How Ultraviolence Vindicated Lana Del Rey

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  • @EljohnMacaranas
    @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +72

    So… how do we feel about Ultraviolence?

    • @shahzadi.zafira__
      @shahzadi.zafira__ ปีที่แล้ว +26

      My comfort album 💕

    • @AstralAustin
      @AstralAustin ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Her best album🖤

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@shahzadi.zafira__ YES!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AstralAustin Honestly, yes… even if NFR is the perfect walking around LA album

    • @con_is_brat
      @con_is_brat ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ultraviolence is my 2nd favorite album. i used to never care for this album but after a full listen recently it got it's self up there behind NFR. this is literally my summer album😭🖐

  • @lexaproqueen9681
    @lexaproqueen9681 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    I just realized the first line of the album is “I shared my body and my mind with you; that’s all over now” and the last is “…will spend her life alone”. Woah, what a story 😮

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +59

      It's tiny details like that so many people skip over then get to discover later on. Her work is transcendental.

    • @V10l3tta1
      @V10l3tta1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And then not to mention the somewhat unreleased one that technically ends the album, flipside.

    • @kowcaine
      @kowcaine 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Is This Happiness ends the album (without the unreleased)

    • @lukaslourd
      @lukaslourd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kowcaine no it's flipside

    • @kowcaine
      @kowcaine 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lukaslourd i said without the unreleased.. flipside is basically unreleased (even if its on some records its not on apple music/spotify/amazon)

  • @hannahmichaels9992
    @hannahmichaels9992 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    There’s something cinematic about her sound that makes her so utterly alluring

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It’s the voicing she has, it feels like she’s lived through hundreds of years and different lives all during the same time period. Then its her choice of producers (she started producing her records and getting credit for it around Honeymoon.) It’s kinda funny (and tragic) no one took her at face value when she started and said she wanted to just be an artist and exist and everyone thought she was doing performance art or a gimmick for so long.

  • @Ulises92
    @Ulises92 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    Honeymoon is next 😆 her most underrated album. It's so beautiful and dreamy. And religion is the best song. It's so gorgeous

    • @palemoonlight96
      @palemoonlight96 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yess honeymoon is so underrated and there are literally zero in depth video essays on youtube that analyze it, we need one that does its magic and complexity justice 😍

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Don’t worry besties, gotchu ♥️

    • @aldalab
      @aldalab ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Chemtrails and Blue Banisters are way more underated.

    • @kaylahudspeth
      @kaylahudspeth ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Honeymoon is my favorite album!

    • @ultraviolince
      @ultraviolince ปีที่แล้ว +3

      chemtrails is her most underrated album

  • @MasterSplinter931
    @MasterSplinter931 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    this is by far my favorite Lana album, this era was peak

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was just above and beyond what anyone expected at the time, just an utter surprise

  • @quail57
    @quail57 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I feel like Ultraviolence is Lana's best work to date imho. I'm listening to it at work, and I'm still getting the same chills I got almost 10 years ago when I was a freshman in college. Truly a masterpiece. That whole era of her, the Born to Die era, Ultraviolence, and Honeymoon (an incredibly underrated Lana album, my personal 2nd favorite) will always hold such a a special place in my heart.
    I also feel like people are way too hypercritical about her lyrics. Like, she was just speaking on her relationships, and yes, not everything is rainbows and flipping sunshine. So many woman suffer through DV, and she was just being brutally honest about how she felt in her relationship in that place and time. It doesn't mean she's promoting anything. Lord.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh you’re so right about how masterful the record is. I went out of my way to buy UV as my first ever vinyl years ago! Honestly, though, yeah Lana faced so much unfair criticism over the themes of her music. It’s quasi-ironic she came up when “self-empowerment” anthems were the hot ticket. Lana’s music played against twee and skewed awfully brutalist and realistic

    • @punkbjork
      @punkbjork ปีที่แล้ว

      i know this isn't the pc thing to say but i call cap that she experienced physical dv, no one who has would actually write those lyrics or feel that way. this is entirely based on anecdotal experience with everyone i know but she's proven many times that she tries to make herself and her story out to be way more tragic than it is to be taken more seriously as a tortured bohemian artist, like lying about poverty, addiction, stuff like that.

