Therapist Reacts To: White Dress by Lana Del Rey *it's kinda sad, you all!*
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"White Dress" is one of my absolute favorites. What's amazing is that it was completely improvised in the studio! (Lana just started singing while 'the tape' was rolling. The backing track was probably sweetened later, but Jack Antonoff just kept on playing as Lana sang her stream-of-consciousness poetry. It never broke down. Amazing.). I love how she juxtaposes "scene" with being "seen". Waitresses juggle a million things at once and when everything is running smoothly like a well-oiled machine you do feel a sense of empowerment-- like you "got this" or even "like a god" (of course how she was being seen in her tight dress by these businessmen was probably different than she thought at the time). Perfect timing to react to "White Dress" on the heels of her waitressing stint at The Waffle House in Florence, Alabama (Like I said in my email, I might be projecting but I think she's really just a simple, down home girl at heart). Insert applause @0.29-30.Great art is supposed to make you think and feel something (Lana and Taylor will be remembered fifty years from now. Most of the top pop artists today,....probably not) Maybe you should conduct a poll on what people think is the happiest Lana song 😉 Yeah, the song is sad and wistful in a good way. Lana has a knack for making nostalgia palpable. Great reaction, Mere, and I love your rainbow top!
Fun fact: she was just freestyling the lyrics at the studio, so they decided to open the mic and record it. The result was so good that they kept it, just add the strings and melody and put it as the first song of the album. She did and absolutely amazing art!
Thank you so much for this reaction, and you look gorgeous!! 😍
Violet for Roses would be a good next song, she sounds happier and more confident! ❤
Hey Mere, I just wanted to remind you that we love you and your content. I notice that a lot of people just ask for another song in the comments (i have, too), but I wanted to tell you that we do this because we love your reactions so much!!! People just get excited and want you to react to their favorite song because they love you!! Dont feel pressured you're doing great!!
Yes!!!! We only ask for more because we LOVE to see Mere’s thoughts and opinions, we love Mere!
so true!
❤
you are so right, this album can definitely come off as sad and it gives off “i miss when everything was simple” or “i had no idea what i was getting myself into.” vibes. the albums ultimate message is about what fame does to you and how it restricts you
dark but just a game focuses on the topic and it’s definitely worth a listen🤍
I also feel like this is Lana coming to the realization that she wasn’t seen as a waitress in a “white dress” but a waitress in a “tight dress” which is a why she was made to feel “like a god” and so powerful especially at the “men and music business conference”
white dress is one of those songs that really made me think about how much I appreciate Lana and her journey, she's faced so many bumps in her life and started from such simple beginnings, it's hard to remember that she once used to be regular girl who used to idolize famous artists just like us, because she's literally an idol herself now, she's been the blueprint of nearly every new artist that pops up these days, her impact and influence is insane, yet she remains so humble and lowkey. She has never lost herself throughout those years, she's always been herself and continues to do so, and this song really shows that. she's a simple girl at heart.
"simple girl at heart". Yep. Said the same thing in my comment🙂
"she never lost herself" that's what she's singing in Dark But Just A Game
We want Terrence Loves U ❤😢Please ❤️❤️❤️❤️😓
Girl doesn’t want sad songs and this is what you ask her to react to😭
@@Starryeyedobsolete Yes girl, its my fav Lana song 💆🏼♀️🥲
Yes plsssss, its sad but its so beautiful!!!
Yes please!
@@Starryeyedobsoleteplsss💀
Who tf told her White Dress wasn't sad? 😭😭 This song is devastating to me. Great reaction as always queen!
Ikrrrrr
Who said this wouldn’t be sad lmao to me this is one of her saddest songs The “better off” line and her delivery always gets me
White Dress is definitely one of her best written songs ever. It's her ultimate nostalgia anthem. Actually the whole 'Chemtrails over the Country Club' album has gorgeous lyrics, like Wild at Heart.
Please react to Arcadia!!!
This song breaks my heart every time. I was personally 19 and in Orlando when i made some decisions that affected the entire course of my life, and the thought of looking back on that time and feeling like maybe i'd be better off if I'd chosen differently just shatters me in a way that is similar to how her vocals feel like they are about to break at any moment. I would just recommend you go right through to the next song on the album "Chemtrails Over the Country Club"
Her voice in this song is something else! So honest and vulnerable!
