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Last we heard, Rob’s favourite song was Florida Kilos, so, might I say, the man’s got taste! Sweet Carolina is going to be a beautiful finale to a beautiful record.

Can't believe we only have 2 weeks until the album. Is this a dream?

Currently, Lana is out and about with her friend Valerie Vogt on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.

robs verse on sweet carolina

I love that some of these tracks were recorded recently! It’s really cool to have Lana release songs in real time because it’s kind of a glimpse into her life as she’s experiencing it (as opposed to her songs just being reflective of her past, or released a year or two later, once her life looks a bit different)

plot twist rob is in fact lustforlife

My excitement (desperation) for this album is through the roof

So I was reading the “Videos We Don’t Have” thread and @HeadBitch gratefully mentioned that BOZ said there is a Blue Banisters album trailer, from which the teaser video of the title track that Lana posted in April was extracted. Allegedly, there are no plans to reshoot those clips, but rather to simply edit Clay’s face out (or I guess, obscure him a bit). Just wondering if anyone here who is also on ATRL caught wind of any other new information?

I have no idea what came over me but I turned on Arcadia today after a break from listening to it and suddenly started weeping. She really had such a journey and this album is going to be a testament to it!

It's true that she has nothing left to prove, but I think she's so interested in singing and poetry that a "farewell" album is a long way off. Covering old classics is just an episode, something she's always wanted to do, but her true destiny lies in writing her own songs. Songs like Text Book, Blue Banisters or Wildflower Wildfire are the beginning of a new era and we will hear a lot more in this style on the next albums, maybe she will finally find her home in it.

17 DAYS!!!

I know Lana's dipped and someone has to promote BB for her, but has Rob ever been so involved in sharing his insights and even in the making process of the record itself? I'm convinced it's just such a special album

Sweet Carolina was (at least partially) recorded on June 14, 2021 <3

I have a theory about BB and the next album(s): She's telling her story with this coming record and she even took old songs that made sense so it's almost like a little compilation of her life (like she said, it's where she was, where she is now etc.). She's had enough and wants to go out with a bang. After BB she will have nothing left to prove commercially or critically so I think this is a "farewell" album. She's not retiring of course but I expect a complete shift on her music and new stuff (like she said when deactivating her socials). The cover album is going to be the record that closes this Lana era we know and love. There's nothing more "Lana" than covering old classic songs. LDR9 is the Mike album (unless he's the producer of the middle part of BB that we don't know about) and she said earlier this year that she was already writing and recording the next record (even though BB was changed she only picked different unreleaseds and scrapped LYTAN but I don't think she recorded new material for the final version we'll hear this month). LDR9 is going to be a wild ride. I'm so excited to see what's next.

It was rainy in LA today.. Lana & Val took a picture in front of the oncoming storm clouds.. Thunder next single confirmed!

17 days gheys for (yet) another AOTY Only Lana could pull 2 albums in a year and them being AOTY

In Arcadia, Arcadia All roads that lead to you as integral to me as arteries That pump the blood that flows straight to the heart of me America, America I can't sleep at home tonight, send me a Hilton Hotel Or a cross on the hill, I'm a lost little girl Findin' my way to you Arcadia

so where is the album trailer MANIFESTING THAT

Can we get snippets or credits or SOMETHING?

I’m honestly waiting for Rob to scalp me and sound like Elton John cus I seriously can see it

Manifest a > 90 for Blue banisters on metacritic, it's time for Lana to have one.

Those hacks at Pitchfork magazine have put up an article that isn't titled '19 Records we were too stupid to go against the trendy negativity of the time to give what they deserved', but should have been. Read all the self-justifications here, or if you don't want to give them extra clicks, here's the 'rescore' of Born To Die:

I know this is unlikely & there’s little to suggest this, but I like the idea of Black Bathing Suit and White Dress potentially being sister songs. White Dress is a somber, almost regretful longing for her past; I think it would be interesting if BBS (considering the upbeat interlude leading into it) were the more positive, sentimental reflection on her youth, for example. Branching off of what another user mentioned a while back, I like toying with the concept of a more mature version of TIWMUG. I think it would have the potential to change the pace of the album a bit, but we’ll see!

something big will happen this week

I've said it before but I think she just doesn't wanna hear anyone's opinions about it. She said it's her story and that is very personal to her, so if that's the case, she's not wanting to be on socials bc she's gonna see shit she's not wanting to. She might have other reasons but it just makes sense to me. Maybe her therapist told her to stay off socials for a few weeks until after the album rollout is done and over with, unless she wants to give social control to her management and we know what a shit show that would be

Me rolling like thunder when I come crashing in

I think it's great Lana has been working on the album until recently. She seemed to have been heavily influenced/inspired by country-folk for the past year, and now she's more onto NFR/TLSP/HM vibes, according to the general sound of the songs we already know.

I can't wait for this album to come out in 2 weeks and in no doubt Lana will help me to get through the dark days again. Thank you Lana, if you ever read this <3

Rob must REALLY love that song . I hope it exceeds my expectations cause they are high

if its coming in two weeks that means in 1 week we'll have a full leak like last time... get ready besties

Ldr9: It’s Lizzy bitch!!! [trap beats drop] pop masterpiece for 90 minutes the gays are shook and remember their queen. Dua Lipa who? it’s lizzy grants dance floor

next single Thunder confirmed

When is Rob dropping his solo album? His verse on Sweet Carolina is about to launch him into mega stardom, a career bigger than Lana's

Boz also said she was contacting directors to shoot an actual MV for the title track

PITCHFORK RAISED BORN TO DIE'S SCORE

he is about to WASH Lana omg

really can’t wait to twirl around my red lit room on halloween night to Dealer

Rob is so adorable, look at him in the booth like a pro

this'll never not be funny I was . . . a VIBE

Her death metal masterpiece is coming!

I literally thought this was from 2017 when I first saw it Looking good as always

ohmygod i'm just gonna say it but what the HELL are we gonna do on here for 16 days and a midnite

16 days and a midniteeeeeeee

I truly think Fine China and Loved You Then and Now should've made the tracklist. Put LYTAN after Violets for Roses and put FC after Cherry Blossom. Naur cause the original title track not even making the album is embarrasing

I mean she literally changed the game, she did something never heard before, she created a whole universe, she raised a whole genre... BTD aint even my fave but she touched music forever with this one

(amicably) screenshotting this to crack a few laughs when ldr9 turns out to be nfr: chemtrails over the country club - even bluer banisters & standards

Thunders and rain + 2017 LFL/TLSP album era cap Thunder is 100% the next single

just do it just do it dont wait