Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd ALBUM REVIEW 

She even planned the album colors to match with the yellow flannel. Her mind.

i like how he decided to abbreviate ocean blvd in his favorite tracks but then committed to "GRANDFATHER PLEASE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY FATHER WHILE HE'S DEEP-SEA FISHING"

shes gotten a 2 and a 9 from him !! her range is unmatched !!!

The year isn’t half way over yet and I feel like we’ve already gotten so much good music. 2023 has been a special year so far.

I’m a massive Lana fan, and “Let the light in” was an absolute gift. one of my favourite Lana songs ever

I like to believe that the album ending with venice bit** represents she ending what she started with NFR. like you can see Born to Die to Lust For Life as 1 arc of her discography and NFR to Ocean Blvd as other, so the next album will be some new phase for her.

A+W hit me a lot harder than I ever thought it would. The light whispery vocals on the intro talking about her self image and then leading into her need for affection and physical love trying to cover that shame was really heartbreaking. The fact she feels trapped and doomed to repeat that cycle of behavior without a way out really broke me. The sheer vulnerability of the lyrics and emotions throughout the track really puts the idea of brokenness on full display in a way that makes her so human

Never thought I’d see the day you’d give Lana a 9!!!! Well overdue I still stand with born to die and ultraviolence 😭

A 9 FOR LANA? I THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME. THANK YOU MELON!!!

This would be a 10/10 if it was called “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under The Money Store”

I don't get the hate for her earlier records. Ultraviolence is fantastic

i agree with the 9/10, definitely one of my favorites from this year i’ll listen to it tomorrow

I would have never believed you if you said Anthony would give Lana Del Ray the same score as JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown.

This album is such a grower and it's so dense and deep. I keep discovering more and more layers to it as time goes by. Fingertips is my favourite. I think she's outdone NFR with this - the artistic growth and freedom is on a whole other level. This is an easy AOTY for me.

the progression of his opinion of lana is so fascinating to watch

I'm staring at the fucking description of this vid in pure disbelief and happiness. As y'all might remember i wrote a whole ass mini review of blue bannisters in fantano's comment section two years ago so I'm obviously a massive Lana stan. I honestly think this is her best album to date and a genuine masterpiece I am so ecstatic that Melon is giving her such praise. Thank you so much Anthony, truly

Every Lana album has been at least an 8 for me. She’s been an easy target for critics for over a decade. Good to see they’re coming around.

two 9s in a row! both extremely deserved. good job mr fantano. you really made some good albums recently

WOW! It's definitely growing on me. I feel like it's actually better when you listen to the whole thing without skipping interludes. I got the vinyl, it will be played often.

Lana's artistic progression and character development arch on Melon's channel, all showcased over a decade runtime, is just flawless

This is such a well-deserved score for Lana. This album actually introduced me to her and the singles were so catchy. My fav tracks have to be Sweet and/or Let The Light In. God, there’s so many amazing picks!

With how good that Liturgy album was we might get 3 9s in a row

Poor Lana, she looks so sad on that wall behind Anthony because she didn’t get a 10.

Margaret is one of the most beautiful song I've ever heard, and I'm a Bjork fan.

Margaret is such a beautiful track too holy cow. The sense of hopefulness and eventually being complete with your significant other that you truly love and the love that Lana has for her friend Jack while celebrating such a beautiful feeling and occasion with him just melts me every time!

If this was called ,,Did you know that there's a melon under my blanket" it would have been a 11/10

listening to this album feels like reading a book to me. it’s a lyrical masterpiece and so enjoyable if you take the time to really listen to it.

jesus crhist the song peppers is so catchy, insane she out did all her older hip hop blend songs with this one banger wow and on this album as well

Two 9/10 rated albums in a row, big up 2023 fr

A Lana Album 9 ?? From Fantano ?? WORLD IS HEALING

she's always been herself, her early records/all her records are her story telling. she's always been herself.

Yellow flannel and Lana del Rey, I thought the day would never come

It's nice seeing people struggle to understand the album, since her point it's to very much defy the concept of a well structured and rounded album. For me, she's clearly having a lot of fun adding a lot of mistakes and experiments (since the album opens with a mistake). Fingertips has no chorus, there are 2 interludes of people speaking for 4 minutes, she mixes 2 different songs twice for no reason, she simply doesn't care about a traditional analysis and criticism of what a good album is. And yet the album is beyond excelent.

was expecting a high 7 to low 8 so i’m pleasantly surprised!

