Wryta Thinkpiece

Honestly, I prefer the subtle approach she's going for with UV; the hype gets built on the suspense and enigma and us Geminis live for that shit. I think Lana's just confident in UV in a way where she doesn't need to go for the whole gusto promoting it. Keeping it simple, but to the point. Look at Liz Phair, Emilie Autumn, or just about any artist that, compared to the huge popstars of today, only have a quarter of the fanbase; they don't give a fuck about promotion or anything like that because none of it is a guarantee. Furthermore, extreme promotion and large tours/venues take a lot of compromise, and a lot of time. When you're investing your time into your craft and creative outlets, and trying to keep a certain atmosphere for when you showcase that craft, you really don't want to compromise just because it means more tickets or more sales. Because who really gives a fuck about the latter besides music labels and reviewers dying to find any reason to write "FLOP" in their next article? This is why a lot of artists go independent, because they have better ways to get their music out and better ways to measure the worth of their projects than ratings, the amount of shows, and how many airports and stages they've seen. When the Phoenix fans told Lana how well West Coast was received here in the US and she started crying, I think that was a pretty clear indicator that her only focus, really, is just doing what she loves; whether she has a million fans listening to her work or only fifty or sixty people, she'd be doing the same shit she is now. It's a surprise when your work unexpectedly receives a lot of positive reception, but that's all it is, just a nice surprise. Aside from that, it doesn't matter when you know you are making something that you are proud of. You promote it how you want, and if it gets a lot of exposure, cool, fucking awesome; if it doesn't, shit, don't give such a fuck and treat yourself to some awesome sushi or wine or what-fucking-ever little pleasure because you still worked hard enough to deserve it. Did any of that make sense? Between thinking about checking my laundry, two cats fighting for a spot on my lap, and one of them burying their wet nose into my chest while I'm trying to type this, I am a bit scattered.

WHY HASN'T SHE DONE A COVER OF "TOO MUCH" YET!?

Lana probably got sick of everyone fucking up all the lyrics. I think both versions are fantastic, they just are kinda hard to fairly compare when they bring out totally different elements of the same song. Honestly, I feel like if the original and the new one were molded together, it would be really fucking sick. If I had the new one, I'd so fuck around with it. Maybe the album version will do that.

You know, at first I was gonna disagree, but when I actually think about it, you are quite right; The Pierces set a similar ambience in their music, too, especially with You & I!

I am so glad there are other fans because I keep forgetting to update with recent content! I have to admit, while I dig Kings, none of the new stuff has really captured me in the way that their earlier stuff has. I might have to actually sit down and give them a real chance, hopefully the full album will surprise me. That Lorde cover is fucking perfect, though I think I'll always love Kathy's Song and This Charming Man out of most of the covers. Such an underrated sister-duo, especially because now most people just know them from the PLL theme.

Exactly.

Just played the radio-edit and went back and forth with the single version, the harmonies and vocals in the chorus are generally more sharp and clear; I noticed harmonies that I didn't catch before, and it's only cut by give-or-take thirty seconds so otherwise not too much is being missed out on. I honestly really like how her voice melts into the music in the unedited version, but I enjoy the edit. Anyway. So fucking stoked for Cruel World. WC CW are everything right now. I'd love if UV opened with WC and closed with CW. I can't wait to hear more of the newly surfaced song. I was expecting it to maybe be the UV-fied Hollywood's Dead, but I am intrigued either way.

I can't even watch the West Coast review. Just another sorry Anti-Lana Gaga Stan worried Gagz will get booed off in Williamsburg again. Also, did anyone else get a sense that there's a disconnection between Lana and some of her past themes besides the drinkin' lyric? Like when she mentions the queens of Saigons and the groupies, she's no longer identifying herself with that, she's an outsider to the West Coast subculture, and yeah, she's curious about it all still, but she's so sucked into this free-bird, Cuban sweet-boy. Sure, they could be out doing what everyone in the West Coast is, but they're having their fun elsewhere. I don't know, if that's how she meant to deliver some of those elements, I'd say that's a pretty big deal in the case of evolving artistically.

...Omfg. Sitar that's awesome! What about Chillin' With Max? Omg I just want it so bad.

Those tracks are what I especially adore. Nothing more painfully lovely than the throes of unrequited love. Definitely want to see some of that in UV.

Also one of my favorite demos ever tbh. I really think there's going to be a varieties of "ultraviolences" among the tracks, emotional/mental/drug/etc., I want to see the kind of subtopic variety Father John Misty did with Fear Fun and his recent projects. Why the two did not collaborate yet, I do not fucking know. Lana singing West Coast live would make FJM quiver in voyeuristic pleasure. They're right up each other's alley sonically.

