Lana Del Rey's *Paradise* EP Takes Us On A Journey | REACTION
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2023
- I hope you enjoy my reaction to Lana Del Rey's "Paradise" EP! Make sure to let me know what else you'd like to see me react to within the Paradise EP Era before we move on to Ultraviolence!
UNCUT Reaction Here ~~~ / cassreacts
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Timestamps!! 💞
2:32-Ride
12:20-American
18:28-Cola
26:51-Body Electric
32:09-Blue Velvet
36:15-Gods and Monsters
43:46-Yayo
49:26-Bel Air
54:57-Burning Desire
thanks
when cola started I was like “DONT LOOK AT THE LYRICS DONT LOOK AT THE LYRICS” so badly needed that reaction 😂 love going on this journey with you !
I can’t tell you how happy I was that you ‘claimed’ Cola before you started.
Oh, also ‘Harvey’s in the sky with diamonds’ is a reference to the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, which is itself a reference to LSD
@@xtldcit is a reference to harvey weinstein dummy 😂
She isn’t close to her mom but she is very close with her siblings and father. Recently her dad released his album and she sings two songs on it. It’s called lost at sea! :)
IM SO EXCITED FOR ULTRAVIOLENCE
Blue Velvet is a cover! It was originally sang by Tony Bennett and I find it interesting that Lana chose to cover it because it gives the name to David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986), a very elegant, mysterious, dark and american movie and I think Lana probably loves it because the whole Born to Die/Paradise feels just like this film. Give it a watch if you can, Lynch is one of the best american filmmakers of all time.
I’ve always said that Lana’s music perfectly embodies David Lynch’s films and t.V shows. Twin Peaks is sooo Lana coded.
@@drinkmoreagua8984 Totally! The driving at night of Lost Highway and the whole LA fame dream of Muholland Drive... so Lana
yes its a jazzy classic!
you wrote allat and she didnt even heart it.. 🤣🤣😭😢
Fun fact, Yayo was originally on her pre-debut album named "Lizzy Grant AKA Lana Del Ray," it's not required to listen to and most fans consider BTD her debut album, but it's definitely a fun listen and full of unique songs. My personal favorite from it is Raise Me Up (Mississippi South)
actually yayo was originally on the Kill Kill EP
my favorite part of watching the paradise album reactions are peoples reaction to the first line in cola
I hate that she read it before hearing it 😭
@@imadterkmani3736 me too i can’t lie 😭😭 but it was still funny
@@lara-cp4cp yes LMAO
Should NOT have looked at the lyrics with her huge wide cherry pie googly eyes though 🙄🐷
Yayo is Spanish slang for cocaine. I think Lana uses this as she used to spend a lot of time in Florida, mainly in Miami where there's lots of Spanish speakers. You can hear that even in recent concerts like Lollapalooza in Brazil she switched into a more malibu accent. That's why they call her Lanita. Hope this helped!
WAIT my first lenguage is spanish and i didnt know that 😭😭
wtf is a ‘latina accent’
@@69gabygirl Sorry if I offended you or anyone who read the comment, I've changed it now. I should have been more careful with my word choice, apologies.
@@69gabygirl😂
Yo pensé que yayo era una palabra para decir viejo
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I thought that yayo was a word to say old man
I cannot say with more gusto that when it was released this EP CHANGED my life at the time. My entire friend group was obsessed with it, we all had "our" songs and we would just play it in the background when we'd sneak out at night to go to the park and drink the most rancid booze available to us at like 16. It was great. I never had more fun puking my brains out and being depressed on a swing than I did during this era of Lana lmao
wait but i desperately need to know what ‘your’ song was when this ep released???? and has it stayed your fav??
