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I'd like the album better if she covers older songs, not only I'd get to hear her own renditions, but I would also discover many hidden gems I probably didn't know about

If XCX World never got scrapped she would’ve probs been forced to put more radio friendly songs on there like Boys, n we wouldn’t have Pop 2. I mentioned this before but XCX World leaking and getting scrapped was a blessing in disguise. She wouldn’t have the impact and cult-ish fanbase she has now, and she def wouldn’t have been allowed to drop an album like HIFN, especially not right after she dropped her previous album (which she wouldn’t even be allowed to drop either). A lot of “””hyperpop””” artists also wouldn’t be doing what they’re doing right now. A lot of fans wouldn’t be where they’re at right now, since her music def brought people together and even fully changed lives cause, yknow, butterfly effect. She would be seen as a flop trying to get a hit, her career would be over. Yes she’d still have some of her loyal fans but it wouldn’t be the same. XCX World getting scrapped is probs the best thing that could’ve happend to her career.

i'd be totally down for lana doing an amy winehouse cover

I DEMAND MORE NINA SIMONE.

I hope whe will stick to old jazz standards only for thid album so all the current-pop-only-flops can choke

she said look over there with this album

Could you imagine a cover of Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair? I feel like Lana’s voice would suit it so well.

This video and song made me think she would’ve been so great as a jazz club singer in the 30s-50s holy fuck. I really wish she would do snarky jazz songs like an entire album, just bluesy and jazzy

I know there’s zero chance of this happening, but Lana would absolutely kill a cover of The Drugs Don’t Work. I could totally see it being the Goodbye Kiss of this era

also adele is british

i think if lana is gonna throw in some more current covers then the name couldn’t be “american standards and classics” and obviously it’s a placeholder but.... will she? i don’t see a patsy cline song next to a weeknd song. i can however see an amy cover since amy’s sound was so jazzy it’s hard to tell but since lana is so inspired by these older generation artists I think it’s fair to assume most covers will be from songs majority of us won’t recognize and i have no problem that

'fear and loathing' is still such a fxcking mood.

Two new BTS pictures added to the OP -

Lana will cover "Time Of The Season" by The Zombies, and Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" on this album.

New BTS picture shared by Byron added to OP -

i hope we get janet era and i hope we get trap album but i would actually love a project from charli kind of similar to pang; beautiful but scaled back production and a bit more structured. also i want some visuals because i don't think she's really served since number 1 mixtape and pop party city wig 2

im hoping after XCX5 she goes the Iggy and Tinashe route and go independent, it would be better for her and she should get the rights to all her masters (including xcx world)

I miss her more darker and structured work on True Romance/Super Ultra.

Just thinking out loud... do you think the trio of black ladies are the background singers from Thunder? It’s also produced by Zach Dawes so

I really live for Minnie Riperton and feel like Lana's voice could really shine in the classic Lovin You: But if she wanted to bring back the trio of black ladies from the Summertime cover she could really give us a yaas serve wig with Les Fleurs:

I think in the long run, it was for the best... there was a lot of hype in the fanbase coming off of her time in the limelight with all of her early hits/Sucker and then that combined with how bonkers Vroom Vroom was... there was a lot of potential for an outstanding pop era of crazy proportions. So the longer time went without anything being dropped and the live teases she did of new songs throughout 2016, it was just FEEDING the hype, fans became stans just looking for anything and everything, myself included .... I think the situation really (somewhat unintentionally), built up a lot of the hype around her, mystique around certain songs (I really took to Round & Round, Up N Down, No Angel, Taxi)... but then by the time the mixtapes came out, they took on somewhat of a different and more alternative shape, but it’s all put her into this “new light”, and on a different path. A lot of lyrical themes stayed, almost creating her own “lore” as an artist. She’s “meta” lol and would it have been that way had XCX World just dropped on time and without a hitch? I really don’t think so. She’d probably be just another pop girl that the majority of people would love to hate (and maybe not, since everything she does is coming through the lens of Charli regardless, nothing has really ever changed there) but that is what tends to happen to artists in the limelight. Lots of exposure, lots of hate... But now, her artistry is THEE XCX World! She has a very strong fanbase for what it is, that kind of just built organically through the ups and downs... but it’s made everything all the better. I think she’s inspired a lot of people in the last few years, like that 100 gecs remix album... tell me that doesn’t look exactly like a Charli mixtape tracklist! It’s the very scene she’s had a big hand in cultivating. Now I just wish the GP would warm up to what she’s doing now. It’s just unfortunately, I think her music and the culture she brings along with it requires a certain level of open mindedness that a lot of people just simply don’t have. It’s like she’s broken the glass ceiling, so to speak, where most people still look at what’s “in the box.” But these are now all big reasons why, to me, she’s the best pop artist I’ve ever seen. It’s the willingness she has to stand up for her vision, and come at us from a different angle, and try new sounds, and do something exciting and subversive. Move the needle. It’s exactly what most people claim to want in a pop artist, but they don’t have a grasp on the overall scope to really see it, or appreciate it when it comes.

