Swan Song

My baby lives in 2012...

I don't think you are. I personally adore that album, but there's quite a few fans who feel let down and dislike UV.
 
Personally, I believe your statements about UV are more applicable to BtD than UV. Lana is such a talented lyricist, yet I feel she abandoned this wonderful ability when writing for BtD. Don't get me wrong, there are some pretty good tracks on there (National Anthem, OTTR, Lolita, Blue Jeans), but I feel the album as a whole is a bit amateurish. I think she really stepped up here game for UV and I believe her fantastic lyricism shine through on the album, especially on tracks like Brooklyn Baby, Is This Happiness, Flipside and Old Money. :flutters:

Haha, my mother never really liked Lana that much. She thought the whole BTD album was just "drowsy" and "put her to sleep". But I showed her some UV songs last night and asked her to give me an honest opinion. She loved it. She'd always heard the Black Beauty demo version (b/c I fucking love that song lmao so i always played it...) and when I showed her the UV version she was all like "oh wow... this is gorgeous..."
 
I think my job here is done 

I'm tempted to say you are, sir.

Nice! EW gave BTD a C+; that's a huge improvement  

Imagine dinner at Lana's, you sitting there....Lana on the left, eating slowly as she looks into space, depressed, her hair immaculate, but dry tears on her face, Barrie to the right, long unwashed hair over his face, depressed, not eating, but staring into space as he writes poetry on paper without even looking at his pen, silence............what fun. 

All these interviews the past month are making me uncomfortable. And while she's being blunt and honest (which I can appreciate), it's painting her in a brand new light for me... one that's so drastically different than what I've imagined the last two and a half years I've been a fan. It's not a bad thing, but I feel pity... and I don't like feeling pity. I don't like worrying about someone that has brought me so much joy and opened my eyes to so many new things.
 
If she's not happy and feels out of touch with everying, as a fan it makes me feel strange for buying into it all: supporting her music, following her interviews/news, going to her concert, standing outside in the cold for three hours so I could meet her in the middle of the night... It makes me feel guilty in a weird way. Like she has no idea what her music does for some people. No idea how much it means seeing her peform and meeting her. She feels empty. So what's the point?

Sounds like a lot of fun going on at home 

I actually feel quite guilty after I read this interview. If she doesn't like the fame, why does she release new music and why does she play so many concerts all over the world ?
I'm going to see her performing live for the second time in one week and how can I be able to ban the thought that she doesn't feel comfortable with what she's doing while I'm having one of the best times of my life ?? 

Here is the link to the interview, check it out underneath:


 

So The Guardian spends the whole review tearing her lyrics and general existence down, barely talking about the songs themselves, only to give her a 4/5? "lol you suck but this album is the shit"?

He love guns and roses, guns and roses
Guns and roses
He love guns and roses, guns and roses
Guns and roses
 

Let's repeat it one more time!
 
Guns....AND ROSES!!!
 
I'm still not sure what does he love... 
This is too deep for me.

literally the only song I'm not feeling 100% is the Nina cover (and maybe the G&R chorus) - Lanz has destroyed meh 

In no order, Brooklyn Baby, Money Power Glory, and Old Money are my favorites after the first listen. 
Guns and Roses is my least favorite.
I love the new version of Black Beauty.
The album is SO different from BTD/Paradise.
I love how cohesive the album is.
It's hard for me to really see how I feel about the album after only listen and which songs I like over the others.
But generally after the first listen, I'm very happy with the album, lived up to my expectations and the wait.

MPG > Old Money> Brooklyn Baby >Cruel World >Sad Girl >West Coast >Black Beauty >Shades Of Cool >Ultraviolence> Florida Kilos > FMWUTTT >Pretty When You Cry >TOW >Guns and Roses...

My vision is complete , my life is fucking made  

My Top :

Brooklyn Baby (still my favorite)
Sad Girl
Old Money
***** My Way Up To The Top
 
Guns & Roses - I think the chorus is weak, but I'll see if I like it or hate it after some listens.


My dislikes :

FLORIDA KILOS (wtf?)
Black Beauty (Nothing really new, just rock version, I like it as original, so not a lot)
Cruel World
 

Nooow Lana decides is the time to be careful about leaks 

I wish I'd thought ahead before turning down that job at Target months ago. I would have jacked it no question and everyone would love me rn.

i'd steal it tbh. Without any hesitation 

This is a little embarrassing but I feel so connected to you guys, all waiting for this to leak. I just keep refreshing the page.

Get over it please.

Please dear John