@@officialcassreactsI was Gods & Monsters! Which looking back it's kinda shady of my friends for associating it with me given the subject matter but hey what can ya do lmao and I really had to think about this, because for me this is a zero skip piece of art, I'd say my most revisited tracks are Body Electric, Blue Velvet and (honestly) Bel Air. I feel like no one talks about Bel Air enough. (Also American is my least favourite on this EP too don't worry I'm totally with you)
@@astridtheterribleride and bel air are some of my favorite lana tracks.
from this era, my favorites are btd title track, without you, ride, bel air. but i think it’s such an iconic era for lana that just all of it sticks w u and it holds up so well today.
ultraviolence is easily my fav lana album and album in general of all time tho. followed by ocean blvd just bc it’s so personal and u see right into her, which makes her more relatable and close to u than ever
@@saggygreentbag I know this term is overused but Ride + the music video was a cultural reset. Music artists have always been doing the "sad and actually kinda spooky" thing forever but I feel like for the generation that were adolescents when this came out it made it "cool" and that's also why I'm desperado for a Lana del Ray AKA Lizzy Grant reaction as well (tho I have no idea where to find it legally I haven't checked lmao) Cuz some of Lana's earlier stuff prior to BTD is actually really haunting in a more sinister way. Put Me in a Movie? Mermaid Motel? For K Part 2? Iconic. Ultraviolence has the perfect blend of that weird scary pre-Lana Lana and the west coast vibes(tm) Lana. Love that album I'm so excited for the reaction. (My favourite still is Honeymoon though if anyone cares which I know is another controversial opinion)
@@astridtheterrible 1. How DARE you be so interesting?
2. I remember the mixed reaction Honeymoon got (I was part of that myself). I think that was because we were all expecting a Born To Die part 2 and what we got was... a weird mix of jazz and trap? What? It felt confusing at the time, but looking back we can appreciate the overarching themes of voyeurism and fame and the fact it was an instrumental step in Lana exploring new sounds. I also like how at points it's Lana at her lowest, but it also hints at a more hopeful perspective like she went on to explore from Lust For Life onwards. Also also, some of her best bridges ever. Like, Honeymoon, Blackest Day, Salvatore, Terrence? Hello?
I would definitely recommend watching her short film Tropico that covers songs like Body Electric, Gods & Monsters and Bel Air, absolutely amazing and cinematic with spoken parts 💕 I believe Tropico will close Born to die: Paradise Edition era in some way before you move to Ultraviolence.
Also other recommendations that maybe you would like to do in next CZcams video:
Ride music video
Blue velvet (has a music video that was made for the H&M commercial, just a little fact)
Tropico trilogy (the the essence of Paradise album)
Yayo - Lana created a little video for this song before she was famous, maybe not for the reaction but definitely a nice thing to see how she grew as an artist.
Some live performances:
iTunes 2012 Body Electric
Cola live performance in Olympia, Paris
Yayo's live performance in Moscow in 2016 and compare her old live Yayo from 2008 in NYC
Can't wait for another video, thank you for putting so much attention into her art, we truly appreciate this ❤
omgg yess, thanks for sharing her this ❤
@@LeslyQuii Paradise is truly a gem in Lana’s discography and I feel like it also has the best music videos. I really wish Cass could discover all of these moments with us and appreciate them even more! Fingers crossed she will see this comment haha 😂
I second this!!!
yessss she has to see that
Yesss the live cola performance is AMAZING
The Ride MV is quintessential to the lana lore,for sure 🥺
Lana Lore 😂 like her music is some twisted dark tale that has many layers to uncover ... wait 😮😮😮
Yayo means cocaine haha also you’ll find out more about her relationship with her family as you go on in her discography (mainly her last two albums) but the gist is she’s very close with her father and siblings but not with her mother-stemming from the decision her parents made to send her away. Also yes, Cola’s melodies are absolutely ~paradise~
WAIT IS THAT MY SHE SINGS IT A LOT IN FLORIDA KILOS
I sing the body electric is a Walt Whitman poem. She actually quotes a large portion of it (it’s a very long poem) in the music video Tropico which includes Body Electric, Gods & Monsters, and Bel-Air 😊
Havery is indeed about who you think it is 😭 she made music for some of his films but when she didnt wanna have intercourse with him he got in contact with award shows to make sure she didn’t win any awards for her contributions. This was all before the allegations came forth and lana said she will no longer be performing cola as she doesnt feel comfortable with giving him any attention
This song proves that women were into him in some way right ahah
Who? I don’t really know famous people
@@MaddyPerez128harvey weinstein
HELP I WAS THINKING STEVE HARVEY
@@mercyalvarez7451😂
I NEVER CLICKED ON A VIDEO SO FAST
samee
literally me
REAL
SAMEEE
true hahaha
The way you helped me realize, like a therapist, WHY I've always loved this album SO MUCH when you said it's all about escapism, & how there is no paradise...damn. Also yayo means cocaine.
