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1* ApprovalOfGod: Bradley Nowell's widow and the surviving members of Music/{{Sublime}} have praised her cover of "Doin' Time", saying that she built upon the original and that it was an honor for her to cover the song.
2* ArtistDisillusionment: She has stated that she doesn't feel safe on stage, doesn't need to say anything more musically and would rather work in movies/endorsements.
3** According to her interview with ''Vogue Australia'' magazine:
4--->''"When I was starting, I had a vision of being a writer for film and that's what I am doing now. I'm so happy. That will be my happy place. I'd like to stay in one place for a long time."\
5"I love to take care of the songs – that's my natural place – then, when I get on stage that's not my element. Sometimes I kneel down because I am trembling, or touch the audience because I don't know what else to do. I don't think I'll write another record. What would it say? Everything I wanted to say, I've said already."''
6*** She also claimed that ''Tropico'' was meant to be a "goodbye project". However, she later [[{{Retcon}} walked this back]] and said it was actually a goodbye to ''Music/BornToDie''.
7** "White Dress" explores whether her life would be better if she didn't become famous.
8* CreatorBacklash:
9** Lana reportedly wasn't satisfied with the production of "This Is What Makes Us Girls" and consequently, has never performed it live.
10** She also stated after the [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany 2017 Harvey Weinstein scandal]] that due to "Cola" containing a line referencing him, she would no longer play the song.
11* CreatorBreakdown: ''Ultraviolence'' came out of the demise of her relationship with a boyfriend of 3 years.
12* DearNegativeReader: Lana has been known to... ''respond'' to her detractors on social media sites.
13--> [[CondescendingCompassion "I'll pray for you Kathi- you and that disgusting mouth of yours. God Bless"]]
14* DyeHard: She's a natural blonde.
15* ReclusiveArtist: Zig-zagged.
16** On one hand, interviews and appearances were few and far between around the release of ''Ultraviolence''. Lana doesn't mind cancelling an event or seven, either.
17** However, Lana then came out of her shell, especially around the releases of ''Honeymoon'' and ''Lust for Life'', and starting using her platform more as a means to promote positivity and social action. Some of these messages ended up causing controversy, however, leading her to limit her social media use in September 2021 to a "private" Instagram account named "honeymoon" - and even that can get switched off from time to time.
18* ReleaseDateChange:
19** ''Chemtrails over the Country Club'' was planned to be released on September 5 2020, then UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic-related production issues caused a six month delay to March 19 2021 instead.
20** ''Blue Banisters'' was planned for a July 4 2021 release but was delayed without explanation to October 22 2021.
21** Downplayed with ''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd'', which got a two-week delay from March 10 to March 24 2023 instead
22* SimilarlyNamedWorks: ''Lust for Life'' and its TitleTrack have no relation to neither the Music/IggyPop [[Music/LustForLife album]] nor ''its'' TitleTrack.
23* WorkingTitle: A considerable number -- and these are just from her released catalogue, as her unreleased material is too self-referential to list without being exhaustive.
24** From ''Lana Del Ray'': "Kill Kill" = "The Ocean", "Put Me In A Movie" = "Little Girls", "Raise Me Up" = "Rayse" and "For K (Part 2)" = "Rehab".
25** From ''Born To Die'': "Without You" = "China Doll" and "Lolita" = "Hey Lolita Hey".
26** Lana considered the following titles for ''Born To Die'' itself, before that album took its name from its lead single: "G.B.A. (God Bless America)", "Do U Luv Me Yet?", "The Best Of Lana Del Rey" and "The World Is Ours".
27** "Ultraviolence" for a while had the working title of "Melancholia".
28** ''Music/NormanFuckingRockwell'' was almost named ''Bird World''.
29** ''Chemtrails over the Country Club'' was originally given the title ''White Hot Forever''.
30** ''Blue Banisters'' was renamed from ''Rock Candy Sweet'' just three weeks after the album was announced.
31* WriteWhatYouKnow[=/=]WriteWhoYouKnow: Lana is pretty coherent, as far as her themes go, thanks to her doing this.
32* WrittenInInfirmity: Lana appears with her left arm in a sling in the video for "White Dress" after injuring herself rollerblading for the video.

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