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Imagine if insiders didn’t exist and the music just came out - it’s cool to get information about old songs in retrospect and have a bit of hype for upcoming releases, but the world would be at so much more peace lol. Double-edged sword for some people, I guess.

OK so to recap - — BBC’s Hottest Record will (likely) premiere The Grants on Tuesday, March 14. — The surprise teased by BoZ is NOT the next album, nor is it a single from the next album. —Kintsugi teased new music, but said they won’t say anything further so as to not spoil the surprise. Correct?

This just tells me you’re a leftist (as you should be)

Omg girl 😭 you don’t sound pessimistic at all and you are NOT dragging anything on at all. Don’t let anyone make you think that you are either 🚫 ❤️ That’s a good point! He could be an engineer (on the cover it just says Dean Reid and Laura Sisk, but Ian could also be part of the crew - Sam Dew technically has production/writing credits on A&W but isn’t credited on the cover. So you may be right!! 🫶)

Could be! But he’s not credited on anything, right? So I definitely think it’s the new music

My perhaps controversial take is that her BBC interview was actually really good…like yes, it was definitely overblown because of the general controversy around her at the time, but what she actually said was really profound. It’s really important to hear what someone is saying and separate it from all the “noise” people make around it. On topic: She was working with an “Ian” ( Ian Fitchuk?) in Sept as per her IG stories and he’s not on Ocean Blvd at all — so it’s not far fetched that 6 months later, she has another album to announce (presumably with those Ian songs)

New music SHE NEVER PUTS HER PEN DOWN

BoZ after teasing the surprise

Tbh I thought Neil was just doing a countdown for the album…like an “oh it’s 2 weeks away!” sort of thing. Unless there’s something bigger happening sooner…

Abusing my username privileges to troll, just like the real Lana Del Rey 🫶 like mother, like daughter 🤱

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When she teased it all along… March 24 - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd March 31 - Pearl April 7 - Watch me on Ring a Bell April 14 - Psycho Lifeguard Quadruple album!!!

I think it has something to do with visuals for sure. Maybe she’s somehow recovered or redone the “small snippet of our lives over the last 2 years” from the camcorders that she said she was “planning on sharing”? Would make sense for some extensive visuals since she hasn’t put any out yet.

@angry bitch no1 ob defender I love your username 😭😭😭 I support you in your anger and defence of Ocean Blvd

Saying goodbye to the sanity of this thread…

So there’s a surprise coming? If not a tour, what could it be?

Omg Precious Moments!! Growing up we used to buy so many little Precious Moments statuettes <3 this is adorable.

Ugh loved all her summer 2019 radio interviews. Seems like she’s back in that really serene and content temperament. Can’t wait to hear everything she has to say on the air

Exactly what I was thinking! You get it. Just going to be completely static and keep my eye on that shipping status

My vinyl is supposed to ship today according to the webstore (still hasn’t been updated to the 24th)…I doubt it will, but in the spirit of being utterly delusional, let’s stay perched!

Did you know a singer could still be lookin like a side-piece at 33? The way she says that is so weathered down but spiteful at the same time. Ugh. I live for it. Her subtle but masterful delivery of lines really adds so much to the songs. No other singer compares when it comes to saying so much with such a nuanced and pared down approach.

I think it is meant to be taken literally as wedding imagery but all of those things are slang for drugs (according to Urban Dictionary lol). I wonder if she purposely picked things that evoke a wedding, but have this other, darker meaning — which suggests something more tragic, namely, that of a marriage which never ended up lasting.

Not crazy at all, I think you’re right (at least knowing what we know as fans). This is also supported by the fact that a fan asked Lana on her IG live on September 3, 2019 which lyric she was most proud of on the album — and she said “hello, it’s the most famous woman you know on the iPad / calling from beyond the grave, I just wanna say hi, Dad.” And she said “every now and then you write a particular lyric and you know that it’s, like, impactful for you…for you only. Like, why did that…why did that come up for me? And in a way, I realized I wasn’t speaking to anybody except for my dad in that moment. You know, like, call me, you know?” At the time, I remember hearing her say that and kind of being able to decipher what she was getting at, but also knowing that it was probably an extremely veiled line with personal significance to her. But after recent insights on the last few records and her sharing more about her maternal relationship, this—in retrospect—actually reveals a lot. Hope is really a lyrical centre-point for her discography - it’s one of the most important and most autobiographical songs, as mysterious as it is.

Omg lol he’s referencing a post by @graham4anything who said that 13 Beaches may be “the greatest song ever to exist about [that]”. Some LanaBoards lore!

She’s promoting a lot, actually — by her standards, of course. Major magazines + insightful interviews, online visibility, a whole public appearance and winning an award 💀 and there are more magazines and probably radio interviews coming in the next month. Not to mention, live shows for the first time in 3 and a half years - which is traditionally the way artists “promote” their records anyway, and has been since the dawn of music. So I think we’re having a pretty eventful time here as Lipsters lol.