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I added the second part of the interview I posted on the previous page to the OP! x

New lyrics shared in Billboard interview - Charlie stop smoking Caroline will you be with me Will the baby be alright? Will I have one of mine?

This is a simple song Gonna write it for a friend My shirt is inside out I’m messy with the pen He met Margaret on a rooftop, she was wearing white & he was like, “I might be in trouble” He had flashes of the good life He was like, “should I jump off this building now, or do it on the double?” ‘Cause, baby, if your love is in trouble Baby, if your love is in trouble Baby, if your love is in trouble When you know, you know When you know, you know It kinda makes me laugh, running down that path When you’re good as gold ‘Cause when you know, you know Words aren’t my friends But they're red flags, they're white dice, they’re black eyes, and they're blue lies If you're asking yourself, “how do you know?” Then that's your answer, the answer is no You gotta run, you gotta run, run, run, run Like your head’s on fire Run away like your head is on fire ‘Cause, baby, if your love is in trouble Baby, if your love is in trouble Baby, if your love is in trouble When you know, you know When you know, you know It kinda makes me laugh, running down that path When you’re good as gold ‘Cause when you know, you know And when you're old, you're old Like Hollywood and me, that diamond on your ring The soul that you bring to the table One that makes me sing in a minor key ‘Cause when you know, you know When you know, you know So, if you don't know, don't give up, ‘Cause you never know what the new day might bring Maybe tomorrow you'll know Maybe tomorrow you'll know Maybe tomorrow you'll know I mean, join the party By the way, the party's December 18 Okay, let's waltz this out, ‘cause ‘Cause when you know, you know And when you're old, you're old Like Hollywood and me, that diamond on your ring The soul that you bring to the table One that makes me sing in a minor key Diamond on your ring ‘Cause when you know, you know When you know, you know

