Ok but her face when Lana’s with the elders gave me life 🤣

i promise that the ending is the part we all wanted your reaction to 😩😭

I love the symbolism of the tire swing not really being tethered to anything, representing freedom for sure

It’s documented that Lana also worked in Native American communities building houses and things BEFORE she was famous. I’ve read that the headdress was her trying to show appreciation to the culture, so I think her intentions were innocent, but unfortunately she didn't go about this in the right way, then realised this when she received criticism and subsequently rightly gave her apology and made those reparations.

When Lana says that she was born to be the other woman, I think she means that everybody touches her, but nobody wants her. Like the first slice of bread. That's my experience at least, and what I take from it.

It's good to know that the fact that Lana talks about topics as difficult as those in this song does not mean that she supports them; sadly she has experienced them and gone through a lot of hard times, and her way of expressing that trauma is through her music. "she's just telling her story"

Lana once told GQ “I was a big drinker [in my early teens]. I would drink every day. I would drink alone. I thought the whole concept was so fucking cool. A great deal of what I wrote on Born To Die is about these wilderness years. […] At first it’s fine and you think you have a dark side - it’s exciting - and then you realize the dark side wins every time if you decide to indulge in it. It’s also a completely different way of living when you know that… a different species of person. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me.”

Isn't it amazing watching Lana's old videos and hearing her lyrics then vs. now? The growth. She has come so far. From a woman who would intentionally "degrade" or break herself down for a man's attention vs. Kintsugi - turning all that pain into something beautiful. She's an amazing poet and artist.

I feel when she says “I was born to be the other woman”, it comes from a self depricating place, like she thinks she will never be good enough to be “the one”. Similar to A&W. Maybe… Also, my theory is that the men for this video were cast and styled intentionally to represent how she will be with literally *anyone*, not to be alone.

I feel the same way about the Older men being with Lana, however, I feel like she created Art and speaks an experience that other women may not ever talk about. I love this masterpiece!

Hopefully the Headress scenario gives more context to the “regrettably also a white woman” line in grandfather, with about 10 extra years of hindsight she is genuinely regretful of how her privelage has clouded her perspective !

I APPRECIATE THIS CHANNEL SO MUCH AND ALL OF YOUR REACTIONS 🥹 Also your hair is gorgeous

I love your reaction to the headdress. I love that you are able to be critical of an artist that you love and you're not afraid of the backlash from her fans. I really enjoyed your videos but you have earned so much of my respect because of this. You are wonderful.

young lana definitely had to go through very difficult times and i don’t think she should be judged for it i mean everyone is capable of change and to change you have to go through a process of transformation which may also include dark periods and things. i think lana’s music really shows her pursuit of happiness, her change of perspective on what is real freedom and trying to let go of what was actually keeping her restrained and sad

Im Brazilian, and i dont know almost anything about native americans. Glad about your reaction bc that was weird to me too, since in Brazil we had a lot of natives that has their own simbolism and culture. She was here last week, and visited some of them in Amazon, she was trully respectful and they really loved her, and her respect, and her family. Lana had bad choices in the past, about her songs and about her videos, but she grown, i can see it.

I recently felt identified with the line "I was born to be the other woman, who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone", and I interpret this differently. I'll share my experience as a reference for my interpretation. I don't get involved with men who are taken, at least I haven't done it being aware of it. But every time I get involved with someone, it seems like I'm a girl men only want to have a good time with. Also like a girl men I get involved with, are never fully convinced of wanting to be with. In the past I used to have a lot of lovers "trying to find safety in other people", but they always ended up losing interest, they never chose me. And while I wanted to think I was choosing men who were afraid of commitment, this thought wasn't feasible once I realized they were capable of choosing someone. They would always either go back to their ex, end up with a close female friend they had already while I was with them, or go on to meet someone new. All women who these men were so convinced of wanting to be with, that they would commit and looked so happy with them. So I feel like I was born to be the other woman, but not like the woman they cheat on with, instead, like the woman that's the 2nd option, like the woman they hang around with until they find the one. And the fact that this happened with lots of guys, makes me feel like I've also belonged to everyone. Yet, I'm not the one for anyone, so I belong to no one. Has anybody else interpreted this line this way?

