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it's supposed to be one paragraph long and i just wrote two pages on it i- my class bout to be like ma'am this is a wendy's when i go up to present

both my UO limited edition and my standard black edition vinyls are arriving this week so ill let you know what mine are once i get them

for my health class we have to do our "theme song" and like talk about the lyrics and how it relates to us and im doing the greatest lmao lets see how my class will receive this

Norman Fucking Rockwell Mariners Apartment Complex Venice Bitch Fuck It I Love You Doin' Time Love Song Cinnamon Girl How To Disappear California The Next Best American Record The Greatest Bartender Happiness Is A Butterfly hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it

yep, literally everyone else noticed that except lana and jack i guess

ew imagine that being your fucking voice

https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/43kxg3/lana-del-rey-norman-fucking-rockwell-review don't know if this has been linked yet

like this just might be my lana stan biased mindsight, but honestly, what other viral/somewhat commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums have been released this year? especially for best alternative album, considering its getting pretty great critical reception. Then a nomination for AOTY? Additionally, Venice Bitch or maybe The Greatest for best rock song? I don't know if Venice Bitch counts because it's from September of 2018. Then again, Lizzo's 2017 is up for nominations so...

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yes, but you can also read my potential storyline for the album on the previous page (teehee that literally took 20 minutes to write someone acknowledge before i implode )

Okay so I've been theorizing about this since Friday basically, and the record truly does feel like a complete story, rivaling the compelling stories told by Born To Die and Ultraviolence. Keep in mind this is just my personal opinion, but here goes nothing! (also posted this in the NFR post release but I don't want it to get lost in there). I want to hear your guys' thoughts and different things you felt about the songs <3 Norman Fucking Rockwell: Lana is in this relationship with this man who's she has some frustration with. He's a shitty poet, a know-it-all, a jerk. However, she is still somewhat unaware of the toxicity of this, given the line, "'Cause you're just a man, it's just what you do". She thinks all men are supposed to act like this in a relationship. She ends the song giving into her feelings and staying with the guy. Mariners Apartment Complex: Lana becomes aware that her boyfriend isn't just an egotistical douche, but someone who truly needs guiding and support. She realizes she could be the person who gives in the relationship, shining her light and letting him benefit from her emotional support. Ends on an optimistic note. Venice Bitch: the events that just occurred in the last song carry over into this one. Things are at an all-time high with her boyfriend, and she reminisces on the good times they've had. The song is basically a compilation of all the good feelings she's had in this relationship, but tinged with melancholia all the same. Fuck It I Love You: in this song, Lana is reflecting on a lot of the stuff that's happened to her. Revisiting her journey to California, she expresses newfound love for not only herself, but for her boyfriend. Declaring "Fuck it! I love you" is the statement that says that she loves him, regardless of all the crazy shit in their relationship. Doin' Time: this song is not exactly made for the album, but can still be woven into it I suppose. Things start to get a little bit rockier in the relationship, singing from the annoyed male perspective, maybe could be representative of some of the faults she has created in the relationship Love Song: a brief moment of pure joy occurs in the relationship, and it feels like pure heaven for Lana. This is the exact song that Lana sang directly into her lover's ears, and it's a pure moment of intimacy and bliss. Begging her lover to stay like this, wanting the relationship to feel like this, it's their love song. Cinnamon Girl: Unfortunately, things didn't stay the same way in the relationship. Lana becomes more self-aware of the toxic dynamic of this relationship. He's using pills to escape from his troubles, but she just finds her way back in, confessing how hurt she's been in past relationships. The song ends on a fragile note vocally, demonstrating the uncertainty of the relationship to come. How To Disappear: here, Lana is reflecting on aspects of her past, and looking back at a past lover. Potentially someone different from who the first 7 tracks are about. She talks about what she observed during her earlier days in New York and what not, once again re-instating that she will always be right there, whatever happens to her lovers. The song ends with an obvious feeling of being distanced from her boyfriend, through space and time. California: In this song, Lana confesses her true love for a past boyfriend, potentially the one alluded to at the end of How To Disappear. She desperately wants him back in her life, pleading to do whatever he wants to do. She once again redeems herself as a stable figure, saying that he doesn't have to be anything other than who he truly is for her to love him. The Next Best American Record: Potentially Lana and the old boyfriend got together, or perhaps she is just reminiscing on the happy times she had with him. She sings of their past relationship and her present desires to just party and have fun with the potential love of her life. The Greatest: Here, Lana is in a state of limbo. She might be in contact with either of the two men discussed throughout the album, but the general meaning of the song is somewhat of an introspective one, or one reflecting on society at large. The song ends with an apocalyptic view of the universe, and the record shifts in a bare, ghostly mood, as demonstrated by the 3 remaining piano ballads. Bartender: The Bartender that Lana sings about here feels like the original man described in the first half of the album. They have gotten back together, and they are trying to escape the paparazzi that follows her around. Mixed with themes of her sobriety, the song could also be another introspective one, where she seeks privacy and sanity for herself. Happiness Is A Butterfly: This song represents the final breakup of Lana and the Norman Rockwell esque dickhead. Still head over heels in love, Lana is thoroughly upset about the breakup, as evident by the lyrics. Who care's if he's a dangerous man to be around? She doesn't, she just wants to dance with him. Happiness for her is a butterfly: something that is never permanent, something that can't stay forever. And this man certainly has left. hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it: After everything that Lana has been through, the song is stripped back to just her internal thoughts and an underwater sounding piano. She reflects on not only everything she's gone through in this relationship, but everything in life in general. Hope is an extremely dangerous thing to have, given the fact that she's had her heart broken and life ruined countless times in her life. However, she still has it, she is still here. Her ending with her angelic high voice proclaiming her hope for her future endeavors is the perfect conclusion to this record.

