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I’m literally listening to this song mainly for this part. It’s the best part.

Beautiful is really aging good for me. It's so so beautiful It truly is one of my faves now. I love the message a lot & I'm still not over how beautiful & interesting the piano sounds, I could literally listen to the "raindrop piano " for hours, it's so beautiful Also I want to appreciate Violets For Roses again, such a phenomal song The whole album is aging good so far & Dealer is still that bitch

i still cant quite believe i'm playing color blue on vinyl, like i really cant believe she released that song, its such an old gem, releasing it to the world was one of the best decisions she's made i think, one of my favourite songs ever it's so beautiful and timeless and never gets old. it reminds me of being out in the streets at night, drunk cold and alone

This year we got some of her best songs COCC Wildflower Wildfire Yosemite BBS Dealer White Dress TJF IYLNTM VFR .... and a couple of leaks. so we can wait now. i'm expecting her magnus opus with mike dean next year.

Thunder sounds especially good on this stormy Halloween day

Why do some people in this thread think that it's impossible for a human being to change their mind? I think that after being off of social media entirely for a few days, Lana decided that she wanted to be on it without the aspects of her main account that she didn't like, so she went onto the Honeymoon account. It's really not that serious or deep.

a bunch of lyrical connections I noted

Text Book: the interweaving of needing an actual father, a partner and how things change with time and are ushered out with time, poignant. which hits harder with the upbeat of the chorus reminiscent of the 60s. the motive overall is wanting some kind of stability that the world doesn't have and can't provide at least on a sociocultural viewpoint. the treachery highlighting the second verse makes the second chorus sound a bit more combative. intuitively, i think what she's trying to capture with the song is that society needs some kind of stable father figure atmosphere's closest to like BTD imo, with the faint western atmosphere that fades into what could sound like a desert mirage / Paradise Blue Banisters: the melody starts as if it's being sung as steps of a set of stairs. u could easily waltz to the rhythm to the prechoruses but then its like the piano does a great job at pacing what intuitively sounds like a delicate, apprehensive heart beat. Arcadia: she's got an entire world(s) around and within her, and with that, love and a curiosity for exploration, but she realizes that layers of the map won't welcome her and she banishes herself to where she can still be herself. the anthemic sounding chorus only highlights her despair and wanting to be accepted as a citizen after working so hard for so long, but realizing that the ideals that she raised herself on have dimmed and were mishandled. The Trio - Interlude: highlights the faint Kill Bill atmosphere that text book faintly touches on. it's comedic and also foreboding. Black Bathing Suit - the piano reminds me of something spiteful sprouting from embittered sadness. the melody shifts from uncaring to the chorus' assured ultimatum that if you couldn't look in between the lines from before, then u surely won't ever "get her" at all. someone can have the face of an angel but stench of a foul decaying soul and its effects on the inside, she emphasizes the need for a genuine beauty of the soul, but the world chooses to attempt to diminish her bc she doesn't look like a social media bratz model / isn't fulfilling the norm's vision of their fantasies IFYLDNTM - somehow can be exaggerated but also rings true for an unhealthy dance between herself and the limelight, which her romantic relationships and even perhaps lesser reflect which makes the outro sound even more genius, something reminiscent of an oldtime movie. she wants to be seen for who she really is as a mere person, past the fame Beautiful - the intro sounds like tired glass falling, that could parallel her patience for being what she thinks would be best/ caters to the other. sometimes u lose the essences of yourself doing that, but she reclaims herself in the saddest but most pleasantly sounding pleas. how she sings "like you", makes me immediately think, I could see the little things where your inner child/ innocence of soul (ref to like when we were kids under chemtrails over the country club) and beauty shine, why can't you see me the way I do you? it's heartbreaking. Violets For Roses - there's a natural uplift to the song's tempo that could remind one of playing ring around the rosy, the musical sounding chorus reminds her past love that he (collectively/personally/symbolically) couldn't appreciate her in the least, and only saw what they could take from her (ref to bbs). she feels a lot freer where she can start feeling like herself again bc the emphasis, spotlight of the relationship fades out and turns into sunshine. Dealer - the beauty of this song is the interwoven perspectives put into it, supplemented by another person singing in the song as well. the push and pull, and blowback are balanced and calmed by it's overall trippy production, as if being lulled to afterward-ed staying feelings of guilt and remorse Thunder - the strings play an important role in conveying suspense. regattas in the wind that's why you're visiting, the party's lit and you have cut when it begins. there's an emptiness to the song that can be alluded to the differences of motives in their meeting. it can be forlorn as as glamorous as the circumstances are in at least the song are, both parties are left with nothing from the other, perhaps even more with tiredness than what they started with. Wildflower Wildfire - most sim to Million Dollar Man, except she's the main player of the track, control is hers to have, and she turns all the wrong's she's experienced into lessons to not do the same as she's lived. restraint can be difficult when forgiveness seems so far away, but somehow, she centers herself and focuses all of that anguish into loving. Nectar of the Gods - the nectar was just a glorified farce. the journey's end was anticlimactic and her soul sounds like it's singing, all confused what the fuck? all betrayed after everything she's done. as if the treasure she was looking for was actually just an ideal but said as something else. Living Legend - right off the bat, the offering of something to someone you feel is living life the way you think is admirable. someone to look up to in this decaying world. she forgot about herself and followed them thinking that she could have that same level, but in doing so, she must've wiled and rushed things with the lack of thought. she betrayed herself in wanting to be better. she can't have them, but she's learned to do things her own way, honorably. Cherry Blossom - powerful in how even if the song started as her singing to herself, it takes on more meaning in how she's softly compelled to pass on motherly love, knowing it's absence can really destroy someone. she gives love even if she was running on empty, and wants her child to be safe, bc she knows the dead ends in the maze. Angelina sim meaning to Angel; asking, guiding them not to lose their way. Sweet Carolina - symbolic for actually being able to love new life, despite all the wrong that might've been painted on her. in a way, she's also gained a new kind of metaphoric sister. one of the most beautiful things I think we can do as humans is obtaining new information etc. and pass it to newer generations for the sake of care and advancement, and instead of her gatekeeping the lessons, she decides to take care of the future generation, bc she knows how much of a cruel world the world can still be. The record coincides with how she said that if you do the work within yourself, you'll be better for it. and that, in turn, with how the world only chooses parts of her to nitpick, they're not seeing the larger picture of not just herself, but that priorities and higher perspectives are very much still very necessary in this hungering world. and I’m almost certain that a part of her is referring to herself in Angelina as a messenger, to remind us not to forget the lessons we’ve learned. Start the album over after finishing it, and we get the first line of Text Book that parallels the motives of banisters as a way of support, safety and security. when you think about it, the banisters themselves need to be painted on again and again and that can be reflective of perspective, and learning amidst the changes that we go through in this life.

