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Did you listen to those leaks? That shit wouldn't make anyone run to cancel their orders, trust me

I'm honestly done expecting anything from her. Entitlement cured! I don't even care about that double mv. I absolutely loved the trailer. But I can't bring myself to want what it was promising. I can't muster any excitement or actual anticipation. The trailer was pretty much a stand-alone thing to me, like, oh look a nice little video from Lana, cute. I didn't and still don't expect it to actually lead to anything more. I she ends up releasing the double mv, cool, if she doesn't, then I guess that makes the trailer the double mv lol

It was love at first listen with all the other albums, even Lust For Life! I didn't start noticing all its flaws until later. We had a good first week lol. I know I'll probably be over the negativity in 5 years or so, but my issues with the actual quality of some of these songs... I will have to suffer even more brain damage to end up liking them. I knew y'all wouldn't appreciate my initial reaction rants so I saved those for poor @RormanNockwell, but my main gripe -which I will never be able to get over- is the lack of structure. Half the songs sound like rough concept demos, or fanmade extended snippets. I know some of you see this as innovation, but I just...can't. To me it only sounds like laziness and messiness. Is this what people these days are doing? I don't really listen to any other contemporary artists so I don't know. Is this how people write songs these days? Because she can miss me with that bullshit. Songs I spent months looking forward to ended up being completely anticlimactic, and not because I had overplayed them (especially the Cinnamon snippet).

So true! They would have been phenomenal

It is what it is and I don't like what it is. It's really as simple as that. I have zero positive memories associated with this era, zero positive feelings, there is not one thing that made me feel good, so like....why would I want this awful energy in my life? If the messiness didn't faze you, that's great, and I'm glad you're able to enjoy the album in the end. I'm not. MAC & VB were like nice little surprises at a time when I was definitely not expecting new music from her, so they're cool in my mind. And things were still pretty cool when Hope came out (remember how some people thought Hope's release meant the album would come out in January? lel). As for The Greatest & FIILY, they came out almost immediately after we found out about them. No endless teasing and months of speculation. It didn't feel like these were two more songs we would probably never get to hear in full. So there are a few exceptions, but the album in its entirety has been ruined for me by this mess that went on, and on, and on. If that didn't get to you, I mean, good for you. But it doesn't change how I feel. I mean Alice Cooper put out 7 albums in 6 years but like, I wish people would stop perpetuating this tired as rhetoric that our problem here is her taking too long between albums. Does it have to be reposted as a reminder every 5 pages? Does it have to be pinned or something so that people won't miss it? WHO said or implied that she took too long to start working on a new album after Lust For Life? Maybe I'm just not remembering right, but I don't recall anyone throwing tantrums for a new album before she announced she was working on one. But you're right, all these years of amazing music have definitely spoiled us and made us expect great quality from her. That's definitely changed now

Edited my comment to add an explanation

the US marines could never

I made that decision in March. The way Lana and her team handled this album completely ruined it for me. Even back when I was naively confident that I would end up loving every song, I still had mostly negative feelings for the album as a whole -as a project. Pure frustration and disappointment. A stark contrast to how the LFL era made me feel, even if the album ended up being underwhelming in the end.

I decided months ago I wouldn't be buying it either. I refuse to spend my hard-earned money on things that don't give me joy. And it turns out I don't even like half the album so like...spend $15 why? For Duke Nicholson's mug and Lana's ugly neon jacket? I still feel only frustration when I think about this album. I feel genuine happiness when I play Born To Die. I was barely making ends meet when I bought the Deluxe version but I don't regret it. BTD & Paradise feel magical to me. I won't lie, I was disappointed in the Deluxe version of Ultraviolence, the packaging felt a bit cheap. But the music is out of this world. UV & Honeymoon mean so much to me, I felt like I had to have physical copies. Lust For Life was a bit on the meh side but I was like, might as well.... NFR though? This bitch has no place in my collection. A download is what she deserves.

Maybe because they had a personal relationship

As Closing Tracks Get Free This Is What Makes Us Girls Bel Air Yayo Hope The Other Woman Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood As Songs Yayo Hope Bel Air This Is What Makes Us Girls Get Free Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood The Other Woman

Bartender, IYC & HIAB. Bartender I just don't like, but IYC & HIAB were super disappointing. I definitely expected more... From Cinnamon too but that's another story. (TN)BAR doesn't need to be acknowledged. Maybe if we all ignore it it'll just go away.

Shame she didn't do it justice

what melodramatic stans think lana is doing: what lana is actually doing:

B-b-but......lAnA mUsT bE dEvAsTaTed y'all should see the fb stans acting like she's gonna lose her will to live bc of these leaks

all the new lines are so cringy

It was so magical and atmospheric and lush I'm glad she didn't share too much like she did with Cinnamon, IYC & HIAB

In many ways yes but there are some good songs in there

The lack of structure in most NFR tracks is literally killing me, I don't care if it's "innovative" it's literally infuriating.

I loved it from the start so I'm really happy it didn't end up being trash <3 Definitely one of my faves

@@fucksforever it sounds like some kind of boring pretentious waltz in some parts, I don't like the lyrics, and it's just not interesting to me. That song's such an ugly bitch tbh

Current ranking, subject to change of course since I haven't heard the HQ versions but I don't expect any major changes The Greatest Fuck It I Love You (who would've fucking thought, right?) How To Disappear Hope California Mariners Apartment Complex Norman Fucking Rockwell Venice Bitch Cinnamon Happiness Is A Butterfly In Your Car* Bartender *since it failed to top The Cure's Love Song, it's being demoted to In Your Car again so yeah, drag me if you want, but this is it sisters

Still we're talking about kids here. I know they can be little shits but you can't take them that seriously. You can't blame children for acting like children and being dumb.

Maybe it's her sister's or something idk, maybe a friend of hers is a big fan and gave it to her hoping she'd like it. I used to give my favorite albums to my friends all the time hoping to convert them lol