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Right?! I cannot actually believe that she made us wait a whole year for this. And also I'm really disappointed that this is how HIAB ended up like... I was actually looking forward to hear that one, only to realize that we had basically already heard it all with the three snippets/tease she put on instagram.

Agree to disagree, Born To Die and Ultraviolence... I loved these albums from the first listen. I would agree that Honeymoon had to grow on me, but it's right on top for me now. Lust for Life has still yet to grow on me and now NFR... even from the potato quality I can tell that the production feels lackluster and some of the lyrics just don't sound too melodic and kinda cringey.

Right? There's something really unpolished and DIY-ish about the production, some parts sound really amateur.

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

Omg did I write this??? Jokes aside, I really agree with what you said. I find this era has to be the most lackluster (and I absolutely h****d Lust for Life when it came out, and I still have yet to be able to listen to that album from start to finish without skipping more than half of the song until I finaaaallyyy reach Get Free). Born To Die, Ultraviolence and Honeymoon they rock my world, they are the holy trinity of albums! And I have collected vinyls and boxsets too and was glad to spend all that money on Lana. But I feel super conflicted, because I really wanted to love this album even though I knew from the get go that I would most likely dislike Jack's production, and I feel like I was spot on. I love how stripped down and more "natural" the album feels compared to the trap beats mess that is Lust for Life, but it feels dry as fuck and also super flat, even on The Greatest (which is a superb song to me) the instrumentals they just lack intensity, like they lack percussion idk. I'm still looking forward to hear the actual songs in their HQ glory, but I'm not spending a dime on that nonsensical era, and that DIY cover (and like you too I cannot stand that ugly sweater and that nail color,) but the picture is still beautiful to me though. I love the mix of real photography and artsy painted blue skies. That era was a mess from the beginning... the rest has just been dry af.

Wow, thank you very much for your valuable input.

sorry Ma'am.

Well I've already listened to a lot of tracks on the album that have either been officially released and/or have leaked in HQ and I said what I said. Oopsx2.

Interesting... I think it would be on Ultraviolence level if the production of a lot of track didn't sound so lackluster and dry. Oops.

I'm about to get a ton of hate...

That I won't argue with, you are correct. But to be fair, I've only listened to what had already been leaked prior to today, the title track and HIAB.

RIGHT

no offence but it took Lana a whole effin year to release that album, and the roll out has been hella messy and has dragged on for way too long, even by Lana's "standards". You bet I listened to the shitty cassette iPhone recording of NFR

bold move

I feel like sometimes Lana lives in her own bubble of contradictions and she's all very at peace with it

The biggest surprise today is NOT witnessing her managers getting into messy arguments with her fans on Instagram and blaming LanaBoards for all the leaks. I'm shook.

Pretty much confirmed the moment it was released (or leaked).

Thanks for the concern, but my ears work just fine ☺️

I want that drugs you guys are on too!

Honeymoon is a lush, decadent and etheral masterpiece! Lust for Life was... what it was and now NFR, which sounds promising, but I sense that it's all a little dry/flat sonically.

Unlikely, Lust for Life only leaked because people were able to buy physical copies ahead of the release... we just have a cassette as of now lol

I don't know if it did change for fact, but it probably sounded different because it was just a recording from her phone? The piano progression before she sings "but you're just a man" sounded a bit more intense, now it sounds more subdued idk, it's hard to tell from that shitty recording.

that's an interesting way to put it, I would agree to some extent, but "cohesive" is not really a word I would use to describe that

I find them to be creepy tbh, but I've also read a ton of stories about them getting in the way of other fans, and being rude and pushy, just so they can have their millionth barricade selfie with her... but those are stories for another thread

I genuinely believe that this is a direct reference to that group of fans that attend every single one of her shows. Not going to mention names, but they know who they are lol.