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This album actually changed my life and means so much to me…I’ll love it forever. Also the era I joined this site which is fun! Happy birthday 🌼🍒🪐💫🪽

This album actually changed my life and means so much to me…I’ll love it forever. Also the era I joined this site which is fun! Happy birthday 🌼🍒🪐💫🪽

This album actually changed my life and means so much to me…I’ll love it forever. Also the era I joined this site which is fun! Happy birthday 🌼🍒🪐💫🪽

This album actually changed my life and means so much to me…I’ll love it forever. Also the era I joined this site which is fun! Happy birthday 🌼🍒🪐💫🪽

This album actually changed my life and means so much to me…I’ll love it forever. Also the era I joined this site which is fun! Happy birthday 🌼🍒🪐💫🪽

Anyway, in the spirit of squashing the drama, here’s The LanaBoards, so confusing version with Elle 
 
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan
Man, I don't know, I'm just a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
 
Yeah, I don't know if you like me
Sometimes I think you might hate me
Sometimes I think I might hate you
Maybe you just wanna be me
You always say, "I love Lana"
So we go post in the topics
Sometimes it feels a bit awkward
'Cause the posts can start drama
 
People say we're alike
They say we've got the same fave
We talk about all her music
But I don't know if it's civil
Can't tell if you wanna see me
Getting warnings and mod queues
& you can't tell what you're feeling
I think I know how you feel
 
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan
Man, I don't know, I'm just a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
 
Well, honestly, I was speechless
When I woke up to the notifs
The mods gave warnings to members
Let’s work it out on the remix
You’d always say, “unlock threads”
But then I’d re-lock last minute
I was so lost in my head
& scared to be in the chaos
‘Cause for the last couple years
I’ve been at war with my power
I tried to keep myself neutral
& then I made site announcements
I was stressed by the hatred
Missed just being a member
But never thought for a second
I’d ever leave you all
“Girl, you act like a fascist”
When it was June, someone said that
& it’s just keeping peace
Until you’re placing a mod-queue
They believed I was biased
Just trying to stop the drama
Forgot that inside the admin
There’s still a fangirl of Lana
 
People say we're alike
They say we've got the same fave 
It's you and me on the boards
The Lipster-verse loves to flame
& when we put this to bed
The mod team staff will go crazy
I'm glad I know how you feel
'Cause I ride for you, LB
 
Fan (LB, LB), it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, it's so confusing sometimes to be a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan, fan
Fan, how do you feel being a fan?
Fan,
Man, I don't know, I'm just a fan
Fan, fan, fan, fan
 
Fan, fan
It’s so confusing
Fan, fan, fan, fan
You know I ride for you, too
It’s so confusing

@BlackoutZone I know LFL questions are off the table, but is there anything new that you can share about the original version of The Next Best American Record and/or its music video (the version with the “you did it all for fame” lyrics)? Thank you.

The quality of the video and the way she stuns in the light remind me so much of those 2017 Neil Krug pictures of her in the black dress on her balcony. Like a southern gothic twist on her witchy schtick 

This song sounded very girl-group, 60s-esque to me and upon further research, I realized that The Shangri-Las had a song titled “Past, Present & Future”.
 
 
Lana revealed in 2019 that some of her early work with Jack before they settled on a direction for NFR was similar to the LFL title track and she referred to it as “hip-hop girl-group” - so I wonder if this song was borne out of those early 2018 sessions and was revisited/reworked more recently for Lasso. 

This song sounded very girl-group, 60s-esque to me and upon further research, I realized that The Shangri-Las had a song titled “Past, Present & Future”.
 
 
Lana revealed in 2019 that some of her early work with Jack before they settled on a direction for NFR was similar to the LFL title track and she referred to it as “hip-hop girl-group” - so I wonder if this song was borne out of those early 2018 sessions and was revisited/reworked more recently for Lasso. 

This song sounded very girl-group, 60s-esque to me and upon further research, I realized that The Shangri-Las had a song titled “Past, Present & Future”.
 
 
Lana revealed in 2019 that some of her early work with Jack before they settled on a direction for NFR was similar to the LFL title track and she referred to it as “hip-hop girl-group” - so I wonder if this song was borne out of those early 2018 sessions and was revisited/reworked more recently for Lasso. 

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

I love it so much. The video is really setting the tone nicely for a country album from Lana - she looks gorgeous and they complement each other well!

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

Speeding down the highway on this sunny day and playing the song on loop..yup. Gonna be number 1 on my Spotify Wrapped for sure  

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

Adding to the discourse…I think it’s fun and both lyrically and sonically does a lot to build the thematic and atmospheric world that Lana could very well be going for on a country album.
 
It’s a heavily stylized track, which is a nice breath from the cathartic, dense, and wordy output of the last few records——which was very intellectual, profound, and beautiful, and bore some of her best work ever, and I’d love to hear some of that with a country flair on Lasso——but as she herself said, it sounds like she’s now in a more melodic place where the emphasis is on the sound and style than any detailed lyrical exploration.
 
Hence, a genre as specific and motif-driven as country makes perfect sense for her to dive into fully now. 

omg not everything has to be a kintsugi level of songwriting, whatever happened to fun???? 

Lana linking up with her exes for songs is kind of a girlboss move…breaking hearts and cheques, I know that’s right 

Speeding down the highway on this sunny day and playing the song on loop..yup. Gonna be number 1 on my Spotify Wrapped for sure  

I thought the writers were for Quavo’s verses but it seems like it was the chorus?
 
Feels like this is Lana playing nice to the Nashville music scene which is very insular