Vertimus

We have to trust that she knows what she's doing. It's her private life, and, ultimately, none of our business. I remember when I was young and Kurt Cobain committed suicide, and then it seemed every downtowner here in NYC had an opinion on whether or not Courtney Love was abusing or mistreating Frances Bean Cobain. Everyone was an expert, everyone knew the true story, even though very few knew anything solid or factual. No one knew Love or had known Cobain. It was just overwrought conjecture and speculation.

She's publicly said more than once that she wants to have a child, and she's approaching middle age. Fertility declines after the age of 35 and pregnancy risks escalate. It makes perfect sense.

I think this as well, generally speaking, and I think it also has to do with her wanting a child of her own, one or more.

If you've never seen The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie from 1969--it's my all-time favorite film--see it. You won't regret it. Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as the title character.

It seems to me he's being perceived as a conservative and a redneck--he wears camo and is an alligator tour guide--thus the hate. And he may be both, though redneck perhaps isn't a term he would use to describe himself. She's been telling us for years that she wants someone to walk to the mall with, do the laundry with, and watch television with, so I'm not surprised. Maybe "tour the bayou with" would have been the next line. She did mention the bayou on Fishtail. And in terms of boyfriends, many are perceiving him as a step down from cop Sean Larkin, who they thought bad enough.

Having a birth child of her own probably factored into this decision. ...and probably explains some of the Lasso delay.

And that wasn't the first time.

But we've already had a release date--we're sitting right on top of one. And another release date doesn't necessarily mean an accurate one or one that won't change again.

Let's hope it's not a Lana Del Rey Christmas album, that secret project. So very few are worth listening to.

That may be true, but if so, I think it's foolish--and worse, tired.

Why set up complicated interviews when a simple announcement or press release could solve the problem in a snap?

A [female] writer I like calls artists of all stripes--and especially female artists--sacred monsters, and I think we've seen a little bit of that behavior in Lana since 2012, just as I've certainly seen it in Tori Amos over the decades. Maria Callas, Judy Garland, Madonna--it's a sort of archetype that no doubt is partially the result of 'women in a man's word.' Both Greta Garbo and Nico both said they wished they had been born men, strictly due to the very different access men have in the world and the creative world in particular. And Greta Garbo and Anais Nin both said, at different points of their lives, that they found themselves burdened by impossible, crushing standards of excellence they set for themselves, and wondered how they had ever gotten to that point. I think we see all of this in some of Lana's behavior. If she's not a sacred monster, we often certainly treat her like one, which I don't think is healthy for anyone. It's certainly a projection many of us cast upon her. No wonder she wants to walk to the mall, watch television, and do the laundry. At this point, I don't have a lot of hope for Lasso as such. I almost hope it's morphed into something else and has a new name.

I doubt her label would make any firm objections about track inclusion at this point in her career, which seems at a kind of zenith. Henry could well be a kind of Ode to Billie Joe that really comes to life (and we don't know if the snippet opens the song, is from the middle or the bridge or whatever). And even if it's a sleepy, go-nowhere sort of track, I doubt they'd ask her to remove or replace it. And I very much doubt she would. The two interludes of OB weren't at all 'commercial,' and yet there they are. Candy Necklace wasn't commercial, and yet not only was it included, a major video was produced for it.

I love all those songs and wouldn't want them on Lasso, but would love to see them officially released somehow, some way. To me, they're superior to a lot of her released material, like ______, ______ ______, and ___________ _____ ___.

Until a disguttodeath impersonator manifests.

I want her to do whatever she wants to do, no matter how frustrating any changes are or seem to us. That's how good music is made. I don't mind collaborations. I don't expect more than 3-4 songs I like per album from any artist, so if there's more than that, great. If there's less, I'll cope. I'd prefer to see her work with someone other than JA, but that's just my preference. Viva Lana! She's had a terrific, high-profile two years, hopefully, whatever comes next will only build on all her effort and hard work.

It's up there with mine too (or down there).

He didn't release anything on IG about it--I just checked again, that's how I missed it.

Thank you!

That's good news--thanks, Is there a title yet? His songs are hit-or-miss with me, but when they hit, they're great.

We know a Lana album is never going to drop on the initial release date given and/or the date Lana herself says it will. To me, once an album is announced, it's best to just forget it or its single(s) until it/they actually do drop. The NFR! release burnt me out, and I learned my lesson.

Paradise for me, hands down, then BTD and UV in a tie. I don't care for the Lolita associations on Honeymoon; all that is missing is a lollypop. But the Honeymoon cover was much better than what was to come. I remember how clever and beautifully designed her early concert posters were--and then all of that came to a dead halt about the same time she stopped being an international style icon.

Agreed. As I see it, album cover and interior art are not a strong point of Lana's.

A-men. No muffled sounds.

I'd add anything by Tame Impala. A lot of Taylor Swift. I like three Kate Bush records, but her other albums are screechy and shrill, and 50 Words For Snow is awful. 21 Pilot's Clancy and Scaled & Icy are pretty self-indulgent and go-nowhere. To me, the worst song ever--going way back---is The Logical Song by Supertramp--and just about anything else by Supertramp. Most artists, even great artists like Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, the Rolling Stones, and R.E.M. have bad songs and occasionally, entirely bad albums.