Freak is literally the continuation of the video, and complements the lyrics of this

@fernandovasquez2249

4 ай бұрын

explain how please

@ianwillmore2840

4 ай бұрын

@@fernandovasquez2249 both videos have a lot of the same imagery, underwater, siren esque characters, etc. The Freak music video is said to have been the scrapped Ultraviolence video (bc it was too dark/literal) though so that would either really help or hurt the continuation imo. Either she’s still in that point or in control now and that’s why she chose to use it

Shes not prepared for freak😂😭😅

@gabrielfajardo3220

4 ай бұрын

She's not prepare to honeymoon's lyrics and visuals jsjss

@love-lp9pu

3 ай бұрын

High by the Beach is gonna be crazy😂

she actually says “play em like guitars, only one of my toys”

@melliecara

Ай бұрын

THIS!! Important IMO

@melliecara

Ай бұрын

Also ”With ribbons in knots” (not blue ribbons on ice)

she said in a live performance “lies can buy a wedding ring, (not that i need one)”

@bellami9605

3 ай бұрын

Its funny how Lana says these type of things or directly writes "Im not the marrying type" and some people still think she is this extremely devoted lover. If anything, this song is admission of lying to appear as if she is devoted but in reality its all a game and she likes to watch them leave

She also has a lyric on This is what makes us girls as - "Pabst blue ribbon on ice"

@meg_th3_ant1_h3ro

4 ай бұрын

I’ve suggested that song…among like 20 others. Lol! She’ll get around to it!

i love this format where u read and analyze the lyrics first and then watch the video ! 🥰

@meg_th3_ant1_h3ro

4 ай бұрын

Same!

@leonamroa

3 ай бұрын

SAME 2!!

To me the pink flamingos fascinating her is how they’re beautiful creatures able to stand on one leg. Lana believes she needs another "leg" or a man to support her. She’s dependent. This links to "velveteen and living single, never felt right to me"

@haleybice4763

4 ай бұрын

SO SMART

@Heroinheart

3 ай бұрын

As a man, I believe it could be a summer thing like a poolside reference idk

@bellami9605

3 ай бұрын

i disagree with this, while it sound fitting on paper, if you read her poetry and notice her wording in and off her music, I dont get the sense that Lana necessarily yearns for stability or commitment. The whole song to me sounds like an admission of lying about herself to make them think thats how she is and eventually moves on to someone else, its all a game to her anyways. As if lovers are temporary, server their purpose for a time, and then she is ready for the relationships to end. She is obsessed with freedom and being wild at heart (her words) not to stay grounded in one place with one person for the rest of her life. "Pretty white mountain tops so many places to call home"

@chrystianaw8256

2 ай бұрын

No

@ElizabethGeis

2 ай бұрын

these replies can't grasp the concept of interpretation i guess

I'd love to see the High By The Beach one next in connection to this. These reactions teach me alot, thank you so much Meredith and i hope you're doing well 🫶

@MegaGustavo246

4 ай бұрын

and freak too

I think that in this song Lana let man think that they're on the control, when she's the one whos actually in control. lol

This song has a lot of call back to her “This is What Makes Us Girls” track off Lana’s Born to Die album. I think if you listen to that song you’ll gain a little more insight.

Waiting for the "Love" music video reaction! you're gonna love it!

@katherineauber

4 ай бұрын

Yes! This song and video is so precious to me

@Andhrezza

4 ай бұрын

Up

Please react to This is What Makes Us Girls, you won’t regret it!

@lmprettywhenicry

3 ай бұрын

oooo yessss!!!

I have always feel in the chorus is a juxtaposition of "what i say (the sing voice)" / "What i really think (soft spoken voice)" So it shows the words that she uses to manipulate the boys when what she really feels (and confess) is that shes here to destroy them. Is just a Game to her, anyways.

You’re literally a genius. Your breakdowns are immaculate.

I think Lana is talking about the power of seduction that women have over men. She says "I'll do what you want" which I think is directed to the men, she'll put on a show and be sexy like they want. But "what the girls know" is that women can turn on their charm and seduction and use it to control men. I also think the line "I watch you leave" relates to this, she can coyly watch them leave knowing they can't stay away. The feeling of the music also reminds me a lot of her song Mermaid Motel which has many references to being a striper and has major mid-centry Miami resort vibes (think Lujon by Henry Mancini) just like this song.