It’s so beautiful, and to think that she recorded this song in just one take, just the raw voice
yall who suggested this and said it's not sad. I literally bawl every time I hear it. Just the nostalgia and the... longing that maybe things could've been... easier 😢
YEEEEEES!!! I LOVE THIS SONG. If you watch it's music video you will see that a lot of your reaction is actually on point.
Also there's a lot of presence of the color WHITE in this song, wich for me represents the purity, innocence, peace.
Once again, asking for happiness is a butterfly
So many think Lana is so sad .. I think she's sweet. It's gentle and reflective and she's always growing. It's really special and beautiful to get to enjoy her music.
i don't know how many times i've cried while listening this song😭
Violets For Roses is an actual uplifting one!! You should definitely react to it.
yessss!!! it’s the best
Tiene que reaccionar a esa
I loved your reaction, this song is so nostalgic somehow. I would love to watch you reacting to Dark But Just a Game by her, it's about dealing with fame and trying to not change like the others who got the worst of it.
Yes it’s so connected to Candy Necklace!
It's one of her most delicate songs, her voice takes you through the landscape of her windy emotions
Violets for Roses is definitely one of her most happiest songs, I think you'd love it
I remember listening to "Venice Bitch" (by Lana) A LOT when I was going through a difficult time and it always made me feel calm and, surprisingly, gave me comfort even though I couldn't really relate to the lyrics. It's a 10-minute song, very soft and I think you'd really like it. You don't need to do a react video if u don't want to, but u could just vibe to it 😆
Wow, such a good song, and always love hearing your take on Lana's songs. I actually stopped listening to Lana back when Ultraviolence came out. I remember that I was playing that and talking about the song with a female friend from work and she looked at me and told me that I was scaring her. I felt so self-conscious and embarrassed and I felt like an abuser. I apologized and changed the music and I forgot about Lana for a few years. Then recently, I played a Lana song on CZcams and then you started to pop up on my feed. I clicked on your video and I got hooked on Lana once again thanks to you. The cool thing about all of this is that between Ultraviolence and "Did You Know There Is A Tunnel Under Ocen BLVD" there have been like 7 albums in between and I missed them all. And I love Lana but I can't fall down a 7 album long rabbit hole to explore Lana's music, I just don't have the time. But I do have 15 minutes every couple of days to devote to you as you remind me why I fell in love with Lana and also as you introduce me to all the beautiful music that I missed over the past 8 years. Thanks, Mere :)
Very lame of that friend to judge you like that for listening to a song. Glad you found your way back to Lana's music though 😊
@emilyb.8219 it's all good. Looking back at the lyrics of the song, I should have been more aware that the song might have been triggering for some. I think the reason that I felt self-conscious also had to do with the fact that I am a large cis hetero male and somehow Lana's music feels like it is written from one woman to other female identifying individuals and I just felt like an intruder listening to Lana. So that day when my friend felt scared, it kind of felt like I was taking something away from her that she deeply valued, and I didn't want her to lose Lana. That more than anything was what made me super self-conscious, yk?
i think that the line "made me feel like a god" has a conection with Carmen "she laughs like god, her mind is like a diamond"
Yesss exactly like we know her. Because she really understands us and she’s like one of us. She’s so relatable
violet for roses you're gonna love it
white dress for me is like the chemtrails version of old money from her ultraviolence album because both of the songs invoke a feeling of instense nostalgia with a hint of bittersweetness.
