it has to do with AA

@lanabanana5301

7 ай бұрын

Is it not that all the wives are on the pta?

@strangerthings88

7 ай бұрын

She has a kid in the video it’s just literally meet the other rich moms for coffee

She was inspired by the book “Women Who Run With Wolves” 💛

Recently she changed the final lyrics when she was live performing the song. "He's born in december and he got married when we were still together, i guess that i met him met him too soon, but sometimes i wonder what his wife would think if she knew that i didn't know anything, he's born in december and he got married when we where in couple terapy togheter" AND IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

I love it! Did you watch til the end?

@Lx_lizzy

7 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmere Yes! She was gorgeous as always ❤️ The way she sings that part it's just.. i don't know, You can feel the pain in her voice, and i feel sad for her but at the same time glad she could get out of there.

@melg6834

3 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmere that cheating a*hole is Mr. Tulsa cop, *Sean Larkin*

The part that always gives me chills is when she says “it’s never too late baby, so don’t give up” when the twister takes her up into the sky. I feel like it symbolizes fearlessness which you mentioned, or just riding out the hard times in life and accepting it for what it is, because she looks so relaxed when it’s happening. It resonates a lot with me. I came across this video while I was going through the darkest time in my life and this felt like such a breath of fresh air. I wasnt making the best choices in life, but I felt like it needed to happen so I could learn and grow and appreciate. I love her so much.

I feel when she says "I'm in the air. I'm in the water" she can't be contained. She can take any shape she wants. And the wolf. She is untamed.

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@denyspash

19 күн бұрын

"You're in the wind, Im in the water" is the lyrics correct lyrics lol.

"i love that mask" made me laugh so hard bc of the controversy it stirred in 2020 😭😭😭😭

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

but I don't know about the controversy!!!

Lana has been singing this song live on tour lately and she has added some shocking lyrics to the outro, this song references her ex-bf who really shook her life when they broke up named Sean. “He's born in December and got married when we were still together;” “He got married when we were in couple's therapy together;” “Sometimes I wonder what his wife would think if she knew.” So with this new knowledge added to the song maybe the Chemtrails were the fact that he was in a whole other relationship while with Lana, but to Lana everything seemed so idyllic like being at a country club. A&W is also about him too with the lines about being a side piece, and invisible

@rolenspears8472

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining LOL

so iconic reaction❤️‍🔥 btw there is an alternative version of a&w where she also talks about her past relationship and is wild!

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

Oooo where can I find it?

@armaanragaga

7 ай бұрын

​@@mendwithmerekzread.info/dash/bejne/pmSD1c9pZsmpkdY.htmlsi=QHWjvU_p86J0XTBC

@Leeoxyz

7 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmere kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmSD1c9pZsmpkdY.htmlsi=cqFhBHqFXOFEgETX

@kluski3423

7 ай бұрын

​@@mendwithmereI think it's a video of her riding a car and singing it

@99centlips

7 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmerehere it is kzread.info_PNPnXJnVsQ?si=mEpQeF1VE9N2P2dh

7:49 It is very interessting to hear stories of mothers and how they wanted to name their kids in the first place and didn't do it because of what others thought about it. My mom always wanted to call me Lou, and somehow I can much more identify with that name instead of my given name. Also my good friend felt the same.

I think you're spot on saying some of the symbolism is her leaving her "daddy issues" era. The clips with the dancing in the dirt are very reminiscent of the Ride music video except instead of dancing with old dunes and motorcycles, she is dancing with powerful women and wolves. I really like your thoughts on “meet me for coffee at the elementary school”. Personally, it reminded me of the other references she made in this time period to having a daughter. Sometimes in the fall, schools host meet-the-teacher-type events which fits with the line about the summer heat getting cooler. She was soo ready to enjoy the mundane events of parenthood like she had dreamed. Until the dream was ripped from her hands :(

Hey! she recently changed the lyrics again and sang "He's born in the December and I'm over it soon" I'm so happy she is happier now, she's so strong ❤ same as you Mere

Mere: I love wolves, so I’m very interested to see if that’ll come up again. Me: Oh, babe… Just you wait lol

I never thought as the chemtrails having a negative meaning in the song, but more as them contributing to the whole picture of childhood lightheartedness. Kids lying on the grass and watching chemtrails in the sky: she's still that same wild girl who used to run free and watch chemtrails.

@chrystianaw8256

16 күн бұрын

I see that too

it’s actually a reference to a book called Women Who Run With Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, which is a compilation of myths of the wild woman archetype. in the music video for COTCC, she summons the archetype as an artistic representation of where she sees herself and women like her on the contemporary concept of woman, representing the duality she speaks about ever since NFR era and most recently on her post Question For The Culture, which is about how she doesn’t have to leave her delicate, sensible and emotional self to be a strong feminist, she is basically saying that nothing is black and white, you don’t have to be yk “stonehearted” and a 21st century “bad b*tch” in order to be a strong, powerful and independent woman. this relates to chemtrails in a sense that the poison on the trails aren’t literal, but figurative: media tricks, futile devices on the internet such as cancel culture, which became very shallow, etcetera.

