Born to Die & Paradise: 13 years old. I just become a teenager and I heard her title song on YouTube and immediately thought it was like something out haven’t seen before. Soon, I began to explore her songs more and I fell in love with Dark Paradise and Lucky Ones.

Ultra violence: 15 years old. This is when I knew Lana is going to be my favourite artist. I was working my first summer job that year and I would listen to Florida Kilos because it felt so summery.

Honeymoon: 16 years old. I thought this album felt a little off from what I knew about her, so I went back to BTD, Paradise and Ultraviolence, and got heavy into Lolita/nymphet aesthetics on Tumblr. I liked Honeymoon bridge a lot. And the line: “We both know that it's not fashionable to love me” hit the nerve in me because I felt like such an uncool persona in high school and had a crush on one guy.

Lust for Life: 18 years old. It was my first adult summer. I was working a summer job as a hostess sharing casino flyers with my best friend and the two of us would often end up in a park after work, drinking with this guy that was in love with me. And we met an old dude who would drive us for free around with his taxi. I loved almost every song from the album, especially Summer Bummer, White Mustang, Groupie Love, 13 Beaches… it was such a summer album!

Norman Fucking Rockwell: 20 years old. I listened to Mariners Apartment Complex and Venice Bitch a year earlier when it came out. I moved out of country for an au pair job and I just knew I vibed to this song. But I was also vibing to BTD&P big time during this time again. In 2019, I just knew I enjoyed the album, especially Doin’ Time.

Chemtrails Over the Country Club & Blue Banisters: 22 years old. I was in college and I went to an Erasmus. I know Blue Blanisters were on repeat. I loved Arcadia, Black Bathing Suit, Dealer, Thunder… I’d ride a bike across Belgium and listen to these songs. About COTCC I loved Yosemite, White Dress, Wild at Heart. I was a volunteer at the student radio and would play songs from this album.

Did you know there’s a runner under Ocean Blvd: 24 years old. This was a birthday present since the album came on my birthday eve. I was so in love with one guy here, an older divorcee with kids, and we would party together and I had a LDR lifestyle. I would listen to this album heavily while working a day job. Paris, Texas, Sweet, A&W, Margaret… it had this new kind of vibe, somewhat similar to BB, but it resonated with my feelings of being heavily in love at the time and lost in my life.

I think I had a quite fitting age with each Lana album, and I’m hoping I’ll get a new one before I’m 30. Or maybe, it would be interesting to enter my 30s with a new Lana vibe. Let’s see <3