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And if you don't like it you can beat it, beat it baby 
 
(No, honestly, I know many people won't agree with me on this, but I actually like what Lana did with UV because at least, she could be more herself and seemed more comfortable.)

This is a smart assessment of the point in which Lana is right now. 
HM is her crucial album in my opinion too. UV was different from BTD, it was less viable commercially but what was lost in that area it was compensated with critical acclaim. I see Lana as a borderline mainstream artist (she had a few hits WG, SS, YB) but her lack of exposure in the mainstream media, for about more than 2 years now, is a problem for her because she became overly dependent commercially on her fans (UV was very successful for 2-3 weeks, when her fan base snatched up the album, but after that dropped like a rock in sales). She has some unique strengths: unique voice, ear for melodies, the ability to conjure a specific mood, looks. But she has weaknesses: sub par live performances, repetitive lyrical content. So, at this time she has a solid fan base but this is not granted forever to her. Let's not forget that some of her fans are rooting for her for 4 years now and this is a long time for any relationship. She has a fairly varied fan base but the bulk of her fans are young people who are evolving and who will expect soon some variation in her lyrical themes to remain interested. I think that HM will be a watershed for her fan base. If she will disappoint musically and she'll show the same "I don't care" attitude like in the UV era she'll lose a lot of quality fans.
 
The crux of her new era will be her attitude: she needs to shred the overly shy, uncertain singer image. After 3 years of touring there is no reason for her to feel crippled on stage, she absolutely can sing but she has to take seriously her performances (from what I saw in this tour she improved in all areas of her show).
 
I have to say that I don't like the leaked HM lyrics. In my opinion, as far as lyrics goes, they aren't viable commercially and they aren't good from a critical point of view. It's the bad middle-point that I fear for the HM era. I think that there is time for her to make adjustments and she needs to pay attention to the few critics who made valid points about her work.

lana better moan when she sings SK when i go see her 

Even though a lot of you guys are thinking SK has a chance at being on the album, I really don't think it will - didn't a band member say that the label was questioning why she wanted to play the unreleased tracks? I highly doubt it would have been a questionable decision had they been intended for the album.
 
That being said if Lana were to have an unreleased track or two on the record, I can see a reworked Afraid being included in the last third of the tracklist - the song ties in with the Honeymoon lyrics and I'm not entirely convinced the entire album will be as light as it's being made out to be.

Even though i joked about it the whole Ultraviolence in May thing, that was different, she had no idea she was being filmed, it was probably in the talks about a release date, but I don't think shed go out and say september without anyone asking, Im sure interscope already has a date in September, Tropico i feel was more up to Lana too. And September is a perfect date, im just happy that we have a time frame, and she doesnt announce the release date a month before lol, I feel like at this rate we could still have a single within the next few weeks, and then another one in August, since she has two videos shot, but maybe im just being optimistic. 

I really hope she's smart with this album and continues to evolve her sound and lyrical content. I think a lot of her future success in the industry is contingent on what she does with this album. She could either be an alternative pop artist who had a couple of nice albums or continue to cement a legacy with a monumental album. That's not going to happen if she keeps singing Dan Heath-produced songs about bad boys. I trust her judgment, though. She always surprises us and MTWBT seems like a promising concept. I'm probably reaching, but it could have a very interesting take on reversing the male gaze that is so prevalent in popular music.

You don't even give Lana a chance lmao

tbh lana needs to release HM quick cause all my faves are on vacation

this.... it actually seems she might come through this time. she has 2 videos ready to be released already. she's put out lyrics for one of the songs and a snippet of another possible song (life is beautiful).
it seems she's actually getting her shit together this era.

You're all so negative. What makes you think it won't come out in Sept.? She's shot two videos, has most likely finished the album (or a good portion of it), and has been revealing info about it for about 5 months.
 
I know she has a history of giving false dates, but I have no reason to believe that HM won't come out in September.

Lana's management have been really really careful now in terms of leaks since the massive leaks back in 2012. I think Ultraviolence was leaked only a couple days in advance.
 
Edit: Ultraviolence was leaked on 8th June. Release date was 13th June.

Tbh the album's probably going to be leaked before the release date anyway... and we're probably getting snippets to keep us nourished

While I'm happy about all the news, I actually don't really mind what Lana is going to do sound-wise. It's not that I don't care, it's just that even though all the music Lana has made is really different, I loved every single one in the end! I'm just gonna trust Dalai on this one and drink my tea in the meantime until she blesses us again with her music 
 
(Sorry if this is possibly Off-Topic  )

I don#t get why you all are so greedy. In the end, we were never meant to hear these songs and I'd appreciate redone versions of them.

I wonder how many bonus tracks we'll have to  catch this time ....
Japan/Germany/Whatever exclusive track, Target exclusive, Itunes exclusive ...
 
but in the end, it#s her record and if she decided to do slightly different versions of UATW or SK, there's nothing you could do about it apart from enjoying them or accept that two songs on the tracklist aren't entirely new.

Serial Killer doesn't really need to be reworked IMO. The production is pretty much perfect already.

I hope we'll get some of these dirty, raw guitar/bass strings like they use them in several live performances lately (Off To The Races
or some Blue Jeans performances)

But her little freckles are so cute

paradse was retouched beyond recognition. Ultraviolence had extremely little editing 

There's this song called Blue Jeans

Good promo for Cher Lloyd tho lmao

everyone were so stupid for believing that shit lol 

That musicbizspy account that originated the "regina sunset" rumor came clean thank god now everyone will shut up 

It is SO irritating these news accounts dont tweet anything but rumors they pull out of their asses, and they all copy and paste from eachother so news spreads like fire lol

Interesting. I checked all registration sites I know of and found no such thing.