She is actually close to her dad and they released a few song last month.
She refers to her mom as her ''dad's wife'' and isn't so close to her.
The lana stans will be here. Some of us are ratchet and you'll get occasional apologies from those who aren't, but it's all love LOL. love you and also your other videos. this EP was a moment 😭
you have such a soothing speaking voice much like lana herself. love n appreciate the effort you’re putting into these videos and can’t wait to see you discover more lana. UV and honeymoon will slay
i love it when ppl discover lana for the first time I'd sell me soul to listen to her voice for the first time ever
Ride is my all time favourite Lana song. It just hit the second I heard it. Truly magical and timeless. ✨
love you girl, love your reactions, you should continue with her discography
time stamps
Ride - 2:29
American - 12:17
Cola - 18:28
Body Electric - 26:52
Blue Velvet - 32:10
Gods & Monsters - 36:15
Yayo - 43:43
Bel Air - 49:26
Burning Desire - 54:57
Ranking - 59:18
you give me a new perspective on lana’s songs and it makes me love them even more. this video is so good❤️
I’m so attached to Lana and her music, I remember your last video when you were reacting to million dollar man I was like “if she says ANYTHING bad about it-“ and I had the same feeling towards cola 🤣 the girls who get it get it
Would definitely recommend watching the Tropico short film which has songs from this album, its beautiful.
you HAVE to watch lana singing cola on a live performance
Can't wait for Ultraviolence!
I didnt like American that much when I first heard it, but now, years later, I really love that one. It's just so beautiful.
There’s a video for ride that has a monologue at the beginning and end. A promotional video for Blue Velvet that is pretty much a long H&M commercial when they partnered together for a campaign. And a video for Tropico that includes 3 songs
Burning Desire, released on Valentine's day, was a promotional song for the Jaguar F-Type automobile. Her music video for the song also includes clips of the Jag TV commercial.
To me ride is such a masterpiece. It mean to “ride” is just being on life’s path. She talks about an open road and so she may not know what path she is on or our her fame will turn out but she just rides. I love that. That’s how life feels sometimes but this song makes it feel like it’s okay and it’ll work out.
Also you should definitely watch or listen to the ride music video. You may have already watched it but the monologue- it’s BEAUTIFUL 😻
Agreed. Good observations.
yesss love your lana reactions, cant wait for ultraviolence !!💕💕
the lana stans will find anyone who can appreciate her music like we do 🫶🏻 we’re loving this journey you’re taking, i wish i could listen to lana for the first time again :)
I always thought that Bel Air is angels singing to you upon your ascend to Eden, especially when she says “Don’t be afraid of me” and “I know your name”. And I love her for that.
This EP is mainly about her past boyfriend who died and she’s trying to cope with it, through sex and partying. Many of the songs have references to heaven/paradise, as he is there and she wishes she was there as well with him. Bel Air as a place is thought of by Lana as somewhere beautiful and glamorous and heavenly, and is used somewhat as a placeholder for Heaven, but also is literal and shows her trying to leave behind her past lover and move to LA. Yayo is pretty close to what you said - though it seems happy and she’s talking about getting married and having fun with him but the “Hello heaven,” verse shows that this is all just dreaming about what she could’ve had. It’s a really devastating album.
Is there any more context that this is about her bf who passed?
Also at this time she was sleeping with every famous musician that existed at the time lol from ASAP Rocky to Marilyn Manson to Axl Rose.
