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WellIt never was a surprise

Lanapedia wrote on the subject that she would have said to the fan who broke the news that it MIGHT not be called like that anymore. And we all know there no recordings of that, so... 50-50?!?

Don’t want to jinx the whole thing and we need to hear the album before anything, but isn’t that announcement an iconic moment in her career? I just posted something similar on the NFR post-release thread. But NFR began with the minimalist songs I believe (Hope, Love song, Bartender, HIaB) to transition to a bit « heavier » produced songs (title track, Venice, Mariners, the greatest, Cinnamon Girl, HTD, Fuck It). Maybe that transition will « escalate » and continue on LDR7? I’d be here for more Surfey/ alternative songs in the vein of Venice Bitch and Fuck It I love You.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the writing of NFR began with the quieter and minimalist songs (Hope, Love Song, Bartender, HIaB - I’m not including TNBAR because it’s a LFL outtake), and production of the next songs got a little « heavier » (Venice, Mariners, the greatest, HTD, Cinnamon Girl, Fuck it, Doin’ Time). I hope that transition and soar continues with the next album, for even heavier produced tracks and surf vibes à la Venice Bitch and Fuck It I Love You.

Honestly, we’re not 100%. But if you reread what she wrote, it seems like the Sept 5 date is about the new music album (the way she says poetry books vs album when it comes to her music). It really feels like LDR7 was just finished and mixed (or about to) and she knows it’s gonna raise eyebrows. I expect songs in the tone of « I want a man », « You left, but come back » (pretty much the stages of grief when you just broke up). She is often wrong about her dates, by a day (I blame Pacific Time lol). Wasn’t Hope released on Jan. 9 and she first announced it for the 8 (or vice versa)?

Sorry for my many thoughts on this, but I’m just really shocked by the announcement lol. Maybe jack and her just finished mixing the album and she knows it’s going to raise eyebrows, and this is her official statement for the album to come, like a disclaimer. This album will probably feel very raw (the unknown source interviewed a couple of months ago did say she was writing a lot about being in love, wanting to be in love and heartache, and I’d be here for it).

If we do get LDR7 on Sept 5 (sorry, still a bit skeptic), I hope she sticks to the plan of « something close to a surprise release », as in no snippets. Maybe a lead single this summer, but not a neverending game of sharing demos.

Honestly, I’d love to figure out how her mind works sometimes. Still no release date for Violet... but we now know LdR7 is out Sept 5...

It makes sense for a poetry book, even though we always expect new music form her on her birthday that never comes through lol.So, maybe?

It is stunning but it really is her most personal song to date, IMO.The lyrics are super specific to her and to a certain state of mind. It was a bold track to put out, but I must say that it’s the one Lana song I can’t relate all the time. It have to be in a very specific state of mind to listen to it, even if I love the track.

When the date is that precise, she usually comes through. I guess she is recording these days. I love her announcement... but it feels out of the blue to me?!? Did someone bad-review her recently? This killer announcement could have been posted right after UV or HM lol.

Amen!!! Preach!!! Easily in my top 5 songs from her. I loved it since day one and I still listen to it weekly. It transcends me. She never fitted more in the alternative category than with this one. It’s soaring, gorgeous, trippy, beachy, so Cali, vintage- sounding. I sometimes wonder if we had not heard it before the album was released how mindfucked we would all be. It’s a masterpiece.

I get you meant it as a joke, but the leftovers from NFR would be interesting to listen to (didn’t she say they were Shangrila-esque?)

Not a craving per se, but after days of listening to Doin’ Time as the hot days of summer are slowly coming here, I’d love a cute summer jam from her this year. Probably not happening, but something summery would be heaven.

It’s NFR all over again: she started teasing the damn thing over a year ago and is more active on socials these days. So it’s coming soon?!? But honestly, agree with you, where is the bich? I don’t even think it was near to be a serious project or something she really wanted to do, more like a « Hey that would be cool to do when I’m 50 » kinda thing. We have more chances of getting Yosemite in the near future than to get Pacific Blue.

The four songs that hit the most at the moment: fuck it I love you, the greatest, California and TNBAR (I guess I just love acoustic Lana in the spring)

Exactly. We would be head over heels for this song if we hadn’t overplayed the demo so much. Besides, we kinda know that both TNBAR and California are about Barrie: if she had kept the « impotence » part of the demo, it would have outdone the message of California, the « all is forgiven, come back to see me because we created good music together »

I’m with you on 2021 for LDR7. Anyways, she’ll release her poetry book at some point this year and there are two known collabs (MGK and Jesse R), plus unknown projects probably. We should be fine to wait until then.

She honestly never looked better. It’s as natural as she can get and there is nothing like a more natural beauty. It’s a larger debate of course, and it’s her choice, but I do prefer natural beauty over enhanced one, in men and women. Her freckles are cute as hell, she is getting back to blonde, she seems more “wholesome” in a way.

First thought when I saw that shitload of pictures from her on Insta: Bitch realized her phone was on plane mode and therefore could not post anything for the last two weeks, and this is her revenge. On another note: That black and white selfie is flawless.

Looking back on last year and the critiques we had with her (“what is she doing? She is so lazy! Why isn’t she at that gala?”), after hearing NFR, I kinda get her absence from the spotlight: she seemed to be really channeling beauty from simple things, almost finding it in ugly ones as well. I don’t forget that it’s been a hell of a never ending waiting game for this damn record, but I kinda get better in what headspace she was in (“miss doing nothing the most of all”). Anyways, her motto seems to be “total absence from everything”, then “everything all at once”, like silence before a storm.

Is it possible that the “gay / queer” connection has been “set in stone”, in a way, because the majority of early-stuff leakers were mostly gays? Just a thought I had... It doesn’t “explain” the connection many gays / queers have with her, but it coulda made people think (including us) that all men listening to her had to be?!?

Same. We never learn, do we?

I never really believed we would see that album in 2020. It was too soon. She still opened her mouth too early in tte process. Plus now there is the whole COVID situation, where we don’t know if she is recording or not. Plus there is her Sean breakup (will it change the “concept” of the album, are the two confirmed songs to know the fate or our beloved Yosemite?). Plus it’s her. And there’s still Violet that needs to come out before that.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7873862/5-reasons-lana-del-rey-is-a-muse-to-gay-fans Personally, I think she connects with people that are very sensitive, feeling everything a bit too much, and people that have struggled in their lives. And all LGBTQ+ people have struggled at some point, which makes me think it's the reason why some queer fans are attracted to her. Her lyrics are very honest: I guess this is what many love about her, independently of their sexuality.