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The vagueness makes her a true enigma…it would not be on brand to give a direct statement.

This was really sweet to watch. It’s nice to see her with her loved ones and get a glimpse of the tour life. It’s not like this is a new revelation at all, but she’s just so humble and uplifting of all the people around her.

I love the photos so much - very 60s, very on brand with Milan as a fashion capital in the midcentury. The interview is also full of so much insight and it’s interesting to see her psyche shift with her own geography. She reminds me of Joan Didion in that way; so much of what they both write is coloured by the surrounding landscape. I like the idea of Lana’s “eras” being classified according to geography. I think what we, at this point in time, might call her “Golden Age” is the period during which she released those California albums. She flirted with the heartland a little bit on Chemtrails and Blue Banisters, almost inching towards it, but never quite getting there. Ocean Blvd, to me, transcended its geography and even returned to California at times. It now appears that this upcoming record—whether its final title will be Lasso or not—will mark a more pronounced geographical shift to her new home in the South and will usher in a new way of operating that is characteristic of the region.

I’m intrigued at what’s going on behind the scenes or psychologically - there’s such a contrast between the way she talked about Ocean Blvd and how she’s talking about this upcoming record, and I’ve noticed an increasing tentativeness or reluctance in her public disposition over the last year. It’s interesting to see her shift in real time. Time will tell all…

I wonder if it’s McCreary County where she’s going to meet the people and have breakfast with them

I feel like country music in the mainstream cultural conscience is over now…it had its moment earlier this year and was Lana’s chance to “ride the wave”, so to speak (even though she’s had her finger on the pulse, saw the country hype coming well in advance, and never needs to adhere to the trends in music), but now the window of country being the thing is kind of done. I guess she’s caught onto that - and the longer she DOESN’T release the album, the more time she has to tweak it. And life has certainly happened since she announced the record in January! So I’m imagining that songs addressing things that have happened for her since then exist. It’s kind of like how everyone was wearing cowboy boots a few years ago and it was a little fashion trend. I feel like nobody cares that much about cowboy boots anymore - at least not as much as they did in 2021, for example.

Senseless off-key noise

I just feel bad if her marrying him was a move out of desperation. Given how fast it all happened (from what we know), it definitely seems brash. The entire situation has made me recommit to an idea I've always had: I would be happier alone than with someone whom I was settling for. In this case, it's beyond settling. It's like a contradiction of her own morality. The entire family being Trump supporters...I don't even know what to say to that still. I'm in shock lol.

Nothing new! Just the same anti-trans post :/

I keep thinking about the lyrics “sometimes love is not enough” and “they said that love was enough but it wasn’t” and how they are true in real life — there is so much more than just “love” as an abstract feeling when it comes to picking a partner. I don’t even think most people know what love abstractly is. Love is a choice in a lot of ways, which may or may not be an unpopular opinion.

I’m sure she’s seen it - as others have pointed out, she wouldn’t have intervened in how fans talk about it if she hadn’t. Also, it’s 2024 - who isn’t stalking online lol. It’s disappointing because she’s certainly not the kind of person to endorse those kinds of beliefs. But complacency with it can be telling and it’s just a reminder that even if we feel such resonance with Lana in so many ways, we still may come from distant worlds where we feel a stronger aversion to hateful rhetoric and troubling politics.

Ah, I see - I get that. Thanks for explaining. I just thought you should know in case you didn’t

I feel like I have to point this out since, from reading your posts, you seem to be someone with a strong moral instinct - but you do know that Marilyn Manson is a known abuser, right? So it’s not like listening to him is better than not listening to Lana lol.

She looks so beautiful and classic. I hope life pans out the way she would like for it to pan out, regardless of how we all feel about who she chose. I can't say this is who I expected her to choose from a morals/values standpoint based on what she's stood for. Nonetheless, she is an agentic person and I trust that she has a clear idea of what her life ought to look like for herself since she is her own visionary and always has been.

March seems reasonable. She’s doing Stagecoach in April, which is probably the boldest “country” move she could make. So I can’t see the album still not being out before she does that.

Well said, I completely agree with this!

Well, I don’t think abortion is a moral issue. It’s a healthcare issue. And that’s fundamentally the division that exists between people who are in support of abortion being a right versus abortion not being a right. So, clearly, there’s not middle ground at the baseline level.

In her defence, she’s just bringing up a valid talking point that corresponds to the conversation you’re trying to initiate — which, by the way, I understand and can appreciate. I don’t think there’s as much middle ground, honestly, as many conservative value systems maintain the idea of pro-life and so advocate for and champion the delegitimization of abortion as a right. It certainly persists, even if people are not abrasive in their approach. And anecdotally speaking, people let their beliefs slip in everyday conversation, so I do think there is a lot of division on the issue that also stems from sacred versus secular schools of thought (the former obviously having a large overlap with conservatism - but that’s a whole other conversation). Oh I definitely agree, don’t get me wrong. I just think it’s less covert now than maybe it used to be.

I honestly think mainstream Republicanism has now developed into a new subset of “Trumpianism” where the latter is gaining more traction than what Republicanism might have used to be. The last Republican in office was Trump, so it’s not hard to see why the phrase “conservative” has invariably evoked Trumpian ideology when proudly worn in popular culture (I’m thinking of a lot of conservative women influencers like Blaire White, HRH Collection, Alex Clark from Poplitics, Hannah Pearl Davis, and of course the many people who are part of PragerU). In the last 4 years I have been stunned at the prevalence of it—especially post-pandemic and post-January 6—and I will truly be shocked if America reverts back.

Also - I recognize that’s her Gucci bag with her name embossed inside, which she showed off on Instagram in 2018

She looks so good. Effortless 90s Hollywood off duty vibes

This is ridiculous and I love it. Sorry Lana </3. Also Jonathan Wilson (2016) and Joe Schilling (2018) could be added - K - 5 Josh Kemp - 5 Reeve Carney - 5 Arthur Lynn - 5 Steven Mertens - 5 Mike Mizrahi - 5 Barrie James O-Neill - 7 Francesco Carrozzini - 4 G-Eazy - 0 - OUT Chase Stogel - 6 Clayton Johnson - 5 Mike Hermosa - 11 Evan Winiker - 5 Jack Donoghue - 12

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that she changed her tour intro to the Tropico score + visuals and opened with Body Electric in Paris. This, along with the “Has Anyone Else Died For You?” sign, points to a strong religious motif that evokes the Southern Gothic subgenre. And I think the song that she debuted at Fenway (“Past, Present, Future”) has a few eerie elements like the descending chord progression, ominous spoken word verse, and banshee-like layered vocals that remind me of the supernatural (hence, it’s the voodoo, Mississippi south). From a purely aesthetic standpoint, as well, her penchant for black veils this year (Skims campaign, Coachella weekend 2, Rock en Seine) fits in.

When I came up with the title 3 years ago I was referencing what Lana and Sean said about their joint homes in an Instagram caption. It’s a portmanteau of California and Oklahoma. The girls that get it get it…

I think this is related though, like now that country has been embraced in the mainstream, it’s almost as if she’s hesitant to call it country without any added descriptors such as “songbook style” or “Americana” or “Southern Gothic” because of how it may be received otherwise. I don’t think that means she wouldn’t have known the album’s content as you say, but rather that some additions/revisions have been made since then and that’s why we haven’t had any news of a release yet.