West Coast

I like that there is at least another person (other than me) that wants this song to see the light of day. Justice for Roses Bloom For You.

Maybe I'm too cynical, but I venture to say that Lana's team is not clever enough to outsmart or think about throwing off leakers and insiders alike

'BB' is a cute song, but it's not a great opener, but then again neither was 'Love'.

C'mon Lana do something, I'm bored

That's the spirit.

You and @Veinsineon better stand up.

As it should.

literally the most sane take about a potential tracklist I have seen today

I mean we don't really know how certain songs get stolen, maybe it's a bit of laxity on her team's part, we don't really know. But from my understanding, the vast majority of her earlier unreleased material was literally stolen from a laptop. So I don't think Lana, or her team, is to be blamed over what song(s) were leaked.

I haven't been on LB for a while, thank God I witnessed the birth and death of that discussion.

I hope this conversation about "I Can Fly" is moot, because a) the song is already officially released and b) is it really necessary... it's a cute song, but like..

I think those are hemorrhoids, bestie

Her side profile is fucking gorgeous. Ugh, I love this woman.

She's so hot. Also that last picture is... inch resting. The Jack Antonoff erasure.

It was such a good concert

I think that pretty much settles it tbh.

'Yes To Heaven' is a beautiful song, but she literally tried to make it happen on not one, but three different albums. Yet, in the end, it was still relegated to unreleased material.

As much as I have my issues with NFR, COCC turned out to be a very good album imho. It's cute and it doesn't drag for too long.

What– I don't hate you. I don't hate these songs, but here's the deal: I'm seriously tired of this type of discourse and counter-criticism, it's like whenever someone says "well derr I'm not sure about this/these new song(s)" or "I don't like this new song because of x reason(s)" there is always that one person that comes along and discredit people like "UGH WE GET IT YOU WANT LANA TO DO BORN TO DIE OR ULTRAVIOLENCE 2.0 GET OVER YOURSEL!!!!1!". It's like people can't just not like a new song/album, because they just don't like said new song/album. Normalize not liking something Lana does while not necessarily wanting her to release material that harkens back to a specific time and place in her career. I'll even go one step further, normalize just not being enthralled with her approach on specific albums, because you have like opinions and personal preferences. I know this will sound annoying to some of y'all coming from me, the so called no. 1 NFR or Jack hater, but I said what I said.

I don't disagree with that, at first 'Text Book' was the only song that really struck me as great, I have given a couple more listens to the others and I think 'Wildflower Wildfire' is good, but I'm not really blown away, it's definitely the most "bombastic" song out of the three though. The so called title track is just aight. It's been a couple days since I have listened to 'Text Book' and it's still a good song to me, but I think I like the idea of the song's structure/melody more than I like the song itself. I wish Lana would bring back fire songs, with bombastic energy, I'm over the sweet, subtle and "organic" approach to everything post-LFL.

No shame in that, I get that it's lyrically an amazing song. But the overall melody and vibe does nothing to me. It's just overlong. Agreed with @mansfield ringer it could've been another sexy sad girl-esque anthem, alas it turned out to be a bore.

I'm ready for Lana's true psychedelic pop-rock album tbh

Well... it's been two days since the release and I think the initial excitement I had for this triple release has died down a bit. I find the so called title track to be somewhat forgetful, dare I say it's in the same league as 'LMLYLAW', it's not a bad song, but it's kinda dreary. I initially did not care all that much for 'Wildflower Wildfire', but it's a pleasant song, it's definitely a departure from the type of piano ballads we had on the past two records. It's a good song. 'Text Book' remains the superior song out of the three imho. The melody is what stands out the most to me, I like how it breaks down in three distinct part, it's giving me 'West Coast' meets 'Get Free' and I like that about it. I feel like all these songs are very personal to her... but does that make them better/greater for that reason? That's debatable. I'm not going to comment on the lyrical nature of the songs just yet, I like to have the context of the full album for that, but I think they are certainly interesting in that regard. I agree with other people in this thread, I did not care much for 'NFR!', despite it being a successful and critically acclaimed album, it did not and still does not resonate with me, except for a few key songs, but y'all already know this. Unlike some other people, I have overall enjoyed 'Chemtrails' a whole lot more than 'NFR!', but again, except a few key tracks, I do not find myself re-listening to the album all that much. I guess I have just been slowly groing out of Lana, her albums used to be an experience from start to finish, but since 'Lust for Life' I have not found myself able to enjoy the albums all the way through, and after the first couple listens I find myself skipping songs more often than not. I have hopes for 'Blue Banisters' to change that. I guess we'll see.

I'm weirdly obsessed with 'Text Book', someone please send help. The melody is absolutely beautiful in an heartbreaking kinda way. Ugh.