More from the interview with more content about the album! x Why Lana Del Rey Is Opening Up About Her Family on ‘Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ There is, in fact, a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard. Though a few online spectators suspected the tunnel, which inspired the name of Lana Del Rey’s album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, out March 24, might be located in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Del Rey recently revealed that the underground tunnel is actually in Long Beach, Calif. — not far from Los Angeles, where Del Rey has lived for the last six years. The singer-songwriter’s use of SoCal iconography has been a cornerstone of her songwriting for over a decade, from Born To Die’s (2012) depictions to old Hollywood glamor to Norman Fucking Rockwell’s (2019) allusions to Venice Beach. While it’s present on her new project as well, Del Rey admits she is not quite as focused on “world building” as she once was, and instead is “living from the neck up,” focusing her craft on more lyrically driven and intimate songwriting. Del Rey’s Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd discusses unrevealed details and stories about her “family of origin,” especially in songs like “Fingertips,” which she says “tells everything about everyone from day one.” Just weeks before its release, Del Rey – who is Billboard’s 2023 Women in Music Visionary honoree — talks about creating the album in her living room, and why she is ready to talk about her family. How did your new album begin to take shape? Mike Hermosa, who produced the majority of the songs on this album, would come over to my house, and I would hear him in my living room playing piano. He’s not even a musician full time. He’s a DP, a cameraman. I would hear him play, and I’d be like “can I record that?” or I’d sneakily record something. Eventually I asked if he could just keep playing, and I could sing. Then, every Sunday when he wasn’t working, he would just kind of noodle around, and I would sing. That’s how we wrote the first song: “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.” I knew right away that I really, really liked it. I enjoyed how casual writing with Mike was. He didn’t have a dog in the race. He wasn’t interested in anything beyond just playing. It’s fun that the entire album didn’t feel like we were making one until the end when Jack Antonoff came in and was like “I really like this. Can I put something on top of this?” When Jack comes in, you know you’re making a real record. Do you feel this casual approach to songwriting was able to open you up creatively? This process was almost like automatic singing. I just knew exactly every word to sing for everything he played because the chords were perfectly arranged. I think my overall feeling when writing this album was just, “wow, I got lucky.” Also, I realized that, even when I’m seeking so many other things in my life, music really seeks me. It’s like a little bird following me around. Somehow when I didn’t want to make music, I was presented with the best collaborators I’ve met. I just had them in my living room. I realized music is the one thing that constantly shows up for me, even when I’m looking for something else. Since you were singing so automatically, as you put it, did you go back and edit, or did you leave it as is? There was a lot of editing, because it was mostly a stream of consciousness, but every now and then I’ll have a complete song come to me fully formed. The song “Fingertips” I created in one sitting, voice memoed it, and sent it to [the producer and composer] Drew Erickson. He came back to me the next day with a full orchestra. Again, I just felt so lucky: lucky for the songs, lucky for these producers, lucky for the project. You have Jack Antonoff coming back on this record. He’s worked on so many major albums in the last five years, including two of your own (Norman Fucking Rockwell and Chemtrails Over the Country Club). As someone who has worked with him so often, what’s his secret? Why does everyone want to work with him? He can play anything on any instrument. He can fit the right instruments and melodies to any idea you’ve had. I think he plays something like 16 instruments. For us, it’s definitely very collaborative. I think probably out of any projects he’s worked on, he would say I give him the most direction. It’s funny because I recently heard all of his records he made from when he was in high school, and I still hear so much of what he’s done on Taylor [Swift]’s new record from that high school record. He’s just prolific. It’s absolutely wild to watch. That’s why it’s so fun because you really get to create any sound with him. He’s also a girl’s guy. He gets it! He’s also a featured artist on the album too. How did that come about? I was done with the album, and he came in for a couple days. We sat there, and I said, “let’s just play the piano.” I can make a song out of anything Jack plays. That’s actually how Norman got started too. He just plays and I just sing. He started playing something and then I was thinking about his fiancée [Margaret Qualley] who I just can’t live without! I love her. I started singing “he met Margaret on a rooftop / she was wearing white / and he was like / ‘I might be in trouble.’” I asked him what he thought we should say in the second verse because with him and Margaret it was a “when you know you know” situation. He had the idea to sing about what you should do when you don’t know. He started singing, and I told him he should just sing it on the record. It was really fun. What overall themes did you try to capture in this record? Family of origin is the overall theme. I think with Blue Banisters I wanted to capture this idea too, but I flew it under the radar. I was trying to address some criticisms that I had heard said after Chemtrials… mostly that people don’t know much about me. I didn’t promote that theme of Blue Banisters at all intentionally. In this album, I got to really finish my thoughts and get super specific, which I was not comfortable with completely before… I do list my grandpa, my brother, my dad, my Uncle Dave. In the song “Fingertips,” I sing “Charlie stop smoking / Caroline will you be with me / will the baby be alright? / Will I have one of mine?” I think I was able to open up about this because Mike was so casual to work with. All in my living room. It allowed for that. “Fingertips” tells everything about everyone from day one until now. Are you nervous about being so forthcoming about your family in this record? I was. I was so uncomfortable. Then, by the grace of God, I felt completely unburdened. Your father, Rob Grant, is releasing an album on Decca Records on June 9, and you’ll be featured on two songs. Has he always been musical? My dad has always played piano and he sang when he was younger with my uncle who’s a traveling organ player for Emmylou Harris and Buddy Guy. They wrote country records back in the day. I don’t know how and when it came to him. But I think he just decided he wanted to record it. And [my manager] played it for Decca Records, and they loved it. I’m not talkative when it comes to myself, but you will learn so much about me in hearing him. It gives so much context to the family.

