GeminiLanaFan

I really love You Must Love Me, and I think the album could go in that direction: stripped down, showcasing her voice. For pretty much each new record, she released a track prior to it that was almost like a preview of what we were up to, sonically: - before Paradise, we got Young and Beautiful and that EP was melodic and cinematic as well; - before UV, we got the dark Once Upon a Dream; - before HM, we got the soothing Big Eyes and I Can Fly; I am not quite sure what track before LFL was the «preview»... Stargirl Interlude?!?!??? Is it even close to LFL? Or maybe this album is just so peculiar that nothing could preview it lol. I just hope You Must Love Me is the «preview» to LDR6. (wouldn't mind if Blue Madonna was an indicator to what we could get, but I am only dreaming here lol)

That account has been leaking stuff since LFL came out (the instrumentals of the album, snippets from the Summer Bummer and Tomorrow Never Came demos, snippet of SR...) The latest was the Florida Kilos guitar snippet. Either Lana's management took it down or he did it himself (cause we were all so "mean to him" to ask him to stop leaking stuff or warning him of the possible consequences). If rumours are true, she said to fans that Sylvia was the saddest shit she's ever written... ​Then again, all we know about that song was reported by fans with no actual proof that we know of... i doubt we will get Something that soon. I mean, she is still on tour until the 20. Even a single alone needs a sort of promo whatsoever (radio interviews and stuff, official release, a video recording in the works...). She won't be taking the road until June, so I expect something coming out then (she most likely will go back in studio to finish and polish the project). I also suspect an announcement of the title of the album or an accapella snippet of the new single on the very last dates of the tour before the break, in April.

When it comes to her looks, I honestly don't care. I love her voice, I love her spirit, her soul, her music. Her best feature remains her eyes, I believe. I generally prefer when people age naturally (too much plastic surgery of any kind tends to make an "ageless weird creature" as the years go by), but it's her own decision. And let's not forget she lives in L.A., where your plastic surgeon is pretty much your emergency contact, so....

She lives in California, where earthquakes are really common... I wouldn't look too much into it for a clue for the next album. Not everything she posts on social media is related to her musical projects. ​I remember that, a couple of months after HM came out, she posted a picture of Quentin Tarantino on the cover of an italian magazine, with the italian flag underneath, and a couple of us went completely nuts, thinking she was making a video for Salvatore directed by Tarantino. Well, it was just that she was reading that magazine and no video for Salvatore ever saw the light of day (it surely was never even a project she was thinking of doing).

I really dig this "Chage-type" of record if it is the continuity of LFL, the answers found on the questions she raised on LFL. Kinda like the Paradise EP to BTD. Happiness tends to be expressed in peaceful tones, and it makes sense to go in that direction if this album is really about happiness. And I am warning you in advance, guys: if this album is indeed in the same vein as Change, give it time to grow on ya! I was not in love that much with BAR the first times I listened to it. Sure, Lana's voice was sublime as always, the acoustic guitar in the beginning was gorgeous, but I thought at first it was a bit dragging on... Then I realized what this song was about: to acknowledge your past love, but to take back power over it by expressing what you needed and were lacking in that relationship, to make peace with that toxic relationship. And now, I love it so so much. I can really picture myself listening to a beautiful toned-down record on a quiet summer evening, with the sunset...

http://www.nme.com/news/music/lana-del-rey-happiness-is-a-butterfly-preview-2276497 It could be a possible reference to a Lil-Uzi Vert song.

@Kris Thank you so much, sweetie You made my day

The tour takes a break at the end of the month... I expect something in the following weeks. Maybe not the whole album, but an announcement, a single. In an interview, she said she had wished to begin promoting LFL in April... Maybe this is a way of getting her wish this time?

I doubt it. Music videos are planned almost a year in advance, especially if you hire a busy director such as Rich Lee. Love was recorded a couple of months after HM and was decided almost right away that it would be the lead single. The video was shot on the summer of 2016. LFL (the song) was finished in the same months and was planned as the second single. A third video directed by Rich Lee was planned from the start, most likely for BAR, but the track listing of the album was not final at the time and i believe Lana's team had not decided yet what the third single would be for sure. In order to have the video shot for a third single, they opted to tell a story without Lana singing, so any song could fit to the images. The BAR / WM video was shot in February or March, pretty much at the same time the song leaked. True, Love leaked and they rushed released the single, because they could not undo everything and plan from the start the whole marketing strategy of the album. ​I truly believe that the BAR leak pushed her to record more songs and thus, changing the initial sound of the record, making it a bit odd to have folksy and "simpler" songs like BAR and Yosemite on the same record as the heavy beats dominant on the first half of the album.

Love the cover of LFL, but I agree that it was surely intended for a somewhat different track listing.

