The Kennedy's?? Or?? | Lana Del Rey - Reaction - National Anthem 

This video portrays JFK assassination, you’re right. And at the beginning she is performing the song by Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday Mr.President”. Love your reaction🧡

I love how in the first verse it says "I don't know how yet" to "I'm already coolest" in the second.

The word you're looking for is motorcade lol. I think you were on the right track about the song being the tale of someone who gets involved with a powerful man and is intoxicated by what being with him brings, and Lana uses the Kennedys as a narrative device to tell that story. They were the closest thing to a beloved royal family the US has ever had, and JFK is the model of an all-powerful, handsome, magnetic, toxic man (given his infamous infidelity). This fits very well in the overall story Born to Die (the album) tells, of a doomed romance between Lana and a man who is awful to her, but who she can't help but desperately love, to the point she ignores all the bad he does to her and feels like she's died once they're no longer together. After you're done with the videos from BTD, it would be really nice if you reacted to the whole album, so you can see how the songs you've listened serve to tell this overarching story. I do believe Lana is one of, if not the best (and most influential) lyricist in modern pop music, and this album reflects that.

She often gets accusations of romanticizing the controversial old America when I don't think that's the case. What she does is she creates a fictional America where there is justice for everyone. But the end is sort of bittersweet. Regardless of how comfortable we think we are, and no matter how much partying and happiness there is there will always be hurt. Also every music video for Born to Die incorporates death in some way. Whether it be her own death, or her partner's death. We see her friend deal with her death in Summertime Sadness.

Just came here to say "Lana is the anthem" ❤️

“Money is the anthem of success” and “Tell me I’m your national anthem” feels like she wants him to feel successful because she has her

She's fascinated by him and the life he has. She wants to hold him like a python and never leave him. It's like the guy is rich, the sex is great and he also loves her.

I heard somewhere that the dialog at the end is from letters that Jackie wrote after JFK was killed 💔 Lana is a true artist, no doubts about that.

DARK PARADISE is another amazing song from this album

You want Lana describing her life? No worries, RIDE IS COMING 🔥🔥🔥

You have to react to the entire album Off to the races Carmen This is what makes us girls This whole album is 🔥 🔥 🔥

Can't wait for you to react to the whole album

Love your Lana and Taylor reactions the most. They both are top tier musicians. They have written ALL of their songs. So you know it's personal. there are emotions. You can connect well. Always waiting for next reaction ❤ There are SOOOO many masterpiece lana songs. I can't wait for you to check them out.

Born to Die era was ICONIC

The best way to describe Lana Del Rey’s music is simply “Cinematic”

We need full album reaction -

Motorcade! I think that's the word you were looking for, the presidential car ride thing. I couldn't think of it either while watching along but it finally came to me

Dude I'm loving this series of videos. It's been a while since I've found a reactor that was really analizing and taking a deep dive into Lana the way that you are doing. This is great, keep uo the good work! :)

Lana in this video is both Jacqueline and Marilyn

I loved hearing your initial perspective on this! I always knew this song was like a retelling of the Kennedy assassination but it could also definitely relate to someone dating someone of very high status, awesome job!

Love National Anthem but lord knows so I’m ready for ride 😂😂

Please listen to Video Games next... That song is so melancholic as fuck.

This video always makes me cry lol

Lana is the queen of alt and everybody knows its a fact kiss kiss thanks for reacting to lana's videos. please keep doing that ❤

Can't wait for more Lana! Her album "Born to die" says a beautiful but doomed story

I always looked at this as her playing both roles, both wife and other woman....(Jackie and Marilyn) Also when u got stuck on the python lyric I was 😏😆

Your reactions make my day every time

We love these reactions keep 'em coming!

Beautiful, haunting song. Great reaction.

Just discovered your videos from your reaction to Blue Jeans. I hope you just start listening to each album in order... I honestly think it's the best way to experience her work. Her music videos are also amazing, but I feel like getting the "story" from the albums and then getting the various visuals from the music videos (which often add layers) help a lot, instead of trying to catch all of it at once. Plus, I can just tell that you will love her albums, so I hope you get to enjoy them in full!

love ur lana reactions

Wearing the famous powder blue dress(-s) of Jacquie Kennedy during the motorcade part. I don’t know, because when she stood/crawled over his dead body I think she was wearing pink. But it obviously portrays his flings too… She’s really brilliant.

Live for these vids

OMG I've been waiting for your Lana Reaction lmao and Coldplay too

Please react to RIDE by Lana, btw it is incredible how you can get everything she meant in the song the first time you listen to it! Best reaction ever.

The spoken word in the last part of the video is a letter Jackie wrote after JFK's assassination. Lana portrayed both Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy.

That video is really aesthetic pleasing 💕

Love your analysis.

I'm loving your reactions, please keep doing Lana's work, maybe BTD album next? 🙃

oh boy i wish u went back to the beginning and reacted to it all again after u got what the video was about ♥

I love your Lana reactions!! as I told you in the other video, I love that you are reacting to the videos and I love even more that you are doing it in order... but I have to tell you again, the best songs with the best lyrics don't have music videos .... From the album Born To Die it's necessary, imperative that you listen to "Off To The Races" and " Dark Paradice" kisses!! 😘❤️

ride you'll have so much to talk about, cant wait

Subscribing for the Lana journey❤️

you should definitely react to ‘Young and Beautiful’! it’s amazing!