Oh, fuck, I forgot about that, thank you for re-informing me! Still. I want potato-sack crop-top shots.

Hmm...maybe shooting for album art? I hope. I'd really like to see something like that West Coast(?) instagram snippet that looks like one of her home-recorded videos. I am in love with how her hair frames her face. I'd definitely like to see more freebird-style of dress, maybe casually-formal. Just sexy. Fuck it, she can wear a crop-top made out of a potato sack and it would still look sexy.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm not really trying to convert anyone to an opposing side or don't want them to have their disclosure just because I may not agree; all I'm really assertive about is just being open to different angles before getting too worked up. Sometimes the feedback from both sides gets a little scathing and hyperbolized, and I could get frustrated about it, but I'm otherwise open. I can admit that I am probably wrong, and I'm not saying that it was not rather feckless of Lana to make that comment, because it was not as articulate as it was audaciously-worded. I've always had a slight personal bias with written interviews, and I have a habit of interpreting and thinking things abstractly as often as I do concretely, so nine-out-of-ten times, I'm conflicted with my own observations and perspectives. And I really love Smarty, and I know that song's especially dark and really black and white about it.

I wasn't going to respond, but you didn't pick up the hints before, so I just wanted to clarify you don't know a thing about the "dumb" person you're trying to give an education. I already stated I was a past-victim. I'm sorry you had to go through it, too, but we're not getting into this because it is a complete digression. I'd read further, but the fact that you're now turning this into verbal attacks? I'm a big boy, I don't gotta play like you. And what you eat don't make me shit. Take care. Anyway. Anyone think we're gonna have a title-track?

The last thing you should be doing is trying to put words in people's mouths when your graphic post was a full-blown, direct trigger to some past-victims that you are trying to argue about this with (who, surprising it may be to you, may be handling this interview differently than you'd expect.) If you were trying to "glamorize" your point with such vile and insensitive imagery, I am not moved. That was insensitive, no matter which way you cut the cake. This is the last time I'm going to respond to you because this is becoming a revolving-door.

She likes rough sex, she likes rough foreplay, she likes that kind of passion that brings out an animalistic nature in bed. Have you heard of someone being "vanilla" in bed? (@ beat me to it, fuck.) So yes, I do think it's okay in that context. And I am entitled to that opinion just as you are entitled to thinking it is the empowerment of abuse. Aggression and abuse may coincide with one another at times, but they do not strictly coexist. You wouldn't say that a football player was "abusive," he was aggressive, he played it rough. God knows if this was even actually said. And it's a written interview, no one knows if this segment got spliced or shortened, they do it all the time to juice up the article or keep it short and entertaining. No worries, love, happens to all of us.

That response was to the taking of lyrics in general, love, not about the violence. I'd never write the latter off as "nothing."

Your post is far more triggering to any member on LanaBoards who has been in an abusive relationship than that godforsaken lyric is, myself included. And THIS POST is what's disgusting me. Are you fucking serious? I am not even going to bother.

Because MPGIS gifs are how I breathe in Jesus and breathe out peace and serve as a small reminder to laugh when people are extending their worries a little too ahead of themselves. Really though, I understand the concern about the acceptance of violence, I have my concerns, too; but my issue is that nearly every little thing gets thrown under a microscope and it gets done with cherry-picking. The cherry-picking is what irks me the most, because we'll hear the same themes from many other artists, and no one says a word, but then when it's convenient to be concerned, you see people frantically trying to throw capes on their back. Maybe it's just that I interpret things abstractly, but it gets frustrating when written interviews are handled with a linear and negative perspective. There's no room for doubt, and that bothers me. Because then everyone's getting upset over something that may be mistranslated, or may be entirely false.

There is no problem, really. It is not a new or poor habit of artists to implement lyrics from songs that were influential to their work or the particular song, I think it's a lovely tribute and it's interesting to see how different artists delivering the same lyric could totally change the meaning or feeling behind it. People are getting salty over nothing.

Aggressive =/= Abusive so can we please stop the whole taking-shit-out-of-context? Jesus fucking Christ, whatever it takes to get to nag, it seems. Poor girl could never catch a break with self-disclosure without her own fans turning it into a psychoanalysis under the false pretense that she condones domestic abuse. Re-fucking-lax, re-fucking-lax.

PRAYING 4 BOTH OF US, CARIÑO

Just in time before my birthday, I am really hoping this is 100% definite, because it would be an awesome early birthday gift. I would like to maybe get another single/UV track released around May, even if it's a live acoustic version, but I don't mind if we get brief, brief teasers, or if we're kept in suspense until UV comes out. I hope there's pre-orders soon, maybe hidden tracks, maybe a whole b-side. I don't fucking know, it's just going to be awesome, so in any case...