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yayo's theorized timeline let's start with the first two versions, the version included on the no kung fu mixtape, and the live rehearsal recorded by the rich whores, structurally, they are very similar, they lack the bridge, as well as the "i need you like a baby when i hold you" verse, also, the first two choruses only include the "let me put on a show for you" section, while the last chorus includes the "put me onto your black motorcycle" section, it almost seems like that part was intended to be the bridge at first, now, i'm not entirely sure which came first, one could assume that the version recorded by the rich whores could've been recorded at some point during the summer months of 2007, her peformance of yayo on july 9, 2007, with the rich whores, is incredibly similar to the live rehearsal version it's hard to say exactly when the no kung fu version was recorded, two tracks off of the mixtape have confirmed recording dates, get drunk, which was recorded on august 14, 2007, and the mermaid motel demo, which was recorded on september 6, 2007, which was shortly after the supposed time of recording of the live rehearsal version, regardless, there is no clear evidence to suggest that the no kung fu version of yayo was recorded in the later months of 2007, only just the fact that other tracks off of that mixtape were recorded after july, 2007 now, let's talk about the laptop demo, this is where things get kinda confusing, the laptop demo is different structurally compared to the other three versions, it includes the "i need you like a baby when i hold you" verse, as well as the "hello heaven" bridge, also, the two verses are switched around, the "i need you like a baby when i hold you" verse is the second verse, coming after the opening verse, and the "you have to take me right now" verse is second, coming after the first chorus, but what it shares the with other two demos is that two of the choruses, the first and last, lack the "put me onto your black motorcycle" section, only the second chorus is complete, so, it would be reasonable to guess that the laptop demo came after the live rehearsal and no kung demo, since it includes more verses and bares more of a resemblance to the album version however... the first known performance of yayo on june 14, 2007 includes the "i need you like a baby when i hold you" verse, while the live rehearsal and the no kung fu demos don't, the live performance from june is pretty similar to the laptop demo except for the fact that it ends after the second chorus, however, it isn't really clear whether or not the song was actually done or if she purposely ended it off early, since she says "i think we'll stop it right about there...", also, the june performance lacks the "yayo, how now, yayo" so, in conclusion... it's hard to put together any sort of timeline because she kept changing the song i feel like the laptop demo is more likely to be recorded in between the no kung fu demo and live rehearsal simply because of the fact that it features the most resemblance to the album version despite everything being switched around, but it could've been recorded anytime between june 2007-october 2007 (?) the most likely month the live rehearsal with the rich whores is probably july, 2007, and the no kung fu demo could've been recorded during july 2007-october 2007... not really sure, i don't actually know what month she started working with david kahne, but she did move into the trailer park that month

recency bias lol, when blue banisters was first released people were calling it her best album, people tend to really hype up something that's new

honestly i wasn't a fan of the video lol, not going to watch it again she'll be fine

i have this scrub and it smells like those sweet coconut flakes that you'd find on cakes

DESERVED i don't care what anyone says, summertime sadness is one of her best songs, it also being one of her most popular doesn't change that also, going back to what 2018 surf noir had said... if they combined the two summertime sadness uploads, it would have about 878 million which is pretty insane

have they even seen the men she dates? sean was older but only by a decade or so, other boyfriends were close to her age, fans who still think she's just about old sugar daddies, depression, and cocaine in 2023 are so obnoxious

ooh how exciting! i hope we get to learn more about lana's vocal takes, the nfr-esque strings in the jimmy section, and the kurt cobain acoustic demo-esque guitars!

i'm really glad lanaboards has improved with how they talk about lana and her appearance

her outfit is so cute! <3

i honestly know very little about any of the doja cat stuff going on right now, but i don't think it's weird or that bad for her to say that she doesn't necessarily love her fans, or to reject the obsessive stan mentality, i feel like one could love their fans as a collective, since they like your art and support you by showing up for concerts, and buying merch/music, but you can't love individual people that you don't know at all just because they like your music

i would like for them to elaborate

AKA songs that have no documented performances: oh say can you see raise me up (mississippi south) smarty AKA songs that she has performed, but we have no footage/audio: kill kill queen of the gas station jump

ZODIAC OMGGGG

lana: i was reading slim aaron's, and i got to thinking, that i thought... maybe i'd get less stressed if i was tested less, like all of these debutantes her dancers:

chemtrails? didn't she just start singing bartender?

YOSEMITE WE BELIEVE IN YOU

i'm so happy seeing chemtrails over the country club receiving her flowers in this thread

FULLY EXPECTING that she'll perform something from the lizzy grant days she didn't go to alabama for nothing!

when lana leaks a 8-second snippet of the raise me up (mississippi south) music video on the screen behind her... THEN. WHAT?

listening to breaking up slowly to prepare for the folk country oh say can you see performance of the century we might be breaking up after this song...

when she sings take me home, country roads, and announces the sextuple album release of AKA, unreleased demos, american standards and classics, pacific blue, the folk covers album, the country covers album, and the collab album with nikki lane

honestly i can't stand those dancers, she could be performing a song fingertips and they'd still be energetically shaking their asses

folky set-list: 1. chemtrails over the country club 2. mariner's apartment complex 3. west coast (radio mix version) 4. wild at heart 5. not all who wander are lost 6. breaking up slowly (ft. nikki lane) 7. arcadia/black beauty/for k, pt. 2 medley 8. yosemite 9. nectar of the gods 10. yayo 11. pawn shop blues