girl, bye

i think it means "thank for making me all this money which bought me shoes etc," relating back to the "you really made stacks out of it for me" line

I wish u burn in hell

I'm getting Charli tease from this album Like, she hasn't announced anything cause she's still changing up the tracklist/visuals/etc

this era won't be over to me until i have the target exclusive vinyl in my hands

Not every single song off Blue Banisters entering my Apple Music 2021 playlist already after one week I can’t believe she really released two amazing albums in one year

Ariana Grande is a waste of talent IMO. Great voice, but her songs are annoying AF: the sexed-up slutty lyrics (on almost every damn song), I can’t, plus she often breaks the flow of a song that was starting promising with some weird beat / or insignificant false rap phrase. she’s just not for me.

ok i like lordes music but i can't stand her pretentious holier than thou attitude especially in this last album cycle. still gonna stream solar power deluxe next friday tho. oh and, did anyone say john mayer in this thread? he can eat a dick

She said she'll maybe release a MV for IYLDWM so let's see. The covers album still seems far and she only has a couple of songs for the next record so I guess this time we won't have an endless loop of pre-releases

In my opnion its not the same... now she handle 10 bad comments before she handed 100000

The best thing she did was get out of social media... She looks happy and flawless... social media is really that toxic

it breaks me when she sings "mommy is there" in cherry blossom after all she's revealed about her relationship with her mother in this album. it's like she's saying "even tho i'm hurt, i'll still take care of you."

I just saw that Owen Pallet did the strings on Thunder! One of my all time favourites having a little feature is so iconic. actually the more I think about it, he probably did the strings on the lost version of Beautiful too.

it officially debuted at #8 on the B200

harry styles music sucks and he needs to stop with this fake ass androgynous persona, he is not pulling it off

everyone is talking about YouTube rip this, YouTube rip that, yet Nectar of the Gods, Living Legend and Cherry Blossom all sound better on speakers than Arcadia and Black Bathing Suit

when it was a single, i wasn't obsessed with wildflower wildfire but after listening to the album over 168 times collectively(according to my last.fm) it has easily become one of my favorite songs! i'm so happy with this album, its really in my top three lana albums now

It's still kind of surreal to me that I can go onto a streaming service and listen to Thunder, Cherry Blossom, Living Legend and Nectar (which I still keep calling Wild On You/Color Blue on accident) whenever I want

Remember when I said Arcadia wasn't that good? Yeah fuck that, I didn't mean all that It's hitting me a LOT. The tragedy, the desire to escape... I need a miracle

Listening to Living Legend and I'm still dead that she thinks she was doing a sax... Let me just enjoy this vocalized guitar solo and move on.

