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  1. Posted

    I made this as a concept album cover for MATD4.

    If it were going to be called "Aquamarina" or "Super Human"

     

    I think it fits quite well, I'm really proud of it. Left it textless because I've always wanted a textless Marina cover. Hope you like it

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    I know it's premature to be thinking about the next record, but I wonder if LDR6 will be more acoustic/less mainstream in sound.

     

    I think that the next record might be this way because Lana has said that LFL is a transitional record, one about change, and sonically, the album is a fusion of everything she's done with added elements of hip hop and the 50's/60's (the little drum pattern before Cherry's choruses, the "doo-wops" in the song LFL and Get Free); she's reminding us of we're we've been, and we're finally going to see where we're headed with LDR6, which kinda shows that 'solve et coagula' theme that we thought may run throughout the record. Releasing a record of unreleased tracks and using MissDaytona's twitter could also back this up.

     

    Releasing BAR and Yosemite as stand-alone singles could perhaps bridge the sonic gap between LFL and LDR6 if it were to be more acoustic.

     

    I believe Lana wanted to send out what we've come to know of her on a high, in a grandiose way with thematically classic LDR songs like Cherry, WM, etc., and by extending this era's length with lots of surprises and one-off shows,  but wanted to give a glimpse of what's going to come with political songs/songs that are more introspective, like Heroin, Change, and Get Free.

     

    Regardless, I'm just very excited to see what's going to come, but I'm more than happy enough to enjoy LFL for the next while. Let's hope Lana goes blonde for LDR6 ;)

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    Isn't Get Free mostly about her knowing that opening herself up will unclog the emotions and grime in her psyche; giving life and relatability to those with the same mindset- and in doing so she knows what she wants and where she's going from doing just that. Which is to go from a horrid, borderline suicidal (not thaat much but blue is sad- black is borderline death imho) to somewhere at least better. Not neccessarily happy but still in a place of Art and thought and grounding. 

     

    Basing off that wouldn't that remove any previous work as it's "I made my first 4 albums for me, but this one is for my fans and about where I hope we are all headed."

     

    Or maybe I'm entirely wrong and Get Free was one of the songs meant for HM and that would fit the timeline (even if Honeymoon wasn't much as happiness, but rather maturity and serenity)

     

     

    ugh i could make an entire report on just Get Free, you kno what i might just fuckin do that

    I really like this. I found that with "into the blue," she meant she was heading into the sea, a free place, like @SuperMegaStan said.

    Lana has even hinted at this - back in November, she posted that Instagram video of her driving, captioning it "The sea is the last free place on Earth."

     

    She was foreshadowing, in my opinion.

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    Love - 7
    13 Beaches - 16
    Cherry - 20
    White Mustang - 20
    Groupie Love (ft. A$AP Rocky) - 13
    In My Feelings - 18
    God Bless America - And All the Beautiful Women In It - 39
    When the World Was At War We Kept Dancing - 7
    Beautiful People Beautiful Problems (ft. Stevie Nicks) - 16
    Tomorrow Never Came (ft. SEAN ONO LENNON) - 22
    Heroin - 20
    Change - 16

    Get Free- 28

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    I honestly believe that the Neil Krug NME shoot was the album cover shoot when the record was still called 'Best American Record.'

    That picture of Lana on the floor against the bed definitely looks like it could've been an album cover for BAR - just add 'Best American Record' in Philfont across the bottom, slap the parental advisory symbol in the top left corner, and there you go. 

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    it's 2 am here and I can't stop thinking about what Lana said in the interview... I mean, I feel so sorry for her and there's nothing I can do to help her

    idk, it's like my whole perspective has changed

    does it even make sense?

    I understand what you mean. I think back in Feb. we thought the record signified that Lana was in a place where she truly figured herself out and made a complete 180 in terms of her state of mind. We thought she was at the place she was singing about in Yosemite but she has stated she's just not. I feel bad that she's not in her idealistic place and that she wasn't as happy or self-assured as she seemed to be with this record, but I'm glad she's aware of herself and is acknowledging that she's getting to her ideal place.

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  9. Posted

    I agree, she's not especially sad, but not particularly happy either. She's lost, in that middle ground that we often find ourselves.

    Exactly, and I think the fact that she's in that middle ground solidifies the fact that happiness is fleeting - if it were always present, it wouldn't mean anything; a lust for life after such a dark road should have meaning and basis to it.

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    Just wanted to talk about how she writes "Lost for Life" above her handwritten tracklists, and I believe that @SuperMegaStan said it on the Instagram Updates thread, that maybe Lana is trying to convey that a "lust for life" is having a lust to find your way when you're lost in life.

     

    I do believe that after Lana realized she wasn't in the spot where she thought she'd be when she finished working in LFL, she tweaked the album to fit where she was at - she didn't want ingeunine songs on the record that didn't reflect the state of mind she currently had.

