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I doubt this is unpopular at all but:
 
I would really, really like Lana's label to give her the Bootleg Series treatment. It would be nice to get her unreleased work officially put out (and in better quality). Like the original version of the Ultraviolence album, Lizzy Grant-era demos, live performances, etc. could all be put out onto CDs and stuff. They've done it for so many artists and bands, she should get it done for her.

I doubt this is unpopular at all but:
 
I would really, really like Lana's label to give her the Bootleg Series treatment. It would be nice to get her unreleased work officially put out (and in better quality). Like the original version of the Ultraviolence album, Lizzy Grant-era demos, live performances, etc. could all be put out onto CDs and stuff. They've done it for so many artists and bands, she should get it done for her.

This is more an opinion about her listeners but, I really don't know what people were hearing when they'd call HBTB or any of Lana's songs 'trap'. Have you heard any trap songs?
 
at best, it's a watered down almost-trap beat. at best.

This is more an opinion about her listeners but, I really don't know what people were hearing when they'd call HBTB or any of Lana's songs 'trap'. Have you heard any trap songs?
 
at best, it's a watered down almost-trap beat. at best.

This is more an opinion about her listeners but, I really don't know what people were hearing when they'd call HBTB or any of Lana's songs 'trap'. Have you heard any trap songs?
 
at best, it's a watered down almost-trap beat. at best.

This is more an opinion about her listeners but, I really don't know what people were hearing when they'd call HBTB or any of Lana's songs 'trap'. Have you heard any trap songs?
 
at best, it's a watered down almost-trap beat. at best.

I don't care about shallow lyrics, but you could compare Lana's recent work to hear earlier work and tell that as it progressed, it got a lot simpler lyrically.

I know that there have been other covers of DLMBM, it's just that her Nina Simone covers aren't nearly as good as the others. It's not even that they were bad, it's just that compared to Nina's versions and even to the other covers...they lacked something.

I don't care about shallow lyrics, but you could compare Lana's recent work to hear earlier work and tell that as it progressed, it got a lot simpler lyrically.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. 
 
Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

I know that there have been other covers of DLMBM, it's just that her Nina Simone covers aren't nearly as good as the others. It's not even that they were bad, it's just that compared to Nina's versions and even to the other covers...they lacked something.

A few days after release...I think Honeymoon is simultaneously both her musical best and her most...boring. I like the songs, but something about the album as a whole bores me to tears.

This pretty much sums up how I feel about the record. I feel like all of the songs are beautiful melodically and are rather interesting production-wise (excluding a few tracks), and she sounds so ethereal and angelic throughout most of the album, albeit, I don't feel any sort of connection this album like I have her previous works. It's not that it's emotionless, because I think at certain moments she sounds extremely emotional, but I just personally am struggling to relate or empathise with the album as a whole. Like, the songs are amazing, but I just don't feel much of anything when I listen to the album, like I do with songs like Bel Air, Video Games, Born to Die, Ultraviolence, West Coast, Shades of Cool, Gods & Monsters, and so on. Honeymoon is almost too relaxed.
 
Also, the lyrics are a huge step-down compared to all of her last albums, in my opinion. What happened to the elaborate descriptions of Off to the Races, or the poetic nature of songs like Bel Air and West Coast, or the intelligent lyricism behind songs like Gods & Monsters or Dark Paradise? I miss those days. Honeymoon has pretty mediocre lyrics compared to the past, and I think Lana even knows that herself, considering she mentioned in a couple of interviews this era that she wasn't very focused on the lyrics, but more on creating interesting soundscapes. Apart from the bridge and the "dreaming away your life" lines in the title track, the lyrics are overly-simplistic and rather cliche. God Knows I Tried, Swan Song and Honeymoon all suffer from Sad Girl Chorus syndrome, where the choruses contain some of the laziest lyrics in Lana's history. Even one of my favourite tracks on the album, Salvatore, has some odd lyrics that are overly quirky ("soft ice cream", "cacciatore" anyone?) 24 is perhaps the biggest lyrical disappointment on the album.
 
Overall, it's a lovely album that I really do admire, but I feel like it's even more of a mood record than Ultraviolence. It's a record I'm sure I'll put on to calm myself down or when I'm feeling relaxed, but it's not an album you can play whenever, if that makes sense. Still really appreciate that Lana is putting out new material so quickly and very beautiful music as well, but I can't deny the fact that in some ways, Lana did get worse this era.

interestingly said.. yes, i had some major emotional thoughts after listening the first time to Honeymoon in full, cranked up with good headphones.
I love her voice in all of it. In some of it, the production is a bit over the top with the muffled vibe, and hides her voice sometimes.. (I love they way she sounded
on the BBC performances yesterday. In fact it sounded better, than some of the album production strangely enough.
 
I see what you mean about the musical best, and at the same time most boring. I think there should have been a few more uptempo songs in the mix,
and a better cohesion, as i was almost shocked after going thru the whole album, how it all just ended, and like kinda left me feeling like.. i don't know, confused
and wondering a little..and also a little bit worried about Lana for some reason. (But she looks and sounds so happy in any thing we see of her these days.)
i have a few songs on HM i'm totally in love with. She sounds fucking beautiful and heavenly to me..like an angel LOL.. but at the same time, would be so cool
for her to have maybe (just thought of it right now..), made this a double album, with the second CD the more upbeat heavier sounding songs. That would have been
super cool.

A few days after release...I think Honeymoon is simultaneously both her musical best and her most...boring. I like the songs, but something about the album as a whole bores me to tears.

A few days after release...I think Honeymoon is simultaneously both her musical best and her most...boring. I like the songs, but something about the album as a whole bores me to tears.

A few days after release...I think Honeymoon is simultaneously both her musical best and her most...boring. I like the songs, but something about the album as a whole bores me to tears.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. 
 
Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

Context. The reason they commented on it is bc people are assuming it's about AB because of the "ghetto" line. x_x
 
I doubt the song is at all about her, but if it was about her and she was calling her ghetto, that would be fucked up.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. 
 
Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. 
 
Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. 
 
Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. 
 
Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. 
 
Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

This gave me cancer