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While I'm also pretty sceptical, the reason all those people had for believing it's "not going along with the topics/vibe" should be meaningless after Cherry and White Mustang

After re-listening to Melodrama a few times, I think it's a nice album yet not as spectacular as I expected it to be. Green Light, Sober, Sober 2 and Lieability made me expect something more dramatic and dynamic. The songs are all nice, yet it just feels like apart from those standout tracks, the album isn't really saying much more but just filling up the spaces. Supercut for example is a pretty track, yet not really anything more than standard-Lorde song and doesn't feel fresh or exciting at all. Homemade Dynamite and The Louvre try to explore the more upbeat site of the album, but fail to reach the greatness of Sober and Green Light. Hard Feelings/Loveless is nice, yet just another long, calm, typical-Lorde-ish passage on the record. Don't get me wrong - the album is nice. But just not nearly as exciting or groundbreaking as she made it seem with the preview tracks and everything. I expected more dynamic, dark, twisted tracks with great beats and definitly a lot more melodrama

It actually wasn't compared to HM and LFL. She really hyped it up with the promo singles and the the GREAT promo-pics, the change in both her musical and visual direction and she gave quite a bunch of interesting interviews for magazines. We got a bunch of controversy, three videos in a rather short succession and everything felt fresh and exciting. The problems began halfway through the era when she cancelled all sorts of performances and did not decide to drop 90% of BtD live in favor of new content (something that does not bother us by now cause we are used to it). But all in all the era was actually pretty exciting, mainly because the new direction she took was so exciting. Compared to that, the HM pre-release-time was pretty dull, yet at least it all went in a rather planned and logical way. After the album, she really didn't do ANYTHING exciting anymore, but noone actually expected it at that point. But LFL is just so messy and annoying and the new music, no matter if you like it or not, is not strong enough to build up as much excitement as it did back with UV.

And how would "giving us the album with a proper tracklist and pre-order" interfer with that?

The "antique wine glass" and the hourglass allude to the tarot card of the magician. The planets allude to the Love music video. AND THE COOKING STUFF IS BECAUSE SHE TALKS ABOUT COOKING UP STUFF FOR "THE KIDS" USING THE INGREDIENTS!! I can't believe people on here did never get that

I was so sure that her monologue contained some song names but so far this is seemingly not correct. Apart from the XO for LFL and the chimera for Sean Lennon, I doubt anything else is connected to the album at all. Just some usual ameticana-references plus some to magic/tarot

The album doesn't really flow that well. Green Light into Sober feels awkward and the way Melodrama kicks in after Loveless feels like it comes on shuffle

That's what I meant with "going out of your way to justify it". Really, this "she does not want to be famous" thing is getting reeeeeeeeeeeaally old. Her promo is messy and lazy (although she's been quite active lately), this does not have anything to do with fame. There are indie and alternative niche-artists that have a better promotion strategy than her.

It's so funny how some of you went out of their way to defend Lana's tragic promotion strategy. Yeah, Love was leaked and yeah, she decided to add up tracks. But keeping quiet about the release date for so long is so annoying, and not uploading a f*cking pre-order is just as stupid. I don't get why some artists can just announce an album with the release of the single and then put up a nice and clean pre-order which already includes the release date and tracklist, while it's such a tiring slumber with Lona.

If we get a promo single with a possible pre-order, then I'm pretty sure it will be Change.

Same with Sober 2. I feel like there needs to be more space between the lines ... it feels like they were glued together, which makes the track sound pretty hectic compared to the dramatic live version.