So glad you checked this one out Mere. Just suggesting you take a look at the video she made for this. It's beautiful. In your own time of course 😉
WE DO LOVE A GARDEN PIC AND SOUND BOWL MOMENT 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I love Lana but I agree her songs are so emotional sometimes, maybe that’s just my pregnancy brain or all the emotions that come up now from seeing clearly being 100% sober the last few years. She so relatable, 9:30 thinking back to being 19 and so invincible and dumb, now closer to 30 and I feel so thankful for how close I’ve come but also sad for that 19 year old girl that was just so lost in life. But life deals us cards and we take it turn it into what we can 🖤
Yesss she was at a Waffle House in Muscle Shoals Alabama lol that’s about 30 mins from where I grew up lol!
do yourself (and us!!) a favour and PLEASE do happiness is a butterfly! its an incredible song both sonically and lyrically i think you'll really love it❤ great reaction as always
Thanks for doing more lana these videos never disappoint! If you want a Lana song to react to that’s not sad you could react to ‘Sweet Carolina’ It’s a song she wrote for her sister about how much her family loves her it’s so sweet ❤
hi Mere, first of all, thank you for your content, I have multiple mental illnesses and I've always felt like Lana was able to turn my thoughts and emotions into something sad, yet beautiful...she makes me feel so understood, I've always related to her art, even before I got diagnosed, and with time, I am finally starting to learn why that is. your analysis of Lana's songs is so incredibly helpful, even though you're not diagnosing her of course, I don't need to know which mental illnesses Lana suffers from to be able to name my inner thoughts through her lyrics and poetry. truly, thank you thank you thank you.
also, do you think you could react to the songs BAD DISEASE and JUNKY PRIDE? they are from her unreleased album Sirens and I think that your reaction would be really interesting.
thank you one more time and I wish you the best, take care❤
You are always so insightful in your reviews, i feel the same nostalgia listening to this song, i really believe it's about how she misses that time before fame, there are even more songs on the same album that talk about this theme "Dark but just a game" follows the same theme and I think it would be interesting for you to analyze ❤
I love how at a certian moment in the song you can hear her voice change to how she usually sings rather than how it sounded a little different at the beginning, for me it really hows how shes changed since the times she was reminiscing about.
My absolutely favorite Lana song! Evocative, raw and beautiful 💜
I like the switch from white dress to tight dress. White being associated with purity and her naivety before entering the music business, and her looking back and realizing that the men giving her attention may have only been doing so because the dress was a tight one, and not because they valued her music.
Mere, Thank You❣ I'm so glad you gave White Dress a listen😊 It set the tone for this beautiful, nostalgic, wistful folk album. It's an easy album to listen to~ perfect for Summer afternoons on the porch watching the kids play & drinking lemonade or a sweet tea. That's what Chemtrails is for me. I think you should consider staying in this area of Lana's career~ NFR, Chemtrails, Blue Banisters. We know how Ocean Blvd has wrecked all of us lol
I still can't listen to Kintsugi & Fingertips without having an ugly cry😂😭 I even teared up listening to White Dress just now! You did beautifully & I appreciate your insight💛 Chemtrails is filled with sweet, mellow songs. Less angst, less vices (hardly any), more friendships are explored, the music is very light and free. I think you'll continue to enjoy Chemtrails as well as the masterpiece that is NFR and Blue Banisters which is a blend of eras, as you know. Lana is the epitome of nostalgia in sound and lyrics and, even if it's not meant to be sad, that wistfulness is emotional for many people. Sometimes it's just the notes & the keys that bring on emotion & that's why instrumental music can be just as emotional. Even when Lana isn't trying to evoke sadness she still does sometimes. It's a blend of us, our temperament and life circumstances and Lana, her notes, delivery and words. Not everyone gets it, but you do and that's why Lana stirs your heart♥️ You're doing great, thank you for everything, we look forward to more reactions! Try not to let all the suggestions from everyone stress you out. We just get excited🎀
I love you mere, I love your reactions and I NEED YOU TO KEEP POSTING 'cause I love it 💞
Gotta say, my fav lana reactions are from you. In another video, like the Dealer reaction, it was so personal and you broke it down but not too much and sought to understand the meaning behind her lyrics. I enjoyed it a lot. You seem incredibly strong. ❤️
Another amazing reaction to a Lana song! Keep them coming. I would like to hear a reaction on "Beautiful," "Dark But Just a Game" (more fame / dangers of fame energy)," or anything else as I love hearing your thoughts.
I like how you brought up Britney here and what fame can do to a person who gets it young, but it does impact all people. Some people feel uncomfortable with it. I hadn't thought of the difference between the proximity of waitressing and that of creating her art and putting it out there. The struggle between wanting to remain at a distance while being so open with her music is strong and would be taxing.
