In her blue jeans video she meets this man (who is her age at the time), in her born to die video he's the cause of her death, and in this video her memory is haunting him in his older age (she has the same bathing suit on as when she meets him in blue jeans) (the older and younger version of him are both in the west coast video too!)

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

Ok, this is fascinating

@joed8612

10 ай бұрын

West Coast time 👀

@gmz1925

10 ай бұрын

this is just a fan theory this is not confirmed by lana

@nataliacoronado1300

10 ай бұрын

Does it also relate to off to the races?

@karlitapalacios5719

9 ай бұрын

It's a dark theory but it's just a reference, Because the two songs talk about heartbreak, it's just a theory the songs don't relate like that and talk about other topics.

My interpretation of this music video is that she already left him or perhaps died but he can’t stop thinking about her and seeing her everywhere.

@obhatti

11 ай бұрын

Exactly - which is why he's blue aka depressed. Which also explains the drugs and alcohol usage on his part.

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@grllikesboy5118

11 ай бұрын

I thought the premise of this video is that he was haunted by her ghost

I was amazed when you reacted to Black Beauty and literally said “this person is unfixable”!!!!! Perfect that you did this song next

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

It’s wild

@aymanchakir6556

11 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmere it is about the same person but dw he wasn't an old man😭

your face everytime the old guy came on screen had me dyinggg

There's a theory that this older man is actually the same guy from when they were young... but Lana's character "died" and the ghost of her haunts him. I recommend watching the music videos for Blue Jeans, Born To Die and West Coast. They are connected.

@XUndyingNightshadeX

11 ай бұрын

THIS!!!

@SummerDelReyboy

11 ай бұрын

This literally makes sense cause she cut off a scene of her drowning like in the blue jeans music video and also the guy is doing the cross sign when he’s seing her swimming

@cherrydelrey1949

10 ай бұрын

@@SummerDelReyboy I never noticed the "father-son-holy ghost" crossing motion before. Good catch!

@SummerDelReyboy

8 ай бұрын

@@cherrydelrey1949 yeah ‘ sorry for the wrong words “ cross sing / father son holy “ i’m french lol but thanks :D

Violets for Roses may be an uplifting break from these darker songs 💛

@ggscenes

11 ай бұрын

Yess

@GiovanniBorgneth-fb8pm

11 ай бұрын

I agree

@eljorthesun

11 ай бұрын

omg yes❤

@alisaulpaz

11 ай бұрын

U r so right

@JJ-hr2ti

11 ай бұрын

YESSS!!!

Back at the UV era there was a theory on tumblr that Lana is actually a ghost in this MV. THere was a whole debate about why she died and why she continues to haunt him, one of them being that he was responsible for her death. As I recall, the scene where he sees her swimming and makes the sign of the cross was one of the main points that gave birth to this theory.

i think that in this music video the old men represents a past lover. lana is a ghost bc she’s dead and he just keeps seeing her years after.

Your beef with older men is so funny i cant

@Pheonixess

11 ай бұрын

She must have had one or a couple relations with them in the past and loves them deep down, but hates them so much now ahahaha.

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

@@Pheonixesshahaha now you are psychoanalyzing me! Ahha love it. There is def some truth there

@txsgreen714

11 ай бұрын

When I got older and realized the older guys weren't actually cool, they were creepy and controlling ..ugh

@jens2049

9 ай бұрын

​​@@txsgreen714all older men right?

@txsgreen714

9 ай бұрын

@jens2049 Well, it takes a certain type of man to date a high school kid.

She being a Therapist, being stressed out by Lana being....unwell, just gives me life and make me laugh so much. Love your videos❤

There are a lot of people who think this song is about an old man being haunted by a dead lover. Love ur vids btw❤

@joicheri6206

11 ай бұрын

The manny bullets "crossing" her holographic image (which looks like a ghost), him making the holy trinity sign/prayer when he sees her swimming (as if he's just seen something supernatural), plus him completely petrified when she gets out of the pool bathed in light really supports that theory

One of her best videos is Chemtrails Over The Country Club. I think you'd enjoy that, has a "women who run with the wolves" feel to it. The song is excellent too, finding peace in the mundane with your girl friends. There's a clear distinction between Lana's earlier work (focused a lot on provoking issues, substance/sexual abuse, daddy issues etc.) and her later work... I think a lot of the comments suggest you go explore her earlier work because it has a stronger sound but I think her later work is where you'll fully enjoy and embrace her due to the lyrical content and her insane self-awareness and clever writing.

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

You had me at “women who run with the wolves”

@longislandnamibia6879

11 ай бұрын

This is honestly my favorite Lana song. Visually this music video is a masterpiece!