Grene Light 9/10 - Even though it had to grow on me, I think it's a great, fun song that still manages to feel meaningful and catch the break-up vibe. Sober 10/10 - My favourite song on this album, it's a bit like green Light's slightly darker sister. The production is great, I love the drums and the trumpets, the layered vocals and how the track keeps building up. Homemade Dynamite 7/10 - It's an ok track, the beat and synths are nice, yet nothing that sticks out too much on the first listening. The Louvre 7/10 - At the beginning I thought this was a pretty promising track, her vocals and the riff/buildup during the first verse are quite intriguing. But I just don't really like how this song turns out. Perhaps it will grow on me Lieability 8/10 - It's a beautoful ballad with a nice lyrics. Grew on me, yet I still feel like it could have been more exciting with a few touch-ups. Sober ll 9/10 - A great title-track with a slight Lana-vibe, I love the production (especially the pidgeon-sounds), the breakdown and the way her vocals sound super emotional. However, the tracks feels a bit hectic compared to the live version, could have been longer. Hard Feelings/ Loveless 7/10 - Hard Feelings feels pretty PH-ish, it's definitly interesting and time will tell how much I actually like it. Can't really decide after the first listen. The Loveless part is pretty cute, I like the beat. Writer In The Dark 8/10 - Underrated track! I love her vocals during the verses. The build-up to the chorus feels a bit weak at the first moment, yet I think it was actually executed pretty good. Supercut 7/10 - Feels like a pretty classic Lorde song. Not pushing the boundaries but I could see it growing on me. Lieability (Reprise) 7/10 - If she actually took the lyrics, the beat and the delivery and made a proper song out of them, this could have been pretty good. But the way the track is, it feels a bit lackluster,, especially those auto-tuned samples. Still nice. Perfect Places 6/10 - It has some nice moments, but generally this feels like the least exciting song. Her raw-vocals during the first verses and the Team-esque beat seem intriguing, yet I think the track gets pretty boring as soon as the first pre-chorus kicks in. Nice but far from being impressive or memorable. Pretty sure that this is a grower-album. From the first listen, I actually really like the vibe this album has. The production is not as intriguing as this electro-wasteland-sound she had going on on PH, yet it seems much more diverse. For a lot of songs I think I just need to re-listen them more often, maybe when I'm in the right mood, to actually decide whether or not they are just nice or actually good

Can someonse send me a link? Can't seem to find a legit one and I'm so thirsty for the studio version of Sober 2

Well but now it sounds worse, I guess she just wanted to change SOMETHING and fucked up

"If you want the stems - buy the album" seems fair and nothing anyone who has 10 bucks to spend on an album should worry about

The most terrible thing she did to OHDH was taking out those vocal samples (or whatever that was). They really made the song bang and now it just feels like there is something missing, especially during the bridge and the intro.

Ready for her to deliver some stiff and out-of-tune vocals during a cringy to watch "Change" performance

Why didn't she explain what drug she was on when she decided to butcher OHDH?

White Mustang and Cherry give me hope for the album, I hope both will be on there!

Both of them sound great though, having multiple songs with that kind of vibe sounds promising. And ew @ you hoping Cherry not making the cut!

4 days.

"Chocolate Jesus" by Tom Waits The lyrics would definitly match a more playful-Lana-track.

The studio snippets of the track playing in the background sound great but the way she sings along is honestly really off-key and unpleasant to listen to

So I just listened to CX2 in full. Paper Love and Need You are nice songs that, with better promotion, could have been quite successful on the radio. Old Habits Die Hard could have been the best track if she wouldn't have decided to completely butcher the production of the track. I really don't understand why she fid that. It's still nice but the single version was waaaaay better. True Love Is Violent has some sort of appeal but it's also tacky af. Don't really know how to feel about Downtown - has the potential to either be a grower or a song you just forget about. Vintage is super meh - not even bad but just boring and generic. That's So Us is still the most cringeworthy track she ever did and I can't believe she picked that terrible mess over other Unsolved songs like Misbelieving, All The Rage, Alexandra or Too Much To Dream. Lifted is a suprise-fave, didn't expect much from it but it actually turns out to be a fun song with a good production and even the lyrics are fine. Simon Says is a standout of the album, I love the edgy and slightly dark vibe it has. Casanova still is the best track on the record, the club-ish feeling, the vocals, the production ... probably the best song she ever did. I think Cx2 is definitly better than the first one. Her vocals are not annoying high-pitch-screams anymore, the productio is more interesting and feels a bit more diverse and the songs aren't as anticlimatic. It's still not much more than a fun pop album to listem to when you are in a good mood - nothing too deep or innovative - but I guess it's still a good album to have

Since I don't think we will get Cherry before the official album release, I'd guess that Change will be the pre-order promo-single