Wryta Thinkpiece

Life ain't all butterflies and blue velvet.

I am joining the happy-party, too. Admittedly, I loved BTD, but with AKALG and all the early demos along with other phenomenal unreleased tracks, I only came back to few favorites from BTD. @@evilentity explained my feelings about the grandeur-style of BTD more articulately than I can. West Coast really made me have a "Born to what?" moment, and that's because I really think Lana's in her element with this style. She's exponentially more comfortable and free, and she feels it, too. And I read somewhere last night that she said the tracks on UV are done in one-take, and I fell in love with the UV-era Lana more. She doesn't have to be plagued by anxieties coming from being pressured into singing with restrictions, she doesn't have to worry about not being able to perfectly emulate every track with consistency, she can experiment live without having her creativity compromised anymore. She is free to sing with artistry, emotion and variance, not with perfection and repetition. Which Lana has always wanted to do all along. She wanted to sing, not recite. The amount of positive reception WC's got from all different areas of the media in the U.S. means that Lana proved a great lesson to the pessimists: first impressions aren't as accurate as they seem. I fucking love West Coast. Bring me UV.

I know we're waiting on the lyric video, but I found this on rock.rapgenius.com. I've been blasting this on different EQ settings through my cans and other speakers I have, and I am pretty confident that they got the lyrics. [Pre-Chorus 1] You're feelin' hot at the show, I am feelin' hot to the touch (There's a bit of an odd inflection in the first "feelin'", and she kinda slurs the "I am") You say you'll miss me the most, I say "I'll miss you so much." (the "the" is a little silent, but it sounds like "tha-ha mos'") But something keeps me real quiet, I'm alive, I'm a-lush Your love, your love, your love [Chorus] I can see my baby swingin' His Parliament's on fire and his hands are up On the balcony and I'm singing Ooh baby, Ooh baby, I'm in love I can see my sweet boy swayin' He's crazy y Cubano como yo my love On the balcony and I'm saying Move baby, move baby, I'm in love

REVIVING THIS BECAUSE OMFG WAS NO ONE ELSE HURTING AND LONGING?

I really, really fucking love West Coast. It's bright, yet uncomfortably dark in an unexplainable way, not to mention it is pretty damn unpredictable in sound, which makes it that much more fun to listen to. Chapter one of the redemption story has unfolded, and it's beautiful.

So—fucking—sexy...

Omfgomfgomfgomfg I hope she reads my poetry. I hope she follows me. I hope she reads my poetry. I want to be that impact. Omfgomfgomfgomfgomfg.

Down on the West Coast, they got a sayin': If you're not drinking, then you're not playing; but you got the music, you got the music in you, don't you? :cumming: :bodyisready: :cumming2: I am going to need to wipe my ceilings down after the metaphysical nut I just busted.

Ah, okay, I was wondering why the name of the tumblr seemed familiar; I went to check the archive to see past posts, but I only saw the "WC snippet," okay, makes sense now. Time will tell.

This is interesting. I tried to Shazam it, but nothing came up, even near the end. Not that that means anything, but I don't know what to think of this. The ending makes me so unsure.

Have you guys ever seen a movie like Edward Scissorhands or the Chumscrubber, and the neighborhoods look so beautiful and bright, but there's just something dark about them that makes you uncomfortable? That is what I think Lana means by "dark," she's thinking outside the box, guys. Wait until WC releases, and then wait for ULTRAVIOLENCE, just give her a chance.

... Excu~me? https://soundcloud.com/callmestoopkid/fangirl-freakout

Honestly, I am staying up for this. I have my weekends open for this reason. I hear you calling, West Coast...

Our savior hath returned.

I'm telling you guys, the true story of redemption is near...

How I feel about West Coast/UV right meow: I THINK ABO~UT EVERY NIGHT BUT I JUST CAN'T~

21 because that's how many chapters are in A Clockwork Orange.

I want to cover my house in that fucking billboard.

NEW LYRICS LEAKED. WOWE. MUCH EVOLVE. Down on the West Coast, they got a sayin' the beatniks sing to San Jose skies while their lungs and the sun are a-blazin'— that love and freedom come with a price, and they're worth everythin' and nothin' when Hell and Paradise collide.

NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE.

