Wryta Thinkpiece

Tbh I'm still lowkey hoping for a lossless leak of Fingertips without the censor. I've gotten used to the official release, but damn I just feel like the verse would be more impactful intact.

Tbh I'm still lowkey hoping for a lossless leak of Fingertips without the censor. I've gotten used to the official release, but damn I just feel like the verse would be more impactful intact.

Yeah, but I can’t say that I’m surprised: SYTH was already a fan-fave for many months now and its format makes it easier to have big streaming numbers: at 3:30, I rarely listen to it once.
and let’s face it: OB is a masterpiece, but most songs aren’t very light in tone, when they’re not very very long. Not the best for big numbers.
 
since Norman, there’s a « pattern » of some sort when it comes to her releases: she makes the singer-songwriter records she wants, and there are collabs or a standalone single in this case that are extremely successful, which makes everyone « happy »

Idgaf what anyone says, this little fuckin' bit of magic is one of Lana's sexiest, prettiest vocals.

Jesus, I will never fucking get over this song.

This. I think it's just the overexposure that's soured people, and I get it—TikTok's an awful place for music for that reason imo. It just gets turned into background noise as a "this will get me views" prop. If it isn't just overexposed, it's overexposed and sped-up to death. But honestly, the real takeaway here is, as far as getting official releases of unreleased tracks goes:

Idgaf what anyone says, this little fuckin' bit of magic is one of Lana's sexiest, prettiest vocals.

Jesus, I will never fucking get over this song.

Idgaf what anyone says, this little fuckin' bit of magic is one of Lana's sexiest, prettiest vocals.

Jesus, I will never fucking get over this song.

Idgaf what anyone says, this little fuckin' bit of magic is one of Lana's sexiest, prettiest vocals.

Jesus, I will never fucking get over this song.

This. I think it's just the overexposure that's soured people, and I get it—TikTok's an awful place for music for that reason imo. It just gets turned into background noise as a "this will get me views" prop. If it isn't just overexposed, it's overexposed and sped-up to death. But honestly, the real takeaway here is, as far as getting official releases of unreleased tracks goes:

That sped-up version will never not be funny to me.

Aside, the normal version I'm glad to have in my collection now.

And now I patiently wait for "Hollywood's Dead" dammit.

it'll never happen but imagine

This. I think it's just the overexposure that's soured people, and I get it—TikTok's an awful place for music for that reason imo. It just gets turned into background noise as a "this will get me views" prop. If it isn't just overexposed, it's overexposed and sped-up to death. But honestly, the real takeaway here is, as far as getting official releases of unreleased tracks goes:

That sped-up version will never not be funny to me.

Aside, the normal version I'm glad to have in my collection now.

And now I patiently wait for "Hollywood's Dead" dammit.

it'll never happen but imagine

That sped-up version will never not be funny to me.

Aside, the normal version I'm glad to have in my collection now.

And now I patiently wait for "Hollywood's Dead" dammit.

it'll never happen but imagine

That sped-up version will never not be funny to me.

Aside, the normal version I'm glad to have in my collection now.

And now I patiently wait for "Hollywood's Dead" dammit.

it'll never happen but imagine

That sped-up version will never not be funny to me.

Aside, the normal version I'm glad to have in my collection now.

And now I patiently wait for "Hollywood's Dead" dammit.

it'll never happen but imagine

That sped-up version will never not be funny to me.

Aside, the normal version I'm glad to have in my collection now.

And now I patiently wait for "Hollywood's Dead" dammit.

it'll never happen but imagine

Fucking classic.

Fucking classic.

Fucking classic.

Fucking classic.

i see the appeal but for me it just reads as very corny. fun! but corny and just disappointing after two perfect pop songs. love her!

these post 2020 singles (especially nim, my kink is karma, and casual) are pretty perfect but god femininomenon was the world's biggest disappointment

Fucking classic.

I don't trust these generically named Twitter leak accounts so I doubt it's true.

Not that "Candy Necklace" was my favorite song off the album to begin with, but those cutaways and BTS bits were getting jarring and disruptive.

Still, wasn't until her comment about snakeholing into yourself in the limelight that I understood the intention of it and decided to watch it through a different lens rather than as someone just looking for a music video.

This was ALSO a glimpse of what Dan Auerbach mentioned working with Lana during the UV era, how (in the most positive way,) she was difficult to work with, because she knows exactly what she wants and doesn't want anyone fucking with her vision.

None of that was acting, you can hear the shaking frustration in her voice as she's saying she can't act like a robot during the Monroe bit. That wasn't a playful "go away" when she caught the cameraman recording her.
 
It can really be hard working on your art under a label as a big time star. You have a lot of hands in the pot, and it gets to the point that people are telling you what to do with your life labors and their fruits.
 
Sometimes it's those same people that contribute to the snakeholing instead of completely supporting you and working with you. It's the Hollywood curse. You don't really make it in stardom without a group of people imposing their idea of who you should be as a star upon you. Or what you do with what you create.

Not many artists are willing to show that the process really does carry a lot of grief and peeves, especially when you're signed on a big label. Sometimes it puts you on the verge of tears or even incandescently pisses you off.
 
This video also got released during a time where other artists have been forthcoming with their feelings about labels/big name streaming services, the commercialization and commodification of their work, how little agency they have, and how little many actually get back (especially smaller artists.)

We're going to see a revolution in pop culture soon in our time.

So, yeah, honestly... Great video. Just for the honesty and candor. Wouldn't binge it, but I'm glad it exists for the commentary alone.