    • @quail57
      @quail57 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@punkbjork I do think she exaggerates things for sure. Like being poor and this rich glamorous life of a Hollywood starlet. Like, Lana your dad was successful and though he was successful you didn't have this Hollywood glamour life. I'm not going to agree with with you on her making up DV stories, because that is something that we just don't know and she even said Ultraviolence was an extremely personal album. Unlike Born to Die, it wasn't super manufactured and her image wasn't as manufactured for this album. I'll choose to believe her on that part. Nonetheless, I think a lot of artists kind of manufacture an image that's not truly them, and if you look at the most successful artists, they all kind of do this, and some of them really do live the life they portray. But they still have an image they sell regardless. That being said, it doesn't mean it would be okay to make up DV claims or make up any form of abuse.

    • @punkbjork
      @punkbjork ปีที่แล้ว

      @@quail57 usually i give people the benefit of the doubt and am inclined towards believing victims, like even statistically male-on-female domestic violence is extremely common so they're probably telling the truth, especially if they name their abuser, because they have nothing to gain and everything to lose. but lana has been incredibly vague and poetic about all of those experiences, hiding behind poetry and building an image of narrative tragedy that i just don't buy. it's not that i need survivors to go into specific detail about their traumatic experiences, just that i don't believe her in particular because no survivor i know would romanticize it in art the way that she does. abuse drains all of your energy and sucks your soul out, you wouldn't even have the time to write poems and compose music while suffering because your main priority is survival while you're stifled under the weight of the fear and pain of a violent relationship. based on the rest of her personality and everything else she does and says in situations where it's obvious nobody can fake that, i deduce that she seems like someone who wouldn't stand for or tolerate that from a partner, but nonetheless likes to project an image of somebody who's passionate and hopelessly in love to attract an audience that adores her and eats that shit up. she grew up wealthy, privileged, and abandoned her mansion to go slumming in a trailer park, but portrayed that period of her life as "struggling" when really it was her choice to live like that and she had a safety net of financial security and support from daddy's $ the entire time. she's tried to hide her roots, pretended to be latina and from the hood, and when asked if she's done heroin, she's said "no comment" which is an obvious attempt to make herself appear like she has, when anyone who's actually met users can take one look at her and know for a fact there's no way this woman would touch h and has obviously never been near it. she's not hispanic, not ghetto, and not a victim, because victims don't tend to romanticize their circumstances in the way that she does, to the extent that she does. she's just selling an idea, exploiting gullibility, and taking advantage of the fact that most people want to believe in that image and find it aesthetically appealing.

    • @quail57
      @quail57 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@punkbjork artists have written and sung about dv and abusive relationships. Rain on me Ashanti, Goodbye earl Dixie chicks, Independence Day Martina McBride, just to name a few. I don't agree with people making up DV situations, but as far as we know, we don't know if she is telling the truth about it. If you choose not to believe her, that's your prerogative. People also deal with things differently. They are people who are open to talking about their abuse and there are people who are not open about it. Victims deal with trauma differently. There are plenty of artists who who say a lot of things in their songs that can be taken negatively. It is a fine line to walk, but I believe if artists are being biographical, they have the creative license to express how they feel. It doesn't even mean they agree with how they once felt or would promote certain behaviors to young people. Sometimes they are just telling their story. But if you don't believe her at all, then you don't believe her. But plenty of artists have sung and written about their abuse.

  • @aliciamichelle955
    @aliciamichelle955 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I'll never forget the first time I heard Cruel World. It was everything I ever could have wanted from her. A+++

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Truly one of her magnum opus. Like it's just so thrilling!

    • @UltraViolet666
      @UltraViolet666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too 😭 I remember sitting on my bed, ready to listen to the album in full, and as soon as I heard the opening guitar of Cruel World, I knew it would be my favourite song.

    • @aliciamichelle955
      @aliciamichelle955 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@UltraViolet666 I knew right away too! I was basically in shock cause I couldn't believe my favorite singer was doing my favorite genre

  • @Supernovaex
    @Supernovaex ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ultra is a bible. I just love the darker stuff and blues vibes of it. Tho I understand she was in a quite dark period in her personal life it's still one of her best for me

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s a very unique album but definitely a once in a generation work of art that’s the sum of unique lived experiences and moments. I see so much recent art inspired by it, it’s insane.

