Norman F*****g Rockwell is F*****g Incredible | ALBUM REACTION 

"People romantize the idea of 'when you know you know'"... girl I can't wait for you to listen to Ocean Boulevard 😂😂😂

Norman is all about escapism. Each song talks about different ways to escape from reality and problems. The cover features a burning America, a painted sky, and Lana sailing away with a man on a boat. This is literally the cover of escapism. Lana does not want to see the new America, because she knows that it will end in fire, and instead of these worries she decides to run away to sea , presenting America as illusory, drawn by an artist. THIS IS JUST GENIUS

I had no clue music could sound so good till I was introduced to this album

Chemtrails came out in March of 2021 and Blue Banisters came out in October of 2021. So if you want to keep reacting to the albums in order of release I would go with Chemtrails.

"Why wait for the best when I could have you?"....when she sang that line in concert she'd go "Actually, fuck that" afterward. :)

“is it safe to just be who we are?” regardless of how many times i’ve listened to this lyrics, it still gets me every time it’s so sad 😢

Excited for Ocean Boulevard now. It's on top with Norman and it has been nominated for album of the year too at the Grammys.

Girl, don’t take any pressure of these people here in the comments. Do your reactions in your own time, and take all the time you need to enjoy the music. Enjoy the process in your own way♥️

I've been a fan of Lana for many years, so I know all the songs you're reacting to. But you still manage to find new things and meanings from the songs even on your first listen! I'm not a native english speaker so some metaphors just fly over my head. That's why I love your reactions to the songs because you can interpret the songs so well! Also I love how watching these reactions just feels like we're friends and hanging out listening to Lana. You're doing such a good job on these videos and I can't wait for your reaction to the last three albums 🫶🏼

The links to alcoholism in her songs, in how to disappear specifically, is referencing her past. Lana struggled with alcoholism and drugs during her teenage years so she was sent to a boarding school which is also referenced in ‘this is what makes us girls’. She decided to pursue music and went through many stage names (may jailer, sparkle jump-rope queen, Lizzy grant) before finally deciding on the name Lana Del Rey. Also, her given name is Elizabeth Grant which you may noticed on the song credits, she doesn’t have any children currently, but talks about the name clementine (dance till we die - chemtrails over the country club) and Angelina (cherry blossom - blue bannisters). It you want to know more about her past I would recommend listening to her audio book and her most recent album, dykttatuob. Love your reactions btw.

I actually like that you take your time in between albums, that means that you actually take your time fully enjoy and understand an album. And that makes your reactions so much organic and enjoyable to me knowing that you are becoming a true Lana fan, not just listening to the albums for the sake of pleasing people o more youtube views. Keep doing you♥️✨

girl, like fr i really missed your Lana reactions😭😭

you easily became my fav reactor since the btd reaction. like you just get the vibe in every aspect

This album, simply put in Lana's words, is "sad girl shit." In all seriousness, she is the most romantic and sensitive soul there has ever been. This kind of music will never be replicated.

I'm so excited for the next 3 albums because she really deep dives into her past. The last song of the album is like a teaser

So California was written about Barrie James O'Neil, one of Lana's exes from around 2011. The songs Black Beauty, Flipside, Thunder and more were about him. Barrie struggles with depression which is one of the reasons they broke up. I just find there love for eachother to be something else, even to this day they care so much about eachother. He even privately messaged another reactor who does Lana to thank him for appreciating her music which is just adorable i cried when the guy said Barrie had messaged him. He's an artist too and helped make a lot of her earlier songs, and even to this day he still does lives on instagram covering her songs. Barrie is Scottish so thats why she says 'if you come back to America'. He's also the guy who gave her the line 'pussy tastes like pepsi cola' lol

This is my absolute favorite Lana record, stumbled upon this video and I am so impressed by your lyrical analysis! The Mariner's breakdown you did was spot-on, I love when a listener can break down a song into pieces and then fit the puzzle together like you did. It's so cool to watch, especially as someone who had to look up meanings and listen to the songs many times over to get them. Keep doing what you're doing, and don't sweat how long it takes to get through each song. Enjoy the music at your own pace, it makes watching so much more engaging when you process it like you do.

