Glitter Boy

"She released Chemtrails Over the Country Club in May, a softer and smaller album that pressed on the themes of Norman Fucking Rockwell! with a gentler touch. She paid homage to a decaying country, with tremors of folksy freedom. Not six months later, she’s back with another record, one that arrived to many listeners ahead of even Lana’s breakneck schedule via a sometimes grainy leak. Blue Banisters is Lana’s pandemic record, a sisterly companion to Chemtrails."
 
Er... we're off to a great start! Chemtrails was released in March, and Blue Banisters comes SEVEN months later  
Lemme keep reading.

I've had a feeling for a long time that the reviews for this album would be a mess. It's a risky album in the sense that it's not necessarily as accessible as some of Lana's other, more popular albums. To me, it's a similar situation to releasing Ultraviolence after Born To Die. Having NFR be Lana's most acclaimed work, and then having it followed by a more mellow album and then after an album where she plays with her vocals (and other things) quite a bit, it can be a shock to a reviewer who's used to the Lana they met in 2019 and that Lana only. 

PINK GERANIUMS (2022)
Pink Geraniums is album mixing retro-futuristic flair. It combines hip-hop, trip-hop and R&B vibes with electronic sounds, synths, drums, percussion, muddy trap beats with some sprinkle of psychedelia, desert rock, neo-soul aura. It will have also some dreamy, ambienty touch with grain of piano. Mixture 80s/90s retro/vintage vibes with futuristism is giving great pleasure during listening. That made this album is not only critically acclaimed (91 on MC) but is fan favourite also.
Album is produced by Mike Dean, Kevin Parker, Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Arca, Kaytranda, Steven Martens, Tim Larcombe, Jack Antonoff.
Cover was made by Neil Krug (in reality by me)
 


 

OMG!!!  
What a beautiful surprise, this made my day way better than how it started. It makes the song even better imo  
Wait wait, which theories?  I wanna know  

I wish they were, but
 

so, i randomly stumbled upon this video last week and thought it would be a funny game for us to play with lana albums 
 
it's definitely an abstract concept but also very weird and specific, so i'll try to explain my thinking process for every cover. of course, this is my personal opinion and yours might differ! so don't come for me!!  also, sorry in advance if a similar thread has been posted before, i didn't really check lol  anyway, i'll go first:
 
BORN TO DIE

 
This Is What Makes Us Girls - Carmen - Lolita
 
 
PARADISE

 
Bel Air - Yayo
 
 
ULTRAVIOLENCE

 
Black Beauty - Ultraviolence - Sad Girl - Old Money
 
 

 
Flipside - Brooklyn Baby - West Coast - Florida Kilos
 
 
HONEYMOON

 
High By The Beach - Freak - Art Deco
 
 

 
Honeymoon - Salvatore - Swan Song - God Knows I Tried
 
 
LUST FOR LIFE

 
Get Free - Love - God Bless America - Groupie Love
 
 
NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL

 
Mariners Apartment Complex - Norman Fucking Rockwell - California
 
 

lmao i have no idea what this cover sounds like, maybe Bartender? Happiness is a butterfly? Love song? Cinnamon Girl? i have no idea! what a random moment... 
 
CHEMTRAILS OVER THE COUNTRY CLUB

 
Wild at Heart - Not All Who Wander Are Lost - Dance Till We Die
 
 

 
Yosemite - White Dress - For Free
 
 
BLUE BANISTERS

 
well i haven't listened to this one yet so i can't tell yet! might edit this post when the album comes out tho 

The way most of these lyrics can actually be sung in the original melody is sending me  

The close up of Chuck. She looks IDENTICAL to Lana. I know they’re sisters, but she could definitely be her twin there. 

I'm not totally obsessed (yet) but I cried while watching it lol.
She looks beautiful, I think I just never get used to her including friends in her videos. Love the shots of her with Chuck though.
I'm so thankful Lana continues to make gorgeous songs and visuals <3 growing with her has been such a huge part of my life

I fucking love seeing album covers in motion so this video was so cool purely because of that. Up there with the best she has ever looked in a video 😳

lana really shot the OG cover, the alt smiling cover, the target cover, the back cover, and the BB video in one day. her mind for that!!!! 

THE VISUALS IT'S THE VISUALS FOR ME Y'ALL
SHE CAME. SHE SAW. SHE CONQUERED. SHE SLAUGHTERED ALL THE WAY. the way she ate and left no crumbs!

this video is great! but the beginning of the vid where it zooms into the picture frame leads me to believe that me and @Obduration’s theories are right..

The green dress 

No no, you're right. Midnight your time. You'll have it in 24 hours. I am in EST, I won't have it for another 36 hours. The entire US (minus Alaska and Hawaii, I think) gets it at the same exact time (12EST/11CT/10MT/9PST) but the rest of the world gets it 12AM local time, which is how it always is!

At first I didn't understand the album but with more listens of each song  I really love it :( 

My Current top 5:
If You Lay Down with Me
Violets for Roses
Thunder
Nectar of the Gods
Sweet Carolina
 
So fucking good guys

The way the update to Thunder was completely  i g n o r e d  has me floored  + Dealer leaked a couple months ago, super edited. LL, Nectar and CB are all three basically the same, but Thunder was actually reworked and Dealer, well, it's a new song (for us who had it in shitty quality too).

Some are great! Canada Goose, Murda She Wrote and Mamma Mia (even if it got into the streaming platforms, she left it unchanged so) are my favourites.

The way the update to Thunder was completely  i g n o r e d  has me floored  + Dealer leaked a couple months ago, super edited. LL, Nectar and CB are all three basically the same, but Thunder was actually reworked and Dealer, well, it's a new song (for us who had it in shitty quality too).

I love Black Bathing Suit.