Venice Bitch

I sometimes regret i never attended lana's shows in the past cause i feel like she's really losing her abilities to perform, dunno if it's bc of smoking/vaping
i mean, she had some singing highlights recently but overall i think she just doesn't enjoy performing anymore
that said, my fav show of hers is the iTunes festival one -- it's really emotional + we got audio and video in decent quality
also honeymoon promo on bbc radio deserves a shout out
 
THIS!

She used to balance the high and low SO well, and that's what I want back. 
Like what she did in OTTR, Ride, Carmen, 24, honeymoon, and plenty more.
 
imo, It's like now she sings in a register that allows her to sing it live while zoning out and not putting actual effort in. Sometimes I think she barely put in any effort when recording the studio version too. 
That's why I still wanna hear Yosemite so bad because she actually said it was challenging for her. 

The way the tripe video for NFR was entirely forgettable. 

i can't believe this website is free

new leaks just don’t have the same magic to them as when they used to happen. idk if it’s because im older and in a different period of my life but yeah .. I remember I used to wake up and see 3 new songs had leaked while sleeping (back in the tostb tumblr days) and I’d be listening to them on repeat awlllllll day. now I listen to them once when they leak then only come back to them when I’m drunk and in a Lana unreleased mood

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. But I hope we're wrong bc I love White Hot Forever as a title (album title )

Wait a song with Grimes would actually slap though

You're right but I guess it's our internet age. It's Sunday morning, almost 11:00 and I'm wearing yesterdays shirt trying to muster the energy to take a shower. Yet I still believe I know what's best for Lana!
 
We all have our delusions I guess.

I hate it when you all turn into managers. Realistically I don't care about the success of the album as long as I like it.

the thing about surprise releases is that i feel it's less about, sayyyy, how much financial power an artist has or even how big their fanbase is - i think it has a lot more to do with how socially acceptable it is to like an artist and their ability to be trendy and talked about universally.
 
frank ocean, for example, dropped a surprise release and everyone talked about it and it worked bc he as an artist is well liked, considered "cool" and has that ~aloof~ vibe, his fanbase demographic is MASSIVE and diverse, and he's a fave on twitter and IG, even if his numbers don't match that of someone like Lana. if Megan thee Stallion, who is social media's current favourite girl (she's earned that dont get me wrong!) surprise dropped an album tonight, it would be ALLLL YOU SAW on twitter and IG bc she's a social media darling and to *not* listen to her or like her music is almost shocking in a way, so the majority of people would feel compelled to listen to her album even if they've never listened to her stuff before simply out of FOMO, a desire to join in w/ trends and an urge to see what all the fuss is about.
 
Beyonce is obviously a massive artist but again, the case is it's more shocking NOT to be a fan of her than to be a fan of her.
 
being a loud and proud Lana stan isn't hugely socially acceptable tbh - it's not considered weird, but it's not considered cool either. despite all her success, talent and critical acclaim, i'm not sure a surprise release would generate a big amount of buzz outside of her more intense fanbase really. i can see, like, a straight 25 year old dude from London checking out a surprise Meg album or Frank album or Beyonce album if he sees someone on his twitter timeline gushing over it - but i can't quite see that same dude checking out a surprise LDR album if he sees someone he follows gushing over it, and i find it even less likely he'd then go on to tweet about it himself and ask his group chat about it. you know what i mean? she's not universally loved online imo, especially not after Culture-Gate.

What I would really like is a validated release date. Validated by the record company and real promos that just say new album from LDR to be released on xx/xx/xxxx. No snippets or early releases just a count down to the release date. That would be exciting. As it is we can't depend on Lana's version of things and I don't want to see clips of her making cage free scrambled eggs while singing 30 seconds of a new song while a cat howls in the background.

I think we all misinterpreted what Lana meant by a surprise release. I don't think her intention was ever to drop an album like Beyonce, out of the blue. I always assumed she meant no promo cycle, no pre album singles etc. Like she's referenced the album a couple of times before she mentioned a "surprise" drop. I think she just meant it would be more low-key and kinda would just happen, rather than there be a build up to the release date.

She said, a year ago, that she wanted a surprise release. Not sure interscope was on board with that or that she didn’t change her mind. I mean, we already have the title, the release date and a snippet. Kinda weird for a surprise release. Whatever this pre-release era is, I’m glad we don’t know too much so close to the supposed release. I wouldn’t be mad with a double single release, with not much more than that. Maybe a couple of snippets in a new trailer the week before. But I want to dive in this album not having heard much of it.

hypothetically she could drop COCC later than Sep 4/5, but knowing all the clues mentioned above i'm pretty sure the latest possible date is Oct 2, that's when Violet physical copies will be shipped. 

Delay or no, it seems VERY likely we will get it this year. The Spotify bio change, the little hints here and there, Ben literally saying new music is coming out soon, all these things point out to a release in the few months with Tulsa Jesus Freak coming very soon.

Perhaps, but I really think the fuckery of this year's Grammys permeated her SOUL. You could see it on her face. 
 
So I hope she no longer cares.

I hope she drops it after the Grammys deadline, because fuck the Grammys

kinda second unpopular opinion but @@Eclipse will drop the release date of TJF.
 
 
you see what I did there...

no candle in the wind is her new little red party dress

Yeah, she can mention blue a thousand times and I’ll never be sure if I love her for sticking to it or mentally sighing that she used it again.

kinda unpopular opinion but the over used phrase I’m no candle in the wind it’s getting cheesy

yall..its not 2012 anymore nicole nodland hardly retouches photos anymore like she did back then, look at her more recent work with dua and other celebs! if nicole is doing the cover..yall chuck better pack up that camera and find something else to do

remember last year when chunk asked if anyone had a specific truck she could rent and everyone thought it was for the album cover 

Yesss, I really want the vehicle theme to continue! I was honestly hoping for a helicopter/plane though...

i'm scared for how much nicole is gonna photoshop her face