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I guess it makes sense that she reacted to the backlash earlier this year the way that she did if she thinks that singing about being crazy a hundred times over is equivalent to singing about domestic crises? All of her vaguely "political" songs delve into a very isolated focus at some point, focusing on just her feelings with the real world stuff just as a catalyst and not the focus at all, which is why I maintain that they're not political songs - she never gives a real point of view. And that's fine because that's how a lot of people feel and it's part of why people are drawn to her. But trying to claim that she "knew we weren't ready" and had been singing about it for years? I really think she thinks she's this generations Bob Dylan from how much she brings him up in relation to her and I don't think she'll really be of much interest to me for as long as she continues blowing up her own ego. Especially when she reacts to people's pain with god bless and fuck off. Glad we got some insight on the album, and thank you to Elle for writing this up, but she's becoming more and more of a warning against resting on your own laurels and surrounding yourself with yesmen. 

Love two new song titles but jesus christ
 
This interview is literally Lana just rimming herself, and jack joining in
 
I mean they could only ever have that dynamic because Lana would have nothing to do with him otherwise, but still

God forbid people criticise her I guess. 
 right at the end xx

I guess it makes sense that she reacted to the backlash earlier this year the way that she did if she thinks that singing about being crazy a hundred times over is equivalent to singing about domestic crises? All of her vaguely "political" songs delve into a very isolated focus at some point, focusing on just her feelings with the real world stuff just as a catalyst and not the focus at all, which is why I maintain that they're not political songs - she never gives a real point of view. And that's fine because that's how a lot of people feel and it's part of why people are drawn to her. But trying to claim that she "knew we weren't ready" and had been singing about it for years? I really think she thinks she's this generations Bob Dylan from how much she brings him up in relation to her and I don't think she'll really be of much interest to me for as long as she continues blowing up her own ego. Especially when she reacts to people's pain with god bless and fuck off. Glad we got some insight on the album, and thank you to Elle for writing this up, but she's becoming more and more of a warning against resting on your own laurels and surrounding yourself with yesmen. 

God forbid people criticise her I guess. 

"Blowing up her own ego" is exactly the main impression I got from this article. Even if I enjoyed the parts where she discusses music or some aspects regarding daily life, the fact that her and Jack act as if they were some kind of omniscent genius bugs me off. Lana talks as she's eaten all the stuff the critics said about her last year ("a laureate poet of a world on fire" or whatever), and Im happy that she acknowledges she is talented, but what made me feel close to her since I knew her was how foot-on-earth she was, and how self-aware of her ignorance on some topics she seemed to be too, as it seemed to push her to explore deeper from her artistic perspective. She's always had a quite intuitive way to approach to reality, even if not always educated, she's always been good intentioned and sharp in her own ways, and I've always appreciated that honesty a lot. Now reading her talking about how she thinks she knows about everything while dropping the comment on how people will look more on genetics to know about their psychological issues... She obviously isnt aware still, at her 35 years, that most people in the world arent ruminating at their LA mansions about the "culture", but facing huge structural problematics related to the possibility and struggle to materially survive, and that mental health may have a lot more to with that than with intuitive healers or whatever she thinks she knows and we dont.
She's definetly eccentric and has a quite egotic and privileged way to look at the world, and I guess that may be part of her enchantment as weird and genial as she is. Not genial on the omniscently way she thinks she is, but in the confusing, sensitive and beautiful sense I think she gets to approach to the world.
She's random, clumsy and very smart too. Truly wanting to listen to whatever she's been working on.

this interview is so bat shit i can’t believe it’s actually on paper printed out. as the years past, the more i think L wasn’t supposed to be famous...
 
