West Coast

Maybe that's just me, but like whatever is going on between them, instead of pretending like your own mother doesn't exist and replace her with your older Instabaddie friend, isn't it like the one day of the year you would be the bigger person and try to put differences aside, let go of your anger/issues and try to amend/rekindle things with the one person this whole damn day is dedicated to, no?

Well damn Lana you didn't have to put your mom on blast like that. The secondhand embarrassment, whew.

I mean we don't know much about the dynamic of their relationship, it takes two to tango. However, knowing Lana has a history of being a bit difficult and also having troubled/difficult upbringing, I wouldn't be too quick to solely blame Patty for the demise of their relationship. From what we can tell her other siblings they seem to get along well with Patty. Also she just seems to be more lowkey and looks like she doesn't want to be in the spotlight.

Candace Block on insta, I believe she's apart of her Instabaddie/LA socialite/Trustfunds/Church-cult-goers group of friends.

A good friend of mine on here once told me she was almost entirely sure that Lanz had deep rooted unresolved issues with her mom, well, suspicion confirmed. Poor Patty. Also, knowing her Dad is on insta and follows her I honestly wonder how he too feels about this. The cringe is real.

Of course she did.

I'm personally confused and weirded out with Lana making a whole damn post about her older insta baddie friend Candace on Mother's Day and not her own damn mother Patricia. Lana sis, call your mom.

Lana is lowkey following Gwyneth Paltrow's footsteps with that "alternative" science/crystal rubbing shit and I do not stan this.

This very much confirms that Lana is following the footsteps of other basic California influencers with all that "gOod ViBeS, cRyStaLs, MeDiTaTiOn" and shit. I wouldn't even be surprised if this bitch bought Gwyneth Paltrow's "THIS SMELLS LIKE MY VAGINA" candle, let alone any crap from Goop.com. Oh Lana.

This one will def be considered unpopular, but I don't like 'Mariners Apartment Complex' all too much, I actually think it's kind of overrated. I don't like Lana's half hassed vocals/spoken tone in here, the lyrics are fine, but the song overall is meh. 'Venice Bitch' felt superior as far as promotional singles go.

That's a beautiful and insightful piece you wrote, but no ma'am, Lana is definitely lazy.

Excuse you, but Chase was hot. Also we can only assume about their relationship as they had been super private and lowkey throughout the whole thing. Didn't they just look expensive?

as long as we're not ultrasubversive, it's all good

you said you'd leak it toooooo, daaaaark bluuuue

it's all in the little details

I honestly feel like Lana just settles for whatever these days. I'll give props to Jack for having this new approach with Lana on this record, but I wouldn't say it was a change for the best as opposed to formulas she has tried in the past on other records. NFR was far from boundary pushing for Lana in my honest opinion. Also, I've said it on a previous post, but while I don't think every single song needs a bridge, but sometimes the bridge adds something interesting, or an element of surprise to a song. I wouldn't say I was bothered by the lack of bridge on NFR, we already knew that they are not Jack's forte, it's obvious that it's a Rick Nowels thing, I was more bothered by other elements on the record.

at this particular point I'm not sure she can come through with this type of quality, but let's just hope

bring back Daddy Nowels and Dan Auerbach too while you're at it Lanz

Lemons aren't what they used to be, man.

"Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass" and this bitch puts up oranges on the cover art. That's unmistakably Lana. Also I need to give my good sis Chuck a shout out, she came through again with the subpar/amateur editing skills. Werk, honey.

shocked and upset

this is as phony as a three dollar bill

I can't help it

Wrong thread, but honestly on songs like 'West Coast' and 'Shades of Cool' there was no need for bridges as their strength lies elsewhere. 'West Coast' has the tempo shifts to make the song stand out and the overall production is just mesmerizing and hypnotic. Also, 'Shades of Cool' has that epic guitar solo and the concealed lyrics within said guitar solo. Agree that these songs don't have the strongest choruses though I think it was smart of Lana to use anaphoras in lieu of complex choruses, really put the emphasis on the idea she was trying to convey on these songs in my opinion, especially on 'Ultraviolence', 'Sad Girl' and 'Pretty When You Cry'. Also like I said prior these songs had other strengths, in that case that would be their bridges. Quintessential Lana. However I would like to remove 'Brooklyn Baby' from this narrative, because I do not find a single flaw on this song. The instrumentation is amazing, the lyrics are just a big fuck you to her critics (at the time). From a lyrical standpoint it's probably my favourite Lana song. Also, I find the chorus to be strong and the bridge to be equally strong and beautiful.

It does kinda bothers in the sense that it felt very uninventive to just trade bridges for these unnecessary musical outros, like on 'Cinnamon Girl', 'The greatest' and the godawful 'How to disappear'. Honestly the only time where I felt it wasn't so bad was on 'Fuck it I luh yah'. I'll give credit where credit it due, I think they tried a very different formula, and bridges are definitely Rick Nowels' forte, not Jack's. Not saying every song needs a bridge, but it definitely adds an element of surprise in my opinion.