    • @Supernovaex
      @Supernovaex ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas very much agreed! Next year it's gonna be 10 years since it was released but West coast is easily one of the best songs I've heard. Also thank you so much for supporting Lana 🧡

  • @asa_rayder
    @asa_rayder ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Flipside deserves justice

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s the fact it isn’t on streaming, people would talk about it more or recognize it. But alas… I omitted it for that reason, but think it’s a lovely addition. Ties into Cruel World quite well and could be a decent finale if the deluxe tracks were a bit more cohesive.

    • @boyolita
      @boyolita ปีที่แล้ว

      It somewhat did, listen to the drums version of it.

  • @_sty__le7433
    @_sty__le7433 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    This album and era were so messy but so iconic
    - He hit me and it felt like a KISS
    - The cult leader line
    - ending it with the other woman
    - WEST COAST
    God I miss it, this was really her best album before NFR!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I thought it was kinda wild she really just dipped on promoting the album beyond social media and the occasional music video like a lot of my friends who loved her wondered where she went until I had to say… it’s out guys lol

    • @magnusb9783
      @magnusb9783 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s better then NFR.

  • @therobotdevil2284
    @therobotdevil2284 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I love this album so much, it made a huge impact on my life and holds up incredibly well today.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve had friends tell me that the album helped them recognize toxic habits and addictions in their life and take the steps to discard them, it’s kinda wild how powerful music can be!

  • @siddharthnaagar7028
    @siddharthnaagar7028 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The way she refused to replicate the astronomical success of Born to Die & made a radical psychedelic rock album like Ultraviolence is one of the reasons why i love & highly respect her. Lana has always been a radical auteur, an artist who also gave her artistry more levarage than commercial success. A total maverick.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      She had the chance to do the same record again and get away with it so many times and she never did!

  • @shush9687
    @shush9687 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    ultraviolence is still my favorite album from her. im so so in love with the darker soft rock/grunge feel of it. kinda wished she would come out with smth like this again but i dont think she ever will

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I feel like UV came at a particularly dark and challenging time in Lana’s life, I’d love for her to revisit the sound but if she’s “outgrown” it… well you’re just about right we’ll never get it again 😭

    • @UltraViolet666
      @UltraViolet666 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saaame! It will always be my favourite, and my all time favourite album too. It was released at the perfect time to have such an impact though, so personally, I don't think there will ever be an UV 2.0, but hopefully some more throwbacks in her next work :)

  • @martynangel2418
    @martynangel2418 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Love this video :D I got into LDR when I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL and at that time Ultraviolence was her newest album. Her music has always had a quality to me where it feels like she is singing directly to my soul. This album in particular alongside Honeymoon were the albums that raised me through my adolescence and honestly I wouldn't have it any other way.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh Honeymoon was a pivotal coming of age album for me when I was younger! I def understand your feelings about LDR!

  • @LLOriginal
    @LLOriginal ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This will literally be my favorite forever no matter what. I can always go back to this album and just fall in love all over again... Mood wise I'm totally feeling NFR & BB but this will always be my #1

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No agreed, if I had to save like one Lana record I might be crazy and pick Ultraviolence over NFR

    • @LLOriginal
      @LLOriginal ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EljohnMacaranas NFR ISSSS SO GOOD!!!! Like every song on that album is gold and just flows effortlessly! But I have so much love for that OG Ultraviolence.. I feel like that album literally saved me 💖

    • @quail57
      @quail57 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@EljohnMacaranasthat part!!!

  • @MyAverageYoutube
    @MyAverageYoutube ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this will always be my favorite lana album forever , this was my first pop concert and overall just a good time

  • @acielvert8573
    @acielvert8573 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    brooklyn baby was the song that got me into lana, i just love it so much

  • @matheussantana2390
    @matheussantana2390 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was a Tumblr Sad Girl during my teen years and very much vibed with the some popular songs on BTD. As I grew old, though, I began to despise everything related to that era of mine. It wasn't until I randomly listened to West Coast that I respected Lana as artist; had never heard anything like this and it's still one of her best gems. There's few artists out there that can turn 180 in their style whilst being true to themselves. In this regard, Lana reminds me of 90s Madonna.