who knows how she’ll be seen in the future though 

I guess it makes sense that she reacted to the backlash earlier this year the way that she did if she thinks that singing about being crazy a hundred times over is equivalent to singing about domestic crises? All of her vaguely "political" songs delve into a very isolated focus at some point, focusing on just her feelings with the real world stuff just as a catalyst and not the focus at all, which is why I maintain that they're not political songs - she never gives a real point of view. And that's fine because that's how a lot of people feel and it's part of why people are drawn to her. But trying to claim that she "knew we weren't ready" and had been singing about it for years? I really think she thinks she's this generations Bob Dylan from how much she brings him up in relation to her and I don't think she'll really be of much interest to me for as long as she continues blowing up her own ego. Especially when she reacts to people's pain with god bless and fuck off. Glad we got some insight on the album, and thank you to Elle for writing this up, but she's becoming more and more of a warning against resting on your own laurels and surrounding yourself with yesmen. 

I guess it makes sense that she reacted to the backlash earlier this year the way that she did if she thinks that singing about being crazy a hundred times over is equivalent to singing about domestic crises? All of her vaguely "political" songs delve into a very isolated focus at some point, focusing on just her feelings with the real world stuff just as a catalyst and not the focus at all, which is why I maintain that they're not political songs - she never gives a real point of view. And that's fine because that's how a lot of people feel and it's part of why people are drawn to her. But trying to claim that she "knew we weren't ready" and had been singing about it for years? I really think she thinks she's this generations Bob Dylan from how much she brings him up in relation to her and I don't think she'll really be of much interest to me for as long as she continues blowing up her own ego. Especially when she reacts to people's pain with god bless and fuck off. Glad we got some insight on the album, and thank you to Elle for writing this up, but she's becoming more and more of a warning against resting on your own laurels and surrounding yourself with yesmen. 

I guess it makes sense that she reacted to the backlash earlier this year the way that she did if she thinks that singing about being crazy a hundred times over is equivalent to singing about domestic crises? All of her vaguely "political" songs delve into a very isolated focus at some point, focusing on just her feelings with the real world stuff just as a catalyst and not the focus at all, which is why I maintain that they're not political songs - she never gives a real point of view. And that's fine because that's how a lot of people feel and it's part of why people are drawn to her. But trying to claim that she "knew we weren't ready" and had been singing about it for years? I really think she thinks she's this generations Bob Dylan from how much she brings him up in relation to her and I don't think she'll really be of much interest to me for as long as she continues blowing up her own ego. Especially when she reacts to people's pain with god bless and fuck off. Glad we got some insight on the album, and thank you to Elle for writing this up, but she's becoming more and more of a warning against resting on your own laurels and surrounding yourself with yesmen. 

Drags incoming but that's never stopped me before, so
I'm not a huge fan of artists interviewing other artists because such interviews tend to turn into mutual backscratching, and I am not sure if that's the reason, but I think she comes off as quite arrogant in parts of this.
I really don't like this:
This just comes across to me as her shirking any kind of personal responsibility in interpersonal relationships and blaming the other person.
The whole thing has a tone that I don't like, and she literally says several times, "I know I'm right/was right". That's not to say she's wrong about everything, but Question for the Culture was a disaster so to act like she's some sort of genius who has human behaviour and existence all worked out is ... not it. I suppose this is her doubling-down on that, again?

Like does she think other people don't think about this?
With all that said, the parts where she talks about the music are good. Idk how I feel about COCC mentioning her girlfriends but that is, of course, her prerogative. I suppose that's why Chunk and Charlie are in the mv, because she said it also mentions her siblings.
Idk what she's talking about when she says she's going to have to raise her dogs, cats and chickens on her own, because she is never single ... ever? What is she talking about? Also why would anyone be surprised that she actually writes? That's literally her job.
Anyway, to end on a positive note, I hope it's delayed because she's putting "Dealer" in and making sure she's 100% happy with COCC before releasing it.
ETA: I also like this comment by Jack
That's one of my favourite lines, too, and I feel like it links back to the intro of 13 Beaches.

i'm really kinda hoping the scat artist's lana bc how iconic and HILARIOUS would that b 

LANA WAS VALERIE. 
 