Okay i'm actually shocked that this album has such a storyline, maybe even rivals BTD or UV and im gonna go on a tangent here Okay wow I just really poured my heart and soul into that i-

Honeymoon (the album) has hit 500,000,000 streams on Spotify!

my barnes and noble, walmart, best buy, and target didn't have NFR Well Barnes and Noble had ONE cd left and you know i got it

aww im sorry

I actually can't get over how much I love Bartender...the piano reminds me of a nursery rhyme or like one of those boxes that play music with the spinning ballerina idrk? It just sounds so delicate and vulnerable, and i can hear the ache in her voice. I love it so much, bartender stans UNITE

i don't even consider the trip hop style of doin time to be the style of nfr AT ALL

if she visited the 4000 people village of southport connecticut that would be appreciated too

as much as I LOVE the title track and think it deserves to be heard, its most likely due to its placement in the tracklist, most people will start the album with it and might not finish it, you know also, he went on a wild rant months ago about how Lana using the expression "crack another beer" was unappealing b/c it sounded like a trashy way of putting it. DRAG HA

NFR - 9.5 MAC - 9.5 VB - 10 FIILY - 9 DT - 9 LS - 9.5 CG - 9.5 HTD - 8.5 California - 10 TNBAR - 9 TG - 11 Bartender - 10 HIAB - 9.5 HIADT - 9

end them with the receipts

while i enjoy those lyrics more, i think the new ones fit and change the perspective, due to the song being right after california i meant the glass shattering part, specifically, not the whole song. Although the greatest has a relatively substantial build up, the perspective feels different: bare, nihilistic, etc. which segways into Bartender, HIAB, and Hope. Like the mood shifts after the final chorus of TNBAR, if that makes sense

i think thats the second prechorus, but regardless, i love that part so much too

i love how everyone has specific moments that make album experiences next level. For me, although TNBAR is far from my favorite on the album, the glass shattering at the end of the bridge is so powerful to me, and it feels like the climax of the album