Vertimus

Lana knows the truth if she spends any amount of time here. Not being a cultist doesn't make me or anyone else a hater.

When do we know the winners?

I'd prefer no leaked/unreleased tracks.

Me too. I especially miss the inventiveness of some of her past vocal styles. I'm not asking/hoping for a 'return to BTD' or anything like that, but sometimes 'genuine feeling' and 'sincerity' can become cloying or get in the way of creativity.

Full agree.

Her team has rarely, if ever, exercised traditional, standard, or industry-professional approaches to new releases. I've never experienced this with other artists I've stanned, so I assume Lana is a large part of whatever processes take place, and Ben and co. may have a similar attitude and approach. Or perhaps Lana is just indecisive as an individual, and has enough industry power to be indecisive--and perhaps the smaller label she's on is used to her changing tracks, concepts, album titles, and dates, or some combination of all of these. I agree the ongoing LA fires are probably having a devastating effect on her, as they are on all residents of Southern California and beyond--including us. She'll likely respond via her art given time. Whether the fires will alter the TRPWS rollout remains to be seen, but it seems likely.

Who knows? She may be inspired by the catastrophic LA fires to change direction and plans again, as she did about a year ago with the earlier formulation of Lasso. And the fires aren't over--Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and even the San Fernando Valley may burn before this ends. As the Pitchfork writer mentioned, she never released White Hot Forever and Rock Candy Sweet, though we probably know them in different forms as COCC and BB.

I'd prefer a different title, and if it remains as it is, will probably still change the name to Lasso in Apple Music.

Some of her best songs ever!

Didn't LDR herself at one point say she considered it an album? Shouldn't we let her have the final say? To me, Paradise is very different from BTD--if Paradise was a great deal like BTD, especially in BTD's weaker tracks, I'd tend to see it as an EP, but it has a power and character all its own, and, to my ear, is markedly different in tone and vision.

Mine too. Yes, it’s an album, and to me, one of her very best.

Full agree.

Nicely said. And only a few of us know her, or perhaps only one of us, so all we can do is accept her actions and words or choose to un-stan her.

Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), one of my all-time favorites and something of 'a social horror' movie in its own way. David Lynch clearly took a lot from it for Mulholland Drive.

Yes, me too. It's a sad fact of life how so few people have actual empathy, and can imagine what it might be like to be an indoor pet engulfed alone in choking smoke and burning alive. I pray those dogs and cats trapped inside die of smoke inhalation before the flames reach them. No living thing deserves that. I do know compassionate rescue workers often save trapped pets when they can and even wild animals in these circumstances.