So, I haven't finished watching yet, but here's something. I think the actual lyrics are " Play'em like guitars, only one of my toys", meaning she lets them think they're controlling her, but she's the one lying, so when the "gold" goes away, she turns lemon into lemonade by putting on (and out) her own music.

this is one of my favesssss “she’s kinda crazy” is so relatable 😂❤️

this is what makes us girls, old money, honeymoon, how to disappear, bartender, and paris texas from Lana would be cool songs to see your reaction to! :)

Honeymoon is SUCH an underrated album-highly recommend listening to it from beginning to end. Such a seamless and dreamy listening experience 🩷

@KevinBeswick

4 ай бұрын

It is almost unworldly. My favorite Honeymoon song is whichever one I happen to be listening to at the time.

@saritasantis

3 ай бұрын

@@KevinBeswick for real!!

@archknight7

3 ай бұрын

Agree

@ketkishukla3346

2 ай бұрын

it's poetry! each song is like a stanza!

Pink flamingos are slang for swingers

Cool reaction format ! Loved it, as always great insights :) She's fascineted by flamingos because they are able to stand on one leg, on their own (without a partner). She's refering to pabst blue ribbon on ice, as she is in "this is what makes us girls", also this song connects in a lot of ways with Music to Watch Boys To. Thank you for your reaction, i always deeply love them.

When she sang the song live she changed the lyrics “ lies can buy eternity” to “ lies can buy your wedding ring” because her ex the girl one she dated when she released honeymoon says he’s not ready for a mariage or have kids with lana but ended up marry another woman quickly after they broke up and also cheated on lana. So

Hi Mere! You should react to Honeymoon by Lana! It is such a beautiful song.🤍

@KevinBeswick

4 ай бұрын

I agree! The first two songs on Honeymoon are incredible. Actually, the first five songs. On second thought, the entire album is a classic.

Hi Mere, thanks for this reaction! In a live performance she changed the lyrics for "lies can buy a wedding ring", so it could more sense of the meaning of it. Sending you love ❤️

you should watch the Freak mv

You need to react to freak and This is what makes us girls.. it gives a bit more insight on this song and her situation growing up.

I actually always heard her sing “we’re ribbons in knots” and not “blue ribbons on ice” 😅 Thank you for your videos ❤

I just love watching your videos, Mere! Sometimes in live performances Lana would sing “lies can buy you a wedding ring” instead of “lies can by eternity” so you are spot on in your analysis

Never heard this song before, great selection, thank you. I am wondering if "putting on my music while I watch the boys" could be her conquest ritual? I have always believed that Lana's music is about her being the hunter of men, the men that she is attracted to. Thus, what if she created a ritual to get the men that she is atracted to? So if she sees a guy that she likes, then she "puts on her music" or she starts her rotual, she finds out the music that the guy likes, grung, punk rock, etc and she gets on stage to sing it, and she always gets her guy, until he walks out of the relationship.

I think you’re missing a little bit of the sarcastic under tone in her professions of love in this one.

Nice editing job. I noticed you did it yourself. I think that’d be difficult. So, I feel like you do with the speak of the purity between the vibrance of the baby flamingos and how the vibrance is lost once the female flamingo has had it’s babies. Maybe she is liking the mother flamingoes to hoes and then to herself. Maybe if they’re dull now and that’s equated with what society deems a female a hoe. The youth/innocence velveteen rabbit. If she was “tainted” by having been when someone before. The double standard and playing at that by playing the system. But, simultaneously, having awareness of her pattern in relationships. It makes me think TS “So I play him like a violin” & “I think I’ve seen this film before”. And having the music for this is once again speaking to this being almost pattern she’s seen before and she’s prepared for this narrative. Lemonade maybe like make lemons out of lemonade? It’s as if she’s given up on love so she’s just expecting disappointment. Maybe the flock of flamingoes and only the girls know alludes to that there are “plenty of fish in the sea” and they’re just one of the boys’ choices. Search and destroy sounds like a mission with intention. I think her use of the “boys” reference as opposed to men, also. Super fascinating. All the women are in white, also, like purity. You called it from the beginning. Holy crap I wrote a lot. Sorry! Have a lovely week! Thanks for sharing! I’m loving the Lana deep dives! Stay lovely! 💛

@KevinBeswick

4 ай бұрын

Nice comments, alexh! You have some great interpretations of some really amazing lyrics. This is one of my favorites of so many great Lana songs. Thanks, and thanks to Mere as well for her insightful reactions. It's not easy finding much in the way of reactions to this song. There are some reactions to the entire Honeymoon album, but not a lot in depth about this song. I actually was just searching a few days ago, then this ends up in my stream today! And it's hot off the press!

