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Nectar of the Gods might’ve become my #1 on the album 

i used to dream about people like you

now i don't know why

i used to sing about people like you

now i just get high

I think there is a tendency to equate complexity with masterful writing, and simplicity with amateurism but that is a fallacy. Simplicity can be powerful, and overwriting can obscure the soul of a work. I see a lot of the criticism of IYLDWM as falling into this trap. Is the chorus simple ? Yes. But, it is because that is all the song needs to say. Padding is bad writing. The verses paint a vivid picture and the chorus adds the necessary emotional context to understand the picture. Using a lot of big words does not make meaning profound. If you are discussing the profound it will bleed through the words whether your style is simple or complex, and Lana, well is vast and contains multitudes.

After two weeks on repeat, I have some questions:
- Is the truck the guy in Violets wanted in exchange for Roses the same as in Bartender? 
- is Angelina an unborn child she had in the past? (The song becomes spookily interesting if you listen to it like the kid is a ghost) 
- did Chuck end up having Baby blues after Phoenix was born? 
- is there a third and perfect version of Beautiful, combining the perfect piano of the official release and the strings of the « demo » version that leaked? 
 
 
 

I like IYLDWM and VFR the best--they're the really standout tracks to me. They're not too light and they're not too heavy. VFR still seems to me to be 'American''s big sister. 

i swear BBS is laced with something, i can't get enough of that song

I need to witness Cherry Blossom & Living Legend live

From last week during my first BB listen 

At first I thought the BBS lyric was "your inches really made stacks out of it for me" and I was like...who's inches?  But I'll have to remember to come back in here and write a mini essay on that line and BBS in general because I have a lot of thoughts 

The superior album won, wbk

only 9 more song plays until I’ve listened to BB more than COCC 🙃 hbu hunniez

We are wild and fucking crazy

Yes, it is a bit of a bummer that if all the variants were readily available, she easily would have been #2 on the album charts instead of #8 but ... it is what it is. 
 
She's not worried about it, so we shouldn't be, either. I'm excited for all of us to get our vinyl and merch.

I agree with those saying this record is a mix of all the previous in some moments.
textbook has this honeymoon feeling
black bathing suit has lust  for life  
if you lie down with me has ultraviolence 
thunder has a slow born to die vibe
cherry blossom has a paradise 
nectar is may jailer
violets for rose is kinda normy to me
beautiful picks up from where cocc ended 
 
and then we have
arcadia, blue banisters, sweet carolina presents a new vision
 
dealer kinda reminds me of the my bedroom is a sacred place   
 
But none the less BB>COCC>LFL
fight me
 

I know it's your opinion but rating both Sweet Carolina and Blue Banisters a 3 is mind boggling 

I know we're not getting a tour for this album, but I'm bored so I decided to make what would be my dream setlist if we were to get one for this album. I limited it to 18 songs (excluding the intro) and tried to put a bigger focus on the last few albums rather than BTD and LFL:
 
Intro - The Trio 
1. If You Lie Down With Me
2. Dark But Just A Game
3. Mariners Apartment Complex
4. Terrance Loves You
5. Violets for Roses
6. Black Bathing Suit
7. Dealer
8. Black Beauty 
9. Tulsa Jesus Freak
10. Cherry
11. Cinnamon Girl 
12. Thunder
12. Video Games (on the swing)
13. Cherry Blossom (on the swing) 
14. Yosemite
15. California 
16. Chemtrails Over The Country Club
17. Get Free
18. Wildflower Wildfire
 
And then I can see her throwing in an unreleased song every once in a while, but not Serial Killer
 
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mail me when you get the blues 

By the way, thanks for the shoes

Your interest really made stacks 

Your interest really made stacks 
 
Your interest really made stacks out of it 

 

Another 4.5/5 review. 
 
https://www.dailycal.org/2021/10/26/lana-del-reys-blue-banisters-is-lyrical-heaven-her-best-work-to-date/?presentation=mobile
 
 

I wonder what Jane thinks about Lana now and the song that she wrote for her making a studio album after all of these years

i trust mike. he will turn the next album into a dark trap summer night's dream. it's going to explode and she's going to freak out. she has already let out the mess on dealer and bbs.
 

All circuits are busy, goodbye. 

I feel like i'm in the minority who loves the production choice in WFWF. It elevates the song completely and fits the title and thematic elements of the track