I AM GONNA FUCKING CUM. :cumming: :cumming: :cumming: :cumming: :cumming: :cumming:

I don't know, as the son of a businessman, forgiveness is kind of essential to business in itself. Can't get things taken care of if there's bad blood, but I get where you're coming from. I just don't think that Soileau's participation is a good source to determine whether or not Lana's evolved as an artist; I'm leaving that to ULTRAVIOLENCE, but I can see why people would be concerned. I just forget about music videos after a while, I usually let my imagination do it for me. Either way, I do want to make it clear I'm not condoning what was said, because I did think it was scathing and insensitive. I just got a little frustrated because the whole Soileau thing is overhauling the topic. Not that I'm helping right meow. I won't lie, there's a lot with Bradley's approach towards other people that leaves a bit of a foul taste in my mouth, such as his recent tweet about people "missing him" meanwhile they don't know him; definitely not a nice way to acknowledge positive reception. He seems to have a bit of a misanthropic disposition about him, which I guess makes him "mysterious" or "edgy" to some people. But you are right, a sour heart is a sour face, after all, but I think I'd have to actually sit down with him in person for myself to figure him out. Oh my fucking god, I can never escape this song. #SoulMusic

To try to put it all together in one explanation; there was apparently a discrepancy of sorts with Lana's management and Bradley's participation in her music videos, something about getting axed from NA or what-have-you. Bradley had a Twitter meltdown and posted scathing and cryptic tweets that apparently had to do with Lana. It was disclosed that it wasn't about her, and was rather about Jeffree Star. Porcelain Black said otherwise, saying that it was actually about Lana. And for anyone who takes online-drama with a grain of salt, they simply don't care for him be it his looks or personality. I don't give a shit about the tweets, really, nothing new was said that wasn't heard from 85% of the critics should it be directly disclosed that it was about Lana and not via word-of-mouth. I could say it had to do with Peaches from the Candy Cat Too in LA, I wouldn't know—because I'm not Bradley, Lana, or Porcelain, and there are all these stories and no one has any support other than their own take on what happened and whether or not their perspective asserts their devotion/fandom. The two clearly worked things through if Lana's associating with him, and I fully stand by it not because I take a liking to Bradley and the two undeniably have on-camera chemistry, but also because it is a great demonstration of the power of forgiveness and Lana's fostering of goodwill. Oh, and it's also a testament to the fact that shit just happens with friendships and interpersonal relationships and everyone's guilty as fuck for saying something they shouldn't at one point or another in general, and not being Bradley doesn't make anyone exempt from that fact. And it's actually quite sad that again, there's a lot of hate coming from fans. I would say it's ironic with Lana's fanbase, but it's not ironic anymore, it's just sad. That's still another human being. I'm not saying we should all get together and have a jerk-circle about Bradley, but it really wouldn't kill anyone to just leave the antics of 2012/13 behind, especially because it doesn't involve anyone enough to be digging it all back up with such vehemence; negative vehemence, at that. It's cool if people don't dig Bradley, people can have their opinions, but we can at least save the shit-talk for a bad movie-sequel or an underwhelming cheeseburger. ANYWAY. Have any West Coasters given their take on what the "saying" might be that Lana's referring to? I'm actually interested to see if there's any that exist that she might say, or if she has one of her own for the sake of the song; like, in NY, we have "Fuhgeddaboudit," (well, more-so Brooklyn, but still.)

Fellow fans of The Walking Dead might know her better for her role as Beth Greene, but outside of her acting career, the 28-year-old is also quite the songbird. Personally, I think she's more than deserving of a topic here. She debuted with the 2011 EP The Blue Toothbrush, and around 2013, released another EP called Expired Love. As of March 18th of this year, she re-released the Expired Love and included two new tracks. The up-beat approach in her songs (in contrast to the otherwise undesirable romantic situations that she sings about,) is not the only thing that makes Emily Kinney's work so beautiful. It's also her way of being simple-but-to-the-point lyrically (which we all know that I am a sucker for,) in a way that especially focuses on the emotional delivery that makes her songs come alive. Imagery is her forte (two brownie points from Stoop Kid,) and as a hopeless romantic of a New Yorker, I identify with so many of her songs and her love for finding (and valuing) the meaning behind the simpler moments shared with a lover/romantic interest that otherwise go unnoticed (and that makes three.) But I need not say anymore, I think I'll let some of my personal favorites do the talking. We have a handful of gems. Happy listening! The opening track to the Expired Love EP, "Expired Lover," Following, we have "Times Square," Her beautiful cover of Waxahatchee's "Be Good," The adorable gem that is "Married," The fun tracks "Doctor" and "Julie," "Dad Says" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISF-bwEMFkk "Over Anticipate" from The Blue Toothbrush EP, And lastly, "In," and "Morning Sex is For Lovers," also from TBT EP,