maysparkle

i'm not dying for an official release of aka, but i'm very curious on how it would be received, how critics would review it and how big some of the songs would become. tiktok loved put me in a movie so it would probably become one of her top songs

Im obsssed with Black Bath Suit... How can a woman make me cry singing
mail me when you get the blues 
 

Him giving UV a 2 or whatever he gave it was just beyond 

What off key vocals is he even referring to other than the second verse of Arcadia, and the yelling on BBS/Dealer? "Off key vocals in almost every pocket of the album"? Bitch, where? 
Honestly, all the things he doesn't like about the album - how raw, messy and varied it is, are my favorite things about it. I would say it's definitely the most Hardcore Lana album yet, in that it's closest to who she is as an ~actual human being~, so clearly she just isn't for him. He may not like the execution, but he can't say she didn't experiment a bit here.
 
Also, rolling my eyes at him falling into the Twitter-esque interpretation of Text Book and basically calling her a fake ally. He fell for every single bit of the critic bait.

Exactly. NFR is the best and worst thing to ever happen to her. Best, because it shines a light on how massive she could be if she played by the rules but worst because it reflects how unfairly she is treated when she steps out of the box

i feel like if any other alternative female artist experimented like lana did with this album, with polarizing vocal styles, tempo-changes, "scream" vocals, & confessional, thought-provoking lyrics, etc. they would receive praise & acclaim, but when lana does anything that's not in the perfect little nfr "she's changed & she's happier now!" box she gets draggd & laughed at, people really need to forget about the lana del rey "image" which she was perceived as in 2011 and see her as the person & artist she actually is

Many users have stated time and time again that they wish Lana made songs like she used to. The user I was referring to reinforced that.
 
I was lukewarm to Lana using old songs as well until I heard them in the project the way she intended us to. With all due respect but simply saying that she’s “lazy” or “unimaginative” because she’s readapting old songs (which leaks she had no autonomy over - what in and of itself doesn’t make it a RE-USE as you said) is just looking at this project through very strained and close minded goggles.
 
I can’t imagine a previous project of hers being able to fit in Cherry Blossom and Living Legend within their narratives and concepts for instance. Both songs are so intricately tied to the themes of motherhood through very different meanings and perspectives - considering this is the very first project of hers in which she openly talks about her difficult relationship with her mother and the overall impact her family ties have had in her own perception of intimacy building and how the failures of her romantic relationships are intimately tied with her own upbringing, I’d say this is the first time CB and LL (for example) actually make any sense being included in a LDR album; CB is a lullaby to an imaginary child and LL is an homage to her surrogate mother… which then flows right into SC which itself is a direct reassurance towards her sister who’s about to become a mother herself: these three songs in succession being positioned at the back half of an album that gently delves into the toxicity and abandonment of her own strained relationship with her biological mother figure is a good enough reason for those songs to be included. It’s not just going to a vault and picking up whatever demos she thinks are cool enough to be released - there’s a distinct narrative purpose that is very new in her discography and it makes perfect sense that she would feel like those songs found a home in the vision she wants to share with the world.
 
With that said, I don’t want to keep trying to explain whatever concept or narrative reside within this album. Either you get it/relate to it/appreciate it or you don’t and that’s fine. What I think it’s unfair is to try and extrapolate general conclusions about what’s a real fan or not based on individual responses and opinions towards Blue Banisters. I know you weren’t the one who started out this conversation but you intervened and here we are.

Where’s
the official
instrumentals?

Reading short stories written by Nabokov as I have the album playing in the background on this rainy day, with no care about chart positions or album sales in sight 

Question for LanaBoards:

Can we all come together to recognize the fact that each LDR record will resonate or not resonate with many different people depending on so many factors, all in which boils down to personal taste. You don't have to like every single album that she puts out to be considered a fan, nor does someone who enjoys a new record merely "eat up everything she puts out, with no possessed ability to critique." If X is your favorite and Y is your least favorite, that's great, and we should all be humble enough to at least acknowledge that she has a diverse catalog of music that evokes various reactions from people. Stop crucifying people for not liking something, and stop generalizing people who enjoy a new record into a superficial category of being followers who can't think critically. These fights happen after every album. let people have their opinions.
 

Let’s direct this negative energy towards jack antanoff please

no

we get it the album is underperforming so what do you want to do? complain about it for the rest of your life?

Personally, I'm here for it  I'm kind of biting my tongue on that one too 

There's a picture on the wall 

OK I need to get off LB before I launch into a Question for the Boards that nobody asked for 

We're back in that part of a post release era where all we do is fight I see 

Can y’all devote this energy into STREAMING DEALER instead

once dealer goes viral she should perform it on snl. the ultimate revenge

BLACK BATHING SUIT + DEALER + WILDFLOWER WILDFIRE Short Film

I really want a high budget video from this album, just one.

if u lie down rite next ta me outro 

Preach. It's a highlight of the album to me. The ending of the album is such a 1-2 punch. 

I WISH YOU COULD SEE MY SOUL THROUGH THIS BLACK BATHING SUIT