Agreed!! I am not an insider whatsoever, but other labels tend to control so much more the creative process.

I see Lana's albums as destinations she takes us upon, a journay in time as well. Each album is an experiment on its own, like visiting a different city or country. Each has its individuality,each reflects a certain period of her life. And I really enjoy that. I like where the snippet seems to take us, somewhere peaceful and introspective... I had a lot of expectations for LFL... I really thought it would be her "happy album". But when it came out, I was in a different mindset, realizing that the quest to happiness is a long and winding road. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that LFL had that similar mood to it. Maybe this is why I like it so much. I don't mind its diversity, its different genres all in one, and even that some songs are less poilished (Change for example), because it makes sense when you take the album as a whole.

Ever since she released HM and LFL, the fan base has been divided. With the dawn of a new era upon us, I can't help but wonder if she can release an album that we will all be unanimous about, an album we will all love?

May 26 was the date we all thought Lana was gonna release LFL. That date came from a website that announces all upcoming albums, but the post was taken down a couple of hours after we found out. It was weeks later that Ben, her manager, told the album would come out later in the summer or order to include more collaborations. Lana confirmed later that it would be released on July 21. I believe May 26 was a possible date for the album to come out and most likely the one that was planned all along, until Lana decided to go back to the record and add more songs. Either way, whether it was May 26 or July 21, Interscope most likely wanted to have a number 1 album, so it needed a date where no big artist released something on that same day.

I agree. I suspect she will sing a part of it acapella on her last shows, kinda what she did with HM (the song) at the end of the Endless Summer Tour.

AMEN!!!!

UV was the most loved. Same with her big sister, BTD. ​HM divided (though people seem to enjoy that one more since baby sis LFL was born) and LFL divided furthermore. ​A broken family...

I thought as first the song was a bit blah, but I let it sink in and I find beautiful. I believe Lana had a great idea, to bring someone to duet with her, to give the song more layers. Same with Tommorow Never Came.

ah! LFL!!!! Some love you, some hate you, but I believe you were the most talked about of Lana's children.

I agree with you for the most parts. Lana is such a blabber mouth: she talks about things but gets caught up with the politics of Interscope. From what I understand, her contract gives her a good lattitude when it comes to creation (she could go back to LFL a few times and add songs; not many music companies would have allowed that, from what I know from the music industry. She could also change producers for UV when the album was pretty much done), but she still has some obligations (to have a radio-friendly first single, to release the album on a strategic date so it has a chance to reach #1 on the charts). ​And I suspect more and more that our girl tends to underestimate the time needed to do some of her projets (looking at you, Cherry video). ​Life is Beautiful being cut from the movie and the soundtrack was not her decision, it was Lionsgate's, who now owns the rights to the song (unless the contract they signed says otherwise or unless she purchased the rights back).

Honeymoon was released on Sept 18, on the last days of summer. And it really has that feeling, that summer is slowly going away. There are still hot days, but the sunlight is more golden. Honeymoon brilliantly captures that shift in the season. HBTB was the most summery song on that album, and she released it as a single in August. I really wouldn’t mind a spring release... But I must say that I have associated Lana with summer.

I wonder what are the plans for the release dates for this album... She will surely release somewhere in the summer (her last three records have been summer releases). I don’t expect anything coming out before the end of the month (the tour takes a break on the 20th until June)... I remember that she said that she had wanted to begin to promote LFL by releasing Love in April, but the leak kinda forced her to do it faster, therefore explaining in part the long pre-release wait we had. Maybe a new single in May? Then again, I don’t know if it is an « Interscope thing », but Years and Years releases a single for their new album on March 7... and no words since on the release date or track listing. I prefered Honeymoon’s releases, which were closer in time.

I wonder what are the plans for the release dates for this album... She will surely release somewhere in the summer (her last three records have been summer releases). I don’t expect anything coming out before the end of the month (the tour takes a break on the 20th until June)... I remember that she said that she had wanted to begin to promote LFL by releasing Love in April, but the leak kinda forced her to do it faster, therefore explaining in part the long pre-release wait we had. Maybe a new single in May? Then again, I don’t know if it is an « Interscope thing », but Years and Years releases a single for their new album on March 7... and no words since on the release date or track listing. I prefered Honeymoon’s releases, which were closer in time.

I agree with you that the lyrics are not super profound on that track and on LFL (the song) as well. But I always thought that these two tracks were part of the album where she revisits her past, and she takes the point of view of a very young woman, therefore the simpler lyrics. But I don't know, maybe I am just seeing what I want to see and don't want to admit that Lana can be bad sometimes.

Exactly! I hope the next one is going in another direction as well... Since Paradise, I love how each one sounds unique.