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The meltdowns ..it's a fckin tracklist. I love 99.99% of Lana's songs and I never bothered about the titles. Off To The Races the title meh but the song is great

With this tracklist forget the promo, radio, charting etc. I don't give a shit about that. I just wanna hear Fucked My Way Up To The Top asap

For what happened so far I don't think that I'm overreacting. For what will come, maybe, we'll see. I don't think that she'll sell so low that she'll be dropped but she's in the second row at Interscope and she will stay there if UV will not sell well (at least as BTD for the album sales, because with the singles there's no hope). I have greater expectations for her talent than a second row artist at Interscope tbh

Yea, I was wondering about that. Why isn't she interviewed in some relevant US magazine or radio about UV? The main goal (commercially) for her growth as an artist is to establish herself on the US market.But unfortunately I don't see that happening. I remember that earlier this year an American radio (I forgot their name) did a mock interview about her when some dude was pretending to be Lana and basically just mocked her for 10 minutes. Well, it isn't just about Lana is about the US media as well. We can safely assert now that the UV promotion is a mess. WC promotion was (and still is) a major failure, she's in the top 10 of the most spectacular drop out from Billboard Hot Top 100 and I don't see WC rebounding with the video or the radio remixes (I have the fool's hope on that happening). I think that the major cause for this weak promotion is that her relationship with her label is strained: her label basically abandoned her after the initial BTD promo and just stood back to see what's happening, they didn't like the Paradise EP, they forced the commercial success of the SS remix even if, today it's clear, that she had a negative attitude (correct in my view) towards that SS remix (yes, it was commercially a success, gave her more exposure but in the same time confused her perception in the GP by totally perverting the original vibe of the song), Interscope didn't participate in her TROPICO project (the entire project was basically financed and promoted by her). That's why I think that we cannot expect other than random interviews and generally a low key promotion of UV which can have some ugly commercial consequences for her (the only reason why a label will drop an artist).

I accept that critics that try to understand an artist make their point even that's a negative one. But in Lana's case 75% of the articles are premeditated misogynistic shades written by people who put aside their artistic sensibility because they just cannot except that a beautiful and talented girl can succeed in the music business in her own peculiar way. What was shocking for the indie and for the pop elite is the fact that this girl is becoming very popular with songs that shouldn't be that popular, with a stage presence that doesn't share anything with the accustomed stage gimmicks. She's standing out and that's why she's a target for everyone in the music business. Slowly the real artists are starting to acknowledge her talent: Moroder, Auerbach, Calvin H., C. Cobain, Cyrus, S. Twain etc. are saying nice things about her songs...because they are beautiful, gorgeous. These are words that she likes and is derided by many even by some of her fans, But don't forget something cynicism is just the beginning of an intelligent life and by no means the end of it. Lana is not a cynic, she's above that, she believes in beautiful things and in romance that's why I love her and her music. I pray for her to be strong

She's absolutely gorgeous . I could watch her all day A woman beautiful and talented as she is should never be unhappy, but she is...

I hope this is only intended for the German-speaking market where people think that Scorpions was a cool rock band. This version totally butchers the song original vibe with that silly caribbean beat, the chorus is bland compared to the original and lost all his haunting appeal. It's not bad because we are talking about Lana but WC was meant to be a soft rock anthem and I'm sure that in the upcoming video and on the album we'll have the original version. If the song would have came out first in this version it would have been derided by most of the reviewers, I'm sure of that.

Why?

I want her to be played on the radio but not like this. I hated the SS remix because the dance beats perverted the whole song, This new version is like a ski resort night dance music from the 60's.

TBH i don't like the swiss version, the pace, the beats are different it's not rock-ish anymore, but really 3 versions of one song?! it's a mess, but god knows...the video looks vintage, she's gorgeous and the daddy is like a mafia boss

It's great that WC gets some recognition somewhere because it's a great song. But unfortunately there are few markets that counts for big number sales: the US (by far), UK, Germany (and maybe France) I sincerely hope that my pessimism is wrong and you'll be right

I sad in one of my earlier posts that WEST COAST is dying slowly. Well, it seems like it's an sudden death because the song is not charting anymore in the US It's unbelievable, I really thought that WC can be her breakthrough hit in the US. This is quite an underachievement even for LDR's standards

The possibility that she has a lot of songs (recycled or not) pending to make the cut for the album it’s not surprising to anyone who knows her. What would be surprising is the situation where they don’t have a track list one month before the (rumored) release. I really want her to be critically appraised (a score over 75 at Metacritic will do it for me). The cohesion of the album is important (not that BTD was incoherent) and I think that the flamboyant title ULTRAVIOLENCE will be tested against the content of the album by many reviewers. I don’t see much ultra-violence in WC, maybe if I stretch the concept I could imagine “ultraviolence” as referring to the realities and consequences of everyday (romantic) relationships which are, for the most of us, the greatest source of distress (violence). If it will not be a direct “A Clockwork Orange” reference or at least something that suggest the message from the film/novel on the album, many reviewers will bitch about the non-representativeness of the title for the album. I hope that she will come out and explain her vision before others start to speculate, generating idiotic interpretations of her songs as many reviewers did regarding BTD.

She's not perceived as an non-commercial artist (like Fiona Apple for example) and she did a lot of things towards being perceived more mainstream (her magazine covers, The Great Gatsby). I have a feeling that she doesn't have the option to be an (more mainstream) indie artist because she's really hated by the taste-makers who didn't take her art seriously and by many so called quality artists also. She sad that she has no friends and I think she's referring to people in the music business who just didn't like her.She craves recognition and it's justified in my opinion but she cannot obtained it without success. It's not a nice thing to say but nonetheless is true that you are liked more when you are successful.

It's not obvious at all. I'm not obsessed with fame but with professionalism yes.