OMG sb's reaction to this video on 2022, love it! And yes, it is about JFK and Jackie and Lana looks like Jackie + Priscilla Presley in this MV

full album reaction would be nice >3

Omgg more lana please!!!

I think she is portraying the role of Marylyn Monroe as the other woman that married the president instead and so the song talks about going higher and standard and status and it’s a fantasy world where what if she would’ve been the first lady instead….

RIDE is coming....

This music video is top tier 👌🏻

the “president “ is asap rocky lmao

I CANT WAIT FOR TROPICO !!!!!!!!! PLEASE DONT SKIP THAT

watch the tropico short film please

It is about Lana but she's using jackie's story as a metaphor. in the beginning she's also portraying marilyn monroe. i look forward to these lana reactions you have no idea

Not sure if you know this or will see this, but you don’t have to use your mouse to navigate on the playbar. There are keyboard shortcuts for everything. * Pause/Play the video: Spacebar or K * Mute/Unmute the video: M * Skip 5 seconds forward/back in a video: Left/Right arrows * Skip 10 seconds forward in a video: J * Skip 10 seconds back in a video: L * Skip to the next frame when the video is paused: Comma "," * Skip to the previous frame when the video is paused: Period "." * Speed up/slow down video playback: < or > * Skip to the first or last seconds of a video: Home or End key on the seekbar * Increase/Decrease video volume by 5%: Up/Down arrows * Skip to a different point in the video: 0-9 on the seekbar

The song is about the love story between John and Jackie Kennedy, she starts at the beginning replicating the time Marilyn Monroe Sang Happy Birthday mr president to JFK, then through the whole song she describes what their love story would be like at the top echelon of the elite, ends with his assassination.

I like how your interpretation connects the lyrics with the video. I don’t think the lyrics are about JFK. It’s Lana’s little parallel universe :)

I think she’s telling her own story while mixing Jackie’s story in it as well

yess, this mv is about J.K.... and lana played marilyn monroe in the beginning, that's what marilyn sang to the president

G'D you're so handsome. I loved your reaction!

Lana queen

She's both Marilyn and Jackie in this. It starts with Marilyn serenading him while he's on top of the world and ends with a letter Jackie wrote about him. She truly loved him.

Hoo lana I’m dying for u ❤️‍🔥

Lana queen

I guess its kind of both, its telling a story from jackies perspectiff but i guess she recognized something of herself in it

Dont make us wait more, we are waiting for your Ride reaction

Motorcade!!!!.. That's the word your looking for.. Lol.. Greetings from across the pond xxx 🚙🚓🚗🚙🤣🥰🇬🇧😘👌

You need to react to the full album, BORN TO DIE Deluxe, every song of Lana it's a masterpiece and she doesn't have videos of every one

That guy you're referring to is ASAP Rocky.. Lol xxx 🤔😁😘🎶🎧👌😍😘🇬🇧

The point is: The guy Lana fall in love was so carismatic and powerfull that in the lyrics she compares him to the President. She went to his life as a normal person ("he says to be cool but I dont know how yet"), not very cool and then became the First lady, "the coolest", as she said. They lived those excesses together: partys, money, drugs... but they felt confort in each other. The chorus says that she wanted to be like the National Anthem for him, the major symbol of national devotion - or the person he loves the most.

You should react to Ride. It's a masterpiece

You gotta start pulling up lyrics I LOVE your attention to detail ❤️

You have to do a reaction to RIDE. It's AMAZING.

RIDE

Can you react to West coast please ? :) And Arcadia from her last album?

please react to the full ride video, her best mv!!

Video games next! It’s what launched her career from this era

I need a reaction of you for Off To The Races by Lana pls

Omg react to Tropico 😍

You would react to ✨RIDE✨ This is video is everything

please react to Ride's video clip, it's perfect! literally a masterpiece

I wish you would have continued the story that you were following with Born to Die and Blue Jeans. The third part of that trilogy is Shades of Cool. National Anthem is not part of that story.

You should react to Carmen by her

Lana is describing three women: Manroe, Priscilla Presley and JFK's wife, i think the only common thing between the three women is that they got betrayed by the blurred lines between the real and the fake, like their lives were something and in another moment it get turned to another life, the three women loved their men so much, as Lana is telling the story of one Mistress and two good wives and maybe she wanted the JFK character to be black to describe the ultimate American dream and the equality..

Please listen to Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart. Amazing soulful voice, heart-wrenching song. Hopefully you don't know the song, it'll blow you away.

The word you may look for to describe that car is probably “presidential car”or “limousine”😂

reaction a ride

Please react to West Coast - Lana Del Rey

Lana grew up in high society basically, but she rebelled against it COMPLETELY..living in trailer parks and Indian reservations just to experience life from all aspects

do the albums

motorcade might be the word you're looking for?

When you gonna post lana reaction

:3

I love u smile 😍❤️ 5:10

REACT TO RIDE BY LANA!!!!

React to te entire album ultraviolence plss

React to Ride music video by Lana Del Rey please🥺

She portrayed jackie kennedy and marilyn monroe its about jfks love affair with her and then the shooting

shades of cool?

Money works the Same everywhere..