Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach Video - Out Now!

[Manul 7,377]

Only noteworthy scenes, the part where she is in the kitchen and wind's blowing like crazy and the GTA:V moment. Otherwise, 

[Whispering 18,865]

 

If you think it's about getting high by the beach...

It is a one sentence opinion. I think the video looks low budget and is boring. You may love it more than life itself, and that's completely fine. You have your opinion and I have mine. 

The rest of that comment was off topic, so I'm not going down that road, as that is against the guidelines in this section. 

[SLAYing 3,126]

 

I literally fell asleep watchin this video ... 

 

 

 

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

https://twitter.com/WooorIdStar/status/627934526568820736 

Sis  

On topic though

I love the video, but it would be better if there werent 2 or 3 random clips that repeat themselves  

[Yanko 9,860]

 

If you think it's about getting high by the beach, you've clearly just fixated on the chorus. Yes, the words are simple, but that doesn't make them bad. It's obvious before we even get to the chorus that it's about Lana moving on from a man who's no good for her and she just wants to live simple and free (the only reason she sings about getting high by the beach in the first place). Just because something is low budget doesn't make it bad either. Art is not defined by money. I'd take a simple video with a compelling plot over a CGI fest to show off how much money the label has. And just because it's simple doesn't make it boring. It's meant to be a relaxing song, so the video is too. Music isn't just for dancing. You're entitled to your opinion, but it just seems a bit...superficial.

 

   slay a bit 

[thatfoxyfeeling 13,017]

The video has made me appreciate the song, but she doesn't deserve the recognition she receives. 

[Yanko 9,860]

The video has made me appreciate the song, but she doesn't deserve the recognition she receives. 

if you say so 

[Stephen 30,426]

Brilliant video, really compelling, very James Bond-esque. Not her best ever, but a step up from the more stripped-back, paractically plotless UV videos. I found it anything but boring because I was waiting for something that all this sedated build-up was for. That gun bit was absolutely hilarious! Am I just being naive or did no one expect a gun to come out of that guitar case? I thought it was literally a guitar case and it was a metaphor for running away and devoting her life to her music career! When that gun came out and the explosion happened and her face afterwards...it was just pure comedy! It was like watching the funniest plot twist video ever! Not sure if it was what they were going for, but it got a reaction. But then it all went serious again and made the final spoken lines so much more grand. As for the story...I think it's one of those videos that is actually quite different from the song. You were expecting one thing from the lyrics, got another from the video. Because I'd been so glued to the lyrics without the video, I just superimposed the lyrics onto the video's message. Hence...

Lana is in her usual world of dating rich, wildly unsuitable men. She is dating a man who's likely a major d--g dealer, which means her life is full of uncertainty and instability and she's just a trophy wife with no say. When he's called away on business, she's just left all alone in a big house with nothing to do (loving you is hard, being here is harder, you take the wheel") and is left worrying about him when he's gone ("I can't survive if this is all that's real"). The house is so sparsely decorated because it's just temporary accomodation, maybe even a safe house, it's not a homely home. It's him in the helicopter, coming back to her, keeping an eye on her. Through the words, she suddenly realises that this is no life and she wants one of her own ("I'll do it on my own, don't need your money to get what I want"), runs down to the beach to pick up the gun that's stowed there for emergencies in case there's a raid or something and shoots him, putting a sudden end to it all, meaning she doesn't have to deal with the potential repurcussions of splitting up with him. She concludes with the spoken part that this is the start of a whole new life and she found peace through revenge and is now a stronger person.

But the idea of it being about paparazzi and media perception of her (in the close up of the helicopter, it is actually a guy with a camera) is very plausible too. Like I said, a video can interpret a song very differently. James Franco's description of it is another thing I considered too - a woman living on her own going crazy, thinking people are watching her. Whatever your interpretation, I think as long as you're moved by the art, it doesn't matter. Multiple interpretations can actually show how good a piece of art is, I find. She's a true diamond in the rough, that girl.

If you think it's about getting high by the beach, you've clearly just fixated on the chorus. Yes, the words are simple, but that doesn't make them bad. It's obvious before we even get to the chorus that it's about Lana moving on from a man who's no good for her and she just wants to live simple and free (the only reason she sings about getting high by the beach in the first place). Just because something is low budget doesn't make it bad either. Art is not defined by money. I'd take a simple video with a compelling plot over a CGI fest to show off how much money the label has. And just because it's simple doesn't make it boring. It's meant to be a relaxing song, so the video is too. Music isn't just for dancing. You're entitled to your opinion, but it just seems a bit...superficial.

Oh, and seeing as you're a Taylor fan, I thought pretty settings, pretty costumes and guns was very 1989 era, therefore right up your street. I daresay Taylor was also heavily inspired by Lana on at least two tracks on 1989. Lyrics like "You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye and I got that red lip classic thing that you like, you got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt and I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt," and "Thought heaven can't help me now, nothing lasts forever," "He's so tall and handsome as hell, he's so bad but he does it so well," and "Say you'll remember me, standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe, red lips and rosy cheeks, say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams" are very Lana-esque aren't they? I reckon Lana should sue for how much Wildest Dreams sounds like the beat of Without You and how the whole thing jacks her style. And I bet you don't find a slow track like Wildest Dreams boring when it's by Taylor. It's so weird when Taylor fans call other people's music boring when her album tracks are so bland they could be a cure for insomnia.

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[Cody Draco 2,531]

Love it and I love her for doing what she wants and not what atrl/ggd chart freaks want.

It's definitely not her best video, but that doesn't matter.

The song still slays your faves.

[Sad Kid 91]

The song is about getting high by the beach, getting high by the beach...so they filmed it in an empty house that was by the beach, by the beach.

Low budget and boring. 

Tell that to me when you can rent a helicopter flying around your house 

 

[Barbados 1,004]

very cute but nothing out of this world

 

I like the visuals, as usual

[Shadow 6,632]

Please, stay on topic of Lana's song and video.

[Whispering 18,865]

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Still looks low budget and boring...and the record label paid for this video. 

[high heeled fem 3]

SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! SO ****ING BORN TO DIE! 

i KNOW!! omg i just instantly thought this is a return to her old sound?

i loveddd the video!!!!! i also love how she can have honeymoon which is so many more layers and this? so good

but my question is why release something so soon after ultraviolence ? i still love west coast...that song was unexpected and smart

[Sad Kid 91]

Still looks low budget and boring...and the record label paid for this video. 

tbh when you removed the helicopter scenes the video gets kinda plain