  • @IBeBradleyy
    @IBeBradleyy ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Its so odd because i never cared for this album and barely liked a single song on it then literally one day.. it just grabbed me and I fell inlove lol

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No like that’s what I’ve heard from Lana stans like this one sneaks up on u!

    • @SafeTripHome33
      @SafeTripHome33 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yall slow

  • @Be12397
    @Be12397 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Old money is really one of my favorites too! But who can pick- every song on this record is amazing.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like it shifts everyday, I’m a huge fan of The Other Woman at the moment, just a perfect cover

  • @Gabosaurus_13
    @Gabosaurus_13 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Lana was a complete boss pulling out this masterpiece
    Going zig when everyone wanted/thought she was gonna go zag
    It's hands down a highlight in her career and it has left It's mark to this day
    A rebel, reckless, bold and brave fever dream

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like genuinely she’s a pioneer who said “never go back” even when we do want another UV like album, have you heard Pink Champagne? It’s the Ultraviolence demo for Let Me Love You Like a Woman

    • @Gabosaurus_13
      @Gabosaurus_13 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranas it's amazing, I just heard it
      So different from the released one
      Just like Beautiful People (Demo)
      A completely different story

  • @veenu_1853
    @veenu_1853 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm a new Lana fan and have slowly been working my way through all of her songs and I've gotta say, Ultraviolence is probs my fav so far with West Coast and Brooklyn Baby. Oh! and Pretty When You Cry is near and dear to me.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      UV remains my fave besides NFR to this day, this one cemented me as a Lana stan for life

    • @veenu_1853
      @veenu_1853 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EljohnMacaranas NFR is awesome! My fav song from that one is Cinnamon Girl

  • @Strawberry_donut
    @Strawberry_donut ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I started listening to Lana Del Rey because of the anticipation around Ocean Blvd and I can proudly say that I'm a stan now.

    • @AnnaBanana-kz6es
      @AnnaBanana-kz6es ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please listen to Heroin and Get Free!!

  • @randomazed
    @randomazed ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I'm so glad I found these, I'm a new fan who has been sleeping on the genius of Lana Del Rey and it's so fantastic to live vicariously through these eras 💜

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love recapping eras for people who weren’t really like aware or interested at the time (and to recall why I like records so much or maybe changed my mind about initial feelings if it aged better.) Lana and Taylor have been like near day 1 faves of mine and both have lengthy discographies so in many ways it’s kinda paying back reverence to the histories of legends I love. I intend to do a full recap of Lana but also some of my fave records from 2013 (Prism, Beyonce, Bangerz, and another Artpop video)

    • @randomazed
      @randomazed ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranas yessss omg I can't wait for all of it those are all incredible records and I know I don't even know the half of it but I am taking notes 😍 🎶 you're awesome

    • @bluijay4204
      @bluijay4204 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh my gosh ! Please listen to her May Jailor album!

  • @m3lancholiaa
    @m3lancholiaa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    you didnt mention the "guns and roses" single, which is on the deluxe version...

  • @fernandagardeleo7045
    @fernandagardeleo7045 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Lana's musica NEVER gets old to me it feels like yesterday but oh boy those days ....i lost a bit of track between lust for life and NFR but came fully back when COTCC realesed and i couldn't be more proud of her she's a GIANT person to me ! Makes gratefull for being alive at this era when my fav music it's from old eras. Lana is my island, wouldn't need anyone elses music...💜

    • @fernandagardeleo7045
      @fernandagardeleo7045 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Sylvia she's the only one i've never been tired of

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spill on the part about never being bored of her 😭

    • @fernandagardeleo7045
      @fernandagardeleo7045 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranas 💜😔 she means deeply to all of us...

  • @Hottest_Bardi
    @Hottest_Bardi ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I didn’t even know the other woman was a cover 😭 she made that song her own

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think it takes a certain talent to be able to do that. She really ATE.

  • @lucas10armond
    @lucas10armond ปีที่แล้ว +24

    It's my favorite era of hers without a doubt, but my favorite track is Flipside super hidden in the Japanese version I think

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was on the Target version I think too which I totally regret not getting!

    • @BIGE2333
      @BIGE2333 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn you didn’t mention FlipSide??

