GeminiLanaFan

We don’t have new info on that, except the codes on her website that were saying that we should be able to preorder COCC who knows when. Somewhere in August, maybe? The rest of July will probably be for Violet.

I can’t wait to hear what the new album is about. The whole pandemic situation hasn’t been easy for me on a couple of levels, and I’m curious to hear if I’ll find some of those emotions on that album. I’m curious to read your thoughts on it as well

Wow’! Bravo! I love this!!! I love how you expressed the vulnerability of this album that I do feel from listening to it. Well written and thoughtful! And you show that being vulnerable was probably the objective of NFR.

Thank you, sweetie! You’re one of my fave members here I really enjoy reading your posts

Yes, I read the posts and they do contain some valid points. I perhaps went too fast, made some shortcuts to express what I wanted, and probably didn’t stay on topic. I still don’t think she played it safe on NFR, lyrically speaking. Maybe she didn’t have anything to say that could be controversial. She sure didn’t feel angry during that period and some of her most controversial posts or songs seem to come from a lot of anger. But I don’t feel she held back anything on that album or wrote to please people. I’m curious for the lyrics on COCC, since she already told us some may not like what she says.

It’s the first time I heard there were audiobooks on Spotify! Thanks for the info! Maybe it will be on Apple Music as well then (though maybe more on IBook).

About the « safe » lyrics of NFR... each one of her albums is a chapter in her life. BTD is end of teenage, UV is early 20, HM is end of 20 to 30, LFL is her 30’s life crisis and NFR is mid-30. She always sang about what she was living at the moment and each of her records feels personal on that matter. You can’t expect her to sing about being a cocained Lolita who wants a daddy anymore because that’s not who she is anymore: she is in her 30s and made it, and she is coming closer in age being a mother than to act like a teenage. The themes she explored on UV and BTD are probably gone. On NFR, she is the same person she was on BTD, only grown up. She is still unapologetic, but maybe not that auto destructive anymore (and about her being a « good girl », go back and listen to Gramma on AKA: you have the essence of LDR: a good girl who feels too much and who is tempted to give in her to her demons: on NFR, she kinda remembers that and is back at that place). NFR is the album that screams: take me as I am and fuck off if you don’t like it, maybe more so than the ones that came before it. The album feels extremely sincere and I don’t think she toned down anything to please the crowd. The only album that don’t feel 100% « authentic » is LFL: Some songs are heartfelt (13 Beaches, In My Feelings, Heroin, Change, Get Free), while some others are written from « other perspectives » and don’t feel as « sincere », in a way (BPBP, GBA...). Also, she stated that NFR was inspired by singer-songwriter vibes from Laurel Canyon, and it’s exactly that: sincere, emotional, minimal production, incredible storytelling. You couldn’t have UV lyrics on that kind of production and call it « Laurel Canyon inspired ». I don’t know if that inspiration was intentional form day one or if it came along the way. I’m not sure what some here expect from her lyrics. To me, as long as the songs feel sincere and have beautiful imagery in the lyrics, they will be incredible LDR songs. I’m curious to hear what the last months brought to her lyricism, if we will feel her in a « raw » state of mind or not, especially knowing that the album was completed on a short period of time.

I’d be surprised if it was there since it’s an audiobook. The links from her store are all fucked up.

No I don’t think it will be there. The links are all fucked up from her store.

Audiobook contains the 14 (probably) longest poemsWritten book contains more than 30 poems (she had a lot of haikus that could make it to the book but would be too short for the album) The second book (Behind the Iron Gâtes) is a different project from Violet I don’t see why Violet’s multiple releases would interfere with COCC. The multiple releases of Violet are there to allow physical production and shipping. I also see the audiobook out on July 28 as a strategy to get it eligible for the Spoken-Word Album Grammy.

Simple outfit but she looks good

I am surprised that by 2021, Jack and her will have put out four projects together, which is astounding. I agree with most of what you said, maybe not as much about her lyrics being safe on NFR (three titles had fuck or bitch in them. I agree that she doesn’t sound angry on NFR and is fresh out of fucks forever). I read in what she said about the culture that she feels her voice doesn’t have its place. I think she may receive backlash as being « not a feminist », if she sings about being incomplete after a heartbreak. I expect to see her vulnerability also, like on Hope, Heroin and Patent Leather, to see that she is a fragile woman, battling with sadness / depression from time to time. I’ m not so sure there’ll be « big fuck you » moments like there were on UV, though I’d be fine with those too.

The countdown was on a branch of her official websites that isn’t super up to date apparently. Not even sure the countdown was for Friday. It was probably for the poetry book.

It’s unclear, probably for Violet. That branch of the official Lana sites isn’t that up to date apparently.

Since it’s an audiobook, it won’t be on steaming platforms. We have to buy it on Kobo or Audible lr Google Play, apparently.

I don’t think she’ll say anything. I reread her post and she said the release dates were coming today... not necessarily by her apparently.

Even her men!

Not taken, sweetie It’s true we are all over the place with the threads haha

And wouldn’t they name the single rather than call it « the lead single »?I hate the Twitter fan accounts.

I know it's not the COCC thread, but since I was talking about both COCC and Violet, thought I'd post it here.

I wonder if she'll pull a «double release» like last year, when we got four songs from her before the album... Like a single from COCC next week and then Violet? Or a single (if there's one) close to COCC's release?

It’s true that she never said SHE’d post the dates... Maybe she won’t post after all.

A couple of bundles were available on her store with no descriptions whatsoever of them, but they were taken down. Some of us think that maybe Violet and COCC could be bundled together.

We pushed both the audiobook and the written book in the bestseller category on Amazon Canada

I sure hope she'll get to it sooner in the day she announces with COCC, because everyone is stealing her thunder lol.