DinahLee

It must be... art performance. Of the worst kind. But yeah. Not sure why she's really blowing all her goodwill from people this time around.

Considering the interlude isn't exactly what it was supposed to be, and if she's not counting on that, then technically it would be 2 outtakes already, no? (lol)

I mean at this point it's just something integrated to her image. For good or for Bad. I didn't listen to it and just by the title plus cover yeah you assume it's just more of the same. It's a bit tiring. It's ~"her brand". And I don't think she's really willing to change it too.

You're totally right! Actually messed up in my head and forgot that we already had a "demo" nn. - I think it's plausible that she already had Super Sunset "almost-done" by January 2018 because of the early-tour where she premiered the songs and... the messy roll-out concept of "Giving the songs time to shine". By January 2018 she was teasing Science. But also in February she was still talking about "finishing song"

I thought the "Dancing in the dark" title was older? something we had known before CLX II was released? I guess my memory is glitchin then. Anyway. LEAK IT. Her best project and could be a killer full record.

LIFELINE?? Nvm it sounds basic even in LQ. edit: leak it. And Phantom. And Jabberwocky.

Omg a lot to check now. I really thought all that suff was just... forgotten

I remember few years back when ~WanderingSlave was dropping "HQ" files from previous leaks or so? Stuff like Sorry, Oh My God, Debut (I think? No particular order tbh). I tried "Take it Back" but nothing happened.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT LIKE 3 HOURS AGO. Omg I swear I was thinking about coming to this thread and ask if there's any legendary leak out there that we've been waiting\been teased and never leaked.

Homebound demo is cute I guess. I wish the first part didn't sound so dissonant with the heavy reverb on the vocals and almost dry instrumental, but the second part with backing vocals and harmony is good. I used to be obsessed with this song lol. Waiting for Phantom now. Even if there's no iconic high note in there nn.

Night Mime "muffled" chorus always felt a bit off (aka an edit) but just didn't bother that much (and people also tried to edit the chorus back in with the live etc etc etc So at this point I just can't remember the original leak). I never realized how much it reminds me of... Off To The Races? more in a real-Melanie vein. Bombs On Monday... that is a legendary song.

Homebound??? Ugh. An iconic song. Even if no version\snippet so far sounds so good as the live version with that gorgeous lush pad at the intro.

Love Me Off Earth is really good. I love the tringle for this one, My Forever and Reason Why. They all fit perfectly together.

For real I've been checking every few hours hoping there's a new sky leak???

She said she only pulled Downhill Lullaby because she wanted to make a music video for it (and, again, probably some label fuckery that sounds like "Label will give me budget for lead single video only so let's make the most while at it tehehee") and because she was confident her "pop singles" wore ready and would be fine later. She teased "Don't Forget" straight after and then "Descending" was performed live, both way more commercial and clear. Then whatever happened and we got no singles, no music video, no alternative version. That's all.

She's a perfectionist and everything with Capitol feels like... Limbo. I know most of the jokes are "There's no album lol" but I think it's more likely that she does have a thousand demos sitting around and just can't finish\don't feel they're good enough or something alike. Just like the "Alternative Version" of Donwhill Lullaby felt like she was just unhappy with the final released mix and so on. And, from this perspective, I can see the Label going insane with a huge amount of money going on knowing that the profit of the album itself will be minimum. It's an endless cycle. Of course it's just speculation, but it's the picture painted in my mind for some time now. I think she's talented as hell, no doubt, and it must be hard to try to keep your vision and art safe, managing everything and presenting it exactly as you intended, especially with god knows how many executives behind it.

The way I was locked out of my account and finally something leak. Whew. For the guardian talk on the last pages, yeah, it was originally promoted as "the first release from Masochism", then she started rambling about the video with Grant and suddenly everything went silence. Later she mentioned it wasn't going to be part of the album but it's own main thing because it was special. I can't recall all the timeline\years, but there's also the fact she wanted to release... a "Visual EP" or something back in 2018\2019 (? or 17\18?? God it's hard to keep it up with her nn) and I believe Guardian was involved with this project. Also, probably this footage is the one she used to make the (unreleased) Voices Carry video. edit: It was 2017\2018 https://www.nme.com/news/music/sky-ferreiras-new-album-edges-ever-closer-new-photo-2218122 Did she say anything about I Pray for Rain leak?

