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I remember how funny were the WC pictures that were leaked from her shoot. But something with the pictures from her latest shoot is just off. She was with the boys on the set when they took the pictures but her hair, makeup, clothes were horrible. Is she directing or something because I cannot imagine that she appears like that in the video.

I'd like a trip-hop album to be honest, mixed with a few tracks in the vein of Trash or Pin-Up Galore. These types of songs are what made me fall for Lana in the first place and I sort of want them back.

I'd rather she include Do Right over DLMBM on Honeymoon tbh so I hope there's some truth in that.

This! I hope not. I'm gonna die if the chorus is something like: 
"Listening to music to watch boys to
Music to watch boys to
Music to watch boys to
Dark blue"

Swan song sounds like a beautiful song. Can't wait for the chorus :
 
"Swaaaaaaaaan song, aaaaaaah
Swan song, ooooooh Ahhhhh oh
Swaaaaaaaan sooooOOOng ah
SwaaaAAaAn song
Ahhhhh ahh ahhhh ah Ahhhhh ah...
Ooooooh
Swan song"

They don't fit physically, that should be secondary but rarely is. I'm glad that he is getting attached to her but it's clear that this wasn't his plan from the beginning. I'm not certain that he's not using her for his career. Anyway, I don't give them to much time together tbh, 

Thank God I thought I was the only one not being able to see how 1989 was 'copying' Lana besides Wildest Dreams. (Now that I think of it, I'd find it oddly entertaining seeing Lana perform songs like Shake It Off and All You Had To Was Stay all positive and happy and jumping around the stage, it'd be the best thing to be honest )

Maybe it's not even Haynie, maybe i's just worse: Dan Heath!

Interscope won't put up with her antics indefinitely unfortunately. They won't back her career forever if she doesn't put effort into promo. Paradise and UV were nowhere as successful as Born To Die. If her label ditches her, that's very bad news. Lana has true talent for songwriting but does need a team of producers and some co-writers. Without the continued support of her label, she can't continue releasing good music.

pasted from the Unpopular Lana Opinions thread:
 
A lot of people seem to believe that Lana is as famous/iconic as people like Sinatra and Bob Dylan and that she doesn't need to do promo because "she doesn't need hits and only writes for herself". I've seen lots of people say that they were happy Lana didn't do any TV appearances because she isn't a "commercial artist". Whilst it is important that Lana stays true to herself, good promo is so important in this day and age. I don't understand why some fans seemingly don't want her to gain wider recognition and greater success - which can only be done if you actually try to do promo. Sales, whether you like it or not, are important and Lana needs to do proper promo and proper music videos in order to maintain interest. Lots of people I know didn't even know she released Ultraviolence, and just remember her as that weird anti-feminist woman who sang like shit on SNL and had a remix. In order to stay relevant, she needs to promote her music. Promoting her music properly isn't "selling out" or being 'commercialised".
 
I think UV promo was lazy and simply not good enough. Many say that she only needs her fans, but if you release an album without live TV performances, do interviews where you make quasi-suicidal and controversial comments and seem distant and passive-aggressive, fail to promote the critically acclaimed lead single and release a few average music videos - you begin to lose fans.
 
Honeymoon is such an important album for Lana's career. If she fails to promote this album, she may begin to lose her relevance and appeal.

Well, if you are all fine with the situation we had with Ultraviolence because it makes you feel indy or like you would listen to "more serious music", you can have your way.
I'd prefer HQ performances on the radio and TV and some musicvideos with high quality (and I'm not talking about big budget, but about videos which aren't superlazy wannabe-deep videos like the Ultraviolence one)

This is a smart assessment of the point in which Lana is right now. 
HM is her crucial album in my opinion too. UV was different from BTD, it was less viable commercially but what was lost in that area it was compensated with critical acclaim. I see Lana as a borderline mainstream artist (she had a few hits WG, SS, YB) but her lack of exposure in the mainstream media, for about more than 2 years now, is a problem for her because she became overly dependent commercially on her fans (UV was very successful for 2-3 weeks, when her fan base snatched up the album, but after that dropped like a rock in sales). She has some unique strengths: unique voice, ear for melodies, the ability to conjure a specific mood, looks. But she has weaknesses: sub par live performances, repetitive lyrical content. So, at this time she has a solid fan base but this is not granted forever to her. Let's not forget that some of her fans are rooting for her for 4 years now and this is a long time for any relationship. She has a fairly varied fan base but the bulk of her fans are young people who are evolving and who will expect soon some variation in her lyrical themes to remain interested. I think that HM will be a watershed for her fan base. If she will disappoint musically and she'll show the same "I don't care" attitude like in the UV era she'll lose a lot of quality fans.
 
The crux of her new era will be her attitude: she needs to shred the overly shy, uncertain singer image. After 3 years of touring there is no reason for her to feel crippled on stage, she absolutely can sing but she has to take seriously her performances (from what I saw in this tour she improved in all areas of her show).
 
I have to say that I don't like the leaked HM lyrics. In my opinion, as far as lyrics goes, they aren't viable commercially and they aren't good from a critical point of view. It's the bad middle-point that I fear for the HM era. I think that there is time for her to make adjustments and she needs to pay attention to the few critics who made valid points about her work.

yes this is exactly what I've been imagining!!!!!!!!
 
"Dreaming your life away" in Honeymoon also reminded me a lot of "Dreams unwind, love's a state of mind" from Rhiannon and I hope it sounds like that

I miss the days of Lanz playing up-coming album tracks for fans on her tours. Everything is so esoteric now.

The structure of the lyrics are like a direct continuation from UV.
Not a fan of these lyrics tbh.

Hoping for something very jazzy and noir-esque and not another Heath-produced snooze-fest.

As per usual, the chorus sucks lyrically. Verses are great though
 
Ugh what happened to the epic, wordy choruses on BTD?!

I have rather mixed feelings, but usually a lot of lyrics don't sound well when read but do when sang
That's my hope

a lil 8th grade english class but i'll try and reserve judgement till it actually comes out.

This is my very personal opinion but I don't know why, I'm feeling extremely positive for the future. I may still be in the haze of the excitation but I feel like if this is where the tour is headed it's going to be better than the Paradise one. To this point I don't even care anymore if she's releasing or not unreleased songs on Honeymoon, she seemed happy to perform them and it's all that matters. I am so thrilled to see where this is all going, I don't have any expectations anymore she's so damn unpredictable, I always end up slain anyways so I'll just be sitting there and not so patiently waiting 

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bntEiPHsAFE[/YOUTUBE] 
 
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HLymeTvLg[/YOUTUBE]
 
uploading a few others in a bit 

Omfg is she really closing with OTTR I'm gonna past out

I'm gonna fucking scream
 
I NEED HQ RECORDINGS OF CHELSEA HOTEL, BROOKLYN BABY, YCBTB, SERIAL KILLER, DO RIGHT & OTTR

OTTR, YCBTB, Serial Killer AND Shades of Cool live?? They're gonna have to take me out of that place on a gurney .
She's actually trying to kill me