Chemtrails, Banisters and Boulevard go way deeper in the themes she opened on this album. Definitely her most personal albums where she talks about her feelings on fame, family and her past. Love you reactions!

Nothing can convince me that NFR is overhyped. It’s perfect from start to finish *chef’s kiss*

Listening to NFR for the first time is LIFE CHANING!

California is usually everyone’s least favorite on a first listen, but I promise she’s a grower and is probably in my top 10 of my favorite Lana songs of all time now. This album is a masterpiece though.

Hi, Cass! Love your reactions of Lana's albums. One fun fact about Venice B*tch is that Lana showed up with the song for her managers like "I think this is my next single" and they told her "are you kidding me? It's called Venice Bitch and it last 10 minutes? Why can't you make a 3 minutes normal pop song?", but she told them "it's end of summer and some people just wanna drive around for 10 minutes and get lost in some electric guitar" She really knows what we need, and it's my very favorite song of hers.💙

It's here!!!! I'm so happy you're hearing this at last. Take your time as long as you want - you're one of the best Lana reactors out there, and we're happy to savour it.

Her ex boyfriend Barry James O’Neil has a song about her. It’s called “Angel Tears” She also has a few collaborations with him. Some official some leaked. The official ones are his song “Riverside” & a cover on Lana’s channel of a Nancy Sinatra song called “Summer Wine” The leaked unreleased song is called “Unidentified Flying Bill”

I hate that the lyrics are wrong, she actually sings "I'm the BOLT, the lightning, the thunder" and that's so fucking powerful

"why's every lyric in this song a banger?" GIRL, the whole album is like that. She was so genius for putting the title track at first, it really resumes very well the entire project. This video have been truly expected, so happy you finally was able to get to her magnus opus ❤

the fact that i waited months for this because you gave the most detaild reactions and opinions 😭

Actually, The Greatest is like a requiem for the culture, the loss she speaks of is the loss of the culture, so in the song she is talking about all the things she's missing from the time when things were differents. And btw, another great reaction, love it! PD: The next album is Chemtrails Over The Country Club, it was released on March 19, 2021, and later that year she released Blue Banisters, on October 22.

Norman Rockwell was known for his depictions of American culture. To many, he is THE American artist of the 20th century due to his subjects of small towns, Every day American life, and other Americana influences. many of the songs on Lana's NFR take inspiration from American culture during the end of the 2010's. She speaks a lot about the current state of America which kind of reflects back onto how NFR painted this perfect American image. The cover is supposed to reflect a NR painting, but if you look in the back the landscape is on fire and she is reaching out to you to pull you into safety. She talks about it in some interviews, here's one! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B3ezfOlDajM.html

I find it SO interesting that you mentioned that she romanticized California so much, because for the next two albums (not Violet) she literally left California and comes back for her newest one

Lana doesnt have kids, but she does really want one and it makes me so sad she just wants someone to have a family with. She gets a bit more into it in Blue Banisters, also has a song about her sister her sister's daughter which is just the cutest. She loves children and used to have a babysitting job. Clementine is a name she would like for a future daughter, she also mentions the name Angelina.

if you’re interested about her past, she tells it wholeheartedly in “Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass”, her poetry audiobook, and in the next albums, ofc

I've been waiting for this. Oi from Brasil!!!!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

1:18:10 the answer is most definitely no 😭 the man she was with during this era got married to another woman while he was with lana. she was the other woman and didnt even realise 💔

„I hope we stick to piano for tye whole album” YOU RE GOING TO LOVE „BLUE BANISTERS”

“‘Why wait for the best when I could have you’ but as some of you may know I’ve changed my mind.” - Lana Del Rey @hollywood bowl October 10, 2019 This was my first Lana concert the best night of my life. I hope she does a proper tour soon ❤

49:53 I cried along with you, you said everything, all we want is someone who loves us the way we are. Also, I love your reflections. 💜

You said you “want her to go deeper” during hope is a dangerous thing- SHE WILL. It’ll start in Blue Banisters. And it’ll come more full circle in Ocean Blvd 🩵

"i love depression" literally me 😭😭😭

This album was on repeat every single day for me for about 2 years. I basically dead listened to it because it is so perfect. Def her best album and one of the best albums of ALL time. The fact that it didn’t get a Grammy is a travesty.