@@supreme1572 not Marlyn Manson, surely
@@jimbob2427 she had a huge thing for older men
@@supreme1572 but Marilyn tho?
finally someone who appreciates blue velvet! i see people criminally overlook it all the time :( but it's just so damn good!♡
Harvey's in the sky with diamonds is a reference to a Beatles song lyric "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" which was a hidden messege for LSD :D
lana gets more into her family in later albums! She has a very bad relationship with her mother, and now a very close one with her father (she recently featured on his own album) but there are a few hints in her music that growing up she had a rocky relationship with him too. Shes very close with her siblings and her grandma who i believe may have passed but she used to live with her at some points
The music videos for this EP are amazing,, so Ride has its own 10 minute music video which is amazing and has the most incredible spoken word intros/outros EVER, Burning Desire also has a video, then for the other songs on Paradise, there's a short film called 'Tropico' that is basically a bunch of videos that tie it all together. Before moving onto Ultraviolence, Lana then released Young and Beautiful for The Great Gatsby and it became one of her biggest hits, so it would be super cool if you could react to that song as well before moving on to UV. Thank u sm for ur reactions, theyre super introspective and enjoyable and we all really appreciate them
Also, she's super close with her dad and sister, and pretty close w her brother too but idk about her mum
"She hasn't seen her mother in a long, long time."
im realy in love with this Cola high note...
i just love so much your reactions girl, hope you continue with her discography ❤️!
Gods and Monsters is a song about living in LA and being famous and also consequences that come with it (men with power taking advantage of young celebrities, drugs, sex, alcohol etc.)
"I was an angel living in the garden of evil" describes is perfectly. It's such a dark song... just thinking about all the singers that went through that stuff..
There is a full short movie for this EP - Tropico. Highly reccomend. And musc videos for ride, burning desire and blue velvet
Just as Blue Velvet is a cover, you will come to find that she repeatedly do covers she loves on most of her albums when you continue down the path of her discography. I absolutely love and adore her, and she gives all of her covers a personal and intriguing touch
Lana has 1 younger sister, Caroline (or Chuck), and 1 younger brother, Charlie. She has a good relationship with both her siblings and her father, Rob Grant (who, fun fact, released his debut album called "Lost At Sea" this year alongside 2 collaborations with Lana. He jokes a lot about being a nepo daddy).
However, she has a bad relationship with her mother, Patricia. Even if Lana mentions her parents in some songs, it's not until recent albums she's been more personal about her family.
Yayyy, been waiting for this one, so happy that you're continuing with Lana reactions, Paradise is amazing and deserves it's own video for sure
Your reactions are everything
Cannot wait for ultraviolence
omg I've been waiting for this!!! love you and thanks for doing these reactions!!!!
The echo on her vocals in yayo continues throughout the next 3 albums and pops up in the rest from time to time.
i’m laughing so hard at your reaction to cola, then you trying to talk to siri 😭 these reactions are great
You're so funny, you didn't even consider Yayo was a real word and looked it up like you normally do 😂 Loved this reaction!
ive been waiting to watch another reaction of lana from you! you always have a great insight
If you listen carefully to the beginning of Gods and Monsters, before she starts singing, she says LA LA LA….LA LA LA…. so she’s calling Los Angeles/Hollywood the land of gods (celebrities, movie producers, record execs, titans of industry, etc) and monsters (people who will take advantage of you, abuse you, steal from you, etc) and sometimes the people from one group are the same as the people from the other.
you have no idea how much i look forward to these videos!!! thank u
The Blue Velvet song was actually and originally singed by Bobby Vinton,which I say that nothing beats the original but this version of Lana Del Rey is very good, now since you do movie reactions too,i would suggest the movie Blue Velvet(1986) which is based on this song.
she has a shortfilm called tropico that contains the songs body body electroc gods and monsters and bel air. it gives a lot of context to the songs and is just a beautiful piece lf art
thank youuuu I've been waiting for this video!!!
I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS you show me things even i didnt notice after listening to her for over 5 yrs❤❤❤❤
I love so much watching you talk about the songs, so calm, I really love it and appreciate it
Your reaction to the bridge of Ride was gold! 💙 seeing someone experience lana for the first time as a long time fan is the best thing ever. It never gets old
watching your lana reactions have become part of my daily routines ❤
I can't help it "I am f*cking crazy, but I am free" 😭
RIDE IS A ICONIC SONG AND ONE OF HER BEST!!
Agree. And the monologue is perfect
been waiting for you to upload!!!