     

    I believe that's the reason why the album was delayed and why she writes "Lost for Life" at the top of the tracklist - she even said it in the Pitchfork interview - she doesn't know what the album is about, and she doesn't know where she's at. She's confused, hence, "lost for life." Anybody else agree, or see what I'm saying?

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    I preordered the limited vinyl with the actual cover but I've been wondering...

    Is there any chance of an alternative release by Urban Outfitters ?

    :oprah2:

    If there were any chance of a UO release, Lana or UO probably would've announced it by now. I don't remember how she did it for UV but with HM, she revealed the UO cover a day after the pre-order for the standard record went up, so most likely no UO edition.

     

    Who knows, though? This era is full of surprises, so maybe we will get a UO release - it's just a matter of when it will be announced.

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    I love the subversive flower child theme Lana's kept throughout the album's imagery, as well as her dipping into that zany, 50's/60's sci-fi, Twilight Zone-esque side of things, like the album trailer. She also said her videos retain that theme of occultism and magic in the Les Inrocks interview. The overall theme of the era is visually diverse but thematically cohesive, which I and I'm sure many others love. 

     

    I just love her look for 'Love,' though. It's exactly how I imagined the LDR5 aesthetic to be last summer, what with her various looks during the Festival Tour. 

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  21. Posted

    Yes and the Fuck before the chorus is amazing and iconic although it felt kinda outta place in the start

    Yesss, it's amazing. 

     

    I remember in the Beats 1 interview with Zane Lowe, though, she mentioned how songs like Cherry and White Mustang sounded "annoyed," sonically speaking, and I guess that addition before the chorus hits definitely suggests feeling "annoyed." Idk, just my two cents :)

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  24. Posted

    The tracklist couldn't have just "coincidentally" ended up the way it did. Lana truly did plan this out well. I love how the first half has more summery and gritty songs with a contemporary production, while the second half has a more stripped back, lowkey feeling that speaks to the lost era of Woodstock. She truly bridges the gap between the past and the present and is appealing to both the younger and older audiences she has. She truly has outdone herself with this record. I cannot wait to see where we're headed with Lana Del Rey.

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  25. Posted

    I originally posted this in the Pre-Release thread, but thought it'd get more attention here. Wanna explain something I happened to notice while checking out the snippets.I honestly think "Love" was meant to set the mood for the album overall. It has the guitar, but it has the "wall of sound" hip-hop to it, as well. And then, from "Lust for Life" to "Coachella", it really is like a stretch of sexy, summer-driven hip-hop tracks and ends on a positive track that is political - and then, we get all the guitars, and the veteran folk singers (or related to them) rather than the contemporary artists that feature in the first half. I think it's very intentional that the last half is going to have a Woodstock-vibe, only through some of the familiar hip-hop additions that modernize classic sounds. "Tomorrow Never Came" sounds very 1967-71 rock. Definitely see where she's connecting the "two generations", and why she probably feels kids looking into vintage music may find it denser if they understand that history is sort of repeating itself through the anxiety of the current political American heat. It's exactly what she said she wanted to do with the album, and her chronology of the tracks seems to really suit that concept. Even at around the half-point of the album, if you count "Love" as just the intro/combination of the two sounds, and "Coachella" the track that moves the hip-hop into its poltical, folk-driven side.

     Lana still doing concept, for sure. 

     A SORT OF CHART (lol):

     INTRODUCTION (folk guitar strings open the album, but blends into spacey, "wall-to-wall" hip-hop noises)01. Love

     SEXY, SUMMER-Y, HIP-HOP (7 "wall-to-wall" hip-hop noises)02. Lust for Life03. 13 Beaches04. Cherry05. White Mustang06. Summer Bummer07. Groupie Love08. In My Feelings

     THE BRIDGE (a more stripped back hip-hop beat, letting the album kind of cool off a bit before getting more poltically-minded)09. Coachella..

     POLITICAL "GANGSTA" FOLKY-Y (7 "wall-to-wall" hip-hop noises, but more laid back, with heavier guitar and folk featured artists)10. God Bless America..11. When the War Was at War...12. Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems13. Tomorrow Never Came14. Heroin15. Change16. Get Free

     It's like she takes us from "Coachella" to "Woodstock" by using that track as a bridge. As I predicted, the song works in concept of the album; but releasing it as a single is bizarre. From what we have in the snippets, this album seems to be very well-thought out. 

     

    Couldn't agree with this more, I don't think the tracklist could just "coincidentally" end up like this. Lana truly did plan this out well. I love how the first half has more summery and gritty songs with a contemporary production, while the second half has a more stripped back, lowkey feeling that speaks to the lost era of Woodstock. She truly bridges the gap between the past and the present and is appealing to both the younger and older audiences she has. She truly has outdone herself with this record.

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