I have been waiting for this reaction my whole life!! I was so happy to see it today on my notifications. Some comments: How to disappear: No, she doesn't have children. In future albums she develops the children narrative. The Greatest: The "don't forget me" narrative is also developed on her latest album and I think you will loved it, is my personal fav tied with NFR. Bartender: You asked if she had found long-term relationship since this album. Well, NFR came out on 2019 and since that she had 5 public relationships. Now, she is single (as far as we know).

The part when you said "when you know you know" gave me chills cause Lana sing this in a song ❤️ you gonna know this soon

Believe me your Lana journey won't end. She has so many unreleased music that every day i discover a new song of hers

The line "crimson and clover" is probably a reference to the song of the same name by Tommy James and the Shondells.

this is her best record so far for sure. and venice bitch has been making me emotional since the day it was released. for me it's her best song. it takes a lot to make such a long song feel like it's 4 mins max, and the instrumental is risky af. it's genius, i feel like i float when i listen to it.

California is my favourite LDR song to date. There's something about the swell of instruments when the second chorus picks up that feels almost desperate to me. I love it.

I love how lana has a lot of lyrics that could be heard in different ways and it makes sense either way. Like in F it I love you, I always heard the outro as “drugs is in my veins, running out of time” because of how the song started with living in an unhealthy way and the whole apocalyptic vibe of how it progresses. But this is the first time I saw the lyrics reported saying “jazz is in my veins” which just makes sense knowing lana and her soul’s musical influences

The final lyric of the greatest is incorrect, it’s “oh, the live stream’s almost on.” She said it’s like snapping back to reality. As if the song is just daydreaming for a few and feeling disconnected from the culture she considering going back to NY. Then snapping back to life and doing a live stream. Excited for ocean blvd! I think it’s better than the next two albums. It’s nominated for 5 Grammys!!! And no it’s Chemtrails next, not blue banisters!!

Cass going into every Lana song expecting happiness like Lana going into her relationships, hehe

she always talks about drinking or being wasted, she had a drinking problem when she was 14 but she’s actually been sober for a very long time now. in her poetry book she mentions she hasn’t been drunk for 14 years (which makes it 17 or 18 now i think) so I think it’s important context to know that even throughout albums like BTD and ultraviolence, she was sober (from alcohol at least). That makes me think that the “I’m wasted” (or whenever she talks about being drunk tbh) has a double meaning and not just the one we associate with alcohol.

California always so underrated :( its my fav of all time❤

Oh, when she said "and people usually romanticize this stupid idea of when you know you know" I was like, girl.... did you know that there's is a tunnel under ocean Blvd?

My favorite album since the day it came out. I'm excited

She goes waaaay deeper into her monsters under her bed on her latest album, DYKTTATUOB... and the story is exactly as heartbreaking as you'd expect

Lana had an intense relationship with Barrie James O’Neil that was ending as she was writing Ultraviolence. A lot of that album was about him. It ended due to his depression and drug use. Lana couldn’t get through to him and make it work. They used to make amazing music together, and Barrie made songs about Lana after they broke up. Angel Tears and Riverside are really good songs that he wrote about their relationship.