Thanks for taking the time to go back to the official video. I knew it would be hard for you to watch but it fills in Lana's backstory so well and makes other songs in her catalog easier to understand . I don't have experience with cheating and divorce so it was good for me to hear your perspective and will add to my understanding of the song on future listens. Thanks for the reaction. :)

You're the best part of the day...after my cats giving me love

now we need a reaction on her audio book "Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass" ! every reaction of yours speaks my mind

Definitely seeing her wearing that Native headdress did not age well! But as you mentioned, it’s good she later took responsibility and acceptance for that. and now that you’ve reacted to just one of her music videos, WE’RE GONNA NEED YOU TO GO BACK AND DO ALL OF THEM!!! (please and thank you, sorry, not trying to be shouty OH AND HER ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY TOO PLEASE AND THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE) :P

thank you for the reaction!! you're amazing 🩷🫶🏻

The headdress 😭😭 we fought for our lives

My mother was native American and Venezuelan. But I'm a "white woman". Because my mother was the ethnicity she was, it did not make her life harder. Mental illness and being put in an orphanage at 4 yrs old and being sexually molested as a child did. My life was deeply impacted by my mother's early life but still none of it was due to her heritage. Idk I just wish things could be expressed the way the artist wants to express them without people being offended for others.

Maybe because I live in Latin America, but i have never fully got the cultural appropriation idea or the disrespect on wearing or taking about something that's not from you culture. I mean, when someone wears a traditional clothing from my country we just cherrish it, even though the person may not have the same nationality. But we are happy to see they understand and like our traditions. -I'm not saying what Lana did was right because i didn't know the meaning on those feather's. Just saying that the way this kind of things are taken is pretty different depending on the country

The gag has me dying.💀Your facial expressions are so accurate 💀😭😭❤️

Ride is my favorite Lana song. Theres something about it that just resonates with me. "I've got a war on my mind" is such a beautiful lyric and one that has always stuck out to me. This is one of my comfort songs that i dont think anyone near me can truly grasp why it listen to it so much.

I think the head dress has to do with Lana’s love for America but I do agree it was disrespectful for it to be used in that setting

Love it too much, and waiting for the 2nd part!! 2 things: first, I think this is just the reaction Lana wanted with this video. Doing the night, you don't get always good looking men, so... That's the reality, that's how it is. It's a video to twist things inside us. Second, the headress was a gift she received, she was living in a native reservation for a while, and thought it was a way to show gratitude to them. Also, she was alway so dedicate to natives, helping with erevything she could, she even donated all the benefits from her poetry book to the Navajo reservation. ❤️ Please please it'd be awesome if you could react to her Tropico video next! I can say it's even better then Ride video, it's a master piece. Thanks for your videos! ❤❤

I absolutely love your interpretation and take on this. There are so many layers to Lana and her music and it’s so easy to be pulled into her stories. She sings about her truth which I respect and admire, and your openness and willingness to approach her music with an open mind is amazing. Your compassion is a gift, carry it with you always.

Its art, poetry, cinema, music, LDR is a genius at creating beautiful moods full of dark and light and hats off to the director.

I love all your reactions, you are so pretty ❤

i agree with you, it's definitely giving bpd. i mean, the diagnosis itself is a little irrelevant as it's her own private business, but i can relate to the kind of experiences she's describing which is why i immediately recognize it. i probably would have been diagnosed with bpd if i went to a "normal" therapist instead of a jungian one. it's not surprising to me AT ALL, because the little we do know about her experiences with her mother are so close to my own. i studied psychology and we learned a lot about how such abuse can trigger the development of bpd-style behaviours/cognitions/schemas which affect your self-concept and especially your relationships with men. that's probably why i see so much of myself in her music. and i think her growth has been so BEAUTIFUL throughout the years. wildflower wildfire is really a testament to how hard she is working to overcome those behavioural patterns that run in the family. the lyric about burning is also something that reminds me of bpd-style struggles. the pure RAGE you feel towards people and towards the world... and especially the instinct to react with rage towards your partner when you feel abandoned. she makes the promise to her partner and to herself to not become that person, to not be the way her mother raged at her. that's a promise i made to myself when i first began my long-term relationship with my boyfriend...and as i get closer and closer to becoming a mother, it's a promise i make to myself in regards to my (future) children as well.

your videos mean so much to many of us, thank you for being here... we love you and please never stop uploading

QUEEN i love ur videos and i didn’t expect this one so soon!! thank you for the amazing content as always🙏🙏

The monologs and so many of the lyrics I had a friend who this song would fit to a fucking tee God rest her beautiful soul It'll be 5 years this September I still miss her every single day

i'm a little tipsy and i'm having trouble finding the words but, this video meant a lot to me. the knowledge that you had about native american headdresses was pleasantly surprising. i feel like most people will skip over that part of the video, either due to uncomfortableness addressing the subject or just lack of knowledge about it. either way it was very refreshing! (and i felt every single one of your ew's and ugh's)

Hi Mere i'm incredibly amazed by your honesty it takes a lot of courage and confidence to be open enough to mention what the other woman meant to you ... I subscribed to your channel because you're so raw and authentic i felt like you had a pure honest reaction to all that

I love your vids sm!!! pls never stop uploading, your reviews and analysing skills are the best on the internet !