Great job.
lanas mentioned before that when she was around that age she was dating a producer but he didnt work with her on her music tho. maybe she met him at the "men in music business conference" id love if u reacted to fucked my way up to the top, one of my favs by lana
I just love ya ❤️ you have such an adorable personality! Ty for your positive light and your innermost thoughts on Lanas music 🎶
here to say that I really love your Lana's reactions!! you do it like no one else! and I couldn't leave without saying how GORGEOUS you are 😅 a big hug from Brazillll! ❤
omg i’ve been waiting for this one white dress is one of my favourites by lana
Rewatching every single one of your Lana reactions just to say that you are amazing and I love you
Love these reactions Mere! White Dress is one of my fave Lana songs 💛
One of my favorite songs! Can you do Arcadia next? 🥺
The song is about how exciting it was as a beautiful young woman to have the attention of all the men. That feeling of anything being possible. The feeling of having a man’s full attention. The power of it
love your videos!! ❤️❤️
Thanks for another reaction...this is random but I read somewhere that Lana freestyled the lyrics to this song when she was in thes studio, which makes it even more interesting to me.
Not sure if that's true, but it's cool if she did.
Also read somewhere that Black Beauty was freestyled as well.
She's a talented lyricist and singer...I've been a fan ever since the Born to Die album was released.
Aaaghhh i’ve been waiting for this one🥹💗💗
I wonder if when she references that summer is almost gone if that is a metaphor for the prime of her life.
Thank you for your reaction, I love them♥️ I hope you’ll react to Honeymoon album because I think it’s one of Lana’s best works and my fave one! Maybe the title track itself, Salvatore, Terrence Loves You every song it’s so beautiful and hunting
love your videos ❤
Happiness is a butterfly next ❤
I have a feeling it will be fluttering our way sooner than later🦋
Violets for roses-lana del rey PLZZZZZZZZ IM LITERALLY BEGGING U
i just found you on my main youtube page and i really appreciate you for your reactions, i am the person which is fighting with depression and borderline since 10 years and your videos making me feel like im not the only one, thank you
i listened to this for the first time in a while today and then you post this!
loving your reactions. lana gives us so much, it’s always nice to see ppl taking the time to appreciate her art🤍
(oh and as far as i know the lana at waffle house thing was bc the staff gifted her a uniform after chatting to her there. she’ll prob include it in a song someday lol!)
Yea I get ya I think what gets me is I feel her songs are always so brave and honest
omg who said that White Dress is not that sad i literally cry everytime i listen to it
Mere, you should have watched to music of White Dress! It's just so beautiful! 💝
dying for a garden tour
Motherr you're glowing and radiating
Hi Mere, a Lana stan loving your videos here 🙋🏼♀️🎀 and your vulnerability above all. I thought Lana's song Cherry Blossom from Blue Banisters album might be interesting to you because it's a lullaby-type song for her (future) child or even her inner child, providing the little Lanita with the motherly tenderness she didn't have
I just love listen to you talk and share your thoughts with us. As for more positive songs I think you would like "yosemite" from her chemtrails album (white dress is from the same album). Hope you check it out and like it. Have a nice week :)
We need “Radio” 😭
Btw we luv u
This song😍😍😍. I love it when you do Lana Del Rey videos. There's this song, it's called 'Violets For Roses' , it's about lana....(no spoilers) 😂. But you should definitely try it out. 😊
It’s coming :)
@@mendwithmereoh...goodness. team Luisa
its her worst song, dont
@@mimidallas9503 Haha...I love how every Lana song is somebody's favorite. The same can probably be said for least favorite😊
I loveee gardening! It's amazing
white dress is absolutely a sad song. i have no idea why people insist that lana's music is happier recently because it's really not. they're getting tricked by the piano and soft vocal stylings or something.
One of my top Lana songs ❤️
SHE WROTE THIS SONG ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS IN COLLEGE AND SHE USED TO BE A WAITRESS AT A RESTURANT WHEN HER LIFE WAS SIMPLIER
omg you need to react to “what was i made for?” by billie eilish for the barbie movie!!! it almost left me in tears in the movie theatre because it resonated with me so much!!!