I don't know why but it makes me so happy to watch people being so excited and happy listening to NFR for the first time !! And you know what I get it this want to take your time and almost drag each album to really enjoy every single minute of it cause you don't want the journey to end !! It's so relatable and just shows how much you care about Lana's music and also it gives you enough time to get familiar with the songs before moving on and be able to connect the newest songs with the older ones

I love your reactions, and Lana music, everything after listening to your react have more sense and meaning for me, like I always don't understand a lot of lyrics but now omggg😭💜 we need cotcc quickly, can't wait❤️

It’s the way you paused in shock while listening to f*ck it I love you! LIKE ME TOO ITS MY FAV SONG

one of my favorite reactors listening to my favorite album! 🎉

“Hope is a dangerous thing…”is the most special for me.

not gonna lie, i saw you posted this this morning before going to work and i just KNEW this was gonna be tonight's plan. so here i am, glass of wine and watching this review lol such a plan!

1:13:24 for my perspective, I think that she’s describing the American dream. Since Trump won the elections in 2016, Lana change her perspective of the American dream, realizing that it isn’t real and it will never be real, and also realized the damage that the US had made because of capitalism (climate change, war, etc.), when she says “Kanye west is blond and gone”, she’s referring about when Kanye became friends with Donald Trump, and with that reason, he became part of the white capitalism supremacy. The greatest was the first song that make me wanna listen to Lana del Rey, and every time I listen to it I can see my misunderstood younger self who thought the world was fvck up. It was also the first song that make me cry, and I cry every time I listen to it because it gives me a lot of nostalgia even tho 2019 wasn’t my best year. Lana for me is that person that says to you that it’s ok to cry, I don’t find her depressing, for me is like a safe space where I can think and know about myself and my feelings.

YESSS FINALLY, I’ve been waiting for this!!! Cass I loveeee your reactions 💕

0:00 Intro 5:21 Norman F*cking Rockwell 16:28 Mariners Apartment Complex 27:34 Venice B*tch 37:37 F*ck It I Love You 45:04 Doin’ Time 47:51 Love Song 51:52 Cinnamon Girl 56:44 How To Disappear 1:00:02 California 1:04:55 The Next Best American Record 1:07:45 The greatest 1:14:12 Bartender 1:18:33 Happiness is a butterfly 1:22:50 hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have-but i have it 1:28:17 Outro/ranking

I see The Next Best American Record like their relationship. The Record that they are obsessed doing, is their relationship. They put effort in their relationship, like you would in making a record

honestly watching your reactions helps me understand her songs so much more, i always get the general message, but there’s so many deeper meanings in all of her songs. i have to pause with you sometimes honestly!

Obsessed with this album, I always love your interpretations to her lyrics I feel like even after hearing this songs for years I get new meanings and understandings from your videos! Also, if you’re open to suggestions for other reaction content I’d definitely recommend Preachers Daughter by Ethel Cain. It’s a concept album, following themes of religious trauma, generational curses, toxic love and even murder. Incredible story telling, haunting vocals and melodies, and all self written/produced.

52:07 The way your expression changed with that line cracked me up

you’re seriously the best reactor, everytime i get a notification that you posted i stop everything im doing and watch ur videos, keep soing what ur doing and keep up the good work❤

Ooooh, I love your reaction! Thank you so much, Cass. It's my second favourite Lana's album and i'm happy that after all years she finaly got recognition like amazing songwritter. Aslo FILY it's my top song too.

violet, blue, green and red are all colors that appears on bruises, do what you will with that information

Girl believe me when I say that I was waiting for this video everyday for a month! You are the best❤

you’re gonna love the next couple of albums, few duds in terms of songs here and there but you really see her grow as a lyricist and more importantly as a person.