13:38 this man just hates fun 😭

Viewing the 3 last tracks as “bonus” of a supposedly deluxe edition makes much more sense now (although I do love fishtail as well, “you wanted me sadder” is a true Lana gem)

This might be my favorite album of hers. I just love it, ever since NFR she's done nothing but bangers. Paris Texas is so perfect to me I can play it over and over again

I love this album so much. I feel like Lana does a very good job of growing with her fans. I think that lot of us started listening to her in our teen years, in which her music was what we were looking for, even if now looking back, they seem immature. But we were immature. And now, most of us are women, thinking about family, if we want it, if we can have it. For me, even the religion - finding god but struggling with the downfalls of church. This album hit me right where and when i needed it, and I really think that lot of people following her for some time will feel the same. 10/10 for me personally

Margaret is my favorite track, it takes me to another world

this album slaps hard as heck

Scores for Lana from Fantano so far: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 😊

I really believe this album will get Lana her first Grammy win. Album of the year it song if the year for ‘A&W’. This is by far my favorite LDR album!

Did you know that there's a melon under a yellow frannel?

Omg this brings me such joy to see Lana’s redemption arc unfolding 😭😭😭 I’m a mega stan tho so she didn’t need redemption from me but I understand some of the criticism and it seems like (as much as she puts out that she doesn’t care about criticism) she really does grow from it. Obsessed!!! ❤❤❤

Two 9’s in a row? It’s a Needledrop Miracle!

Does anyone else find it extremely satisfying to hear fantano say his classic outro starting after the “tran..sition”? The “forever” always gets me ngl

A 9 you got to be kidding me. I thought I would never see the day where she would pass a 7. Yes 👏🏻 class

Margaret is low key the best song on the record. That first verse melody gave me chills before I even got to the gorgeous chorus.

A 9?! And He liked Peppers… whew big win for the people who’ve been defending the song since it came out… we won in the end

A masterpiece imho, especially if you've followed her development as an artist, a persona, a person, are subsequently predisposed to this type of wrenching confessional style and, of course, willing to invest the attention it takes to really marinate in this emotionally dense and personal work.

I do agree, it really felt almost like a throwback for those last 3 tracks, and I truly feel they are there for that exact reason, considering how this is an introspective album, and with Lana, we all know she loves nostalgia and I almost feel like its an ode to the music that started it all.

Lana and Kid Cudi duking it out for the biggest 180 in needledrop history

"shes never been the strongest singer" listen to her cover of you'll never walk alone

I used to hang out in that tunnel all the time in my late teens and early 20s. It's an abandoned train station. Long beach. I wonder what the kids are doing with it now

So cool that Anthony decided to check out Lana's solo stuff after hearing that song she did with Taylor.

Grandfather is one the best tracks she ever made, it's her wrecking ball moment !

How is Kintsugi not included in your fav tracks duuuuuuude

Ultraviolence was still done extremely wrong tho but ok.

SUCH A DESERVED 9!!!!!!!!!! This album is still wrecking me from how stunning it is

If this doesn’t get Lana her long overdue Grammy win…then the Scammys are forever done & over 😒

FISHTAIL fucking slaps idc

Took me a handful of listens to really get into this, but now absolutely love it. Paris Texas is a stunning song

hey man you just put in the yellow flannel because the album’s cover art color palete matched the flannel

as a high school senior I never did like Lana even though I didn't dislike her as vehemently as a lot of my male friends. She had a distinct way of singing but I couldn't relate too much to what she was saying. As an adult and meeting a variety of people who have expressed feeling the same as to what she is talking about and first hand experiencing the feelings of loneliness and the inability to truly relate and be with someone rather than giving into the temptations that give us the short but fierce burn that we mistake as something more, I can say that Lana is like seeing an old friend really go through what you do but never really talking to them about it until one day you just have a whole ass day of just describing what your lives have been like and, even if it's for a short time, just being vulnerable and undeterred with each other in the conversations. No judgments, no critiques, no nothing but just two friends truly catching up. Lana got better at expressing herself and obviously has the chops to make it an experience that you can only really describe as ethereal and otherworldly. TL;DR I have ascended to non hater status.

so happy with this incredible album, i cant stop listening!

Cant believe melon just released a 15 minute video of him twerking to peppers (ft. Tommy Genesis)

As a Lana fan, I already know how high your standard is, but we appreciate your best analysis on this album. People highly regarded the NFR as her best album but as Lana fan since 2013 - I enjoyed Ocean Blvd more. Its going beyond. Thank you.

