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The lyrics of Dark Paradise are too heavy handed, which is why even though I like the sound of the album version, I hate how tryhard it is :/.
 
"but I wish I was dead" :/ :/
 
It's too upfront and ugh, what happened to show not tell? I think it's the way she sings that line too - it sounds quite hopeful in a sense, and very pronounced, like she wanted people to focus on the fact. The rest of the track I like, but it's just that line that ruins it for me.

here comes that squeak again 

^^^^^^

 
 
Lmao OG mods be slayin'. Take me back to a time of reasonability (and no snowflakes).
 
I never got this whole "protect Lana" shtick; I noticed it when Eclipse freaked out over the YAIL registration, and now this? She isn't our child. She is a 21st century recording artist, who is signed to a major label... I would expect her to act with the same type of professionalism her peers do. Everyone is susceptible to informational leaks now, that's just the way it is.

tl;dr version
 
The mod staff unanimously agrees:
 
WE DO NOT WANT THE ALBUM, OR INFORMATION ABOUT IT OBTAINED IN QUESTIONABLE WAYS, TO LEAK HERE FIRST.
 
...but it's not really about "the safety of Lana" (nor should it be), it's about the safety of the forum, and our concerns that details seem to be leaking out, and our belief that Lana's management is taking that seriously and watching the community closely.

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Nothing personal against @@Elle or the rest of the moderating staff, and I'm not trying to be a dick here (though probably succeeding), but I have some issues with the way this is worded (which have been partially echoed by other members like @@Atom Heart) that I tried to resolve privately, have not been addressed to my satisfaction, and I feel strongly about them, so I'm airing publicly much of what I said privately:
 
 
 
Mods don't have the ability to do this, and to my knowledge, I don't believe the admin does either. (Though I was always paranoid about this during the reign of King Tiarnan . And please let us know if that is possible @@Elle!) We have had an existing policy against trading in PMs which has understandably led people to speculate that we must have some ability to read PMs if we're talking about regulating them, but what that's really about is if someone reports to us that they were approached via PM about trading, or sends us a screenshot.
 
 
Now this way of saying it I agree with.
 
 
Without endorsing any of the specific points here, the overall thrust is exactly right: This idea of not posting stuff "that may upset Lana" is completely incongruous with what this forum is or should be. It's frankly absurd.
 
 
HDB is right. That's probably literally the worst example you could pick to make your point. But I think the Nowels leaks are a good example to illustrate what I think is and is not the appropriate role of the forum. In my personal capacity, I relentlessly warned people against leaking them beforehand and tongue-lashed people afterwards. But when I saw people start posting links to parts of Rick's site that I knew would almost certainly lead to the tracks leaking, I didn't use my mod powers to censor it. For one thing, it would've just drawn more attention to it and would ultimately have been futile. But her team fucked up, the files were publicly accessible, and therefore fair game to post, even if I didn't personally think it was wise to do so.

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

Fine China is a monotonous mess. Lazy vocals and I guess the lyrics make up for it, but I totally see why it was cut.

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

how

I agree, this song just captures the dual "lifestyle" you are living in that situation.
 
How others perceive you vs. how you perceive yourself....how everyone just encourages you and sees you having "fun"...inside and when you are alone, making dark decisions to get your fix..that's what others don't see.
 
She encapsulates it so well with this song. One of my favorites. 
 
My favorite live version, I think it really took her back emotionally to that place:
 

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

I mean to say this in the least pretentious way but I think you gotta have some personal connection to addiction/know what it's like in order to really appreciate Carmen

how

I pray the autotune loon makes an appearance   PLEASE EMILE PLEASE  give us the autotune loon
 
iconic

Her shoddy label and management are to blame for her being a commercial failure anyways. Their first mistake was pushing back the album from it's summer release date.
 
We all know the new stuff will flop and she will either be stuck in limbo or disappear. hopefully they will have enough sense to realize their best option at this point is to release the album as it is, and try to mootch it from there. It amazes me that record labels still haven't realized pushbacks don't work.

^ fake

Do you know the release date of the single? (Not asking you to share it, I just wanna know how soon we should be expecting it) 
Also I think everyone should calm down and realize we've had insiders before the beginning of every era, I don't see how it's harmful when Eclipse has shared more potentionally sensitive informationthan this person ever has...

^ fake

honestly its the UV era's fault for the fanbase being so messy. we've got these faux indie obsessed gays running around

I also hear lady on the side. I feel like this was the basis for sad girl