@elinakhisamova3569

11 ай бұрын

THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO REALLY

@housekinokuni903

11 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmere yes it's a gorgeous song and video, very girlpower-y

@yaseminkaya6826

10 ай бұрын

​@@mendwithmere on beautiful which is a song in blue banisters lana says let me run with the wolves let me do what i do you can check it out this song it is really inspiring

Most of her early work is controversial, with these dark and taboo subjects. Her later work is very different. She’s evolved greatly as a writer.

You my little sparkle jump rope queen

i think the bonnie’s blue line is a double entendre because what u said makes sense relating to history which lana has an interest in but also i think she’s just saying she’s one of the many girls (bonnies) that are sad (blue) now because of this man

shades of cool is my favorite song from any artist, it’s just so beautifully made, from the production to the emotion in her voice

May I suggest “Cheery Blossom” for a future video? It’s a very beautiful song and I think it has more mother related themes.

@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395

11 ай бұрын

Yes!!!

This old man is an American tattoo artist, Lana has another clip with him of the song "West Coast", please review this music video too, it's very good, has many references to a documentary about jazz singer Chet Baker and it's in black and white, a masterpiece. This song is amazing by the way, her voice is sublime! Love your reactions and all your eye rolls hahahah 💙

Just got tickets to see Lana in Italy, this is the best way to end this day😊

@myopia2020

11 ай бұрын

Congratulations!👏 (I hope Lana and her hair are ready to go onstage at the allotted time)

@tom_j.

11 ай бұрын

@@myopia2020 lmaooo, honestly she can get on that stage, only sing Salvatore and leave and I would be happy

@myopia2020

11 ай бұрын

@@tom_j. I'm sure you're going to have a great time!🙂

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

Ahhh amazing!!

I believe its part of a story about when she was dating this (here portrayed as) older man. He used to be in West Coast video. West Coast lyrics said "I'm leaving You for the moment, boy blue" and that she "sees him swingin'" what is a metaphor for cheating. So chronically Shades of Cool says how she can't change her gloomy (blue) lover, telling about him dating other women, him being a drug addict. Then we got West Coast where she tells she is actually leaving him for the same actor portrayed in Born to Die and Blue Jeans. I believe she comes back to East Coast and New York because she said she's leaving the older lover "for the music" and in Brooklyn Baby we can hear her singing that she came back to singing jazz with her boyfriend that plays in the band. Then, next song on album is still about being cheated on, and it's Sad Girl. May be meaning that she believed she will be happy leaving him, but she feels like no one can replace him. "His Bonnie on the side makes me a sad sad girl" Then we got Pretty When You Cry, in which she says "All those special times I spent with you, my love" still thinking about how the past lover hurt her and lyrics: Don't say you need me when, You leave and you leave again. I'm stronger than all my men except for you" I believe it's a whole story. In Honeymoon album she seems like trying to heal from this era and this toxic relationship but she is still hurt. That's how I see it at least. You guys can correct me if my interpretation of the plot is wrong

The way your face changes from very impressed to unimpressed in 5 second is so funny 😂 love it, love you

Gotta love when its okay to shame a man for being old

I believe he's representing an old man who never got over his dead lover & sees her ghost everywhere, thus the drinking & the mournful blue vibe. The last scene, he has to get drunk to still be able to feel her dancing with him for a brief moment until she literally slips through his fingers...

There's also an outtake from this music video at the end, in the footage she sinks in the water slowly and dies. I believe the video got changed last minute over her controversy after saying "i wish i was dead already" in an interview

blue banisters would just be an amazing album to react to

The song is about loving a cool dude . Now we know lots of interesting , cool dudes aint your average pretty boy . It’s an energy . Mark Maloney depicts someone that’s complex been around the block many times, has a stories to tell , wisdom ,kinda like Keith Richard’s . Lana loves the complicated , old soul and will take that over a pretty innocent boy anyday. I. Love how she makes this known in the video and song , she’s not your basic chick .

The lyrics "and when he calls, he calls for me not for you" could also very well be a reference to when she said that same line in her cover of a Nina Simone song titled "the other woman" (from her "ultraviolence" album)

mere looking at lana coming out of the pool: 😍💘😌🤩 mere looking at the old man see lana coming out of the pool: 🤢🤮🥴😵‍💫 LITERALLY MY REAL REACTION 😭

Kinda wish Lana had more music videos with old men just to see Mere roast them

Please do Tropico! It's such a gorgeous short film for the "Paradise" EP, it's like a music video for 3 songs)

You have to do the candy necklace music video pleaseee😫😫😫

YOUR REACTION ON IT IS JUST FUCKING HILARIOUS LOOOOOOOL

She has a lot of songs with the theme of "the other woman" and I can't understand why I felt so connected to it, I still don't know if it can be related, but in her case, she had an absent mother during her childhood and in my case, my father was very absent in my upbringing...he never liked to talk to me and if there was a scale to define how much between him and my mother I wanted them to be present in my life, he was always below from the average. But however distant, I always felt more protected when he was around, and when he wasn't around, I didn't feel like a normal child.... I never managed to have friends, bring friends to my house, create deep bonds of friendship , getting along with ex-boyfriends...or relatives who distanced themselves from me...