@bellami9605

3 ай бұрын

I love your pink flamingos interpretation!

@alexh5619

3 ай бұрын

@@bellami9605 thanks! It’s fun exploring all the angles!

19:03 When she says:”is all a game to me, anyways” I can say that Lana knows she needs a men but she doesn’t really have the necessity to have one. It’s like if I will have one I will be happy, but if I don’t it will be happy anyways! It’s like she’s “playing” with the boys doing this.(I can see her face smiling and saying, I am always happy even if all goes wrong/how it goes)

@bellami9605

3 ай бұрын

i dont think shes saying she needs them, more like she likes having them temporarily around, she always moves on and expects it to all to end eventually

Off to the races pleaseeeeee🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Soo much better with just the lyrics, and yeah, it’s pabst blue ribbon on ice 🙂 And the way she says Pink Flamingos…I mean you can tell what’s she’s talking about if you think dirty which is the point on that concrete line. She’s so funny and smart. Also I thought too about the fact that Pink Flamingos can stand on one leg maybe it has a double meaning she is fascinated by how can they sustain themselves without a partner (a boy), sorry about my English not native lol Edit: “Nothing gold can’t stay” is a line from Robert Frost. Got that line tattooed on my arm, love that poem so much

@SR-lu6lv

4 ай бұрын

I thought she was talking about the movie ‘Pink Flamingos’

@Dave-vb4nd

4 ай бұрын

@@SR-lu6lv Well It can contain multiple layers, it may be a reference as well, the film is full of lust lol. But the “Pi-i-i-ink flamingos” gets me every time 😂

@bellami9605

3 ай бұрын

@@SR-lu6lv isnt pink flamingos like cult classic queer film? I havent watched it, but if that line is alluding it too, then the girls kissing might be connected

Mere can you maybe react to Melanie Martinez i think that her songs talk about a whole bunch of trauma that people go through everyday she is a bit creepy though. 🎂💕🩷

@idkaubree.

4 ай бұрын

i second this!

i think a good format i’ve seen work for other reactors is doing the video and reading + analyzing the lyrics after

I love this format lyrics first video after. loved this video btw

Mi canción favorita en Honeymoon

Such a beautiful song with beautiful visuals 🦩

Hey Mere…So, I’ve never told you this…I don't think…maybe I have…hell, idk🤔, but I know Lana. Not EXTREMELY well. I believe I've told you before that my Dad has been in a band my whole life. They play all over, even overseas, at festivals, for the most part. I've met her at a few of these festivals. The 1st time not long after BTD dropped, & after her set, I was like, “Hey, I'm a huge fan…Can you sign this for me?” She was amazing! She actually noticed my backstage band lanyard, and asked who I was there with? I told her, and she knew them…which was really cool! We didn't spend much time together during that particular festival after that one encounter; but, I have had the chance to hang out with her at two other festivals over the years. The last one was right before Covid. She's amazing! I love talking to her, and picking her brain. It’s insane how much alike we are! Now, I usually don't talk about my friendship with her, or anyone else with any fame because I hate getting tons of questions about intrusive subjects. I feel like, anything she's told me, if she hasn't released it to the public, I'm DAMN sure not breaking her’s or anyone else’s, famous or not for that matter, confidence. I don't speak on things that aren't my place to speak on. She's coming to the beach in May for a festival that my Dad is playing in as well, and he told me he’d take me on the tour bus with him! I'm sooo freakin’ excited and I HOPE 🙏🏼 he actually keeps his word! Or y’all ain’t seen PISSED!!! 😡 I'd LOVE to hang out with her again…Like I said, it’s been a while! I was on her old Insta before she went offline with it for a while. When I see her, imma have her add me back! Lol! She told me one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me when we hung out at the last two festivals for a couple of days each time, and that was that she never felt interesting nor understood, and she very rarely meets anyone who truly “gets” her, and fully accepts her for who she is as Lizzy, not Lana, and that I was one of the rare people who sees her for who she really is, and appreciates the authentic person she is, and for that, I would always be special to her and she’d never forget me! I cried!!! I mean, I ugly cried! But she did too, so that made me feel better, Lol, and I told her I had always felt similar, and that she made me feel the EXACT same way! So, hopefully,🤞🏼I’ll see her again, think to take pics and videos, and maybe TRY to get in touch with YOU, Mere!!! Would you freak out?!?!?! Lol! 😂 But, yes, Papst Blue Ribbon on ice was her go-to drink when she was younger. So, that was what that reference was to in the song. And, your analysis was pretty much spot on. Two things…1) Lana has had low-key relationships with couple of girls, and in fact it’s when she feels the most genuinely loved and understood. Although, she’s made it clear, and she is NOT ashamed to let everyone know, her most comfortable relationship is with way older man. That’s because she likes to feel well taken care of, and just the security in it. Lastly, she hasn’t been shy AT ALL about saying it’s not necessarily the life for most women being “the other woman,” but in MANY ways, she actually perfers it, and has been in several relationships like this. On another note, how is Lil J???💛 And Mereeee…when you get a minute, PLEASE check your messages. I’ve sent a lot of things. Lol…Love you SO BIG!!!💞