  • @austinrico9080
    @austinrico9080 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ultraviolence being touted as one of her best and birthing the pop stars of today that is queen shit

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’d kill for Olivia Rodrigo to have her version of an Ultraviolence record, maybe not thematically but sonically something earthy and rock-y and a little psychedelic. You have to go big or go home with your second album, do or die and queen Lana is now on her 9th 😭

  • @cdlucasth
    @cdlucasth ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best album of all time.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's pretty close to there for me, just a one-of-a-kind record I'm sorta glad she never mimicked or did again.

  • @kevinxsanchez
    @kevinxsanchez ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Loved reliving this! You explain it perfectly.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks bestie! Very nostalgic recalling what exactly I did like from the record

  • @arthurmartinezs
    @arthurmartinezs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I gotta Say that she chose the singles for this album SO WELL!! And tbh pretty when you cry, florida kilos and black beauty are single worthy too.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This album would have done bigger numbers in a streaming age because whew the hits!

    • @arthurmartinezs
      @arthurmartinezs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EljohnMacaranas i think about this often, but at the same time it wouldnt had the same magic of the era... lana goin to many places to promote it and etc.

  • @thearchane3749
    @thearchane3749 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    AKA - vision
    Born to Die - sacrifice
    Paradise - transformation
    Ultraviolence - manipulation

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait… this is perfect!

    • @thearchane3749
      @thearchane3749 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranas your videos are perfect!

  • @DRM9394
    @DRM9394 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ugh. I miss the ultraviolence era and paradise… I wish we could go back💕

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wish I could tell my past self how great it ages (and to pick up some vinyls bc damn the limited pressings go for mad $$$)

  • @Some_guy79-
    @Some_guy79- ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brooklyn baby is my all time fav

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely one of her most recognizable songs for a reason!

    • @MyAverageYoutube
      @MyAverageYoutube ปีที่แล้ว

      It got me into Lou reed which opened the door to soooooo much music

  • @UltraViolet666
    @UltraViolet666 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:27 I love all versions of West Coast so much, even all of the leaked early versions/mixes, but my favourite mix is the Rob Orton mix. This is the one in the West Coast Official Audio on TH-cam. It was first released with that mix because the final album mix wasn't done yet (i.e. the mix on Spotify, and the mix in the Official Music Video). The Rob Orton mix is more chill, with the guitar sounds more prominent in the chorus, and it's the version I played on repeat in April-June 2014, before the albums release so it will always feel like "peak West Coast" to me.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh my god thank you for this comment, I always wondered why I remembered it different. Ugh, I’m dying from nostalgia right now. I haven’t heard this version in years 😭

    • @UltraViolet666
      @UltraViolet666 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas yayyy! I'm so glad! 😄😄😄

  • @lessthanthree3528
    @lessthanthree3528 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    yes yes yes ultraviolence is the best lana album and always will be nothing compares a near perfect score in my book 😭

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I heard she’s dropping a doc called The UV Sessions… if true, that’s all the proof we need 🖤

    • @BIGE2333
      @BIGE2333 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranasdid this ever drop?

  • @miloa.2684
    @miloa.2684 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    one of my favorite albums of all time
    listened to the entire album in one sitting on vinyl that I had connected to my A/V receiver at the time and plugged in my headphones into it
    sounded amazing and really brought me into the music

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That sounds amazing! I think I sat down and actually listened to Ultraviolence for the first time on crappy car speakers when it dropped then finally got to experience it on some good speakers later that week and it really sounded better!

  • @Heroinheart
    @Heroinheart ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this album gets better everyday

  • @elenasreadingcorner
    @elenasreadingcorner ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m so glad I have discovered your channel! Your album analyses are so good❤ Ultraviolence supremacy

  • @iconiclogan
    @iconiclogan ปีที่แล้ว +8

    my opinion will always be this was & is her best album, hands down.
    it drives me up the wall when new fans swear to the hilltops that NFR tops this- like how? HOW?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I blame it on accessibility. NFR is my second favorite album and era but I do get why the easy listening chill album would be newer fans' favorite. I think UV (and Honeymoon to a degree) was Lana at her most stylized where as NFR was a very stripped back record to the point some argue it's barebones.

