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I'm so glad you are all loving it and that the wait was worth it. It's so rewarding seeing everyone enjoy things that you were preparing people for. Personally I'm obsessed with that "okay" gasp in the middle. It's little elements like this that make Lana songs so special.

I just want to say that after listening to the new single, I am 100% convinced that this will be her best album. I was already feeling that way after hearing the first single, seeing the imagery, and reading the titles & insider info, but now I have absolutely no doubt. This is it. We've known that Lana has always been a genius when it comes to her lyrics and melodies, but I feel her vision is stronger than ever. I've said it before, but I just know this record will contain some of her rawest, most personal writing mixed with brilliant creative sonic patterns we've never seen from her before. The past two singles prove it already. I am sort of at a loss for more words at the moment as I'm so overwhelmed, so all I can say is that I'm so proud of her and I can't wait to hear the rest of the record. The two singles have floored me enough already, I'm going to be in absolute shambles come release day x

YAAAAAAAAAAS LANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

That Chinese streaming service has been leaking cover arts and release dates for a while, I'd recommend keeping your eye on it.

OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!! I am fucking speechless, this is obviously one of her best songs of all time, an absolute artistic triumph. It's so wild that the insiders really spoiled nothing because this is such an incredible ride that nothing could really take away from it. A David Lynch horror film as a folk/pop masterpiece. Lana really isn't just making music at this point, she's an artist like no other ever imo. The first half is so completely insane and that final verse before the change is the most revealing and brutal she's ever written, and then the production literally sounds like some kind of frightening rewind to the past, where we end up in this unsettling trap loop that somehow further explains the questions that she's asking in the first half. She's been wondering how she ended up in this place in life, whether she likes or if it's just who she is, and then this jump back to her Lizzy Grant / teenage self shows that she's been like this for a very long time. Dark, unique, thought-provoking, A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!

when you bully eclipse away and god sends you worse. i can only laugh

I haven't done a cartwheel since I was nine Haven't seen my mother in a long, long time I mean look at me, look at the length of my hair My face, shape of my body Do you really think I give a damn, well I do after years of just hearing them talking I say I live in Rosemead Really I'm at the Ramada It doesn't really matter Doesn't really, really matter Call him up, come into my bedroom Ended up we fuck on the hotel floor It's not about having someone to love me anymore This is the experience of being an American Whore Calling up one from calling up another Forensic Files wasn't on Watching Teenage Diary of a Girl, wondering what went wrong I'm a princess I'm divisive Ask me why I'm like this Maybe I just kinda like this I don't know, maybe I'm just like this I say I live in Rosemead Really I'm at the Ramada It doesn't really matter Doesn't really, really matter Call him up, he comes over again Yeah, I know I'm over my head, but oh It's not about having someone to love me anymore Now this is the experience of being an American Whore I mean look at my hair Look at the length of it there, and the shape of my body If I told you that I was maimed do you really think that anybody would think it I didn't ask for it Didn't ask for it I'm testifying, already fucked up my story On top of this So many other things you can't believe Did you know a singer can still be looking like a side piece at 33 Got a [shhh] who turned on (a bad b / the back beat) Puts the shower on while he calls me Seems like a bad time to talk to me I'm invisible, look how you hold me I'm invisible I'm invisible I'm a ghost Look at me It's not about having someone to love me anymore Uh, okay Now this is the experience of being an American Whore It's not about having someone to love me anymore Now this is the experience of being an American Whore Shimmy shimmy ko ko bop Jimmy, Jimmy ride Shimmy shimmy ko ko bop Jimmy get me high Love me if you live and love You can be my light Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time Oooh Your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time Shimmy shimmy ko ko bop Jimmy, Jimmy ride Shimmy shimmy ko ko bop Jimmy get me high Love me if you live and love You can be my light Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time Jimmy you should switch it up, maybe light it up Jimmy if you leave the house, find me in the club, like Jimmy if you switch it up, you should light it up Jimmy if you leave the house, find me in the club Your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time But I don't care, baby, I already lost my mind, mind Light it up, find me in the club Your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time Shimmy shimmy ko ko bop Jimmy, Jimmy ride Shimmy shimmy ko ko bop Jimmy get me high Love me if you live and love You can be my light Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high Your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time Still working on a transcription, could use some help and suggestions!

Good morning everyone! So A&W is finally out. How are we liking it? Did it live up to your expectations? I wanna know!