My AOTY so far , so good

Love the review, I instantly took it as her best writing on first listen, and have given the record every rewarding chance it has deserved since.

She is right tho there is something about Hotel California that screams Florida to me.

its crazy melon gave mbdtf a 10 today!

Jon Batiste getting the attention on the cover alone is fab!!!

The way I screamed when he said decent 9…

Fantano, did you know that Coachella - Woodstock in my mind is about Father Jhon Misty?

This album is her Astral Weeks! I think I like it even more than Honeymoon (my previous favorite Lana album)! Glad you rated it so highly! 😁

Anthony out of curiosity, would you give it a 10/10 if it had stopped at Margaret? I have the same sentiments about the last songs after it, and it also felt like a closer track to me !

I never realized what a fan i am of hers. Looked her up and found that i know MANY of her songs. May be a pretty obvious thing to say, but i just didnt realize how much ive listened to her!

not sure why but i felt bad for not buying this record a few days ago: got it today (had not listened to a full album from her before): is splendiferous...

“Her best work yet”??? Proof that the most fun, moving work is usually not a critics favorite. I’d take UV or NFR over this any day.😊

Great review! But you bringing up the ‘Question for The Culture’ moment into this video was very unnecessary since, based on your review and points of view, you picked up what you read on social media and never really looked forward on what she really meant to say. The fact that she just mentioned her favorite artists and it backfired her by calling her a “racist” and dismissing the entire point of “why can’t I get the same recognition as a woman like me: fragile, sentimental and “weak” as people may perceive her unlike these artists who are known to show an image of “empowerment” through feeling comfortable with your sexuality, body, etc… Seemed like some sort of “cancel culture” arguments teenagers keep talking about to this day. What makes the whole “QFTC” thing funnier is that people, specially women and female artists are starting to realize what she meant. Thanks for your input as always though!

Finally Lana getting what she deserves

IM SCREAMING !! THIS IS NOT THE WAY I IMAGINED THIS VIDEO GOING 😭😭 welcome to the fandom anthony ❤

it’s funny cause as a huge lana fan since BTD, Anthony’s reviews have always remained a little corner for me every album lol. kept waiting on this one like the judge judy gif.

Two videos in a row with light 9’s, maybe this is the year we get that 10

i’m convinced 100% she was trolling on the last track, leaning into the jokes on twitter that she cosplays being latina. also i think she’s trolling with the title of Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep sea fishing

the fact that the album cover and the flannel fully match… yeah the stars ALIGNED

i love this album, and i think it’s one of her best. that being said, i can’t get behind the interludes, and i don’t really like fishtail or peppers. also, i agree that margaret feels like a closer, and i would also give it a 9.

As a Lana fan - I like the album - but am SHOCKED you gave this album a 9 & Ultraviolence a 2 ☠️- for me NFR & Ultraviolence are her two best albums. Followed by Lust for Life & then prob this album here at 4th place. Happy she got it - but crazy u could rate this so high & UV so low lollll

aye the chicks that aint showered in a week boutta go crazy to this one

I think you really need to do reaction again to her past works because when you understand them, born to die is really a masterpiece of pop. Ultraviolence is so unique and in every songs, they are so many details in her voice and in the production. The same for honeymoon.

Hey Anthony, you were kinda off on the meaning of Taco Truck x VB, it's really a much more complex song. This song is, in my opinion, her best closer ever, the meaning is just genius. This song is essentially a fuck you to the critics, she says in the taco truck part ‘imagine if we actually gave a fuck’ and that she’s aware of how she’s perceived by them and how they actually do hate her. She says they spin her stories into a homogenous mix and leave no space for nuance and then print it into the reviews but it won’t phase her. And then to end this ‘fuck you’ at the critics with a remixed crazy version of the song that actually got her respect among critics for her innovating herself and that also “happens” to be a song about just not caring at all. To quote Venice bitch, she’s saying she’s fresher out of fucks forever. Genius.

The disrespect on Taco Trucks x VB…

does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes

Back to back nines is unheard of

Fun fact: The most frequently reviewed artist, by Anthony Fantano, is Krallice.

I loved candy necklaces and Paris, Texas it was amazing

Not surprising that Melon gave this a near perfect score. As indicated by the title, it's clearly an underground album.

The most spiritual Lana album ever. ❤️

YOU ATE WITH THIS 9

No way I would have given this a 9 but glad to see it nonetheless. I give it maybe a strong 7 just because the latter half of the record feels drawn out to me, maybe I haven't listened to it enough yet idk