    • @desireandfire
      @desireandfire ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nfr was so beautiful and tranquil. I was actyally shocked at how good it was. Lanas songwriting improved so much on that record and felt more true and personal than uv's more cartoonish feel

    • @chrystianaw8256
      @chrystianaw8256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@desireandfirewhat cartoonish feel? Y'all are so annoying

  • @magnusb9783
    @magnusb9783 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    FLIPSIDE EXISTS? I know its only on the japanese and target cd I think? But still thats an incredible song. Also similar to how you skipped mentioning burning desire on the other video lol.

  • @peterdelcurtis
    @peterdelcurtis ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember she was actually announced to have a live performance on David Letterman to promote the album but it was cancelled! 16 year old me was so upset haha

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was during her decision to blackout the media after she'd been misquoted one too many times, I remember seeing people on fan forums (twitter wasn't as popular then) being so mad

  • @julyavacon8837
    @julyavacon8837 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love this series so far! great job putting this together :D

  • @HEAVYONITBARBIE
    @HEAVYONITBARBIE ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not you skipping to talk about Flipside, my favourite track from her 😭it was a Japan exclusive

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If she put it on streaming I would have 😭

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also BARB! ❤️💅

    • @HEAVYONITBARBIE
      @HEAVYONITBARBIE ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas clock lana's tea 😭 i always have to stream it on TH-cam/soundcloud 😮‍💨 and yes maam, the barbz are outt ❤️‍🔥

  • @lorenzodelconte6645
    @lorenzodelconte6645 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You forgot the Target bonus track "Flipside". One of my favourite

  • @josefinamautone1293
    @josefinamautone1293 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    omg do NFR, love this

  • @brynniefresh9746
    @brynniefresh9746 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    not even mentioning guns and roses is funny...i feel the same way...i wish she put black beauty on the regular album and there's other leaked songs that i wish were on there but i wonder if she was told she couldn't

  • @paulespinal2602
    @paulespinal2602 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great content! Thanks for putting this out there 10/10✨

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank u 🖤 used to chase views years ago and whatever but now just talk about whatever i want

  • @tesselate8nowait262
    @tesselate8nowait262 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You’re doing the lord’s work, I love this✨❤️

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you! I genuinely started making these after revisiting her music before her new one drops next month. Like for the longest time I wanted to make a series but like seeing a lot of stans not know the lore on TikTok, I went… nah lemme do this.

    • @tesselate8nowait262
      @tesselate8nowait262 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas people need to know!! Lana’s fans have always had her back, even when the media has done her dirty. Keep up the great work!

  • @kaylahudspeth
    @kaylahudspeth ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your Lana videos, I'm obsessed with everything she's put out please keep doing videos 😍

  • @StanleyDo
    @StanleyDo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Top 2 album for me. SO GOOD!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It constantly shuffles with NFR for my top spot!

  • @valerieidare4892
    @valerieidare4892 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You have the exacts words to describe the songs. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank u so much, it was hard to find them, like I’ve felt that way about UV since I first heard it at 17

  • @Alliflowerr
    @Alliflowerr ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My favorite album of all time

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another BELIEVER! Yes!

    • @Alliflowerr
      @Alliflowerr ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranas Yes how could Uv not be the best album of all time yk?

  • @imarandomgirl.
    @imarandomgirl. ปีที่แล้ว +6

    All of her albums r my faves I can’t choose 😂❤

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      UV is my fave just because of the time it came out in, but removing nostalgia: it’s v hard to pick a fave. Like I’ll have days where I know it’s Honeymoon then other days it’s NFR or BB

    • @imarandomgirl.
      @imarandomgirl. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas sameee !!

    • @user-qf5kl6cv2y
      @user-qf5kl6cv2y ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranas It changes based on the emotions you feel!

  • @Sequoya
    @Sequoya ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had no idea Auerbach was a part of this record, it makes so much sense.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My friend HATED pop but loved The Black Keys and found out about this and has been to every Lana tour since Endless Summer tour in 2015 since listening to UV

    • @Sequoya
      @Sequoya ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! Everything is a reference and intertwined. It’s a better experience when you understand the inspiration. Nina Simone is one of my favorite artists. I get what Lana is saying in her version of “the other woman”.
      P.S. check out “four women”, “do I move you”, and “real” which were written and composed by Nina Simone.