I love your comment about contradictory statements about country clubs but having chemtrails overhead. Or wearing jewelry in the swimming pool. I've never actually thought about it like that, but I think it also applies to the line "meet you for coffee, at the elementary schools." That's very clearly a contradictory statement as well because children aren't supposed to have coffee! I love the idea of this song being about contractions, and owning both sides of things because people can change and grow, and people are very large and contain multitudes! Love the video.

The sun and the first part of the video Is her maternal side, the Moon and the last part of the video is her Wild side My interpretation is that this talks about her DUALITY

Subscriber from Brazil here! I'm a psychology student and also a big Lana's fan, so I'm marathoning (I don't know if the word "marathon" can be used as a verb in english as well, but I mean "watching non stop" hahaha) all your videos. Your analysis are opening my mind, I mean, even as a fan, I've never thought about some things you're saying and discussing. Thanks for the videos!!!! ♥️

FYI - Lana read a book - Women Who Run With The Wolves, that's what the song is about! nuff said!!!🐺

Been a Lana fan over 10 years. I still find more meanings and references to her life experiences in her lyrics and imagery, especially after listening all the unreleased songs that leaked and paying attention to how she changes the lyrics sometimes. I'm just amazed how Mere can see a lot of them so fast in the first listen/watch. You both have very creative and beautifully blue minds

I was there when she performed it live and changed the lyrics and it was INCREDIBLE, the power she had when she sang those words, everyone in the crowd was in awe

Hello! I’ve been watching u since ur A&W video and I love how understanding you are of her lyrics, I’ve learned a lot from you about songs I’ve already listened too. If you are interested in looking at some of her deeper music I recommend “Put me in a movie” if you want something more happy (from my interpretation atleast) I recommend “Every man gets his wish” They are both unreleased but are very popular still. I love ur videos and always look forward to them! ❤❤❤

Hey Mere, thanks for doing this! I personally tend to think about COTCC video as a sister video to Blue Banisters, with the general theme being healing with your sisters after a particularly bad breakup, just in a different way and... different vibe, so to speak. I really love how she creates a female universe in these clips (just like you said, no men in the "wild" wolf part), and the men that do exist here are close and safe: a glimpse of her brother Charlie, her keyboard player Byron, her dancer Alex's partner etc. But no love interest of Lana. I also love how in the end Alex-the-wolf climbs into bed next to her actual partner, the two other ladies lie together as if indicating a romantic relationship between them and Lana goes to bed alone. I find it kind of healing to her particularly knowing the story that you learnt in the end of your video

the tornado always remind me of the wizard of oz

I always saw this as a comment on duality, how at first you see someone like Lana, “privileged, wearing jewels and contained in a safe space such as a country club” where as if you scratch the surface of image you’ll find in reality she is free and wild, in her pack of sisters.

she said YOUR in the wind IM in the water lol

my favorite music video of hers!! thank you for doing this one

Thank you Mere! I just got your book delivered & started reading. I'm an addict myself & thought it was a good read to understand how my addiction affects others. I wish I was close enough to go to the book signing but I'll always be supporting you from afar!❤

I love hearing your insight! 🤍 sending so much love, Mere

My favourite reaction so far ❤️ thanks for doing this

for some reason my interpretation was like trying to live your life normally and be happy and in the moment but things coming back to haunt you (the wolves scene)

This song is so beautiful and the music video has such a great meaning 🫶🏽

one of my Favourites and definitely one of my Favourite music videos!

The wolves are a reference to Women Who Run With Wolves a Jungian feminist book from the 90s that Lana loves and has referenced a lot in the last few years. I don’t agree with everything in a book but it’s definitely an interesting read especially if you love psychology

Honestly could not have enjoyed that more 😭💗, great reaction and ur right that live video tied things together for us so well, I love Lana so much she’s made me feel more understood than every before and believe me I needed it 😭. Thanks for finding the time for these Lana videos bcs I know you have a busy schedule and congrats on your bookkk as always :D is there any chance you could react to dark but just a game from the same album? It’s so good and I’d love to your interpretation other than my own 😁

Best interpetation yet compared to what I've heard from other people, love how quick you are in understanding the lyric and video

This video is wild. when she bites the lemon the video switch is from the country club into a mixture of the Wizard of Oz with the tornado, and she walls, implying that Lana is actually a werewolf, but when horror elements like the girls with glowing eyes, which also remind me of thriller I’m still confused as to why her, biting the lemon makes everything go haywire though. Like what does that mean?

