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  8. Posted

    Just now, The Stargirl Pinky said:

    The way I tried listening to my Release Radar on Spotify but those songs were all trash relative to the gems that l34k3d this week. Fingertips, Sweet, and The Grants are entirely sustaining me right now :trisha:

    Spoiler

    I'm listening to these songs in order with Ocean Blvd and A&W in between and my god.....I see the vision of this album. :trisha:

     

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  10. Posted

    14 minutes ago, Vertimus said:

    That's all beautifully expressed. I wish I heard and 'saw' that in the title track, which remains flat for me, like a dead fish, but I do like, at least, 'The Grants' and 'Sweet,' though, as I said yesterday, 'Fingertips' is still not jelling with me. I look forward to the balance of the album. 


    I also cannot relate to a lot of UV, and 'BB' and 'Old Money' are also my favorites from the album. Speaking of maturity, as we have been today, I think both of those songs really reflect maturity, but was it only artist reflecting maturity, and not the individual?  As if they can be separated! Was 'Old Money' a glimpse of a maturity still to come? 'Old Money' is my all-time favorite of her songs.

     

    Regarding the 'Sad Girl' lyrics, it's interesting that everywhere the lyrics appears on the internet, it's as 'I'm a Sad Girl, I'm Sad Girl, I'm a Sad Girl,' when that is clearly not what she actually says. You quoted the lyrics correctly. 

    You make a really good point here about Old Money possibly reflecting the maturity of an artist. While I don't believe that an artist and individual can be separated either, I do believe that in her first three albums, we really heard Lana craft music of an artist looking outwards towards the world and created music oriented by the kaleidoscopic perspective of an artist as she moves through life. With this new music, especially the songs on Ocean Blvd, I see it as almost the opposite. The artist that has matured, went through all of those tribulations, became scarred and jaded by those without the best of intentions, is now looking from the outside world and digging deeper into who she really is as a person underneath the aesthetic cloak that she masterfully created. She's going deeper into her own stories, relationships, friendships, and past in order to unveil her soul to the world. All of this is to not say that there's a "new Lana vs old Lana," all of her music is authentically her, but we're experiencing it from a different vantage point now: Lana as an individual from the artist's point of view after a long life of challenges and development of wisdom.

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  12. Posted

    10 minutes ago, Vertimus said:

    If you mean the title track, I can only say I wish it did for me. 

    I've always made it clear to everyone on the forum that while I do love Ultraviolence, it still ranks low on my album rankings. I am just not in that type of headspace that can emotionally connect with the wild passion and fury of that album. I completely respect it and all of the people who adore it, but lyrically, it's just not my cup of tea outside of a handful of tracks (1-5, Black Beauty, and Old Money). While I was talking about the songs that I've heard from Ocean Blvd in general, I do connect with the title track. So much of it, for me, is connecting with this experience of not wanting to be forgotten by those you love after you die. I think Ocean Blvd poignantly gets at something at the core of existence, consciousness, and the human spirit that really moves me deeply. These are the reasons why I am so blown away by the new music, but I can understand why it might not hit the spot for other people. As I get older, I've started thinking more about my family, my past, trauma, spirituality, and developed more anxieties about death in general. The music on Ocean Blvd that I've heard so far encapsulates all of those anxieties and concerns, which exemplifies why I adore the music so much.

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  13. Posted

    Just now, ByDayAnother said:


    yes, UV with its irony and its anger and spite is very defensive (love it!), but this is her getting honest with herself (which is more important that her being honest with us, she is being VERY generous with her confessions this album).

    I love UV and definitely feel the pain and sadness from it, but the emotion on Ocean Blvd is extremely cathartic and hits me in the gut

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  15. Posted

    Just now, DCooper said:

    I personally feel from the three songs I've heard that this is her darkest work yet. It's about finally unpacking the things she wasn't ready to face and really putting herself through the emotional wringer. There's a weight to it that I don't think she's explored before. That being said, I think she will balance a lot of emotions throughout the record and the ultimate takeaway will be one of hope, strength, love for yourself and others.

    It seems like there's going to be a huge emotional climax in the middle of the album, and then Margaret to Taco Truck will be a release from all of the devastating lyricism.

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  16. Posted

    2 minutes ago, burthday kake said:
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    i looked up if there was any spiritual meaning to seeing white butterflies (for the whimsical vibes) and i found this 

     

    “White butterflies can often be a simple message of comfort to someone, particularly if they're mourning.”

     

    ”signs like this are a wonderful balm to the loneliness we so often feel after losing a loved one. They tell us that though it may appear otherwise, we aren't alone.”

     

    :trisha:

     

    Spoiler

    oh my god this album :trisha:

     

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  22. Posted

    1 minute ago, m0th3rcr33p said:

    omg i was in love w you bcs of your dedication to fingertips but what is this nfr slander...

    It's a wonderful song, but it's a very tepid opening track. All of the songs above it truly set the stage for the album; I believe that Mariners Apartment Complex should have switched spots with Norman for more of a punch the rest of her opening tracks have

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  24. Posted

    5 minutes ago, shadesofearthquakes said:

    For the sake of a non-spoiler discussion let’s rank our track 4s!

     

    Currently my ranking is:

    A&W

    God Knows I Tried

    Video Games

    Cherry

    Fuck It, I Love You

    Body Electric

    Gramma

    Let Me Love You Like a Woman

    Brooklyn Baby

    The Trio

    Brooklyn Baby

    Video Games

    A&W

    God Knows I Tried

    Let Me Love You Like a Woman

    Cherry

    Fuck It I Love You

    Body Electric

    Gramma

    The Trio

     

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