Actually the music video explains a lot. It is a continue to born to die. Lana died and her boyfriend after years(that's why he is older) can't forget about her. And in the music video imagines being with Lana. She appears in the pool the first time, but then she is not, cause he imagined of her. And that's why she says she can't break through his world. She is dead and not in Earth

@almaTHEtherion

11 ай бұрын

my FAVVVVV theory

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

Ok, this makes sense. Im doing a video on all this

Lana’s “High By The Beach” music video is the best, the song is really empowering

@renna4216

10 ай бұрын

singing "all I wanna do is get high by the beach" for 4 minutes straight is not creative, nor empowering... one of her worst singles ever. super generic and boring.

@jjxxn.

10 ай бұрын

@@renna4216whaaaat😃

Can you please do Lana's short movie Tropico (it contains of 3 Lana songs: Body electric, Gods and monsters and finally my favorite Lana's song Bel Air) Also few great unreleased songs: fine china, your girl, kinda outta luck, Pawn shop blues... Thanks in advance🥹💝

@jkdw

11 ай бұрын

yes Tropico

@aleksR18

11 ай бұрын

Also Because of you Tired of singing the blues Pink champagne ( this is demo version of her COTCC song Let me love you like a woman and honestly I prefer the demo version even though they're both great) 1949 Big eyes (she did this and I can fly for the movie Big eyes) Serial killer She's not me Queen of disaster TV in black and white Hollywood's dead Smarty Yayo

@anam3584

11 ай бұрын

@@aleksR18 omg yess it would be so great if she did those songs cause there aren't many reactions for unreleased songs on KZread

The man is Mark Mahoney, a legendary tattoo artist. He’s also in the West Coast video of Lana’s. I wouldn’t read into it too much. They were just acting out a story, plus some women dig older guys.

This poor guy. He’s just an actor.

Mere!!!!!!! Loooove that you're here now

Violet for Roses next

You should give a listen to an unreleased song of hers called "cult leader", its an outtake from the ultraviolence album. The song's lyrics also talk about this Jim person that she often mentions, especially in the ultraviolence song. I would be curious to see what you think the song is about, many people say its about Jim Jones, it's one of her darkest songs tbh, Lana herself was in a cult in the past, in a 2014 interview she said "I used to be a part of this, I'll call it a sect. There was this insane charisma about this guy who was a leader of the cult, he surrounded himself with young girls. But then i found out this guru wasn't a good but a bad person. Eventually I left the sect, the guru believed he had to break people before he can build them up again" its a really disturbing story tbh, this interview itself is really hard to find.

The random facts you tell us out of nowhere is so funny 😭

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

Hahaha like what??

@susyycarlyle

10 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmerethe veins thing (cool undertones etc)

I’m surprised no one has said that the old man is actually Lana’s tattoo artist in real life

Not, Mere, sitting her roasting Lana's lover for several minutes straight. I'm lmao. But I think you get the type of guy that Lana was attracted too or is attracted too - don't know if its still, yet the description that you grasped is what we know of men that have come through her life. This song I think fits in lot with Lana having both types of "parent holes" and in trying to fix it in lovers while also some point realising that she can't and leaving him (them) which we see in later songs. I want to say that this might be another clear mention of the "Bill" who is the unconfirmed person from Lana's past with whom she was romantically involved, who was also the subject of "Black Beauty" and "Hundred Dollar Bill" along with other a few other songs. Anyways, great interpretation, Mere.

laughed so much at your reaction to the poor old man😭 honestly agree with that after going through my share of relationships with older men...

Lana is definitely a ghost and is haunting her past lover because he can't get over her ❤

Mere had to make eye contact with the old mad in the last part😂😂😂😂

You've given me happiness. Can you please do Violets For Roses? Then I saw a comment for If You Lie Down With Me... please do them both....pretty please.

@ggscenes

11 ай бұрын

My Baby Lives In Shades Of Cool

@JJ-hr2ti

11 ай бұрын

Yess violets for roses!!!

Mere is back! Love yaaa!!!!!

I suggest you doing Black Bathing Suit!!!

Please do White Dress!!!! There’s a lot to unpack

fucking DYING at your reactions every time the old dude comes on. relatable.

Love this! So glad you did this track especially.

Please do Violets For Roses or If You Lie Down With Me....i think I saw this suggestion somewhere....but please try them.

@470mandible5

11 ай бұрын

Yes! I saw your comment and Boom.