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

I’m not sure but I bet some people on here has some theories!

These lyrics just hit and i love how you sort of analyze what shes realy saying and i just wanted to say you have helped me grow so much over these past two months that i found your chanel. you have helped me heal really since when i was young i tried to commit in the fourth grade and have been through many rough things at a young age ❤ also love your sons name my cousins full name is actully Luca Wolf 💗

The parallels between you and Lana continue! Wolves! this is one of my all time favourite music videos by her. 💜

The dude is Sean (sticks) larkin some reality tv cop something like that who she is talking about in the Live clip

i just got your book, i love it so much

Glad you had the Hyde park festival live at the end ! Loved the song and your reaction

Ive always loved Lana and just lost my shiett when she dropped this video! It pushed me over tthe edge to get her tatted with a wolf headress since wolves are my favorite animal and she sang a few times about the big bad wolf!

Love this ! Do u mind doing more Lana music video reactions her visuals are beautiful

I'd like that you react to Off to the Races by LDR, too! Promise it's super good and there's too much to analyze from it.

omg this is my favorite lana song together with violets for roses 🥹❤️

Omg finally this is one of my favorites❤

Love your video, I hope you react more to this album ❤😊

Okay so I know no one asked for any detective work on this and I feel like a stalker fanboy, and Lana's situation is obviously none of my (anyone's) business, but I've been doing a deep dive on her music lately and I've done a bit of searching on this situation that Mere brings up at the end of her video re what Lana sings at the end of the song in the live concert at Hyde Park, about being with someone who got married while she was still with him. There are videos of performances from the days right before the Hyde Park performance, in particular Paris & Dublin. In the Paris show, she previews a little bit of what she sings in Hyde Park a couple of days later but she stops short of the full exposition of the relationship that she does in Hyde Park, like she's testing it for audience response before rolling it out to a much wider audience in London. So from what I can tell after a few minutes of searching, the boyfriend breakup situation occurred sometime in March of 2020, and "Chemtrails" was released exactly a year later, March 2021. But in Dublin, 3 days before Hyde Park and more than two whole years *after* the breakup, something interesting happens at the 2:00 mark of the song: Lana seems to find her voice and sounds quite angry for a couple of lines - almost shouting the words - and then regains her composure and throughline after a few seconds and for the rest of the song. So what happened more than a full two years later, to affect her so significantly? Something around the time of these shows seems to have lit a fire in her. Fans loved it, music writers were shocked, but it seems like in her case, it's elevated because the people who connect with her music actually seem to identify with *her,* especially, and with what she's singing about. It's not the same as listening to, say, a U2 or Elton John song, it's way more personal to her & her fans.

ive been waiting for this

Love your reactions

My 6 yr old daughter loves this song and the video. She loves most all Lana's stuff but this song is her fav, her favorite line is "me and my sister just playin it cool" because my girls are very close in age not even a full 2 years apart. Not to mention how much she has loved this video since she was 3. Her name is Brooklynn btw 😂 I will forever remember my baby girl by so many of Lana's songs. Brooklyn baby of course ❤ Edit: her nickname is "my wolf" because of this song. I love knowing that my girls are very strong. Extra edit: I don't let my girls listen to ALL of Lana's songs and yes she is indeed a witch♀️ 🪄

Depends on the culture when it comes to wolves. Celts believed wolves represented transformation and intuition. Others thought they represented freedom. Seems like everything is crisp and orderly in the day but passionate and wild at night. Suppression of the dark feminine.

love you and hopefully you can come to Cleveland

I love your videos so much

Hear the whole album, its my favorite!

This channel is my comfort place and my roman empire thank you Mere🥰

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

dying laughing over the roman empire comment! I just came across that on TikTok. sending you love!

i’m such a big fan of ur videos and always love watching the song reactions!!! if ur ever looking for more song recs i think billie marten would be a great artist to look into, i love her music and lyrics :)

You NEED to watch all of her Music Videos! I'm interested in your thoughts on this ( and they are all beautiful)!!

her hairstyle and the tornado just remind me of dorothy from the wizard of oz

I’ve always felt the wolf aspect was meant to be an interpretation of her feminine wild. That she can be the perfect wife in the country club and beautiful but she still has this wild abandon within her.

Please react lana song's the title is " not all those who wonder are lost "

i think you're genuinely happy to not have to watch another clip with the old men around her🤣🤣

Oh we all remember the infamous mesh mask… It was during the time of her Question for the culture post and she received a lot of backlash for it.

Hey Mere I know you probably have a long list of suggestions but I’m leaving one here I believe you would love to hear and think about : Not Strong Enough by boygenius. Since you got into Phoebe Bridgers these last week I think is the perfect time haha

You need to react to God Bless America - And All the Beautiful Women in It. Greetings from Brazil🇧🇷❤️

YOU SHOULD DO MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE BY MITSKI

Great job! I enjoyed revisiting this video with you and hearing your thoughts on its awesomeness. Also, this French teacher loves that your son has a French name! :)

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

Awww yes to the French name! I love the sound of the language. Thank you for sharing!