  • @linnhellsten5336
    @linnhellsten5336 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just found your channel and it's great!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome aboard! Thank you for watching!

  • @persayla
    @persayla ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you, keep the good work, Iam waiting for your next video.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      Honeymoon is one of my fave era hands down, I’m like deep listening and writing it up as we speak 🌕

  • @stellamagdalene3521
    @stellamagdalene3521 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If Old Money was the lead single....

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel like it would have been a smoother transition for BTD fans but like I remember when West Coast dropped and like music merds everywhere went WTF (for good reasons)

  • @cainvarner
    @cainvarner ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow!!! great analysis

  • @utopiaurora
    @utopiaurora ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love the way u talked ab every song but guns n roses😭

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      the omission was from exhaustion but it’s a great song (just not one of my faves)

  • @ofekR
    @ofekR 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Flipside is one of the best songs of this album!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m shocked she never put it on streaming

  • @jmmc04
    @jmmc04 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    didnt know harmony was involved in florida kilos but it makes so much sense now lol its my fav too

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lana is so cinematic, like where’s HER movie? I’d love to see her go into directing one day like long form stuff or maybe a story or two. Ironically I think Spring Breakers was ahead of its time in that it would have been a streaming smash.

  • @cristanero
    @cristanero ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pretty When You Cry was recorded completely impromptu

  • @xmissdaytona
    @xmissdaytona ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best album ever in my opinion. It will always be 1 ❤✨🖤

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love to see a diehard Ultraviolence fan!

  • @a2ad9c36
    @a2ad9c36 ปีที่แล้ว

    justin parker worked on 2015's Honeymoon btw

  • @featmyself
    @featmyself ปีที่แล้ว

    Justice for flipside, it’s so dark and beautiful

  • @sourpuss310
    @sourpuss310 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite album 🥰

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      Mine too (don't let the NFR stans find me)

  • @VJ-bu7sp
    @VJ-bu7sp ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Old Money is one of best songs ever made !

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s one of my fave all-time Lana tracks just gorgeous 😭

  • @ButteryLemon
    @ButteryLemon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I (STILL) need time to recover from the fact that Flipside is not in most vinyls and is considered a semi unreleased song. UV is still a 10/10 tho

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Flipside definitely should be added to a 10 year anniversary reprint

    • @ButteryLemon
      @ButteryLemon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EljohnMacaranas i would cry if that happened 😭

  • @babel_UV
    @babel_UV ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WHY DOES EVERYONE IGNORE GUNS AND ROSES

  • @cristanero
    @cristanero ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best, absolute best

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      no like i get NFR is the critical darling and all but UV is my personal fave

  • @katiek6481
    @katiek6481 ปีที่แล้ว

    What song is the back half? And I thought black beauty is on ultraviolence? I'm just wondering maybe I misheard or it's different on spotify?

  • @gestionhumana8743
    @gestionhumana8743 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ohhh the shade about Megan made my day.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      Genuinely hate the new Mother snippet… like ofc tiktok loves it

  • @cowhidesunglasses
    @cowhidesunglasses ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The content I want ❤️

  • @stephencroft1612
    @stephencroft1612 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love your channel i subscribed

  • @arthurmartinezs
    @arthurmartinezs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of my all time favorites is Flipside, wich is only available in japan for some reason, just like is this happiness is only available in apple music, tell me why Lanita.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Contracts and labels trying to sweeten their relationships with specific companies and not realizing they paywall songs forever

  • @hurricane_valence
    @hurricane_valence ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do paradise 🙏

  • @SummersFrost
    @SummersFrost ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ou- Im late to this but UV is THAT album

  • @davidwyatt6169
    @davidwyatt6169 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please make a video on Chromatica I would love to see your thoughts!!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      plan to once i wrap up lana and do a video on miley’s endless summer vacation and a bangerz reevaluation, it’s in the queue

  • @ricardosalmeron1946
    @ricardosalmeron1946 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jizz Lana went against the mainstream music landscape with that album, it still hitting after 10 years tbh... I'm glad she released a Lana album not an Adele album.

