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Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Mike Dean clapping back on Twitter is who I aspire to be professionally, karmically, and in every word with a suffix of "-ally" -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
<3 Oh my goodness, that’s awfully sweet to say! Thank you so much, same to you -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
I know I’m always in this thread but I swear - the writing on these songs is just phenomenal. It’s truly lightyears ahead of anything else she’s done; she has always been an amazing, gifted writer, but you can objectively feel the growth in these 3 tracks (as if there was anywhere to go for an artist who is always at her lyrical peak, in all honesty). They’re just so stunning. This record already feels really special in that the writing is confessional, revealing, and poetic at the same time. The words sound so euphonious and her vocals are strong as ever. I love all her records and she’s always been a genuine, true artist, but there’s really a weight of emotion that we’re really lucky to be hearing from Lana this time around. I can’t imagine baring it all to the extent that she did to anyone. -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
I just want to point out that it’s interesting she chose a selfie from when she was blonde for the single covers, given the lyric “Do you think if I go blonde we could get our old love back?” That, paired with the lyric, “My father never stepped in when his wife would rage at me,” also makes me think about the “bruises” she added onto two of the covers, as well as the promised-challenging of accusations that she glamorizes domestic abuse. These two things considered - alongside the theory that she’s playing into the jokes people have made about her previous single/album covers - really shows that the single covers are well thought-out. You may not think they’re the most aesthetically pleasing, but you can’t really deny the fact that Lana is clearly trying to evoke something out of her listeners. I love it -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Of course! -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Blue Banisters - Gabe Simon Text Book - Gabe Simon and Zachary Dawes Wildflower Wildfire - Mike Dean -
Gabe Simon confirms in an IG post that Blue Banisters and Text Book were written in October 2020, when Nikki Lane introduced him to Lana while in Nashville. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPHVrySh-Qx/?utm_medium=copy_link Zachary Dawes reposted it and also tagged Dean Reid (who has engineered previous records for Lana, notably Lust for Life and “The Next Best American Record” on NFR!), Darren Weiss, John Congleton, and Melodye Perry (who was one of the three backing vocalists featured on Summertime the Gershwin Version and LMLYLAW Live on Fallon), indicating they were also involved on Text Book.
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Probably Lana’s close friend, Jen Stith!
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Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
If she does post on the anniversary of QFTC tomorrow, I think it would be a typewritten statement announcing the album. I don’t think she would address QFTC directly, but rather deliver some preamble for the record now that we have 3 songs from it. -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Aw. My heart - so are you! -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Thank you! <3 I think so too, I feel like cover will either be really thought out in terms of design, like the NFR cover, or really simple and pared down but in an intentional way, like the single covers. I’m excited to see! -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Cover concept! Lana “burning” the narrative of her critics. If you look closely, her name, the album title, and various pictures of her - including the infamous car selfie - are on the newspaper. Edited to mimic the BB video as well. Hope you like it - the three tracks we’ve heard today are absolutely godly so I’m really revelling in Lana’s creative genius <3 -
Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Where do you guys think the three songs are in the tracklist? She usually releases the songs that are at the front of the album as singles, so I think: - the title track is track 1 - Wildflower Wildfire is track 2 - just because her track 2s tend to stay within the same vein as the opener, sonically, and both BB and WW begin with piano - Text Book is track 3 - it has the most different production compared to the 2 songs and I could see it being the start of a different sound developing throughout the record. Plus, her track 3s are always standouts in terms of lyrics and production and this song is no exception (although all 3 tracks from today are standouts for those reasons!) -
When she whispers “hot fire, hot weather...” and sings with breathy vocals at the end “like the others baby, burn, burn, burn” in WW
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Yes!!! You hit the nail on the head!! I think Lana is always a few steps ahead than most people think. To me, these artworks serve as a self-parody in response to people mocking her previous covers, but the added “bruises” and overall roughness of the covers perfectly portray the emotions and confessions of the songs. SO GOOD
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Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread
IanadeIrey replied to Elle's topic in Retired Pre-Release Threads
Text Book was produced by both Gabe Simon and Zach Dawes, according to that press release!