Thank you for this sweet soul Mere. Blessing from Australia. This was powerful xx

Rewatching every single one of your Lana reactions just to say that you are amazing and I love you

You truly make greeeaaat content. Thank u for taking ur time and filming this!

i love your content so much

Finally I’ve been waiting on this reaction 😊😆 thank u for this queen

Thaks from Brazil, i love your videos.

I feel like I can't make any more comments about this song and video because I love it but it hurts me a lot. When you mentioned BPD I broke into tears because that's what I struggle with. I wish you were my therapist Love your videos ❤

she wore the headress to represent her freedom and bravery and she said "im tired of feeling like im fucking crazy" bc thats genuinely how she feels

this music video made me CRY- she is so amazing…

You are great! I loved your reactions. Stay as you are. Thank you for your great work. As always.

these lana reactions are seriously my favorite things ever THANK YOU

Thank you, and thank you Mere for making Lana part of your experience, I'd love to recommend you to react to a whole album to analyze more deeply, for example Lust for Life! love you!

I really love your reaction videos, you are amazing, and the way you react, i love it, hope you can upload the second dialogue, because it's amazing!! love you, and thanks for react to this!!❤

Best reaction channel out there, frfr 🫶🏽

Thank you so much for the reaction

Your reactions and your perspectives on Taylor's and Lana's work are all so beautiful. Really love watching them. I feel so understood and seen when I see you put the artistry of these queens in words. Thanks so much ❤️

Yesssssssss thank youuuu 🫶🏼, hope you upload the ending part

I agree with your reaction. You missed the closing monologue. I am Lana’s biggest fan, but her wearing the Native American headdress makes me uncomfortable. There is a line in the closing monologue that makes me uncomfortable as well-“I believe in the country that America used to be.” For who, lady? Overall, I love the video and artistry. When art makes you think, it’s a good thing. Everybody who reacted said it was about prostitution. I don’t believe that. Great job!

You gagging at the men in the video is so me 😭 i hated it so much

HELPPP!! MORE MV REACTIONS PLSSSS!!! I luv this 😭

The headress was a gift from a navajo friend of hers. As a native american i do not se an issue as if i gift you something its for you to use it

Oh Mere, I love discovering Lana with you. I was diagnosis with bipolar disorder and complex ptsd on Tuesday ( the day you uploaded this). I won't pour my heart out to a stranger but I relate to so much of song against my will. I love you and hope your heart heals just as I hope mind does too. 💜

Mere, the fact that you were so quickly able to piece that bit together at 4:14 goes to show how brilliant you are in your career! For obvious reasons as you can imagine, the monologue in this music video and the lyrics of the song makes it an absolute favourite among Lana fans (and there’s many many of us lol) who suffer from BPD. While we’ve all speculated if Lana too is a sufferer, this song reads like it was practically written for us in how it captures our emotional dysregulation. :(

This music video is gorgeous. One of my favs…. I know Lana has a thing for older men… but I view this has a mini movie that is beautifully made & written. I don’t think any of it relates to Lana other than an elaboration on the fact of who she chooses to be attracted to

I really love this reaction. I think everything you said was really on point.

I'm on minute 9 but I'll stop watching, I'll go watch the reaction of the song without the video, the first one you made about Ride. Because I feel like it's such a meaningful song and I'm sure you did a fair job with the song itself. But I feel like you disapprove of what she says in the monologue, and being purely subjective, I can't see it, because I've loved this monologue since it came out. Also, if I said something like this to a therapist, I wouldn't like them to think I'm glorifying bad and sad things and to disapprove of me. I'd like them to help me see I'm sharing my story for them to help me figure out where this comes from, and how to change for the better. Even though there's some story telling in it, with the prostitute hints in the video, this is a monologue that some women can really relate to without having had a prostitute/being the woman men cheat with, experience. Maybe you are right about how it gives the vibes of being the story of someone with BPD. I'm diagnosed with BPD and feel so identified with this. Relying on your romantic partners, being co-dependent, remembering (maybe wrongly) that your best times happened with them, feeling like you are their 2nd option. But being so passionate about life, that you never give up, you keep on riding, you are alone at midnight, when everyone disappears, but you try to keep yourself sane, with every bit of your being. When you only want to be free, maybe become free of these dependencies, maybe become free of your dark side. Maybe become free of the emotional dysregulation which makes you have a "chameleon soul" and "have a war in the mind".

Pls do Carmen mi begging ❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Please I reacted like that too when I first saw her around those old men like “why Lana you deserve better” 😭 loved the reaction thank you! 🤍

and when you post the ending reaction my life will be fulfilled

you're amazing, i love you 💞

would love a gods and monsters reaction from you. one of lanas darkest songs. love your videos, hope you’re ok 🫶

I haven’t heard this song before but “born to be the other woman” hit me so gd hard. I have literally said these words recently (not word for word but the same concept) but more as a I have never been the one they want to “bring home to mom”, and less about being with a married man because that’s not my story. But being seen as belonging to nobody but wanted by many is a real thought or emotion that I struggle feeling about myself.