Maybe old money next? I'd love to see your reaction!

Hi there! Big fan! Can you review “Radio” by Lana next? 🙏

Creo que el final hace referencia a la mujer salvaje, igual me asuste al principio cuando vi esa parte

It was Sean Larkin who did that to her btw 🖤

In my opinion, the “chemtrails over the country club” could be a metaphor on pandemic and conspiracy theories about it. Taking in consideration the dates of release.

I wrote on part of this song. We visited the country club by our house. There were two girls that wrote about jewelry in the pool. I told them to go to the market by the Tawas pier in Michigan and buy a kid’s swimming pool to jump off the pier wall into. I was a kid and I’m 32 now. The first song, “White Dress” is when I met Elizabeth for the first time and I gave her the name Lana Del Rey. I was 12 at the stereo conference.

Please do Ethel Cain songs!

You should do Lorde melodrama album I would love it .

When I saw the name of the director I was like yeah that makes sense

Different selves in the light of day vs the dark of night.

I NEED you to do Oh Well by Fiona Apple! It's my favorite song by her 😭❤️

Yosemite or 13 beaches when pls 😪

I once read that in this clip, when she passes the glass of ice over her face it is empty. And that means her constant need and resistance to alcoholic beverages

Mere ! Helloooo my dear ! I MUST suggest you also react to the music video for The Neighbourhood - Stargazing !! PLEASE AND THANK YOUUU ! Keep in mind, that the day that music video released, Lana was set to appear on the late night show with Jimmy Fallon for a "live performance" of Let Me Love You Like A Woman ! It's so freaking adorable how-- I'm just gonna shut up and hope you react to it ASAP !!! You'll enjoy this I'm sure of it ! Hope you're doing well and staying warm !

Can we talk about how beautiful Mere is?!? Girl, I would like to be as beautiful and intelligent as you.😊😌🥰

(Kind of long and sad comment so dont feel the need to read) It was one of my old friend's funeral the other day. They weren't someone i was very close to, but someone I liked hanging out with when I was in school and still cared about. They were one of my closest friends roommates too, so it still feels like a lot because I want to be there for them as well, ofcourse. I have a hard time with my emotions and feeling okay with feeling anything negative (thanks daddy issues lol). For a while I used things like alcohol to block negative feelings out, but I have been trying to stop because dont want to end up like some of my other family members and depend on it too much. I want to care about myself and my mental health properly. Your videos have helped me feel more okay with feeling vulnerable and upset, and I know they help many others too, thank you for making this channel. Also unrelated to that but one of my names is Jules haha Im sorry if this comment is kind of glitchy/things repeated my phone is very old and very broken..

More poetry from lana please

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

It’s coming :)

@By.CByC.

7 ай бұрын

@mendwithmere omg love you so much. Please la who am i to love you It helped me.

Please react to her song “thunder”

Please react to cherry by lana❤️ love ur commenting on songs

❤❤❤

Can you do my love mine all mine by mitski pleeease🙏🙏luv you btw❤

Just a note to say that I love the mask as well, but I also remember that she took a lot of shit for wearing it out in public and, like she often does, felt like she had to defend it and the defense of it was worse than the original offense that she caused because of it. I mean. Just you do you. No explanations required. Let's own our actions.

I thought perhaps it was pointing to reconciling being a good daughter --then Auntie or Stepmom / mother archetype while still embracing your inner wild woman and sexually free self … ( and not just per formative for male gaze) I have trouble with this sort of thing - wasn’t raised religious but still from my lineage of Christian relatives there was a lot of repression and sexual shame passed down

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

Yessssss

Please react to Fingertips. It’s heartbreaking

@mendwithmere

7 ай бұрын

I did!! It’s either on the live or on a separate video

Dark but just a game plsss

@keenanrodammer9493

7 ай бұрын

I’ll do Dark But Just a Game tonight because I wrote it. I don’t think Mere has played much GoldenEye. It would be hard for her to figure out. Would love to see her fail at it though.

OK BUT CAN YOU REACT TO THE NEW OKIVIA RODRIGO ALBUM PLSSS WE BEEN WAITING FOR

Okay, so you're a writer, your mind goes to dark places, and you love wolves and Lana. 🤔 Ya know, if you didn't have such great hair, I'd think we were the same person! 😄 For real, though, you did a good job here. Again! And I was wondering if you've ever listened to Tori Amos. There's a lot you can dive into when it comes to her work. A LOT!

❤

100% listen to Text Book

Please react to carmen by Lana del Rey!!!!!