I love your honest reactions. Its not easy to come by ❤

There's a connecting story that runs thru some of these mvs. It starts from Born to Die mv where Lana dies, and part 2 is Blue Jeans, part 3 is Shades of Cool, and lastly part 4 is West Coast mv where in the last scene she is again burning in the fire, like the way she died in part 1 Born to Die mv. All these follow the story that their teenage love(as shown in BTD mv) was so strong that even when she died, he kept seeing her soul till he is old. One reference is Lana swimming in the pool in Shades Of Cool mv with her eyes above water, like crocodiles, just like they are shown in Blue Jeans mv, and her white dress is repeated here to show that reference! Another reference is in last scene of West Coast where she is buring in fure but she seems alright, because its her soul now. She has already died in the Born to Die mv. Do check those out and you'll love how the story follows thru the visuals!

I always thought it was “I’m one of many on his beau,” ? Will have to listen again. Forgot how much I love this song!

Yes, an interview with Lana, plllleeeaaasssseeee!!!!

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

PLS TAKE A LOOK ON SERIAL KILLER PLS PLS TAKE A LOOK ON SERIAL KILLER PLS PLS TAKE A LOOK ON SERIAL KILLER PLS

I just want to say: I love the way your eyes roll when you see the old man. I think the same. She deserves fresh blood, young bodies of beautiful men. Love all of your reactions. I hope you do Thunder

OMGG i never click a video so fast, i love It, thanks for react to Shades of cool❤

WHERE IS OLD MONEY QUEEN

and i love your reactions ❤️

I love yours reactions!!

Yasssssss let’s do more video reactions to Lana 🎉❤

The actor is her friend and she made another video with him.

I love your reaction its so insightful and youre so funny, cant get enough of your expressions 😂❤

Violets for roses next please!!!

Please do Violets For Roses......and The Greatest..... please

Can't wait for Cruel World ❤❤

It would be beautiful if you’d react to every Lana’s album the way they went out cause they (she) tell(s) her story. You can see her growth and her maturity and the deepness of her song and thematics release after release. I think you’d appreciate. Btw my favorite album is Honeymoon and I hope you’ll react to it ❣️

I love all your analysis so much!!! Could you make one to You Can Be the Boss? I think it goes a lot into these themes as well. Thank u

ARTDECO should be next ..

You should play California by Lana Please!!! I love you and thank you for this fun trip as well

white dress pleaseee

Born to die and blue jeans' videos are my favorites, visually perfect in my op

The whole Ultraviolence album is gonna be a hard pillow to swallow for you as far as I can tell…

Violets for Roses pleaseee

Do Flipside pleaseeee, kisses from Brazil :*

I hope u react to more ldr music videos they’re amazing

eu não aguento a cara que ela faz toda vez que aparece um homem nos clipes hahhahah

I’d recommend reacting to pretty when you cry. Great song and there’s a lot to discuss

at the risk of coming off ageist, which i am not at all. i totally empathize and relate to your feelings towards these older men that she has in these videos. it definitely makes me uncomfortable and get the ick just from my own personal experiences and feelings. and i have a feeling lana does that purposefully, which i haven’t thought about til now.

everytime i feel like 'hating' for Lana loving an old men, it also reminds me to her song that said "but you haven't see my man". and i was like ok then🤣

@m_li_ma

11 ай бұрын

Sad Girl! Another great song to react to ❤

plz do million dollar man by ldr, btw love ur vids and how u say and explain things :)

You're hot hot, weather in the summer, high high, neglecful lover, hot hot, weather in the summer, high, neglecful lover, you're crumbling sadly, you're sadly crumbling. It's the lyrics of the bridge.

Beautiful❤❤❤❤

Girl u gotta balance your sound and the music vid sound . Love your reaction xx

June 28th?? My favourite day because ever since I was 5, I've watched Pretty Little Liars and it became my basic need ever since and June 28th was the last day the last episode aired.

@ggscenes

11 ай бұрын

That's the sweetest story 🥹🥹🥹😍🥰😘.

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

If you believe in numerology, you know 28 is special. Bc 2+8= 10 which reduces to 1. 1 is super powerful!

@470mandible5

11 ай бұрын

@@mendwithmere That's Really Interesting. I'm researching 😍 a positive number like 1 is actually *muah

You saying that she's a goddess and wanting this old man who really doesn't care about her, it's amazing hahahah it's exactly what I always felt watching it 🫠

thank you queen

Please! Tropico!!

essa música é perfeita

@andreaquino3336

5 ай бұрын

Sim!! ela vai bem no fundo da alma...

There’s a theory that he is actually the guy from born to die and this is in the future after she died in the scar crash and this video is him having memories of her and wishing she was still there

I'm from Argentina. Love your reactions. I don´t speack english but.... I learn english listening to you!

@mendwithmere

11 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

Say how you feel! Give all the faces

Cherry blossom next please!!!

the stank faces u were making at him lmaoooo

I suggest Violets For Roses and Gods And Monsters