Lanaboards loaded forever I didn't expect to see the post was actually "sent" nn I believe that, before TFM was really a thing, Interscope already wanted to release The Fame and tack like 3 new songs at the end. I remember her saying something like "but instead, I decided to create a whole new album that will be yours. It's The Fame Monster". I guess New York was one of the songs they wanted to reboot and probably put it out as a single, hence the rumors, but who knows (It sounds like late Fusari\Gaga productions like Paparazzi at least) For the 1000Doves talk, I believe it was actually said that it was reworked from ARTPOP, and some people thought it was one song that she played to Mark Ronson (together with Angel Down) and someone recorded in super LQ and whispering over it, but it doesn't sound like the recording that was captured then.

Ironically there is a The Fame outtake called "New York". Also, rumors dubbed a "Speechless Demo" as "New York", but after the "real" song leaked in 2017\18 then I don't think this was real. New York if anyone curious (yes it's bad) https://clyp.it/yndfpx2n I believe it's been said before that "Angel Down" was an... ARTPOP reject (and not one of these 8 "RedOnes" productions from 2015). It's interesting to look at her discography this way. Really wanted to set a "recording timeline" like the one created for Lana here.

And that's on that periodt hun!

I think it's some type of her own "Taxi". She knows that fans have it and she probably likes the song too (I don't personally like it THAT much, even if the lyrics are gold) but there's no reason to tack it at any project now. Plus, after the whole UNSOLVED, I don't think it's a nice idea to remake something that fans enjoy that much lol.

I really really really wish she expanded the visual world for Super Sunset It was just begging for it. Knowing she actually made something for Science is quite... annoying. Not So Bad in LA is top5 (probably 3) videos and but it felt like the most random choice. Science, Girl of The Year... RIP them.

This thread won

There are some very interesting points! If I remember correctly, she kept touring Cry Baby nonstop so she could be able to "fund" this album and movie. (I mean, not directly from her pocket, but she had to give them enough money to "trust" them). Cry Baby managed to get some crazy records going on (Something like "tied with "lady gaga" - debut record with more certifications" and stuff like that). This time around she's not able to tour THAT much, with many dates canceled due pandemic and also the album didn't have the "longevity" from Cry Baby. She already said she wants album 3 to be another movie, isn't it? For the concept-records, I kinda agree but it's interesting to note that Cry Baby still had stuff like Tag\Cookies double video 1 year after the album release and ironically Melanie just grew (number-wise) during the Cry Baby era, with each video basically outdoing the one before. Even Mad Hatter that had like, almost 1 full year gap, sits at 77m views right now (which is actually huge when you think that she actually didn't really promote the record beyond the endless tour + music videos and it barely had real singles going on). It's different from like Electra Heart that they really just... got lost after Power & Control flopped and didn't bother (I think not even Marina bothered at all tbh rip) to keep it going, which is a shame since Marina kept growing through the cracks even if her numbers weren't impressive "chart-wise". Anyway, just remembered Mrs. Potato Head was supposed to have some other scenes including a Morgue set-up and she cut it to keep the story cute. Leak her too. Wondering why they still haven't re-issued Cry Baby as a CD+DVD package, including the deluxe\extra songs and all music videos + some behind the scenes. Especially now that they randomly got Play Date getting streams.

The fact she also sat on this record for 4 years and then it was, well, "that", doesn't help. I'll give her the kudos that the movie actually looks EXPENSIVE and it is "well made" (even with some amateur flaws, but it was also "her debut" directing something like that so it's totally alright) but the story\script itself is just trash and it felt like "Look at all this money I've got from the label!! I'm gonna BURN IT." The story is bad. I'm still unsure of how\why she decided to go full Matilda-XMen. It would have been better if she dropped the record and then took her time to make the movie, making it also last "longer" as an Era. Cry Baby was fun (at least until like... Pacify Her and then Mad Hatter taking one year was just bad) because of the overflown of content, that also helped building her name out there. Her art direction is, however, really fantastic. Randomly got Strawberry Shortcake stucked in my head this last week. The good songs here are really alright. Strawberry Shortcake, Highschool Sweet Hearts, Lunchbox Friends, Detention (?). I can't remember the rest at all apart from knowing I loathe Show & Tell. It missed some variety I guess. It feels like they really grabbed some stems from Cry Baby and decided "yep we'll build all the songs we can using these". Feels very "one note"