Ariel

Does anyone think Rick will come back at any point or is she just done with that style of songwriting? I miss his work!

I'm glad the site is back <3 <3 <3

This is an amazing project I love the new translations/interpretations especially on The Path, but all of it <3

I like the record but this is so true!

She has been in New York (?) for a while so could have been recording with Jack

I really like the song and the lyrics but the production is legitimately terrible - why are these songs so dead? It's so weird. Could have been a great track. I really like a lot of his work, but I don't think Jack is a good arranger; everything feels forced and flat here.

I really hope the sound effect is gone on the album version as for me it ruined the track. It's such a beautiful song and I don't agree that the effect elevates it in any way, so it was a shame!

Congratulations!

This has been the most intense day on here I've ever seen! Love to all of you!

I don't see a bikini!

OMG I just listened too! Whoa. At the Holiday Party has a better arrangement, too. It actually makes sense.

Would love to hear another song from this cause I really want to put it in context and maybe like it more!

At first I was wondering where she went to film the video, and then I remembered she *lives* there! I would love to move there sooo much!

The sparse guitar behind her voice bothers me - I like the vocals, they are growing on me! The scratchy acoustic thing with blank space around it seems like a waste tbh I also feel like her vocals aren't mixed high enough at points

Aw, I really wanted to like it! The production doesn't suit the song imo, it's super delicate but also wants to be epic and I don't think it works

Do we think this is the album cover or just a single cover? I like it for a single. But I'm excited! It's really happening!

I am also hoping for some UV vibes. Sort of like Candy UV but I want Rick Nowels to come back! I am feeling good about this for some reason! It's all a delusion

I have read the lyrics. Although I think it is fairly unclear how the points she is making are related, we all process lyrics and music in different ways. I am not sure I "misunderstood" the lyrics. I would ask other people to read them from the point of view of someone whose life was devastated by the pandemic if they think my response is silly. I am not claiming that others have "misunderstood" the lyrics. We all have our own reactions. I am interested to see how other people interpret what she is trying to say; I don't think they are misunderstanding just cause we don't have the same reaction. Re: it's not that deep - I feel like she is trying to do social commentary in this song, it's not just a "bop". It talks about the pandemic, war, Hervey Weinstein, and feminism. I think it's fair enough to try to understand the messages conveyed.

I never really got why Lana felt the need to claim all of this stuff about her background - potentially because people might wrongly assume or state that she never struggled, which is unfair. You can't help who your family is and we'll never know what was really going on. I never really get how seriously she takes what she says at any given time either because a lot changes! I think if she just acknowledged some privilege (even just about her life now) and moved on it would go a long way. But it's not really her style; I think she's just super-defensive, or that is how it can come across to me at any rate!

No, I'm just disabled due to a virus I caught last year (covid) and don't appreciate this song. I am unable to leave home now and struggle to breathe and take care of myself. There are a lot of us. Is mother nature trying to "purge" me LOL? Are healthy people "trapped" in their homes? I can't leave mine as I am now disabled. I'd rather be on crack tbh! I understand people not getting that but this song is difficult to hear due to the pandemic references, the way this is framed, and general tone. I really liked a lot of her other work. I don't think she is a great social commentator in these recent tracks.

I absolutely hate it and it's put me off her a lot. The lyrics are dire - what is she saying? Why is she trying to frame this fake deep garbage around the pandemic in which so many people have died? I got ill last March and never got better. I am now too ill to leave the house. Hearing her sing about people being trapped in their homes and using this as a hook for this dire "commentary" has really disturbed me, honestly. Disconnected from real people's suffering. Also, the rape verse? Me Too did not "end" rape? WTF Truly one of the worst things I have heard. And what is the poison to be purged? Disturbing. This is not it

What is going on with his insta page? It's... real??

Thank-you! I am not good at finding things I never got well from covid since March and I'm dizzy!!!! Duh! I'll see if I can go be less incompetent now edit: Is this part of the show online, as I can't find it? sorry guys

The BBC link cuts off at the end for me and so I don't know the rest of what was said - is it just me and does anyone have a link that doesn't cut off at the end, or a transcript? I was kind of taken aback at the comments about the Capitol ("wild"?) but I'd like to listen to the whole thing to see where her mind is at

Wow I mean that makes it even weirder that they would cancel this - and with no explanation whatsoever? I haven't seen much discussion of how bizarre that is! Is it just me?? x