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the way the mood of this topic always switches from "we love sky she's such a queen omg she can do no wrong she's the best popstar of all time" to "sky is so boring and messy and looks dead on stage and she should be ashamed of herself" in literally 2 minutes 😭

No shade but this thread feels like a bunch of people hitting the middle predictive text button over and over again. Like. Huh?

Manifesting that LDR9 goes hand-in-hand with the 25 best unreleased songs collection album as a hidden zip file when purchasing the album exclusively from her website. Lanita GET THAT COIN from your tiktok hits I know that she has way moreeee better unreleased bops but i have to pick whats viral on tiktok right now versus her very best ones.

Rock Candy Sweet is Loved You Then And Now. Rock Candy sweet is a lyric, like watercolor eyes. (At least that’s what insiders said forever ago) if it’s a mix of TJF and IYLDWM, I absolutely want it. Those are two of my favorite songs from each album. I don’t get that vibe for LDR9 though, so maybe we’ll get LYTAN for LDR10

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if anything about the album at least remotely resembles the recent photoshoot then i'm a happy campa

im sorry but there’s no way to excuse this. I was at the Barcelona show and it felt like an awkward school presentation. At the beggining everyone was screaming and cheering for her nonstop and she hardly acknowledged it, didn’t engage with her audience at all, and just looked annoyed, uncomfortable and mad. I really love her music and artistry, but its totally understandable for people in the crowd who didnt know her much and were there out of curiosity to walk away. We can say whatever we want about her anxiety or stage fright problems, but at the end of the day she was just standing there awkwardly without nothing more going on, constantly giving death stares to the sound technicians and giving up on herself. We were there just to have a good time and sing along with her, and everyone was so excited to hear for the first time “all my lovers die” among other songs (voices carry included!) but as soon as she finished, she said something like “well, that wasn’t good”, killing the whole vibe. Some fans immediately starting shouting “it was good!” “dont worry its ok we love you!” but c’mon… it really got depressing and undewhelming. Luckily for me and my friends, we spaniards do have some sense of humor - when it finished we just laughed it off saying how the show itself was kinda iconic and on-brand for her, that despite our low expections (yknow, we kinda knew what we where getting ourselves into) she still managed to surprise us with whatever she got going on, and how, after years of only seeing sky in very few, blurred and low quality pictures, we finally got to see her in ‘high res’ for like half an hour. final thoughts - if it happens once, shame on the festival or the technicians. If happens twice or three times, shame on her for not stepping up and fixing her show’s issues. If it happens EVERY time… yeah…….. also, where tf is the music video?

I had my first dream about Lana last night. I was skipping and singing my gay ass through a brick tunnel while listening to the lead single. I don’t remember the lyrics but it was upbeat, tons of reverb with delicious layered vocals. She kept repeating 3 lines that punched so good. Tons of energy. It was really similar to the end of BBS “cause no one does it better!” and FIILY “California dreaming, I’ve got money on my mind” vocals. I’ve never dreamt about an unreleased song before so this was fun oh also my dream was in black and white. It looked exactly like the W magazine shoot. Lana is penetrating the collective subconscious this era without even releasing a second of music

Which one of y-...

Why y'all keep lying? Like, there's literally no such thing as Primavera Sound or Best Kept Secret, Sky never been there, these festivals never existed, Sky last concerts were in 2018. Stop trying gaslighting me

this isn’t another element, but it would be neat if ice were a part of it (“waist-deep in icy waves” caption) I like the idea of a really cold, moody, bleak-feeling record, and I think it would fit. Also, she’s done similar like in Swan Song’s “rushing up from the water where the ice meets,” so we’ll see!!

so I’ve been a sky fan since the beginning and I had never seen her live, so back in 2019 when she announced she was performing at Pitchfork fest I flew in to see her perform for the first time ever. obviously it was very disappointing as we all know what happened (luckily Charli put on an amazing show and made up for it) but the way she got mad and walked off stage had me so sad because she her set list that she actually performed felt so random and she was visibly upset and annoyed with the sound issues the entire time. seeing these last 2 shows, I feel way better about it knowing that it wasn’t just a one off performance that ended up like that but it makes me wonder why she even does festivals at this point she obviously is very specific about her music as we know from her creative process and a major perfectionist. She cannot excel in a festival setting because of the limitations there are. I don’t know why she doesn’t just stick to doing a club tour where she can have better control of the logistics to make sure the performance goes as planned like what’s the point of even doing these festival shows anymore? It can’t be helping her with promo for people to see her do half a set while being annoyed before being kicked off stage mid set list