@dylancook8863

4 ай бұрын

You wanna hear something wild ?? I first heard of Lana back in 2012 walking the streets of Long Beach listening to God's and Monsters on repeat for weeks ! I've never ever felt so in line with anyone in my entire life. Her music speaks to me and has helped heal me from so much trauma and over the years I've just been the most appreciative of Lana's artistry and how much she's done for me without even knowing it. And a couple years ago, I started having dreams where Lana and I were literally the closest of friends, chilling in the garden, smoking a joint discussing life as if we had known each other for years. We've never met. Then i had another dream, and another, where I was at one of her concerts. I've never been to any concert before in my entire life. Months after that dream, this amazingly kind and generous woman in Florida whom I've never met but bought houseplants from off of Facebook marketplace, ends up surprising me and my best friend with tickets to her Pittsburgh show last October 3rd ! It was an over 5 hour drive to get there but we made it. I actually got to finally see her in person, with my best friend directly by my side, and my friend's boyfriend chauffeured us to the venue ! Could it have been any more perfect of a scenario ? I can't imagine that being possible. A completely serendipitous experience that I feel like I am making it up because there's absolutely no way that I'd believe it if I didn't live it myself. I know this is an extremely long shot, but if you DO see her again, if you could mention my name to her !!! Let her know I finally got into her Instagram Honeymoon account, I'm drcook88 on Instagram, and I also recently commissioned a friend for a painting of Lana. I posted it on my Instagram if anybody would like to check it out. It's from her 2014 Glastonbury concert and it's absolutely worth the price tag. I'm so happy with the way it turned out. ❤❤❤

@bellami9605

3 ай бұрын

I love hearing stories about people who have hanged with her, the stories are very similar in their description of her character and personality. It seems that people who listen to her music often misunderstand her reality and her intentions, her wants and needs. Being misunderstood is one of the topics that she keeps bringing up in all her albums , specially since honeymoon till now with Ocean Boulevard, almost as if shes begging the listener to really hear her and not just stereotype her or have a preconceived idea of her or what the media and critics seem to think of who she is. Hope you dad takes you on tour and you get to meet her again!!!

love your reactions so much ❤️❤️

I love your videos so much Mere, especially when it comes to Lana Del Rey, it would be amazing to see you react to the "Freak" music video or the "TROPICO" short film. Now about the lyrics of the songs, I'm sure you would like to analyze 'Beautiful" from the Blue Banisters album. I know I already said this once but I still dream of the day when you will react to "Human Sadness" by The Voidz. KISSES FROM BRAZIL ❤🇧🇷

@katherineauber

4 ай бұрын

Tropico has so many layers and meanings. I absolutely think she should watch it. It’s very provocative so she might have some strong reactions to a few things 😂. . but it’s truly a masterpiece.

I was literally listening to this yesterday and wondering what you'd say about it!😅I'd also add that pushing record could mean that she's trying to make him more fascinated with her when pretending not to care that he goes to other women her or just putting on a show cause she fears he would leave her forever/unexpectedly if she wasn't okay with it. It could also mean craving that attention from men who are not very healthy XoXo

@usenrname1238

4 ай бұрын

Honestly I have too many ideas to interpret this since I watched your vid lmao

I love your reactions, they give me a lot more understanding about the music that I might not have gotten :)

I get so happy whenever I see one of your videos pop up

please watch freak which is almost a continuation of this song!!!

gurl the way you put your hair back when she says "It's all a game to me anyways" i felt that power

Just seeing you smiling and giving eyes while watching the video makes it all worth it ♥️

i like your takes...

react to high by the beach ♡

Lana is honestly so good and i m really looking foward to the ither tracks of honeymoon and same to paradise! Hope you re doing well mere!

