GeminiLanaFan

January 8 is so close... Let’s hope she comes through!!!

Yes!!! New song coming very soon guys!!!!

God she has amazing green eyes!!!

That was the problem with LFL: we got so many infos from diverse sources when she was still making the record. Her creative process is a messy one, one where she joggles a lot with ideas and goes back and forth. The less we know about it while making a record, the happier we'll be. The only set-in-stone infos are the ones she releases herself via snippets and social media updates. The rest is to be taken with a grain of salt. And i bet there aren't magazine interviews out yet because she doesn't want to make the same mistake she did with LFL: she did the interviews with a probable May-release date and she thought she was done. Then we know how it all went down...

MTV is a solid source of info. Things still could change, but I doubt it. Just her Christmas image, that everybody hated, indicates the contrary: it's a NR one, and there is excitement for something new in this picture... I read that as: it's coming in a couple of weeks. I'm sure we'll get news in January.

I am with you all the way! the LFL situation got out of proportions in so many minds. No, she didn't scrap everything. Yes, some songs got excluded (like on all of her albums), but none of the songs she previewed with a snippet (except RBFY, but we already knew it wouldn't make the cut since she said it herself). No, she can't do as she pleases with a new producer on board (if she does, she will be become high risk for her record company, and we know how professional and dedicated she is to her work). No, I don't think the album can be postponed to summer since Jack Antonoff is a busy guy and seems to be already working on something else. And yes, I can't wait for a new song from NFR!!!!

apparently, this is how she does things, unfortunately: the pre-release period drags on and on. Although I don't think NFR will change from what we heard so far (since she has a new producer, nothing leaked, etc.)

and yet she didn't scrap Love nor Lust for Life (the song), which were the two first singles from LFL, didn't she?

I always mix up these two :/

Speaking of drama...

True. But we never had any snippet from it before LFL came out. Like I said, all the songs she previewed with a snippet ended up on the record (except RBFY). I love how Cinnamon sounds different from the more toned-down songs we heard so far (if they even were final mixes).

It won't be scrapped. The caption with the snippet said : SYLVIA PLATH FROM NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL. Besides, all the songs she previewed with a snippet were all on a record at some point, to the exception of RBFY (which was captioned as «left on the cutting room floor», so I don't know why we were all hoping it would make the cut since she said it wouldn't). Yosemite has only been described in interviews and the only audio preview we got of it was from the Amoeba live performance, back in July 2017. We stil don't have all the info on NFR, but the only way Hey Blue Baby could end up on it would be if it was a hidden track, after the last one... if it fits with the last song whatsoever.

I agree. Maybe she didn’t record those two officially? Or maybe she doesn’t release some songs because she knows someone at some point will request it live and maybe she doesn’t care that much about those anymore? But the two tracks could have been great standalone singles.

My dream show from her would be if she sang UV or HM from cover to cover, in a small venue, with a small band, and piano... A bit like what she did at the Apple event in October. So, a residency could be cool, but in a few years from now, in California. And I'd love her to do something like I just described.

I guess because interscope wants another number 1 album. January releases tend to go unnoticed, plus she has the Gucci campaign. Plus the poetry book... Maybe she is still filming some footage for the videos?!?

I think I am one of the few here who doesn't care that much for a big video for this era. The songs and snippets we heard from NFR are more intimate to me, and to have a «homemade» video kinda fits the vibe. Plus her first videos were the most important ones since they helped shape her image. Nowadays, we know who she is and don't need that big budget thing to prove it (plus everybody here kinda hated the LFL videos, which were produced by a big director). We'll get the glamour from her Gucci appearances and campaign ; the rest can be toned down, I don't care. I just want new music lol

She's never been very active around the Holiday season, except for the «Christmas» post each year. The tracklisting is kinda blurry in my head. I get «track 3 vibes» also for NFR, but who knows? I think it might be something like this for the first tracks: Unknown track 1, MAC, NFR. If so, maybe she is «breaking the cycle» with this album. The songs already feel even more intimate from her previous work. Maybe to have the title track not at number 1 or 2 would «confirm» this. But I don't know, really.

I don’t think she has that much manœuvre with the release date since she is involved in a couple of shows for this spring / summer. She has to release it before that. Then again, it’s Lana... So very unlikely but not impossible also :/ ?!?? Don’t know what to think anymore lol

Plastic surgery

Actually, my fave era for its release was Honeymoon, because everything was tied up ib a very short period. I don’t mind to have no news or few promo magazines interviews as long as we have good music. HM happened just a year after UV (and she released 2 songs for Big Eyes and her collab with Emile in between), she teased the title track in late June, we got the audio in July, followed by HBTB in August, and the album released in September (with 3 promo singles prior to that one). I get that she is more popular right now, and she is all over the place with her many projects, but a 6-month Pre-Release period is very long if there is a 2-month silent period in it.

It’s a real weird era we’re having indeed. 2 singles, four or five snippets... then nothing. And a six-month Pre-Release period? You gotta be fucking kidding me. Plus: no interviews, no photo shoots. The only thing saving this era are the 2 live performances she did and the fact that the music is gorgeous. The only silver lining I see to all this is that things will pick up very fast in January... or at least I hope so.

No she said so herself she doesn’t do drugs Cough * cough*

No, it makes sense Never saw it like that.

I loved the LFL trailer... but thought it was a bit odd we didn’t get that witchy vibe that much on the album. If we have a trailer, I hope it is cohesive with the vibe of the album!

True. But at this point, I prefer fake news and fake track listings. Makes me laugh and it avoids a collective meltdown and shitshow. We’ve gotten to the point where there are too many VB haters in here.