Love your reaction!! "Running out of time" means she is running out of time to get married and settled because she is focused on making money/her career in California. She recorded Doin' Time because she was asked to do the cover for a Sublime documentary and then she decided to include it on the album. I always thought it makes sense in the context of the album, but a lot of her fans think it doesn't fit sonically. It's kinda funny that you mentioned "when you know, you know" in context of relationships cause (slight spoiler) that's a big concept for one of the songs on her latest album. :) In "the greatest" she is talking about the (loss of) culture in 2019, like Kanye West going mad, LA fires, the false missile in Hawaii, going to Mars and the final line just means she is going on an Insta live stream (she used to love doing those back then) In "hope" she is talking about her past being an alcoholic. The line 'serving up god in a burnt coffee pot for the triad' is talking about Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. The next album is Chemtrails, it was released in early 2021. She finished it in 2020, around that time she had a bunch of controversies happening but Chemtrails was already done by that point so she immediately started working on Blue Banisters which addressed some of these controversies and started diving deep into her family traumas and past. That's why they were released so close together, she said she still felt like she had a lot more to say which she didn't get to put on Chemtrails. Blue Banisters is the first album where she is truly starting to reveal about her past traumas, but it's mostly scattered and hidden between the lines. Finally with her latest album Tunnel under Ocean Blvd, she is just spilling ALL the tea.

I could write an entire dissertation on this album. There’s so much to say about it. My fave songs are probably Venice Bitch, How to Disappear, and Hope is a Dangerous Thing. To me, those are all connected through the ideas of the beauty of mundanity and learning to be comfortable in the peace.

YES IVE BEEN WAITING I LOVE NFRRR

Blue Banisters is great, but you can't miss out on Chemtrails Over the Country Club.

“She needs to stop doing stuff like that because I levitate every time” 🤣🤣

Yay so glad to see the Lana journey continue

this is my fav album of all time. i think this album is really unrecognised, especially the second part of the album.

I always say in these videos, but I love that you take time with each album, reactions are more real, you don’t compare one another, you just absorb each individually ❤ as we did in our time

I always hear “chances in my veins, running out of time” not “jazz” and google says it’s “chances”, too. I think that makes so much more sense. Like you have all these chances but you’re also running out of the time to take them all. F it ily is my favorite song ever by her, I loved your reaction

HEYYYY! No worries, I am just glad you are alive.

The 1969 song Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells ends with a section of glitched out sounding vocals and that is sort of mirrored in Venice Bitch with the extended glitched out guitar and synth work that starts midway through the song.

Oh dont worry your nfr experience will never be over. For me it sticks with me and I always relisten to this album it never gets old it is timeless

Everytime i watch Cass' LDR reaction video, i get a different pov on every song, she describes and explains Lana's methaphors so nicely its insane how quickly she catches on the depth and stories behind the songs 🫶 Can't wait for her to react to her Lana's poetry album 🧡

Love that you have on a shirt with black rabbits as Lana sings "Black rabbits in the alley" in Happiness is a butterfly

I’ve been checking youtube daily for this video girl. Ur my fav

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REACTIONNNN ❤

I've been waiting for this for so long !!

Man , I loved this reaction so much. You just get lana. You gotta do the music videos for this album. Theyre beautiful. (Maybe skip out on Venice b music video cause it's just a 9 minute of car ride because lana said that this song is meant for car rides. which you also got on your first listen. which is also why i love u. )

oh u havent lived life until ur blasting this windows down driving down california beaches. legit changed my life.

Next is Chemtrails Over The Country Club girly!! then Blue Banisters

no because I thought that in Mariners Apartment Complex, I though she said ‘I’m the bolt, the lightning, the thunder’ 😭

you being so off with happiness is a butterfly had me giggling

Yoooooooo I was waiting for your reaction!!!!! Graciaaaaas Saludos desde Nicaragua 🇳🇮

i really want you to listen to her audiobook (which is shortened version of poetry book) “Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass”. i understand it can be more difficult but she’s true poetess and i just feel this album is so important for full understanding of her journey

1:02 Don't worry, you will never get all caught up with Lana Del Rey. She has 2 unreleased albums and 200+ unreleased songs. And you still have less popular released singles and collabs on other albums.

In the album ''Ocean blvd'' she talks in detail about the monsters under the bed in hope music

Girl! Thank for finally do the video reaction. I love you ❤✨