LOVE U SO MUCH GIRL
There’s really something about the age of 19. After 12 years of schooling it’s such a surreal feeling to be thrust into the real world. At that time, you know it’s only just the beginning of life, but it somehow feels like the end. I had a particularly rough high school experience with lots of drugs and reckless behavior. 19 was the comedown for me where I quit the drugs and began seeing life through such a simple lens again. It felt contained, controllable, comfortable. And with the perspective of chaos in the rear view, it made me feel like a god.
Who said this isn’t sad? I think even Lana said at the time of its release that it’s one of the saddest songs she ever wrote. Excited for this one though. This song is special imo.
I like your sweater!
Remember that at 19 she has already been through so much. I feel like this is the 1st time she was in actual control. Working and loving life, perhaps the disassociation from how damaging her teen years were. She strived for more, but we rarely know when things are really good, until after xx
please do yosemite, i dont listen to it often (its a beautiful song i just prefer listening to the heavier instrumental songs from her) but from what i remember its just a beautiful love song ❤️
edit: she talks more about the dark side of the industry in dark but just a game and put me in a movie ( i wouldnt recommend you listening to put me in a movie, i listen to it but its very very dark! its about 'creepy' men ifyk what i mean)
Chemtrails over the country club video os about her duality as a person os super amazing
“Love” and “Lust for Life” are happier songs 😊
i feel it's more nostalgic than sad but i see what you mean !
i think you would LOVE pawn shop blues❤️
PLEASE do Yosemite It’s definitely one of her happiest songs
Heading to see Lana today in Chicago🎉😍
Anyone else going?
You should listen to thunder!! Its such an amazing song!!
I love your reactions mere so no rush, but could you do million dollar man? ☺️
you should do beautiful by lana that’s her best lyric ever
Yosemiteee please , it’s so poetical 🙏🏼❤️
You’re a garden girl!!! Listen to Cherry by Lana! She uses her garden as a metaphor about going through a breakup. It’s one of my favorites from her!
I think as women we can all remember a moment in time when we were young and felt so beautiful so seen.
You should give Ethel Cain another listen. Her debut album has a massive lore behind it. Her EP's contain songs that are unrelated to that story. Unpunishable is my fave song from her. It's a song from the perspective of a sex worker. Gods country is a song that I believe is about religious trauma (she has a few of those). Knuckle velvet is about an abusive relationship (again she has quite a few of those). And the one I'd recommend reacting to the most due to your profession is head in the wall. It's about a toxic relationship, self harm and such.
Thank you for this! I just did one:)
@@mendwithmere I saw and I loved it!!
All I ask is "Chemtrails over the country club", pleasee ❤
Lana made her debut years before using the name Lana Del Rey and she was in a really bad record deal, her actual manager discover her singing in bars and working as a waitetress and her manager bought her out of that deal over a dinner table and there at 25 Lana Del Rey started.
this song is a mix of timestamps and how she felt before Lana Del Rey being Lizzy Grant, May Jailer, Elizabeth Woodbridge Grant, Lanita
Would love if Mere reacted to Pawn Shop Blues!
Gonna keep praying for Sportcruiser, I love white dress tho, such an amazing song!
Just listen to LOVE.
I would love to see you react to Hard Times and Gibson Girl by Ethel Cain. Two totally different sounds with meanings that are easy to miss.
It was a good business music summit. It’s where I named Lana. I was 12.
That’s a coincidence, I was literally just listening to this song and thinking about how you should react to it😭
hey, at the first i wanna say that i realy love your videos and your reactions, and sorry if something in the text its wrong, english is not my first languege (hi from Brazil s2), but one think i'm realy curious is if you listen again to the songs that you reacted, like, because of the beat or even the lyrics, and you liket and you know, add then to your daily playlist. Sorry for the invasion of privacy. And i think you would like the music Beautiful, its like an "explication" of why her songs are mostly of them sad.
One last time love youy content, take care! ❤
THIS SONG IS AMAZINGGGG
plzzz do more ethel cain !!!