Had just posted this in the IG thread, but I guess we know why she didn’t announce the single earlier - our girl was off snoozing x

The reception for A&W is so overwhelmingly positive and I 100% agree. It’s a beautiful song and the fact that Lana is outdoing herself over a decade into her career is actually insane. She deserves her flowers. That being said, I think Lana and Jack Antonoff bring the best out of each other. A lot of people like to shit on him for Solar Power / Midnights / etc. but no one else is making songs like White Dress, The Greatest, Mariners Apartment Complex, A&W, etc. I’m so happy for her and cannot wait to experience the rest of the album with y’all

Lana Del Rey's second single, A&W, from her upcoming album Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd is out now on all online music retailers and streaming platforms.

i'd sit this one out

I listened to it during a car wash and REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS AN AMERICAN WHORE IN THE TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BLVD

In A&W we got Laptop demo eerie vibes Lizzy guitars Upbeat 2011 unreleased vocals Paradise aura UV rawness NFR and Chemtrails samples And the intimacy tinges of the new album She really compiled everything Lana and evolved it into greatness

- SERVING KUNT

Rob listening to a song about his daughter fucking on a hotel room floor

Lana said she wanted this album to be country but Jack heard cunty and ran with it

Anyone who thinks this song needed to be split into two songs is WRONG. They literally flow so seamlessly

The way this is going to go straight into the pastor interlude fsdlfdlskmfdslkfmds

“I know this is fucked up, but I’ve changed the title. It’s going to now be called, ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Pearl Watch Me on Ring a Bell Psycho Lifeguard.’” He was like, “What the fuck?” I was like, “I’m not telling anyone. Just mock it up.” He mocked it up, but we realized that maybe it was a bit much to have six titles in one. LOL I CANT WITH HER

me when I'm about to press play on the album on march 24th:

YUPPP pitchfork you are valid

the way she finally went into her 2009-2011 unreleased pop + cutesy + “gangsta” rap vibes again I never thought the day would come

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/lana-del-rey-aw/ we just got it HAHAHAHA

The Jimmy Jimmy Coco Puff section is so crazy. I love it so much. It’s like if Lizzy Grant was in the studio with trap producers

OH MY GOD WE ARE SOOO READY pleek dont comment how bad it is I KNOWW I RUSHED IT

BEN JUST CONFIRMED ON AN IG COMMENT WERE GETTING A&W TODAY

i got so many Ride mv vibes from the shoot i love her

Del Rey: My original cover was nude, then I thought about it, and I was like, maybe not right now OMG

The foreshadowing… x

Listening to Ocean Blvd and A&W back to back... why does Ocean Blvd feel even richer now? We're really witnessing a true masterpiece, aren't we

we thought she was only sampling herself on the closing track but it seems like it might be something consistent throughout the album? I'm living for this tbh like yes bitch your music is that good, sample it

Look at the TV in the background

thinking about pre-A&W me

“I'd say I live in Rosemead, really I'm at the Ramada” @Rosemead name reveal

DEL REY: Right. I think that also, people are being a lot more careful with what they say. I remember my first big interview with Rolling Stone for Ultraviolence. He asked me about the song “Sad Girl.” Where it goes: [sings] “I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl.” He said, “At 29, don’t you feel uncomfortable calling yourself a girl?” I was like, “You mean instead of?” And he said, “Well, a woman. I mean, you’re like 30.” I was really caught off guard because I wanted to talk about how I mixed my own album with this guy Robert Orton. Then, I said, “Well, what about that Jennifer Lopez song [‘Girls’] or the Beyoncé song ‘Girls Run the World’? I think she’s older than me.” And he was like, “That’s different. That’s a fun song.” I don’t feel like those kinds of questions get asked anymore. For me, it was trial by fire. It’s definitely a different era now. rolling stone when i catch you

ma'am your profile pic is from this era.

I mean, look at my hair Look at the length of it there and the shape of my body If I told you that I was raped Do you really think that anybody would think I didn't ask for it, didn't ask for it? Didn't testify, already fucked up my story Top of this (Mm), so many other things you can't believe Did you know a singer can still be looking like a side piece at thirty-three? God's a charlatan, don't look at me Puts the shower on while he calls me Seems like a bad time to talk to me I'm invisible, look how you hold me I'm invisible, I'm invisible I'm a ghost now, look how you hold me now The fact that she outdid WW with this one. This is so fucking brutal.

A music video with this outfit would've served so much, that picture screams AMERICAN WHORE.

A&W is one of her greatest songs, not just in terms of production but lyrically speaking. She truly talked about sex addiction, loneliness, family trauma and hedonism all in one sprawling sitting. This is just mind-blowing really.

I love how this song is 7 minutes long but it feels SO short. Like the American whore part feels CRIMINALLY short omg

good morning girls happy a&w day

The vocal mixing is obviously deliberate, she's like a drunk girl sharing her secrets at a party and you don't catch everything that she says at first, but repeated listens reveal more and more and then you're just like holy shit...

Can you believe how hard we won today This was like the best Valentine's Day ever & I'm afraid no future Valentine's Day will be able to top that Her impact

I have to echo someone's sentiments from earlier that if you're STILL complaining/hating the music after listening to A&W, seriously consider the thought that Lana might not be the artist for you anymore. There's no going backwards from here.

There’s still an entire album of songs we’ve never heard before I’m crying

“Did you know a singer could still be looking like a side piece at 33?”

Lana RN choosing which filter should she use for A&W single cover