GeminiLanaFan

This album came out at an important time for me (my mom passed away a couple of months later), and it has helped me grieve. It is a masterpiece, one that needs to be listened to when you are in a quiet place. I love that she recently called that album her «vanity project». There are so many subtleties and layers to the melodies, and so many powerful moments as well (The Blackest Day, 24, God Knows I Tried, Religion, to name a few). I loved the stormy feeling of UV, but I must admit that UV can get me down a bit, as opposed to HM, which I can listen to no matter what I do or how I feel. This album channels so much the Old Hollywood and California vibes. It is her most underrated gem. And I love that some stans don't get it lol.

I am new here but have followed all the drama from afar when LFL was about to come out... Now that we have heard it for a couple of months, I will put my own two cents on the album. First of all, i really loved it. True, it did not contain RBFY or Yosemite or BAR, but it was an incredible one. I will specify that I am the same age as Lana and that witchy goddess has a way of putting in words and music what I am going though in my life, as if we are aging together, going in the same direction... I see LFL as her quest for happiness. She wants to be happy, she was heading in that direction I believe, but shit happened (G-Eazy, anyone? and Trump lol), and she realized that happiness is hard to find, very evasive. So the album is the reflexion of a woman growing out of her 20's drama, heading into the future. Many of the songs feel like the memories of her past drama (Heroin), or her past perspective on things (the song LFL has been criticized for its blend lyrics, but I felt she was writing as if she was a teenager; same as White Mustang). Even when she sings about her past relationships, we feel the insight of a maturing woman (she reflects on love itself, what her ideal is and how she did not obtain it, like on Cherry and 13 Beaches). And we finally see her present perspective emerge with songs like GBA, BPBP, WTWWAT, Coachella. I have never been one to follow the news on TV or newspaper, but as I get older, i realize I cannot ignore the world anymore. And I got scared too, like Lana I believe. So she had to acknowledge the state of the world at some point. WTWWAW is such a hopeful song, the first one from her to bring me tears. Her vocals are sublime on that one. The last three songs form The Holy Trinity of the album and summarize it: something for her past (the kind of self-destruction she had on BTD and UV), her present (the will to Change), and her future (Get Free; isn't it the perfect Lana song?). When the instrumentals of the album came out, I felt surprised to hear such depths to songs that I thought were not so incredible at first (the piano at the and of BPBP: . Coachella is really more layered than I thought). Each of her albums tells a story and each song is important. And I always keep in mind that she has a way of making me fall in love with songs I thought were not so great at first, but that resonated with me at some point, and I would not pull them away from the record. Lana is one of the few artists that make albums that you have to listen from cover to cover to get the big picture.

It feels like the upcoming album could be the sequel to LFL... If what we heard so far is any indication and if the rumors are true, this could be the answer to her new found blue, out of the black... And I know people might throw stones at me, but i think that LFL might be better understood when we hear this new album... I always felt that LFL was her quest for happiness, something somehow much more difficult to attain then expected.

i really like it! She has a way of just putting in words how i feel at the moment. This is my exact vision of happiness. I also got a little «Religion» (the song from HM) vibes in the melody. I am excited to hear this new project