Thank you for this❤️

LOVE YOU. LOVE YOUR REACTIONS

Incredible reaction, greetings from Ecuador ❤

Love your reactions

Please listen to Pawn Shop Blues. It's her most beautiful song IMO

Love your videos !

My favourite music video of all time and the official soundtrack of my life 🥹

Loved the video ❤!

I hope you see a good therapist yourself, you need it

You are absolutely the best.

As a guy with BPD, I have never felt as understood as when I listen to Lana. We have the same narcissistic mother wound. It's funnt that you mention it.

I think it’s refreshing how willing Lana is to lay bare all of her life struggles to paint a picture of what creates a person. It’s been so helpful in my own mental health journey to listen to her music and be able to relate to some of her traumas. It may be things that are hard to hear, but I think these situations she describes in her music are valid and are a story worth hearing

Your videos are amazing! Thank you for sharing a different perspective on these songs & I think you’re really good at what you do. I would love to see your reaction to Side Effects by Mariah Carey! It is a pretty sad song but very real

i love your reactions to Lana, can't wait for one to the ending!💔

the ride monologue raised us girlies with borderline tendencies

Love your videos! Lana has a song called the other woman on Ultraviolence. I wonder how you would feel about that one

I was waiting for thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis ♥

Queen! Also kinda sad that the end part wasnt in it its kinda the best part of the whole mv

it’s ok that you missed the end! loved the video anyways

So happy you reacted...but where is the ending? 😳😁😁😁😁 x love your reactions ❤...... oh..I just read you will post soon ..cool ! 👍😁

lit the end part its what we all wanted to see you reacting hahah i still love tho

Loved this video! I just want to warn you that some of Lana’s fans can be quite aggressive if you don’t happen to share the same opinion as them, so just be aware of that going forward. I hope you keep doing these videos and that you continue to share your true honest opinions. I wanted to let you know that not all of us think the way that I have seen some of the unfortunately negative comments on this video. I think people forget that you’re a person too and don’t exist purely for our entertainment. Anyway, all I wanted to say was that I really think you’re doing a great job with all of your interpretations, and please don’t let the rude people get to you

All other artists using religious simbols from Christianity in the most profane possible way: ... nobody Lana using a headdress: 😱🤬☠️

it would be amazing you hear gods and monsters, very heavy

Its only after weve lost everything; we're free to do anything

the monologue means sm to me

Anyone this because I haven't really known how to go about it but whenever I look at you, not only do I see tremendous beauty because I see the inside and what you're all about and that makes you are more beautiful person but I also see a woman who sounds and looks like a woman, like a grown woman. I'm 38 years old and I feel like I'm a little girl. I have a son who's about to be 7 years old but I was in the process of coming off drugs using methadone and got pregnant with my husband and never thought about the state of my mind and having a child. Honestly didn't really even know if I could get pregnant anyway, once I was into my pregnancy, I was not even doing drugs every now and then anymore. It was strictly methadone from a methadone clinic and that was it and I feel like maybe there's a lot of things I haven't dealt with and maybe that's why I feel that way? I feel like when I was supposed to be growing up and adulting, I was instead, in active addiction. I don't really or anyting, I just wanted to see what you think about that and I kind of wanted to see if anybody else felt like that? I don't know if it's like the day and age were in or if this is just more specific to me because of what I went through even though it was because of my own choices, crappy stuff still happened lol, to say the least. I love watching u! Ur so empathetic, kind, thoughtful & sweet. Any guy would be so lucky to have u & I mean that 100% ❤

Love this

Your reactions are so interesting. I love watching reaction videos, but people usually hear Lana's lyrics and go "Oh, how sad..." and move on. I understand it, of course, because I did the same thing the first time I discovered her. But your analysis are so deep and interesting, almost as if I was discovering a whole new artist thanks to you. I do believe Lana has said that she regrets a lot of lyrics she's written and, if I'm not mistaken, Lana is a character. She has been through stuff, of course, but her music videos and lyrics, especially from this era of her career, should be taken with a grain of salt IMO. She was baptized since her first album as the cursed beauty and as the character of the sensual woman that was used for her body, but nobody was interested enough to know her soul, so I think she wrote lyrics to feed that "fame", but that is not always related to her real experiences. She literally has a song titled "F*cked my way up to the top", so I assume she tried to portray that character of the woman who used her body to crawl to the top, sacrificing her soul and mental health, instead of these songs being her real-life experiences. Of course, I don't know her personally so I can't say if that's the case for sure, but that's what I've picked from interviews and more current songs of her. Great video! :)

Definitely watch Lanas 'Tropico', it has the same vibes as this 💖