While I agree that it was probably for the best that XCX World was scrapped, let’s not act like “her career would be over” had it been released.. it’s possible that the potential commercial flop could have slowed down her career / cult success, but let’s not forget how quickly Charli has always bounced back from any point in her career; always moving forward. She would have become a cult icon either way.

2017 WAS iconic because we got both N1A & Pop 2 in the same year though

some of us still aren’t over xcx world and that’s okay lol I don’t think her career would have ended if it was released like imagine how iconic 2017 would have been getting both N1A and xcx world in the same year also it’s worth nothing that everyone bases their opinions of xcx world off the BFY/fanmade tracklist when in reality it could have been released with even better songs (daddy knows + songs we’ve never even heard before)

i'm sure youre very nice and kind and a sweetheart but if i see good girls slander its on sight.

Lana cover Send in the Clowns, the Lanaboard's national anthem. original by Glynis Johns . . . who proves anyone with a bit of character can sing it!

But Amy is British and it's American standards and classics is it not? If she's magically and inexplicably covering British artists then I demand a Florence cover

definitely not, i think charli doesnt want to do pc anymore especially after the 1-2-3-4-5 punch of vv, n1a, pop 2, charli, and hifn; at least i hope so. i really want her to try new things and work with new people more than anything

But YNWA is from the Broadway musical 'Carousel,' and is an American standard--everyone has covered it, from Mahalia Jackson and Elvis Presley to Doris Day.

How come? TFJ is about her family issues, while solitaire is about her overcoming shyness and a feeling of being "worse" than the rest of the society, but still staying true to her introverted side. But yes, they both use diamond/crystal references.

this isnt giving me what its giving yall but she does look gorgeous

One of the backup singers posted about shooting the video and she wrote: Why is feet becoming a recurring theme in Lana's life? Why were they admiring her feet? This is more funny than anything else but still.

"Happy Together" by the turtles "Cry Me A River" "One" (by Three Dog Night) "Unchained Melody" "It's A Man's World" I KNOW im reaching at this point, but lowkey the possibilities are ENDLESS

time of the season close to you the girl from ipanema bang bang

I love every thing you do when you call me fuckin dumb for the stupid shit i do wanna ride my bike with you fully undressed, no training wheels left for you ill pull them off just for youuuuuuu

I can't wait for her to cover Adele, America's greatest living artist, who has produced both standards and classics. Wouldn't she sound positively bitching on Chasing Pavements. Lana sing Cosmic Love.

1) Omg wow. I never knew Minnie Riperton was black. It was truly a “The Voice” moment where I heard her voice first and saw the picture after and was stunned. Love it. 2) This cover would save Christmas. 3) Ben lovers unite

Just wanted to share how I stumbled upon a masterpiece while I was on a date once in a small town in Texas. We went to this record store that had a bunch of random shit. At the corner of my eye I saw “Ultraviolence” written across the spine of a big box and I found the BOX SET... for $50... perfect condition! It had never been used. Instantly bought it. I had dreamed of owning it in high school but never had the chance to buy before it sold out.

would die for this but (maybe mistakenly) am assuming from summertime and related posts that her interpretation of standards and classics might really just stick to 20s/30s/40s stuff...plus patsy cline? maybe it will end up being super eclectic stylistically which i'd love honestly

Can't believe how super ultra was made even before her debut and after 8 years it hasn't aged at all heatwave, dance 4 u, moments in love, velvet dreaming, EVERYTHING is gold

just a thought but y’all think if xcx world was released it would’ve been panned? i definitely see the 4.2 pitchfork score

Not people saying she looks pregnant again (it's the dress) - also idk why her weight is always brought up, she is literally so gorgeous. Last year at the Dublin show she looked ridiculously hot and toned, her THIGHS

The flavor

I'm Not Calling You A Liar

imagine lana covering After hours

Rhode video is IMMACULATE she’s a living legend & goddess

I know it's hella late responding but I just saw these when the thread got bumped and thought it'd be pretty obvious if you actually read my whole posts that the $295 was paying to get the autographed vinyl of her new album (which finally just delivered recently it's gorgeous) and worth every penny seeing as how I doubt I'll ever have the opportunity to meet her let alone see her perform live

half of xcx world aged like milk ngl

I was just thinking and wondering this. I really hope so! If so we really are in store for something amazing.