  • @mirecek0210
    @mirecek0210 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Black Hall?????? What is that, i cant find any info about it!!!!!!!! 8:47

  • @brisenocturne1441
    @brisenocturne1441 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't like Ultraviolence when it first came out because it was different from BTD. But it grew on me gradually

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel like it was so jarring going from BTD to this to Honeymoon but I’m glad she really got the chance to explore different sounds early on, she’s still pushing boundaries but those first three were insane!

    • @brisenocturne1441
      @brisenocturne1441 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EljohnMacaranas it's an album you listen to and constantly say daaamn this is dark girl run 😀😞

  • @neonpinkdreams
    @neonpinkdreams ปีที่แล้ว

    What are your thoughts on Guns and Roses and Flipside? A lot of fans seem to really dislike G&R. Personally I think it’s a great track.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mentioned liking Flipside in another comment for being a nice epilogue to Cruel World. I think Guns and Roses is disliked for feeling a bit plain but the songwriting is pretty impressive, resembling her later works but not quite refined.

  • @vincentdanao
    @vincentdanao 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    plz make a retrospective on melanie martinez

  • @youwillovercome
    @youwillovercome ปีที่แล้ว +2

    all roads lead back to “west coast”

  • @keshavg3318
    @keshavg3318 ปีที่แล้ว

    U forgot guns and roses as well as Flipside

  • @Dantefrost
    @Dantefrost ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You forgot flipside

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      From an earlier comment: “It’s the fact it isn’t on streaming, people would talk about it more or recognize it. But alas… I omitted it for that reason, but think it’s a lovely addition. Ties into Cruel World quite well and could be a decent finale if the deluxe tracks were a bit more cohesive.”
      Deserved track placement but was not on Apple Music or Spotify 😭

  • @sandorkocso1798
    @sandorkocso1798 ปีที่แล้ว

    "poptivism" looooool :))))))))) love that

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poptimism was actually a thing! Like that’s what some modern critics labeled the 2010-16 era!

  • @chunli6197
    @chunli6197 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yasss

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      Just all around the sad girl album we never knew we needed 😭

  • @allansarmiento8221
    @allansarmiento8221 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wht about flipside and gums and roses????

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Flipside’s a beautiful bonus track that was only available on the Target version and some International versions. Thought it was a good parallel to Cruel World’s guitars honestly. Really gorgeous, loved the dark feeling coming to a hedge even at the end.
      Guns and Roses I omitted because I felt while it was pretty it didn’t necessarily add much to the record. The deluxe tracks felt more tacked on than anything, I wish they’d felt more ordered or deliberate.

  • @user-om1hi8wd5o
    @user-om1hi8wd5o ปีที่แล้ว

    How could u leave out flipside 😭

  • @PolarasX
    @PolarasX 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honestly i love every lana album dont get me wrong, but i dont think ultraviolence isnt even in my top 5. I love alot of the songs, but compaired to Paradise, Born to Die, Honeymoon, Chemtrails, and NFR (my top 5 in that order) I wouldnt pick ultraviolence out.

  • @AKLabs-xl4re
    @AKLabs-xl4re ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Will you complete her discography before release of Ocean Blvd?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว

      I've done BTD, UV and have old reviews for COCC and BB (i may mention them again together in NFR's epilogue) so i just really have Honeymoon, LFL, and NFR so probably.

  • @may-ud8kk
    @may-ud8kk 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    what about flipside?😭

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I omitted it because it's still not on streaming but it's such a beautiful song

  • @LittleMissNoName24
    @LittleMissNoName24 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PERIOT X

  • @danielrhenals1533
    @danielrhenals1533 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok so I’m colombian and yayo yaaaaaaaayooooooo yaaaaaaaaaayooooooooooo that’s how we do it. Mmm mmmm pretty baby. What a mess and i LOVE IT.

  • @AZyzk
    @AZyzk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr Grant is releasing an album this year?
    Daddy Del Rey is real?

  • @llamasarus1
    @llamasarus1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I strongly dislike Born to Die but LOVE Ultraviolence. I think she's only as good as her collaborators.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think Rick Nowels and Dan Auerbach remain some of her best producers

  • @daniela-kc2ui
    @daniela-kc2ui ปีที่แล้ว

    You left out flipside!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I kinda acknowledged it in another comment. Like it’s a great song but just not available on streaming and was shoved onto the Japanese and some other international versions (as well as Target’s here in the states)