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Honeymoon is Lana Del Rey's Underrated Masterpiece

Eljohn Macaranas

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In this third installment of my Lana Del Rey retrospective series, we'll look into Honeymoon, her third major-label album which many consider to be her most underrated record. In this video, we'll remember the music, the history, and why not many people remember this era when they probably should. #lanadelrey #popmusic #honeymoon

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20 Comments

@SummersFrost 3 years ago

I think that part of the nature of Honeymoon is to be understated so I understand why it’s one of her least popular records but for the girlies who dig deeper this album is filled with soooo much to appreciate. Terrence loves you supremacy ❤️

@cmb.777 3 years ago

honeymoon is her best album sonically, lyrically, aesthetically, visually, and in every category

@georgeandfriendsadventures5073 3 years ago

The Blackest Day has to be one of her most underrated tracks. Art Deco is also amazing, with the saxophone at the end. This whole album feels like such a summer album, it’s so grest

@joshysuniverse8859 3 years ago

When someone told me “soft ice cream” can also be heard as “soft, I scream” I was mindblown

@yournamehere98 3 years ago

Honeymoon is very underrated. I just love how moody, hypnotic and atmospheric the whole album is.

@wilonawahab1435 3 years ago (edited)

This album is my #1 of hers. I find it to be her most artistically ambitious and cinematic album that makes my head go above the clouds. The melodies, the production, the lyricism and the aesthetics are on another level of greatness. They are gorgeous

@cooper712 3 years ago (edited)

Honeymoon was my fave album from her before NFR and is still my second favorite to this day. High By The Beach was released on my 16th birthday so it will always hold a very special place in my heart. Experiencing this era in real time was such a special experience. The mystery and intrigue around her was at an all time high it felt, between all of her unreleased music, I feel like this was a time that really crystallized her fans.

Such an underrated album for the true Del Rey fans.

@ErosDiabolico 3 years ago (edited)

I like to say that Honeymoon is the perfect mix between BTD and UV.

Basically every song in it could become a UV track with an electric guitar and drums, especially with the dark lyrics. But the violins, along with some vintage instrumental, bring back the glamour of BTD.

Also, from a dark point of view, if BTD was Lana's hopes and dreams (both the persona and the singer) and UV was her rage and dark past, HM was her exhaustion and pain :(

@asmrmaracatelina 3 years ago

Honeymoon is my favorite LDR album . I know it's not a fan favorite, but there is something so haunting and mesmerizing about it. The bridges on the album are so well done. I totally agree with you about the lyrics "I'm on my own again" in The Blackest Day, it's heartbreaking.

@MobyFitzwilliam 3 years ago

If 24 had been the Bond theme, Lana would have a Grammy and an Oscar. But she should have an Oscar for Young and Beautiful, anyway!

@Danniidude 3 years ago

Honestly I think Honeymoon is so bloody underrated! It’s so beautiful & she really pushed the Hollywood noir aesthetic to its furthest point on this era & it is so cinematic & beautiful. I think that the title track is the best album opener ever in regards to setting the scene for a record as a body of work! It is breathtaking. I wish it got the respect it deserved outside of the hardcore fans who recognise it’s brilliance.

@WillofAlexander 3 years ago

I remember calling that number SEVERAL times! Such a fun gimmick. It’s never been my favorite Lana album, but I sooo miss the days when Lana put THIS much effort into the visuals! The music video for Freak is top-tier.

@bagrenovinagre 3 years ago

Actually, the name Terrence references to Bowie's own brother. It was said that Bowie had a guilty conscience due to his suicide. Also Terrence pushed Bowie to incorporate jazz in his music: Terrence Loves You is the most jazz influenced track on the record. This song has many layers.

@matteu49 3 years ago

"Music to watch boys to" is my must have for a lazy overheated summer sunday when you don't have to lift a finger all day. It's that ultimate kind of vibe. Apart from this song I always had a problem with rest of the album, it was okay, but for years it's been my least favourite. Recently it started to grow on me a little, the sound was always kinda mysterious to me and now I'm having fun revealing this mysteries one by one in each song :)
It's definetely not the album that one recommend to start journey with Lana, I understand it way better now than I used to back then.

@imperfectartist9650 3 years ago

24 is a masterpiece we don't deserve ❤️

@TomUniverse 2 years ago

10:58 I just had a shower thought and noticed that Lana put the song “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” after “Swan Song” to assert that she is not thinking of ending her career.

@user-zr2vx5go2g 3 years ago

the whole album is so dreamy and ethereal, a transcendental cinematic experience and piece of art - it’s out of this world

@kiteride8674 3 years ago

I love Honeymoon. I’ve been trying to dig deeper into Lana’s discography and I keep coming back to this one. Really enjoying this series. Currently my top three albums is NFR, Chemtrails, and Honeymoon.

@DaveFineWhine 3 years ago

Honeymoon is a wonderful album that mostly suffered for the crime of following up two of the most incredible records of all time. People often miss(ed) Lana's sense of humour, like inverting the story of Easter in 'GKIT' with her 'On Monday they destroyed me, But by Friday I'm revived', or having The Blackest Day and 24 back to back. As usual, singers are expected to either be sassy or sad in any particular song, but never both, and Lana has no time for such restrictions. She also makes fun of music video conventions in High By The Beach by having her run up the stairs interrupted by getting her nightgown caught on the bannister (foreshadowing? lol) and then pulling out a weapon that is clearly bigger than the guitar case it was previously in. People sometimes connect her to David Lynch, but they hardly ever do it because of both her (and his) sly comedy, and use of actual dream logic.

@dirrtydiana 3 years ago

for me, honeymoon is the kissland (least streamed the weeknd album) of her discography. in the first-2nd listen you might not get into it, but on the 3rd one you’re hooked. that was what happened to me. honeymoon is so beautiful, cinematic and colorful. i love how she uses the words blue, because i think that describes her songs, but not only in a “sad” blue, (the blackest day, terrence) but also in a chill/mellow or intense blue. (salvatore, high by the beach, music to watch boys to, freak)