American Whore

some bread, jam, and a bottle of water

i'm not, i bought it already twice and will be getting the cd from target, target vinyl, and the indies vinyl. she got my coin, she won't lose anything on my leak listens

oh my fucking god i-

It sounds somewhat similar, but I don't think it's the same? Besides, it if was, she would be in the credits, right? Maybe she used the idea from that song though?

also the lil scream toward the end of the crazy part of jimmy

but do we ever even get apple music streams? these numbers only represent half of the streams, if not more

did u know that there's a singer who could still be lookin like a side piece at 33?

loving that this is a thing, still

oh maybe that's about

TW - SA I have some feeling Lana is experiencing some internal slut shaming, fueled by societal media slut shaming. Clearly, AW is somewhat sarcastic in the same way that Boarding School is, where she's saying she's in the back of a club doing crack. But also, putting AW next to Ocean Blvd, it makes the title track make more sense and solidify what I was thinking when I heard it for the first time. "I can't help but feel somewhat like my body marred my soul" The entire beauty standard set by men/media (who, according to Lana on A&W, also might call her a whore), she's wondering if she takes control of that beauty standard and what she sees in herself, if she'd be forgotten, like the tunnel under Ocean Blvd, which was built to be at one time, beautiful with "mosaic ceiling, painted tiles on the wall". Would shen then have beautiful value, even if she's forgotten? And then on ocean blvd, she goes on to say, "Open me up, tell me you like it, fuck me to death, love me until I love myself" as if she's saying she's been inside this box and only when he finds her beautiful (or media finds her to be beautiful or her poetry, lyrics, what have you), they've already ran over her so many times that she's trying to figure out how to cope with herself from that initial running over, how to love herself. It goes along with A&W too - "it's not about having someone to love me anymore" is tragically sad, spoken by a woman who may not believe she's worth being loved by her lover or the media. I believe it's mostly about the media rather than a guy, but it all has that connotation that at first glance it is about a man but it can be applied to the media too. "I mean, look at me, look at the length of my hair, my face, the shape of my body" She knows she's beautiful, but physical beauty in this business makes you seem from an outlooker like some cheap whore who fucked her way to a music deal. I guess this goes along with Fucked My Way Up To The Top, which may be why I'm pulling my own comparisons to UV right now, aside from this being another experimental sound from her. And then she goes on to talk about how she's been raped (which may have multiple meanings to it, whether she's talking about sexual assault, looking at how the media has absolutely fucked her, you could say that was a double entendre for that entire experience.) "do you really think that anybody would think I didn't ask for it, didn't ask for it, I'm testifying, already fucked up my story" which is true. After SNL, she didn't have a chance at redemption, she was fucked right from the start and when women experience SA/R they're told "You asked for it, you wore a mini skirt, you wanted it" or something along those lines. And in both contexts, I could see how invalidating that can be. She's shown us from the very beginning, whether in exaggeration or not, look at Tropico and what story that film told. It puts into perspective some of her other lyrics that I never really thought too deeply into. G&M, "Looking to get fucked hard, like a groupie, incognito, posing as a real singer, life imitates art" is one of them. Putting it next to A&W and Ocean Blvd, it kind of represents a path of a story she's been wanting to tell her entire career. Someone else has mentioned how it reminds them of Bare Feet On Linoleum too "But alas. This is a real life. And it’s been a real fight, just to stop my mind from committing treason. Why, you ask? Because she told the towns people I was crazy. And the lies, they started to believe them." Idk what I'm saying, maybe I'm analyzing too much into it (i'm sick rn, so maybe that's it) but the further we get into this album, I think a lot of things are going to fall into place and make sense.

Okay but when the fuck is Assassin's Creed Mirage coming? Like... I was hoping spring 2023 but also splinter fucking cell??? i need sam fisher back in my life zelda in 3 months tho

i don't care for a lot on the list this year. i might grab Titty Swift, I know my bf will want Yes. Maybe the T. Rex album. Rolling Stones would be good (I think i've gotten all of their recent 2020-current RSD releases). Brian Eno, Elton John... I hate when they do regional exclusive releases. Just make more and send them across multiple regions??? Like... ELP is doing a UK only picture disc Brain Salad Surgery release and in 2021 they did a UK exclusive Black Sabbath / Master of Reality on purple vinyl I'm only disappointed because there's not anything I feel I'd be missing out on if I didn't go. Like I usually like to show up early outside of the record shop and be there like... 5AM but I feel like going that early would be redundant for this year's releases. There's not a lot of newer stuff on the list. The big names are all from the 60s-80s, which is totally fine! I love a lot of that too, but I'd like to see newer artists other than Taylor being there. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard would've been fine, but The Cure? Chief Keef? a Post Malone single? meh, idk.

i thought she was manifesting being a slut

the way that emote goes with the jimmy part

asking the real questions

shorter if it leaks idc if it leaks i bought the album twice already and will be buying it another 3 times so she got her coin outta me already

not to say that the videos are bad or shouldn't be made, i'm just saying, i don't think they're necessary in 2023 like they were when artists didn't have social media. it's not 2004 anymore

I said this before and I'll say it again, I think this record is reaching into those dark places a lot of us have wanted Lana to go towards again and that typically turns out to be some of her best work. It's shaping up to be an unmeant follow up to UV and I'm so fucking here for it. Idc if it doesn't turn out to be in that style of rock sounds i just want that style of writing from Lana again. Honeymoon saw a direction of her lyrics straying from that dark style, more light and fun, with some dark lyrics like The Blackest Day and then ever since LFL, it seems like she's had small tinges of darkness, but it's more far and few between. If this album turns out totally different from what I'm thinking but it still has the level of writing that Hope had or A&W or TUOB has, I'd be content and happy with that. Her lyrical structure thus far from this album seems a step up from things like Love Song or Dance Till We Die or Beautiful or Violets for Roses. Don't get me wrong, I like those tracks and they're fine, but I want that rich, poetic lyricist back and I think we're getting it again Remember Get Free she said out of the black into the blue? I like to think of it like this (your opinion may differ): AKA - black BTD - blue UV - black HM - blue LFL - blue NFR - blue COCC - black BB - blue with grey tinges DYCKTATTOO - black

I could see some of the footage from The Trio's video part being used for the Jimmy part of this song though, dancing in a hotel, maybe at the end with her driving and giving the finger with the last "fucking up big time" Honestly, there's already so much footage that could be repurposed for this if she really wanted to bad enough but yeah, no i agree. I don't think we need a video, the image is already painted clear as day with the lyrics so

giiiiiirl i don't even know or care what's happening or who's right or wrong, i'm just gonna enjoy it i'll stay out of this one this time, not my fight

the girlies are fighting

more importantly, why does anyone care about music videos? i mean, i get it adds to an album but it's not 2004 anymore

i could not imagine how this would sound on acid

that was about a totally nude cover, not the titty pic

we know, people here took to using it during LFL and NFR eras for some reason, not sure why but.... yeah it's annoying