“Diet Mountain Dew” is by singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. This mellow song depicts Rey's struggle with her toxic relationship and battle against society standards. Similar to the soda, this relationship is sweet yet neither is good for her. This song is filled with hidden meanings. Lana tends to use metaphors for her love life in her songs but this one just hits different. Whether she is comparing herself to a cigarette being used by men just to be thrown away or putting on colored glasses to change the way she sees the world, this song never fails to amaze me. My all-time favorite line is “Let's take Jesus off the dashboard, Got enough on his mind. We both know just what we're here for, Saved too many times”. To me, this line could almost show her nonchalant feeling about religion and doing bad things in front of Jesus and simply throwing her morals out the window. Then on the other side, she could be referencing the fact that this relationship is no emotions or feelings and just sex. Overall, this song is one of my all-time favorites by Lana Del Rey! Go check it out and see what you think!!
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