necessary sacrifice

Backfire vs Dangerous Girl

Daytona Meth vs Methamphetamines

Off to the Races vs Live or Die

Off to the Races vs Cola

For K Part 2 vs Mariners Apartment Complex

For K Part 2 vs Religion

Norman Fucking Rockwell vs For K Part 2

Winter

Norman Fucking Rockwell vs Million Dollar Man

Phoenix

Yoga

Halloween movies or concerts

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have– but I have it vs Ride

The Blackest Day vs California

Been listening to Lust for Life a lot this week. I’ve always thought the album deserved more appreciation, but it was still the only album that didn’t become my new favourite Lana album when it came out. Sometimes I wonder if I wouldn’t have appreciated it either if it didn’t have the witchy aesthetics, the Shangri-La’s vibes, and the Stevie collab (those just happened to be things I lovelovelove). But I do consistently seem to like the album more and more over time. More and more over time I’ve been finding the album is a lot more thematically cohesive than it seems at face value. And idk it’s the album that most feels like an opera almost by the way the songs line up. Like I can almost visualize the curtains opening and closing with the discs as acts. Anyway, it’s kinda funny how I’ve been listening to this so much lately. It’s nowhere near as good as NFR but it’s a lot better than even I give it credit for most of the time. In general, 2017 was just an awkward sounding year for music, so I think with that in mind, Lust for Life was pretty darn good. Also, I still soar towards the heavens whenever Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems starts. I don’t think I’ll ever get over that song. I do hope we start seeing people come around to this album more over the years because it is a beautiful album with lots of layers we still haven’t made our way through yet. Sorry if I had nothing new to add, I’ve just been vibing with this album and had a bunch of nothing to say about it lol.

Idk if I’m having a clown moment but I’m starting to believe it might be real now.... maybe I just like the idea of her painting the cover. tbh I’m fine with that cover if she painted it herself. Still not 100% believing yet though because the times still don’t add up. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

Honeymoon vs Bel Air

For Joan’s birthday, I think it is important to spread peace just like her. Especially right now. Wars just needlessly destroy lives. Here’s a powerful anti-war anthem written by Bob Dylan, but always especially moving when performed by Joan Baez. I would encourage anyone to take a few minutes to listen.

I much prefer texting. I’m so awkward talking on the phone. Do you like gazing at the sky (stars, moon, clouds, etc) for fun?

The Ocean vs West Coast

Get Free vs Gods & Monsters

Ooooh that’s a toughie The Greatest vs Summertime Sadness

I really want this to be real but I feel like we’re gonna see 100 different versions of this this month like with the fake NFR tracklists. And tbh I kind of expected a long track list where every track is very short, but that was just my own assumption.

Tbh this is how I used to feel too. But now when I listen to it, I hear the vulnerability and desperation growing in her voice throughout the song and I get it. I don’t think the song is romanticizing the situation. I interpret it as someone allowing predatory behaviour to happen to them because this is the hand they were dealt and they have no other options. When you’re desperate and have nothing, you sometimes let yourself get into situations you wouldn’t otherwise condone, and that’s kinda the feeling I get from this song. A big theme throughout the album seems to be that kind of hopelessness and the strange freedom that comes with it.