Anyway, who cares about Lana. Who's Ben? 
 
Hi, Ben. 

i sure hope she doesnt browse lb

She looks soooooooo good. This whole era’s vibe and feel is serving me Honeymoon and I am fucking living. 
 
Hoping we get this SOON and it has some good info!
 
Honestly have a feeling shit is going to start dropping and it’s going to go fast lol. 

not a fan of the mask.. magazines really struggling this year with all of their messy covers but at least it's not an illustration
 
hmm wondering if she'll spill some cocc tease or if she's going to ramble on about violet and the inevitable question for the culture 

Not some of you thinking she meant December 12th.
She's not that cryptical and besides, 12:12 being Dec 12th makes 0 sense lmao

Wait why does everyone think that the tweet means december? When I saw it i thought something might be coming at 12:12 today especially since she used the colon instead of a slash.

Why would she cryptically tweet JUST the date in a time format? Check the time she posted it. It was just the time on the west coast. 1212 is an angel number and I'm guessing that's the type of shit she's into and might tweet if she noticed it randomly and was in the swing of posting, which we know she gets into when something's about to be released. It's seriously not that deep and it's nothing solid, people really love setting themselves up for disappointment. Real life isn't some foreshadowy prime time TV, especially as Lana releases are concerned lmao. 

Why would she cryptically tweet JUST the date in a time format? Check the time she posted it. It was just the time on the west coast. 1212 is an angel number and I'm guessing that's the type of shit she's into and might tweet if she noticed it randomly and was in the swing of posting, which we know she gets into when something's about to be released. It's seriously not that deep and it's nothing solid, people really love setting themselves up for disappointment. Real life isn't some foreshadowy prime time TV, especially as Lana releases are concerned lmao. 

Why would she cryptically tweet JUST the date in a time format? Check the time she posted it. It was just the time on the west coast. 1212 is an angel number and I'm guessing that's the type of shit she's into and might tweet if she noticed it randomly and was in the swing of posting, which we know she gets into when something's about to be released. It's seriously not that deep and it's nothing solid, people really love setting themselves up for disappointment. Real life isn't some foreshadowy prime time TV, especially as Lana releases are concerned lmao. 

Why would she cryptically tweet JUST the date in a time format? Check the time she posted it. It was just the time on the west coast. 1212 is an angel number and I'm guessing that's the type of shit she's into and might tweet if she noticed it randomly and was in the swing of posting, which we know she gets into when something's about to be released. It's seriously not that deep and it's nothing solid, people really love setting themselves up for disappointment. Real life isn't some foreshadowy prime time TV, especially as Lana releases are concerned lmao. 

Why would she cryptically tweet JUST the date in a time format? Check the time she posted it. It was just the time on the west coast. 1212 is an angel number and I'm guessing that's the type of shit she's into and might tweet if she noticed it randomly and was in the swing of posting, which we know she gets into when something's about to be released. It's seriously not that deep and it's nothing solid, people really love setting themselves up for disappointment. Real life isn't some foreshadowy prime time TV, especially as Lana releases are concerned lmao. 

Why would she cryptically tweet JUST the date in a time format? Check the time she posted it. It was just the time on the west coast. 1212 is an angel number and I'm guessing that's the type of shit she's into and might tweet if she noticed it randomly and was in the swing of posting, which we know she gets into when something's about to be released. It's seriously not that deep and it's nothing solid, people really love setting themselves up for disappointment. Real life isn't some foreshadowy prime time TV, especially as Lana releases are concerned lmao. 

Why would she cryptically tweet JUST the date in a time format? Check the time she posted it. It was just the time on the west coast. 1212 is an angel number and I'm guessing that's the type of shit she's into and might tweet if she noticed it randomly and was in the swing of posting, which we know she gets into when something's about to be released. It's seriously not that deep and it's nothing solid, people really love setting themselves up for disappointment. Real life isn't some foreshadowy prime time TV, especially as Lana releases are concerned lmao.