Ivory Cricket

I thought I wouldn't be able to sit through listening to the entirety of Venice Bitch after streaming it so much during this wait, but damn it somehow has me hooked and listening to the whole thing.

I don't think I'm ever listening to VB again lol

Damn I posted my "review" in the wrong thread. Don't worry, here it is:
 
So ... I would marry California, have its children, cook its dinner, and wash its clothes.
 
Cinnamon is the hot pool maintenance guy that I'd have an affair with.
 
HTD, meanwhile, is that slimy dude at the bar who hasn't been hot since 1986, only drinks Bud Light, had a receding hairline, flaky scalp, tobacco-stained fingernails and eyelash mites. Don't leave your drink unattended whilst he's around, ladies.

I just listened all the way through and I feel... cleansed. I really needed that. The album was very immersive and almost hypnotic for me, it's like I'm still in Lana's dream world and I haven't snapped out of that headspace yet. I don't understand how people can really hear NFR and not feel emotionally moved.
 
Here are just some initial thoughts: I got literal goosebumps during Love Song and Cinnamon Girl. I actually like the production on How to Disappear. I thought it was just a stripped back piano ballad when the Apple version came out and now I think the beats added something extra and exciting to it. I hated on Hope earlier in this thread, but I appreciate it a lot more now that I gave it a closer, more respectful listen. It truly is poetic and personal. I like how she's been ending albums with thought-provoking tracks like this, signaling where she currently is mentally.
 
This album is a mix of everything that makes Lana so good. I do see the Lizzy Grant vibes that everyone's talking about. There's also bits of Born to Die in there with tracks like HTD. Bartender reminds me of those deep Paradise-era vocals that I love so much. Venice Bitch is an echo of the melancholy psychedelia of UV. And while she does stick to certain themes in lots of the lyrics, none of the album feels truly recycled to me. NFR very much has its own unique, cohesive sound and I can understand her vision. This is the return of the brilliance that I feared we'd lost with LFL.
 
I hereby declare Norman Fucking Rockwell to be a masterpiece!
 
(I do feel a tinge of guilt because 4 or 5 days ago I was telling myself I'd be strong and refuse to listen to l***s. I didn't listen to the l****d version of LFL at all. But this time we just waited too long and I had to. I'm not going to listen again until Friday so it'll still feel fresh.)

I know I'm late to the party but omfg this is amazing. I really needed this leak. Going through opoid withdraws and this is literally melting away all the frustrations that have been building up in my life.

Omfg that chorus. <3
 
Could it be..?? It really was worth the wait...

Rachel Dolezal Del Rey   I just dont really like the song all that much in general. Don't get the hype.

AHJSGHJSBDG NO............. Lana Delery really is the transracial Latina pop kween huh

Wdym lmao BB lyrics weren’t racist, she was saying she’s trying to be what he likes. Strong & Spanish

Y’all won’t believe that she posted racist, cringe-y lyrics on a burner Twitter account, but then witness her changing her own lyrics to “send nudes to you” and the unforgettable “I dye my hair a darker shade of brown,
Because you like your women Spanish” Black Beauty lyrics... make it make sense

She said 2 centuries

'K I must be feeling 50 years old today because I find that "nudes" thing so cringey

Now we wait like we’re constipated and laxatives wont work

FUCK ALL OF YOU