After listening more with the new context, I think the lyric could be “got a cop who turned on a bad b” - bad b meaning bad bitch and turned on meaning to betray. That, or “turned on the backbeat” implying noise distortion. “Cop” was just omitted by a production censor in the album version. I never heard “god’s a charlatan” and although it’s an interesting lyric, I don’t think it’s correct x

This seems to be the unpopular opinion, but I really love the cover. Perhaps I’m a bit biased because I am somewhat of an Adam Lambert fan, but he really is so talented. I saw him live a couple of years ago and his vocal ability is incredible. He’s also one of my best friend’s favourite artists, so I find myself listening to him quite a bit. I really liked how he took the song and made it his own - I appreciate it more than if it would have been a carbon copy with his vocals in place. I also think it’s so cool that the frontman of the current Queen spinoff band that features original band members is covering her song. It just shows how far her music can reach and inspire. Though nothing can top the original with all its uniqueness and wonderfulness, I think this is a great rock rendition of the song. I think some (mostly younger) fans are turned off by it because they don’t listen to this style of music, but I think covers like this are a great way to broaden your musical horizons. Plus, can you imagine if Lana did a rock album in this style?? I know I’d be eating it up x

Wow. The song is gorgeous. Though it’s an instrumental and simple, it evokes strong emotions - both happy and sad. It’s nostalgic. It feels like looking back on a bittersweet memory from time past and then letting go. Reminiscing on a moment so distant it’s almost blurry, but still familiar enough to remember one last time before saying goodbye & moving forward. Almost like the title suggests, drifting away from one distant shore in your past, and setting sail towards something else distant - a more promising future chapter. I find pieces like this to be wordless sonic poems, and I think there’s lots of meaning to be found within it. As I mentioned before, I’m an avid listener of instrumentals, and I love tracks like this that within its simplicity are full of such substance to be interpreted even with the absence of words. I think this was a great debut single choice and I’m greatly looking forward to what else is to come x

I wonder if Fishtail may be about Chuck.. in the Grant family's latest TikTok, Lana can be heard saying in regards to Chuck, "You are your work and your work is you, and your fishtail is long. Your spirit is true, my little, little sister."

It seems the album shoot was done back in September the same day as the honeymoon livestream on the boat based on everyone's clothing! Lana also mentioned Rob's record in the stream x

“ This is either gonna be the beginning of something beautiful or take us all down. Rob’s first major label debut album 𝓛𝓞𝓢𝓣 𝓐𝓣 𝓢𝓔𝓐 May the force be w all of us. I mean let’s get real - he’s always been the star. @robertenglandgrant”

Ready for the merch & media drop

Promo banner on his Twitter, love it -

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I merged the threads and added the new info to the OP so Rob can have his own dedicated thread in the Music section! This is so exciting! I’m looking forward to hearing what the songs will be like. I will say, I’m a big fan of listening to instrumentals while I work, and my 4th & 5th top listened to albums of last year were the COTCC & NFR instrumentals lol. So, I’d definitely be super thrilled with some new instrumental tracks to listen to! I also love that Lana will be featured in two tracks, I wonder if she’ll be singing over his compositions. Can’t wait for what’s to come! Xx

Well, not to discourage anyone, but this may be another instance of where an item is found in the code but never released like I described the other day. Though, this one was sent out in that email from Platenzaak, so maybe it will come at a later time x

Thought I may have woken up too late, but I was able to grab everything I wanted! RIP to my bank account, but gotta support my queen xx

Queen x

Something interesting to note that I’ve been thinking about recently is before Blue Banisters was released, someone found a Violets for Roses shirt coded into her shoplanadelrey store, but it was never released there or anywhere else. That’s how we discovered the first bit of lyrics for the song. All Blue Banisters merch with different designs was later released through LDR Village on the day before the record’s release and none through her store except for media items. Though, I do believe this merch will drop eventually especially since she’s been wearing it & there was that email accidentally sent out from Platenzaak x

Pretty When You Cry vs God Knows I Tried

Earlier today, Lana Del Rey stopped to meet a fan in Los Angeles, California.

trashsugarmagic! I don’t post too much on there, but I do have two concert videos on there from the last show I saw of her and I want to upload some more from other shows x

Omg thanks for the follow babes I need to post more Lana content on there besides the two vids I have up already, esp now that she might be more active again xx

I created my tiktok account after familyheirlooms was created, and now I spend waaaay too much time on there lol. So, just a warning.. it’s more addictive than you’d think x

Interview confirmed they will restock the issue on their website next week. It’ll also be hitting stands tomorrow the 17th x