Yes we are here! Loving your reactions about Lana.
Your reaction to blue velvet made me emotional too lmfaooooo. Def my fav song of hers
Thank you for video! It’s so refreshing when someone new intelligent and with taste in music explores Lana’s World. ❤
gods and monsters has been my favorite song for a while, and your way with words and reaction of the sad lyrics covered by loud instrumentals has changed me😌😌
I’m so obsessed with you and your reactions ❤️
So excited to see you react to Ultraviolence, NFR and her newer albums!! Definitely listen in order :)
Yayyyy!!! I’m excited to watch you on your Lana journey 🥰🥰
“Im so cool with this being a piano album”… you are going to love lana albums more and more as you listen lol
I love your reaction, it's good to see that you're honest. Btw, the Paradise Era has a lot of videos, the essentials are Ride and Tropico (a 27 minute short film with the songs Gods & Monster, Body Electric and Bel Air). I think that those two videos are great to know the exact feeling she's putting into the album. Others videos are Burning Desire and Blue Velvet (it's a commercial, still a music video tho, so it's not on her channel, but it's on youtube).
its not a music video but a live performance of ride. in my opinion its one of her best live performances, it feels so raw and personal. the video is titled "Lana Del Rey- Ride (live on Langs de Leeuw HD)"
Im so excited for ultraviolence and honeymoon !! They are her Best albums!
Bel Air is my favorite Lana song of all time. Is so angelic and scary at the same time, a piece of art
also on american horror story theres a cover of gods and monsters, its truely haunting you should definitely give it a listen! (im also not at that part at the video yet lol but it you didnt realise the songs about la, at the beggining the murmering is 'LA' repeated)
okay im like halfway through yayo so im not sure if you realise half of this lol but yayo is slang for cocaine, she also delivers the song like this to indicate intoxication. She released an ep called aka lizzy grant before her official first album under 'lana del rey', and yayo was actually one of these songs so i find it very interesting that she decided to release it again! Yayo and gods and monsters are definitely my favourites from this ep
Yup girl. Harvey is the one you're thinking about. She doesn't sing this song anymore and you'll probably find more about this in her song "Fucked my way up to the top"
And this was way before the revelations came out
I think it's a shame that POS spoiled Cola for her as it's a great song. I'm not sure there's any direct evidence that the other song you mention has anything to do with him though as it doesn't mention him. It's a sarcastic song. And if there is any specific gossip about it, I probably don't want to know.
i'm always so happy to see people reacting to Lana
yaaaay! I founded your channel with the born to die video and been mesmerized with your content, you're so great!! Can't wait for honeymoon and NFR ❤
I’m gonna need more of these Lana videos
We need Ultraviolence reaction now 😍😍 I'm obsessed with yours reactions!!
Love you🫶 such a great reaction❤️
I’ve never clicked anything so fast IN MY LIFE! I’m so ready
im loving this so much, cant wait for uv and honeymoon, my favvv
THANK GOD I CHECKED YT EVERYDAY FOR THIS ❤
there is a short film called tropico which includes body electric, gods & monsters and bel air . Also there's ride and burning desire mv . Blue velvet was in a H&M commercial , it was based on the movie blue velvet
Loved your reaction to Yayo so much!! I feel like many reactions overlook it as "boring" but I am glad you enjoyed it and appreciated it. "Hello heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night" is one of my favorite Lana lines ever. ❤
she is close with her dad and she loves him not her mom tho she doesnt even call her a mother, and she's also super close with her siblings her sister chuck aka Caroline and her brother charlie
Paradise is a metaphor of Los Angeles ❤
Thank u 🤍🤍 I can’t wait for you to see how dark of a turn UV takes 🖤 my fav
she my favourite artist since 2012 i love her so much
lana studied metaphysics and body electric has a lot of references about energy and mind
love your reactions xx
I love your reactions❤
I LOVE YOUR VIDS OMG!!!!❤❤
i dont know if anyone has mentioned this, but i have been a huge lana stan since the beginning, and as she was putting out the paradise edition she really was framing this as her last music project because she's 'sung everything that she needs to sing' so this was so emotional when it came out but then she obviously kept going