ByDayAnother

yeah, see I was aware they butted heads, but people made it seem like they ended on really sour terms, which, based on what I can find, doesn’t seem the case. Confrontation and tension don’t equal toxicity lol

wait what happened between her and Dan?

I’m still curious as to what she did (or would do) with Mark Ronson given his retro sensibilities, not to mention Alex Turner in the style of the Arctic Monkeys’ last album for the same reasons.

I stand corrected, fascinating!

That would genuinely surprise me, as the originals would physically be quite small images in terms of reproducing them at larger scales for vinyl never mind billboards et cetera. Could be wrong though!

🤓🤓🤓

There is no way in Hell Neil is using a Polaroid, he is at the very least using a medium format film camera, which are giant hunks of things. (I speak as a visual artist 🤓) he probably just had her lie on the bed and reach towards the lens

You are not delusional for not los-PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, sorry, I couldn’t finish 😂

We praise her in this moment as we should but don’t think she’s not about to target us with firebreath next for the leak 🥹

boss moves her wrath

I can’t seeeee, screenshots?

This would be the week to not only have to isolate with Covid

This thing will be online in the next couple days, there’s no way it won’t be at this rate, surely?

you are the new chosen one of the week

GET IT

It ranks low for me too. Shades of Cool and West Coast are among her greatest, the direction is cohesive and a necessary deviation from BTD-P, as well as being rich with individual moments within songs that I love, but the songwriting on balance pales in comparison to works before and after.

I recently turned 30, having listened to Lana since 18, and have really grown up alongside and through her work in many ways. In some ways it’s a vicarious growing up in that I’m behind her, and indeed behind where I thought I’d be by now, but it gives me hope to grow in similar ways. To empathise with where she is now through music inspires my own artistic practice and life narrative, so feel you catharsis-wise. Character or not, she has developed into a whole world that she nurtures for herself and invites us into so regularly, so intimately. Wake me up, when pre-release ends. 🥲

yes, UV with its irony and its anger and spite is very defensive (love it!), but this is her getting honest with herself (which is more important than her being honest with us, she is being VERY generous with her confessions this album).

It could be said that happiness is darker than most people realise until they have no option but to try to be happy. Because it is a choice, and it’s not something that is passively felt. It is willed, practiced, and exerted for a long time in spite of the darkness. UV sounds like blind rage drilling through dark tunnels (as it should), OB so far sounds like wilful, if quiet, self-assurance, wandering the halls of a dark house with a flickering candle.

A charlatan - don’t look back babe

yes, as interesting as the last line from MAC going into NFR’s first line would have been great, ultimately the “Goddamn Manchild” serves the same function anyway - people had been listening to albums’ worth of her codependency (with some exceptions - HBTB, LFL deep-cuts), then she opens with that. I also adore how NFR title track is mixed - I love me some wall of noise reverb, but this for me was the first time her voice was mixed crystal clear with that acoustic piano, matching the above sentiment in sound as well as lyrical theme. There was no getting around it - this was Lana doing a 180, and we were gonna hear exactly what she had to say. -chef’s kiss-

I love NFR and disagree with your critique, BUT, I do agree that switching it with MAC would be very interesting, and that it would work. ”are you ready for it? ….goddamn, man child” woulda slayed

It’s just too linear, and too flat-sounding, it plods, the melody isn’t noteworthy. It’s basic, basically. You can tell not just from the lyrics but approach that she’s trying to please her fans (her MO for this era), and her work with Rick had come to its logical conclusion with this album, from which there were multiple better choices of fan-pleasing whilst-pushing-her-craft singles. It’s cute and has one of her better videos though!