I'm so excited to watch this, but sometimes these lyric videos bug me because they don't have the right lyrics, I'm almost positive it's "where ribbons are knots" -- not "blue ribbons on ice"... though, that's an interesting interpretation. Maybe I've been singing it wrong all these years, but I'm pretty sure that's the real lyric! LOVE this song, thank you for reacting to it!!

When mother come back to mothering like always. LOVE YOU! 🤍

I like when you react to the music videos if there is one for the song❤️

@KevinBeswick

4 ай бұрын

There is! And it's incredible.

@Alexellis738

4 ай бұрын

@@KevinBeswick I meant for every song mere reacts too if there is a music video then I prefer that since not all of her songs have a music video lol

You are so great 👏👏👏

Can you please do Sweet Carolina, Living Legend, and Arcadia next? They are really great songs off Blue Banisters and they hold a lot of emotion and meaning!😊

Please react to Honeymoon MV, it’s perfect Hunting. I luv you, Hugs from Brazil ❤️ 🇧🇷

Hey queen! You seem a litte tired, I hope everything's okay, loved the analysis

Hey i could be totally wrong but i think "pink flamingos" along with "ribbons" may be referring to innocence because the colour pink is associated with little girl wearing ribbons. That also goes with the "velveteen ..." line 🤷‍♀️ Love your reactions btw❤

Great reaction ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Beautiful song❤

One of my favorite songs

Love you love you love you you’re Stronger ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Now its a MUST for you to watch shades of cool

Is totally Pabst Blue Ribbon

Aaaaa I LOOOVE it

more MORE!!!!

love u mere

The women in the video remind me of Sirens (or nymph maybe??) luring men in to their own demise. They're putting on this show that us women see as fake, but the men don't.

Lanita❤

thanks for both aspects (lyrics and video) of your deep analysis! Like and subscribe :)

Please do Arcadia, her analogues are so beautiful

I think with "blue ribbons on ice" she is referring to Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, she also literally mentions it in "This is What Makes us Girls".

you should react to wild at heart!!!

please please pleaseee listen to freak transitioning into art deco. it’s very important that you listen to the transition; it’s a spiritual experience.

Oh Queen you better do The Blackest Day while sitting. im telling you.

I miss your pure lyrics analysis videos! This is good too, but the lyrics videos were the best

It's time for Freak! 😂

Waiting for HONEYMOON 🌙

React happier than ever billie eilish

You need to listen to her song 13 beaches A LOT to breakdown on that song

You should react to California by Lana! It’s for a friend!

Mere please do a florence and the machine reaction!!

MERE PLEASEEEE DO SALVATORE BYE LANA DEL REYYY

Watch freak please Thank you for your videos💖

Would you ever react to Ethel Cain?

I honestly don't think that Lana used the imagery of the girls kissing or her knowing what the girls know is an admission or her listening to soft grunge to her doing things she does not want to do for the sake of men. I don't think the girl who kiss her female fans on the lips with no men around is doing what your client described. Lana might sing about being there for the men in her life "till the end" almost as ride or die but her personal life is not reflecting this at all. If anything this song is an admission of her lying about her devotion to men so that men think she cares about them more than she actually does. "Hoes with lies akin to me, Lies can buy eternity, Play em like guitars only one of my toys" is directly alluding to this. Maybe those girls represents what Lana likes when the boys leave or they are not around. Despite tropes Lana uses earlier in her career she seems to be a lot more free in her relationships and not traditionally super monogamous and devoted as some listeners think. She has never really changed herself or morphed herself to her lovers, She seemed to have stayed true to herself, a more mature version of herself, but still Lizzie. Also she has stated multiple times most of the people that she's been with have been completely private relationships, so he have very little insight of how all her relationships look like.

no old men this time 😅😅

you shoudl do freak after this

please do this is what makes us girls!

Do closed captions not work on music videos?

I LOVE THIS! YOU NEED TO DO TROPICAL BY LANA YOU WILL LOVE IT IM BEGGING U

react to Freak MV too!

React to the transition from Freak and Art Deco, please

Do high by the beach please!

plss Sweet music by Lana 😻

Could you maybe react to Marina's music some time? :)

❤😂

please react to if you lie down with me

OLD MONEY PLEAAASSSEEEEE