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Here is how the album sounds like to me

Lana: I think the biggest lesson that I’ve learned is that there is no lesson in these hard lessons, you just have to let it go. Not everything is going to be revealed as to why weird things happen. However, I do have a theory that if you’re trying your best and you’re willing to let go of things that you feel don’t serve the greater good of your value system, then I think you’ll always be in the right place at the right time. If you’re teetering on the edge of doing something that’s against your value system, it’s like, be careful of where angels fear to tread, they might not be able to reach you.

“Lana, like Madonna, has become an icon to generations of queer kids. To quote them, she is mother.“

here you go!

Hi, new here. I don't expect to post a lot but I really just wanted to add something positive in the mix. I've been a fan since 2011 and would never have expected to still be so invested in her by 2023. All her albums have been such amazing entries in her catalogue, it's incredible how prolific she is and how the quality is always up there. That said, I feel like this new album is her best, and to those who want to dismiss that opinion by saying "Oh that's just initial adrenaline" or something patronizing like that, it's not. I enjoyed her previous 2 a lot but they didn't match my absolute adoration I had for albums like "BTD", "Honeymoon" and NFR. This one definitely does match those for me. It's such a wonderful journey from beginning till end, it feels like one big warm yet emotional hug and I love the diversity. I'll post a ranking after I heard the album in full HQ friday, I haven't heard CN yet. I just wanted to share the love for this album, cause it deserves it.

What is life but a constant alternation between pre and post releases

‘Fingertips’ is not a good song or a big song but it definitely explains everything. I felt like that was important because everyone was always like [whispers] explain yourself. And I was like, ‘Okay, let me do this really quickly, I’ll tell you everything I’m thinking in two minutes in a seven minute song and just rip through it and edit it.’ That song kind of says it all. Between that song and ‘Wildflower Wildfire’ on Blue Banisters, you can get a lot [whispers and laughs] of everything. and this is why I will not stand for any Fingertips slander

I’m sure a lot of you slander bb just because others do. It has become trendy to dislike it I can see it here and on Twitter and it makes me so sad. Even if the album is not cohesive every song by itself is amazing

Fingertips

The way that I just lied in hopes to revive the thread the slightest bit…

Idk where to post this. Not sure if it’s been talked about

kinda can't believe I haven't caved in to listening to the whole album leak yet my ethical era. I only listened to fishtail and peppers cause I had to scratch that itch but im excited for Friday when I can hear the whole thing!!1!1!!1

We’re in the home stretch y’all, but please continue to use spoilers when discussing leaked lyrics/themes/etc from the album. Thank you!

Fingertips

some random thoughts: i genuinely think a&w is one of her best songs of all time. it’s a song that i physically can’t get tired of and it still sounds like it came out yesterday and not 5 weeks ago. it’s truly a work of art, i can’t get over it!!! when this album drops, i hope more and more people realize how incredible lana actually is because she definitely lost her spark in the eyes of the gp with her last two albums. i hope this album lures them all back in, because it deserves so much and it’s one of her best work ever. i say this as a hardcore ultraviolence stan (before this album i believed nothing can touch uv), ocean boulevard is her best album. that’s all

this has been said to death but A&W's instrumental (especially the first part) is one of her most beautiful everrr the swelling at "doesn't really REALLY matter" orgasmic. the build up and release before the second verse literally insane. the xylophone tinks in the third verse the collapse. and with her melodies overtop DAMN its just soooo good im obsessed

Could the last story by Byron Thomas indicate that we are getting something visual?

dropping outtakes from my selfie sesh w lanita as promo for ocean blvd

The way I'm in love with every song

I bookmarked this post for when you switch up on it after seeing the absymal streaming numbers when all of the TikTok stans give up after Kintsugi

Yeah the UK reviews thing was a fucking mess. What the hell. The way her label doesn't respect her craft? Such an intimate record and they make some improvised listening event with reviewers eating popcorn and taking bathroom breaks. Ugh. Anyway, "My pastor told me..." is one of the most haunting Lana moments vocally.

We have a really blurry pic of the back of the vinyl but that’s it. American Whore is one of the songs confirmed by jack.

even Xenoblade likes this album and that really says something even tasteless people like it

Suki Waterhouse calling Lollapalooza “Lana’s show” is so iconic we stan a queen who knows what’s up!!!

At times, it’s like stumbling on a playlist of the best classical arrangements of centuries past, save for Lana’s charismatic voice, which purrs and trills in and out of time with the piano on ‘Candy Necklace’, as if enraptured. https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/music/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-review-428719/

This album is so musically interesting tho .

Well, that’s your opinion. Don’t make it sound like it’s a general fact.

Candy Necklace is so

Kinda off-topic I guess but I think it would be such a cute idea if Lana released a makeup line with this old aesthetic:

You stan kpop artists whose discographies all sound the same but go off i guess sis edit: maybe i shouldn't be mean. sorry, it's late and i'm sleepy. off to bed. edit #2: i will say though, i do think that it's unfair to say half of the album should've been axed. i'll give you the interludes, but the rest of the album serves it's purpose. ironic coming from someone whose username is an axed song edit #3: sorry, i'm actually going to bed this time. i'm not trying to be mean

riff magazine 9/10 https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd/

listen i love you all and your opinions are welcome ... <3 ... but the lack of taste omg!! on thin ice

Paris, Texas and Kintsugi really slipped into my top 10 just like that I believe they might be truly some of her best songs in history...

I don't think she meant it like that at all.

I’m really convinced this is her best most experimental album . I have a lot to say (like walls of texts), but I’ll be saving it for release day. I’ve not felt this way about an album since BTD I think. Yeah, not even NFR which I love.

i feel like to an extent its a defensive thing. just like when she said most of her unreleased are objectively bad or that she didn't want anyone to hear blue banisters. like it seems like she's more outwardly critical about her music that's very personal. almost like it would hurt more for people to drag her music the more personal it is so she beats them to the punchline so if someone says fingertips is a bad song or that blue banisters isn't worth listening to or that her unreleased songs are unreleased bc they suck, she can be like "well i already said that first so i don't care!" almost like her "the reviews aren't aupposed to be good" from the other day

guys, i have a theory about the surprise BOZ was talking about, and i know it sounds crazy but, could it possibly be a special live session on Disney+? it seems that Disney+ has been getting big artist with new releases to do these and it wouldn't be too far fetched since Lana covered OUAD for Maleficent. it would honestly be a dream come true and i think Lana would do great because it wouldn't technically be "live" television. i think it would be very intimate!

What does comparing Lana to Arctic Monkeys and Elton John have to do with her new album and the scoring of it? Bye I’m so dead

I have a feeling tomorrow is gonna be a huge day……..

The 10th studio album

I’m listening to the grants

Please that was 11 years ago and she never went back to that sound why are you still here?

Where Angels Fear To Tread better be LDR10's title

It's insane how good this album is. Ranking it is driving me insane because some songs that are some of my favorites still end up way too low.