Turtledove

it reminds me of young adulthood, when your big enough to make your own decisions but still dumb enough to get yourself in trouble (relationships, moving around, being unsure of your future). I also categorize this album as a time before social media. She has a lot of time with just her thoughts. It always makes me nostalgic for that time period in the late 2000s when we only had flip phones...  i put rhinestones on mine! We were hot.

perhaps the most reductive and disrespectful take i've seen about this album.
this album is many things- you could argue that it's "too long" or that it doesn't have "bangers"- while i disagree with these takes, you could definitely argue it.
however- to say that it's a "LANA DEL REY RIPOFF"- it's basically saying, tell me you haven't listened to the album without telling me you haven't listened.
at first glance- yeah, maybe the cover looks a bit lana del rey "esque", some of the titles/album name, ex: "But Daddy I Love Him",  "Guilty As Sin"- but if you ACTUALLY take 
the time to listen to it? You'll come to realize it's one of the most "Taylor Swift" albums she's ever made. She's not trying to make country hits like "Fearless", she's not making her
big pop moment like on "1989", she's not wearing the snake costume like on "Reputation". It's clear that she doesn't give a flaming fuck about how this is received- she could've released the best songs off the 31 song tracklist, and got all the acclaim, but no, she said fuck that and released a messy, and extremely bloated 31 song album. The clear purpose of this album is things she wanted to get off her chest, which kind of makes sense why the production could seem uninteresting at times- she wants you to listen to the lyrics.
 
Here are a few lyrics that imo are quintessential Taylor Swift:
 
- "I love you, it's ruining my life" - a thesis statement on a lot of her discography, if this lyric wasn't true she wouldn't have a career
 
- "And that's the closest I've gotten to my heart exploding" - it's not a perfect line, one could argue it's corny, but it's so Taylor. The lyrics on this song are so unhinged as well, she wasn't faking anything on this song.
 
 - "I'm queen of sandcastles he destroys" - Would Lana write this? No. Some of these lyrics I can't explain how it relates to her- but this metaphor is just so Swiftian, very Blank
Space coded
 
- But Daddy I Love Him- the entire song. Sure,some of the lyrics are quite wordy but the theme is just so Taylor, it's literally a modern day "Love Story". Us against the world, this whole town hates us , etc.
 
- "You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"  - She is always saying shit like this- and I love her for it! It's so dramatic, over the top, and a bit untrue, but it's hilarious and I love her for it.
 
- "Always drunk on my own tears"  - Well... it's true! And there are 11 albums of proof.
 
- "I''ll forget you but I'll never forgive" - That's my grudge holding queen! She doesn't get over things easy, I mean, she's still writing about Kim almost 10 years later! It might be petty, but I enjoy the vindictiveness at times. 
 
 
I'll stop there but there's literally so much that I could bring up. This album is so autentically "Taylor Swift"', that it may be the reason why a lot of people hate it. Some enjoy it when she's pretending to be someone, but when she's being her unfiltered self- it can be a tough pill to swallow. The only way you could compare this to LDR is how she is just as authentic on her records. I've never listened to a Lana Del Rey record and heard a second of inauthenticity- she makes the music SHE wants to make, and she doesn't give a shit if it sounds boring to anyone besides her. Lana's personality shines through all of her music, and similarly I can feel Taylor's personality shining through this record.
 
 
anyway... I just wrote all that.  Literally sanctimoniously performing soliloquies Fantano will never see- but I needed to get it off my chest bc I'm sick of people comparing the two of them.
 

@Lemonade Tea  @chemtrailsovertrailerpark  Lana also said in the NFR interview on 104.3 MYfm "Im more of an instagram lurker"  Maybe she got caught 

im sure if she was refering to the devil she would say it. She refers to God by name. 

I just wanna do dirty things to youuuu  

Sex Talk is MY FAVORITE KIM PETRAS SONG AND I HAVEN’T BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT ENOUGH!!! 
The weird little synth (it’s probably not a synth) loop in the whole song just makes my brain so HAPPY. 

I fw it. 
I really like how it brings ideas of mortality and the finals lines reflect to me how Lana is singing for herself "I’ve discovered my preaching is mostly about me"  
I like the sound and power it brings. It inspires a lot of emotions in me.
 
(and, I think I'm lucky it happens to not touch on religious triggers for me, which I understand would be a deal breaker if it did)

WE CHEER
 

(me right now because im in the suburbs and a train ride away) 
 
she looks absolutely stunning as usual .. but it always baffles me that people can just find her walking down the street or in some random shop 

HM
UV
 
NFR
BB
 
Paradise
BtD
 
DYKTTATUOB
LfL
 
CotCC
 

Paris, Texas reminds me so much of Call me by your name I wonder if it influenced the song somehow 

I fw it. 
I really like how it brings ideas of mortality and the finals lines reflect to me how Lana is singing for herself "I’ve discovered my preaching is mostly about me"  
I like the sound and power it brings. It inspires a lot of emotions in me.
 
(and, I think I'm lucky it happens to not touch on religious triggers for me, which I understand would be a deal breaker if it did)

It's excellent and it's placement after A&W is a perfect choice. Also her chosing to end it at that specific line of his sermon...her mind

I guess unpopular opinion but I love it. I love how dark, unsettling, and eerie it feels. The production is incredible too. 

I imagine she is being reminded of her own mom-daughter experience as she see's Chuck becoming a mom. We are likely in store for some interesting revelations

@Lemonade Tea  @chemtrailsovertrailerpark  Lana also said in the NFR interview on 104.3 MYfm "Im more of an instagram lurker"  Maybe she got caught 

would've been cute if they had done it like best girl friends, each having lines about a different guybut that would have been too iconic 
Its pretty amazing how just Lana's backing vocals give so much to imagine   (Yes, In my mind I have another version of this song and its just hers!!!) 
 

queen mother to a whole new level 

would've been cute if they had done it like best girl friends, each having lines about a different guybut that would have been too iconic 
Its pretty amazing how just Lana's backing vocals give so much to imagine   (Yes, In my mind I have another version of this song and its just hers!!!) 
 

would've been cute if they had done it like best girl friends, each having lines about a different guybut that would have been too iconic 
Its pretty amazing how just Lana's backing vocals give so much to imagine   (Yes, In my mind I have another version of this song and its just hers!!!) 
 

Not people making a solo version from 5 second vocals.
Why is this so haunting though? I love it.

atp, Lana and Taylor should do an iphone homemade MV to take it to #1 on hot 100 asap. THE SONG LITERALLY ONLY NEEDS AN MV with TAYLANA FUCKING AROUND TOGETHER TO GET ON THE TOP SPOT 😭😭😭

imagine that exact look on her next album cover, i'd die. lana del RENAISSANCE would be the ultimate serve. 

sometimes i forget she knows how to serve 

DAYGLO REFLECTION !
so sensual and other worldly 
props to whoever recommended her for the part