Imagine her open the @lanadelrey account again once this era begins

i finally got to reading the w magazine interview and i think what she might've meant to say is that the writing might be a lot more quick and maybe even less filtered. what i want to know more about rather, is from where the album is sort of coming from. not much is going on, but strangely enough, i think once she shares something, a lot'll just connect

okay i really don't care enough to be mad because i wasn't there to any of the festival dates, but i would love to know what the hell is happening with her. like i'm sure if she just addressed what's going on and explained people who like her enough would understand. but it's really hard to root for her with these strange displays of unprofessionalism, which only a minority of us were willing to excuse in the first place when they had to do with her not getting an uber to the studio (or whatever?) first, she says the album she's been teasing since 2015 is not done. then, a single drops way too late to gain any momentum without the video because she can't compromise her "vision" (???) and has to learn Final Cut/Premiere/sony vegas (lol) on the spot then, a bunch of the wildly anticipated tour dates happen and all exhibit the same issues. even without her chaotic (euphemism) background, damn. really hate to see it. but i also really think most of you guys take every single one of her missteps a little too personally. let's be stoics and accept whatever finds our way. that's the only way anyone can be in this for the long haul at this point

Hoping there's a song that will make me as emotional as Terrence Loves You and Old Money

Time to manifest LYTAN on LDR9… (it’s interesting that Honeymouns only heard it long ago and doesn’t have it). And he says RCS = LYTAN, but Lanaism is saying the opposite… so what is the truth?

just woke up from a dream where a new insider called ruby leaked a song titled original summer... but i woke up before listening.

Unrelated, but I really thought your avatar was a penis

why can’t people just accept that kim is a bit of a shitty person who would rather work with a huge pop producer than support kesha

nectar of the gods finally clicked & it has altered the inner circuitry of my mind

Never in a million years will it happen but metal, honestly I yearn for smthn really heavy from her

Shoegaze and slowcore I will not explain further

Idk whose idea it was for someone like her to go on a festival run but like someone said, having her own tour in more intimate venues would’ve spared her from all that chaos. Running late when there’s a tight schedule for you and other performers is just straight up unprofessional, I sympathize if she gets stage fright or something but c’mon at some point she needs to get it together if she wants to be a musician.

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You made me trade my violets for roses You tried to trade in my new truck for horses Don't forget all of these things that you love are the same things I hate I chose this

I'd love that for LDR9. Though I'm a big fan of most of LFL, it's neither 'witchy' or 'Blade Runner-esque,' (even if the latter was only intended for one song). Maybe she should have asked Stevie Nicks for 'witch' lessons, as Stevie introduced witches into rock n' roll with 'Rhiannon' (though she later retracted Rhiannon's association with witches, which actually was incorrect), and later seemed to write about them again on 'Sisters of the Moon' (which some people think was about Nico). As I've noted before, Lana once said, with apparent disdain, that she 'grew up in a kind of Carly Simon household,' and it's funny how influences get under the skin, because, to me, a good deal of BB sounds like Carly Simon, especially BBS, IYLDWM, VFR, SC, and 'Arcadia.' And the same for some of the songs on COCC, like LMLYLAW, WAH, DTWD, and WD. I would like to see Lana break free of her 'confessional' period, if only for fans' sakes, for at least one record, and give us something 'revved up,' like 'Serene Queen,' one of my all-time favorites of hers, released or unreleased. But, as always, I'll take whatever she serves up. Some real aural surprises would be nice, though.