Do you think new singer Laina Del Ray scoops her cats litter boxes and picks up after her dogs herself? I just.... I couldn't imagine, I think she doesn't and I bet she pays someone to do it how much do they get paid to do it? $9 an hour?

just sharing my opinion on other people's opinion cause i'm bored I feel like most people's extreme Lil Nas X hate comes from internalized homophobia like there's no way people care That much about him giving the devil a lapdance in one of his music video's when there have been countless of artists using "satanic imagery". Liiike it's really never that serious people act like he's sacrificing innocent children when in reality he's literally just trolling? Religious twitter republicans were outraged by his "satanic imagery" (again literally him giving "the devil" a lapdance) so he just played into it a little on twitter as a response to it? Literally what is the big deal.. Also I've seen a lot of grown men, like, Grown men, both on twitter and on here Outraged by Olivia Rodrigo's success. I don't get it. She's literally just a teen pop star & seems pretty unproblematic aswell? Sure you can find her music annoying & dislike her as an artist (I personally find that drivers license song a little cringey) but calling her a bitch and all that for whatever reason is just weird, and the thing is it's usually grown men doing it too like.. Just very weird behaviour imo. also Courtney Love's a weirdo for numerous reasons. the "modern rap bad" "female artist singing about sex bad" takes are also very tired like come on now

some of these takes are So bad i'm physically cringing

it should be mandatory, at this point, to revisit Chemtrails (the yin part of the project) now that we have the « yang album » that is BB.

Because as per Lana's request, arcadia and bbs were recorded on one of these bad boys

Lana ft. Lanaboards - Wild One (original lossless mix)

This era is so dead already… i want her to make an announcement for LDR9

Dealer could fit lowkey on UV. I played it between Sad Girl & Money Power Glory and it was such a nice flow, I was shook

They're both equally annoying and I long for the day we stop pretending these "alt girlies" can sing (they can't).

I think it means that all of the think pieces on whether or not she is genuine or whatever the media wants to say has been free publicity for her very successful music. The criticism she received early on only got BTD more attention and it’s STILL CHARTING nearly a decade later. “your interest really made stacks out of it for me” = you being interested in ruthlessly questioning (and attacking) my identity and my art only made me more money, so thanks for that 😇

Dealer has been stuck in my head all morning please send help

living up to your user queen

Gurl, same. 30 will be the « make it or break it » point for me. I love how soulful her voice can be, but her lyrics have become so boring…

Olivia Rodrigo has one of the most utterly generic voices of all time. I don’t get it. Also it was scum of her to rip off one of the most iconic album covers of the 90’s and then go “ we’re both inspired by Carrie” bitch you literally are signed to Geffin you knew what you were doing. Also her only good song is half a Paramore track. She took my least favorite part of Taylor Swift and amplified it.

i wish she’d sign the cards in silver pen during cotcc, the blue was absolutely horrid

omlll. its so funny bc on her livestream last week she was like "when i die my signature is going to be worth one penny"

Most of Lana's streams are coming from NFR and BTD (and BB right now) from the GP, so the reason why Honeymoon's streams are lower is because it really is mostly or even only fans streaming it Honeymoon deserves so much better

oh nvm it's kinda good with no promo

I think it's about her public perception, all the ridicolous hate she's receiving and all the stupid talks and assumptions about her. The song is produced in a way that percussion gets so chaotic that in my opinion it represents a nervous breakdown. Some say "The only thing that still fits me is this black bathing suit" line is about her getting weight recently and black bathing suit may also represent her depression or her bad girl look. In her recent Instagram live, they were talking about why media/people are so harsh on her and she said she thinks people believe she's just a bad/mean person. So I think that explains the "They said I was bad and I'll show them what bad girls do" lines. She is not a bad person, she believes she is an angel in heart but something makes her end up being misunderstood. "Your interest really made stacks out of it for me" means her haters make her famous and make her money.

When I first heard 'Black Bathing Suit' I had certain expectations with it since insiders had hyped it up a bit, I must say that I was a tad disappointed with it. On the first couple listens I just felt like it was a good song, but nothing more really. It kinda hit me earlier this week, I was doing homework and listening to the album and the song came on and I enjoyed it so much more. Might as well be my second favourite track, right after 'Text Book'.

The second "Why can´t you be good for something" is everything.