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So we should give the songs Lana may intend to be on BB a chance to belong on the album, regardless of if we've heard them or not If it makes sense within' the context of the album and they are produced freshly and coherently with everything else, then what's the problem? (i'm not asking you, it's more a general question)

I thought your first post was very interesting, I mean that in of itself makes sense. They are peace-related but then that does make the other post about "making a neutral political statement is a political statement" seem more relevant This is actually a really interesting topic, I don't think there's any right or wrong answers, it's all up to interpretation depending on our individual perspectives. I should really give a listen to Finneas' album, I'm interested to hear his take on political songs

So you wouldn't want Yosemite on the album because you're aware of it's existence?

But it never leaked and we never heard it before it was released After you heard Yosemite on CoCC did you count it as an unreleased song because you knew of it or as a new song because you'd never heard it before? It could've originally been a completely different song, but we wouldn't know cause we never heard it We knew the title but we had no idea what it sounded like The BlackBeauty demo leaked, Architecture leaked before it became TNBAR, so we knew what they could be And they still ended up differently. What's your point?

Literallllllllllly, from the examples we've heard before: Black Beauty and The Next Best American Record (you can't count Yosemite or LMLYLAW since we never heard the OG versions) they have turned out much different (at least production wise) from the originals, you can't even compare them to the demos. If she releases unreleased tracks (that we've only already heard because of leakers and not Lana's choice) then they will most definitely be different and have a new take. I'm so exhausted by people complaining about unreleased tracks on the album. The fact we call them "unreleased" is justification enough. THEY WEREN'T EVEN MEANT TO BE HEARD BY US. How hard is that for people to understand??

Definitely agree on the cannabis front, HBTB is my anthem, let's go legalisation in Australia!! But damn, I never thought of that, you also made me gasp when I read your post. I guess even referencing a political action is a political statement in itself. The fact that she was protesting and makes a statement of "if only you did the same as me" (to her father) is a political action in itself. Oof, I love that

My pleasure! thank you for the inspiration! I love seeing your opinion, everybody's interpretation is valid because we all have such different perspectives. I hadn't thought of Change as being a political song, I always took it as a very violent (ironically since it's such a soft ballad) personal song, I never thought to think of it as political. I'll have to give it a re-listen with this new perspective. I agree with "The Greatest" it definitely seems like a more cultured exploration, I'm curious to listen back to that now as well! Even Textbook for me it always seemed like she was talking about how her "damaged" relationship with her parents were almost textbook because of how "cliche" her "daddy issues" were, but I'm curious to hear it in a different light. I'm so happy I made this thread now ahaha It's funny I never thought of Change or the Greatest as political songs, I'm excited to re-listen to them with a different perspective. I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT TO REFERENCE HER VIOLET POEMS. I read that book in one sitting last year, now that I have the vinyl I need to re-listen to it and try to really digest it, I honestly gasped when you mentioned Violet ahaha

I gotcha baby, thank you for the inspiration

I made a thread and I'm gonna edit it and dedicate it to you

We randomly got onto the subject of political Lana songs over in the BB pre-release thread and I decided to actually make this thread to get to the bottom of things. For a quick reference I guess Looking for America, When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing, God Bless America - All the Beautiful Women In It... would be political songs (but why?) But surely there are others. For you, what constitutes a political song? What would a political Lana song be? Is Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind political? It references the nuclear missile crisis with North Korea but is also more about taking the time to appreciate what you have. But would you say it's still political? Text Book (from the upcoming album Blue Banisters) references the BLM protests but the song seems to be more biographical as opposed to solely political, but what do you think? I'm honestly curious now that we've been talking about This is dedicated to @daddyauerbach, @Style and @COCC for inspiring me

Hmmm, i guess it is kind of political with the BLM part but I would say it's more autobiographical, idk now it makes me think what constitutes a political song? Referencing current political/social events or actually exploring the concepts on a greater scale? Like LookingForAmerica is political cause it's about America and gun violence whereas TB seems more biographical with a reference to a political/cultural movement that was happening at the time..? Now I feel more inclined to make a political thread to figure this out

me praying there's a bonus track cause I'll claim that one, bonus tracks are always the best, Flipside will forever be the best song she's ever made

I think we need to make a thread about lana's political songs because I have totally forgotten most of them And i agree with you about WTWWAW, that was a strong one

omg i'm disgusted that i forgot about that song, i'll show myself out

I actually cackled, jewels in the swimming pool is too much One of the things I'll say about Lana is that she definitely doesn't go as hard as she says she will, like even the title "Chemtrails over the country club" alludes to her talking about conspiracy theories and culty cliques, but instead we got an introspective of her running across the mid-west (she probably feels like her insta girl squad is a consciously delusional cult) We all joke about her LFL Coachella song being cringe but that's probably the most "political" song we'll ever get from her

Lana would release a Trump diss track in 2021

Anyone think we'll get an album trailer when Arcadia drops? I tried to see if she posted the previous ones at a significant time but they seem to drop randomly? Maybe it'll go Arcadia (early Sept) > Trailer/Preorder (Late Sept) > Release Date (October)? She seems to have random fun with the trailers and I love seeing them (the LFL and NFR ones are definite stand outs) so I hope she keeps up with this trend

Lana is that you?? oh wait, it’s just her ass talking s*** again (I’m kidding i don’t wanna fight, we’re trying to keep positive, why is happiness like a butterfly?)

They’re gonna at least be different to what we’ve heard so I have no problems, everyone acts like her leaked songs aren’t good?? Can’t relate

We’ll have to fight for it (or share, I love to share) if we get dealer and it gives us Noir screaming vibes, then Lana will have given me everything I’ve ever wantes

Omg I COMPLETELY DIDNT REALISE THAT THIS MEANS WE’RE GETTING THE TRACKLIST SOON AHHHH I can’t wait to play “claim your song”

the censoring, I let out a cackle tbh

preach sister!! We finally have confirmed, concrete news (other than those other times Lana has lied to us) let’s just rejoice in the beauty of this announcement and new music!!

A part of me was lolling at pictures of her mouth open in the dentist chair, idk why but that smile, what a beauty queen

“Listen to it like you listened to Video Games” makes me think she means - don’t think about the work I’ve done before because you bitches don’t really know me (like we didn’t know of her before video games) We’re starting with a clean slate Delulu fam Who is she??