GeminiLanaFan

Lana Del news on Insta said things would pick up again in December and that she would treat us good. There are a few accounts I tend to believe but that one Is more reliable (it didn’t get the axe treatment when all the other fan accounts got asked to be deleted from Insta during the LFL era, and Lana dms him from time to time). Whether this is true or not, logic tells me she has to announce something / release something this month. It’s been too long. So maybe the poetry book and the release date ?!?

He's good indeed... but they did get a couple of days in the studios together, when Lana was recording HM. She said that nothing good came out of it. So it seems kinda of unlikely it will happen, sadly

Makes sense!

MAC’s video felt rushed... VB’s is very good... Could it be that having a 2-single release was last minute and Chuck has to rush the MAC one?

I see your point. And it is valid, I must say. I don't mind that much, to be honest, if the visuals aren't as strong as her music though. It seems that with this era, she doesn't want to go big at all...

Kinda unfair. She is still playing with visuals, this time around playing with low quality videos, as if she was a singer out of a 8 mm film. It fits the sound of NFR. True, it is not as stunning as some previous eras, but it is still fitting the sound of the album. Plus NFR also has some strong intimate vibes and the atmosphere of VB fits that perfectly (MAc's video is not as strong as VB's, IMO). And let's not forget one thing: with LFL, she worked with Rick, who is LA-based, and she hired a big shot for her videos (Rich Lee), which means that recording and mixing was easier and she had to schedule the video part of promo. With NFR, it's the opposite: she is working with a NY-based producer (which means that the recording and producing work will be longer) and has her sister doing the visuals. So the videos are "easier" to make, especially if they are "homemade". To have both (a producer not based in LA and a big shot video guy), it would mean at least a 2-year period between albums, to coordinate the whole thing. And we know how patient we are...

She will tell something or give us something in December, surely in the first week, not too close to Christmas. Let’s assume she releases NFR in March at the latest, it would have been six months between the first singles and the album: it’s too long without something in between to hype things up. Hell, LFL’s pre-release era was so looonnnggggg and we got a new single after two months and interviews after that, Followed by Coachella and the promo singles. True, she posts on Insta and Twitter, but something bigger has to come up.

I dont’ Think it got passed the point of collecting objects to use them in it (remember the posts with the lighter?)

I am super curious about the rest of this track. The lyrics are very good from what we've heard, and i want to hear the rest of the production.

I'm not an expert on lawsuits and everything, but the way she described the story of the title track, Norman Rockwell is seen as positive, it's the douche she describes who thinks he is as genius as Norman Rockwell that brings the "negativity" of the song. So not Norman Rockwell himself. But I don't know if the estate is touchy about the use of the name (but then again, it's not the first time a writer or a journalist has described something naive and cute as being out of a Norman Fucking Rockwell painting, and I doubt that there many lawsuits pending regarding the matter).

I'd love to hear Yosemite, and many of her unreleased songs (The Good Life most of all), and I'm sure we'll hear them at some point, but I have come to the conclusion that I will let her do her own thing and release the shit she wants to release at the moment she chooses. That being said, I am a fucking Gemini too and to read you lose your shit about Yosemite, I want the song right now

My cynical mind rewatched the pictures Lana took at Yosemite and I just imagined her saying to her friends: "Hey guys, wanna see a bunch of gays lose their shit? it's about to happen in 30 seconds! Hahahahaha! They're gonna imagine I want to release a song I don't care that much about! Hahahaha!"

Would be nice to have Yosemite right now. It would be the perfect gift for Christmas and it would be symbolic: she seems really happy these days and she said the song is happy... we’ll see!

m misspabstblue on Insta. The account doesn't publish bullshit to get noticed. The screen caption was on today's story. really hope something is coming soon. It's been a while. True, VB is still that bitch and is 10 minute long, but it's been a while.

Not a big fan of so many unreleased songs. Many sound too "demo-ish" to my taste, or are not as poilished or refined as many of the BTD songs. For example, I don'T get why so many got all excited when Hey You leaked this summer: it's bland bubblegum pop. The best unreleased songs from her are the ones she did after BTD: the Lana persona was defined and the esthetics were established, and they sound good most of the time. In her released ones, I am not a big fan of Carmen. Not that it's a bad song, but it's the only one from her that has not clicked with me, that didn't resonate at some point in my life ( I don't care about a hoe that everybody loves even though she is on a selfdestruct spiral; if she's happy, I don't fucking care). True, Art Deco talks about the same thing (a party girl going down), but the production of Art Deco is so perfect, I can't help but love it anyway, even if it's miles away from my life.

Same!

Don’t want to get everyone all riled up, but someone on Insta (a reliable fan account) received a push notification from SoundCloud that Lana had released a new track. Nothing was there of course, but maybe something is coming sooner than our cynic and pessimist minds think.

Cinnamon.I really hope she releases the cover art and release date before Christmas. And maybe a new snippet. I kinda expect a new single only with the preorder :/

Exactly. I mean, she said « poetry book » and we were all like « shut up, take my money », even I am not that excited about that project to be honest.

It will be out at some point... But when is the real question here. I relistened to the interview and she said that she seriously began thinking about releasing it only 3 weeks prior to the interview. That's not very long to have a clear and coherent plan. Before that, it was a side project. She also said herself she is bad at marketing stuff. And is it just me, or does she tend to forget she is Lana fucking Del Rey? So... is it realistic to self publish when you are already a big name and many fans already want to buy the damn thing? is she in talks with a big publishing company? Does Interscope want to cash in on that (and offer us various bundle packs with NFR- could be the reason we still don't have a release date at the moment)?

of all the ballads she previewed thus far, HTD is ma favorite. The piano melody is so pure, her voice is so beautiful and the lyrics are just too incredible

and Money Power Glory, surely.

can't tell about BTD since I wasn't a Stan back then. Paradise had to come out real quick and I think it couldn't have changed direction, I think? HM seems to be the project that changed the least. During HM's recording, she asked Mark Ronson to work with her but nothing came out of it, so the direction was kept the same. And in all the interviews before its release, it remained coherent, as opposed to LFL, when asked about the record, she would describe the last songs she had just done, and it was a blend of so many genres (acoustic, spacey, Shangri-la harmonies...). Was super hard to piece the puzzle together based on her descriptions. agreed. She does change her mind a lot during production. and when it comes to marketing and stuff, she said it herself, she is super bad. and she underestimates the time everything takes (like the Cherry video, while at the end of a tour ,while preparing a new record: u good, sis, and super hard working, but you can't be everywhere at the same time).

Wouldn’t it be weird? Isn’t it an event to help LGBT homeless kids? I don’t expect her to perform more than a couple of songs, would be strange to her confirm a date or something there. But maybe in the days prior or following? Ever since she posted the snippet confirming Sylvia’s existence, I do believe you. But it’s nothing personal if I doubt the word of fans only: since that fucker who seeked attention at her pop up show and made up that Yosemite would be released within six months on a new album, I tend to take everything with a grain of salt if i’m not shown receipts.