def would love to see her experimenting with lush, dreamy sounds and heavy reverb more often - an album full of songs like valley of the dolls would be a blessing, i don’t even mind the fact that this song is just a demo it could be also something more orchestral like titanic rising by weyes blood - i think the closest of this style we had from lana is honeymoon, or something more funky like daddy’s home by st. vincent - reminding me of the bridge from dance till we die something indie rock would be cool too, but in different way than norman - maybe something like big thief/lucy dacus music, maybe something with country influence, maybe something with shoegaze influence

Kim is that you??? This thinkpiece was...a choice

Umru's production style is just.. he is an interesting individual !

bc our old gal for sure gets on everybody’s nerves but her music and artistry is still unmached

sky "performed" at another festival today and to no one's surprise, it was a mess again

'Mezzanine' would actually be a pretty cool name for LDR9, especially after 'Blue Banisters.' It could have symbolic associations too, "a low story between two others in a building, typically between the ground and first floors," as in, "I'm in a mezzanine phase of life, neither here nor there, neither in the past nor the future, neither where I want to be and don't want to be." Also, Cancer = Water sign, yes, but 'water' in astrology symbolizes feeling and emotion, so water would not necessarily be used in depicting Cancer, no more than a crab might be. I'm an Aquarius only 6 hours into Aquarius out of Capricorn, and have loads of Capricorn in my chart, but Aquarius is symbolized by the water bearer, even though it's an Air, or Thinking, sign. Astrology is all checks and balances.

Jazz, we need a full jazz album.

Lets all agree that Sky has no stage presence. She moves like she's in a karaoke bar and her genre of music and outfits don't help it either. She looks so uninterested and not in a Kurt Cobain kind of way. The technical difficulties were a cherry on the top. In more than 10 years she still managed to stay at the level of other local indie artists that perform at bars and have barely any experience. Kind of embarrassing. Small indie bands that perform at my ex local high school look like MJ compared to Sky.

In my opinion, about the sound of LDR9 I think there is not going to be a meticulous instrumental telling all the details like Honeymoon. She said in the interview that for this album she is doing automatic singing, it seems to me that it is how it comes out the first time, an example of this would be the song sweet carolina that she did in one take and this is noticeable in her vocals. I love this too <3

All My Lovers Die sounds immaculate ugh I really really really hope it's actually coming out

More songs like Boom like That and Roll With Me (On the Radio)!!!!!!!

We're almost halfway through June and I'm starting to think the single is not coming this month (unless she pulls another surprise release or announces it the day before) Maybe on her birthday tho

She should drop Jack Blandtonoff, leave her comfort zone and explore & draft new music with distinct genres for this album. I want ha to make an ARTPOP-inspired album with loud synths, heavy beats and sexist/sassy lyricism. That could be an instant 90 on Metacritic.

I hope that during these weeks we will have more news. Right now I'm like this:

Lana is the love of my life, she's the reason I wanted to make music and I just can't wait WAIT for the alboom

Country rock

interesting aspect, I think she has already done all elements: Norman = water Violet = earth/fire Chemtrails = air/earth BB = fire/earth we need more water/air

Bollywood Happycore

beyoncé is gonna release B9 by the time this girl can get her music video out

This may have been mentioned, but I have a hypothesis about LDR9 1.) I think half (maybe up to 75%) of this record will essentially be the musical equivalent to Violet—wordy, lo-fi, intense, and conversational. I’m expecting these tracks to be an extension of the Blue Banisters triple singles but with a more orchestral twist 2.) I think the other portion of songs (maybe 25%-50%) will be noticeably different in both lyricism and tone. I think it’s no coincidence that Jack divulged that there was a third pool of more energetic tracks that remain unheard. Not only do I think this would balance the record well, but I think her team is likely encouraging her to possibly put out more “commercial” tracks after the quiet release of Blue Banisters. Also, she seems super happy lately, so there’s that too! Because of this, I could see us getting a record like LFL that has songs that appear to be on opposite ends of the spectrum both in production, tone, and lyricism (think Lust For Life vs Change). Do I think we’re getting LFL 2.0? No, but I think we can expect a larger but cohesive variety of tracks that can appeal to a wider audience, and that might explain why we’re seeing Jack, Drew, and potentially Rick as possible participants in LDR9. We’ll see

we dont pit beautiful, hot girls against each other

this album is a treasure chest that remains strangely closed for some people