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This is her grown-up "Sirens." Chill, meditative, slow-burn.
 
For me, TJF is the only one I would listen to as a standalone "single." The album overall is way more country than I would usually like, BUT I think it is the absolute perfect album to sing along to for a long road trip across open spaces...especially at night. For me, she's channeling the artists she loves so much that if you told me this was a cover album of lost songs from Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, etc, I would 100% believe you. However, I know it's just a side of her we haven't seen before...earnest, romantic, mature. I see myself listening to it in the car a lot.
 
P.S. Yosemite made me cry, but that might be because I thought we'd never get it?

This is her grown-up "Sirens." Chill, meditative, slow-burn.
 
For me, TJF is the only one I would listen to as a standalone "single." The album overall is way more country than I would usually like, BUT I think it is the absolute perfect album to sing along to for a long road trip across open spaces...especially at night. For me, she's channeling the artists she loves so much that if you told me this was a cover album of lost songs from Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, etc, I would 100% believe you. However, I know it's just a side of her we haven't seen before...earnest, romantic, mature. I see myself listening to it in the car a lot.
 
P.S. Yosemite made me cry, but that might be because I thought we'd never get it?

This is her grown-up "Sirens." Chill, meditative, slow-burn.
 
For me, TJF is the only one I would listen to as a standalone "single." The album overall is way more country than I would usually like, BUT I think it is the absolute perfect album to sing along to for a long road trip across open spaces...especially at night. For me, she's channeling the artists she loves so much that if you told me this was a cover album of lost songs from Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, etc, I would 100% believe you. However, I know it's just a side of her we haven't seen before...earnest, romantic, mature. I see myself listening to it in the car a lot.
 
P.S. Yosemite made me cry, but that might be because I thought we'd never get it?

This is her grown-up "Sirens." Chill, meditative, slow-burn.
 
For me, TJF is the only one I would listen to as a standalone "single." The album overall is way more country than I would usually like, BUT I think it is the absolute perfect album to sing along to for a long road trip across open spaces...especially at night. For me, she's channeling the artists she loves so much that if you told me this was a cover album of lost songs from Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, etc, I would 100% believe you. However, I know it's just a side of her we haven't seen before...earnest, romantic, mature. I see myself listening to it in the car a lot.
 
P.S. Yosemite made me cry, but that might be because I thought we'd never get it?

This is her grown-up "Sirens." Chill, meditative, slow-burn.
 
For me, TJF is the only one I would listen to as a standalone "single." The album overall is way more country than I would usually like, BUT I think it is the absolute perfect album to sing along to for a long road trip across open spaces...especially at night. For me, she's channeling the artists she loves so much that if you told me this was a cover album of lost songs from Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, etc, I would 100% believe you. However, I know it's just a side of her we haven't seen before...earnest, romantic, mature. I see myself listening to it in the car a lot.
 
P.S. Yosemite made me cry, but that might be because I thought we'd never get it?

Seeing Chuck's post upthread saying "love you daddy", I had to do a double-take to realize she means her baby's actual daddy not, like, "you can be my daddy"  

Apparently it is a mix of colors, if I'm reading that right? Chestnut, Midas Touch, and...wait for it...CHERRY COLA!

Apparently it is a mix of colors, if I'm reading that right? Chestnut, Midas Touch, and...wait for it...CHERRY COLA!

Imagine if Chuck steals Lana's baby's name and calls it Ivory Cricket 

Auntie Lana!!!!  I bet she will write poems and songs to celebrate. 
 
"I wore diamonds for the birth of your baby, for the birth of MY NIECE" (or nephew but it's too many syllables)

Random thoughts in no particular order, after reading the interview again:
 
1. I think of old-school country (not pop-country) as songs that tell stories, often stories of heartbreak and/or traveling the open rode; LDR does have that same narrative quality in Video Games and Ride. Doesn't mean she's going to sing with a twang or play the harmonica.
 
2. I've been wanting to hear Lana cover anything Portishead forever, but her writing her own songs in that vein is even better!
 
3. Trip-hop is literally my favorite genre. So damn sexy.
 
4. I do think Charlie used overly harsh lighting for the cover shot; Lana has delicate features, so I don't love that. But the picture with the face-framing white fur (?) is a serve. It looks like a halo for an angel livin' in the garden of evil.
 
5. The interview is wonderfully thoughtful and in-depth, plus the A-Z suggestions for appreciating her influences are a bonus!
 
6. To clarify: no one said NFR is "about" Father John Misty meaning she literally fucked him.  The interviewer said the persona of FJM (not the real man, Josh Tillman) is the kind of man that she's gently mocking in the song, the same kind of character he played in her Freak video, a guy in love with himself.  
 
 

Random thoughts in no particular order, after reading the interview again:
 
1. I think of old-school country (not pop-country) as songs that tell stories, often stories of heartbreak and/or traveling the open rode; LDR does have that same narrative quality in Video Games and Ride. Doesn't mean she's going to sing with a twang or play the harmonica.
 
2. I've been wanting to hear Lana cover anything Portishead forever, but her writing her own songs in that vein is even better!
 
3. Trip-hop is literally my favorite genre. So damn sexy.
 
4. I do think Charlie used overly harsh lighting for the cover shot; Lana has delicate features, so I don't love that. But the picture with the face-framing white fur (?) is a serve. It looks like a halo for an angel livin' in the garden of evil.
 
5. The interview is wonderfully thoughtful and in-depth, plus the A-Z suggestions for appreciating her influences are a bonus!
 
6. To clarify: no one said NFR is "about" Father John Misty meaning she literally fucked him.  The interviewer said the persona of FJM (not the real man, Josh Tillman) is the kind of man that she's gently mocking in the song, the same kind of character he played in her Freak video, a guy in love with himself.  
 
 

Random thoughts in no particular order, after reading the interview again:
 
1. I think of old-school country (not pop-country) as songs that tell stories, often stories of heartbreak and/or traveling the open rode; LDR does have that same narrative quality in Video Games and Ride. Doesn't mean she's going to sing with a twang or play the harmonica.
 
2. I've been wanting to hear Lana cover anything Portishead forever, but her writing her own songs in that vein is even better!
 
3. Trip-hop is literally my favorite genre. So damn sexy.
 
4. I do think Charlie used overly harsh lighting for the cover shot; Lana has delicate features, so I don't love that. But the picture with the face-framing white fur (?) is a serve. It looks like a halo for an angel livin' in the garden of evil.
 
5. The interview is wonderfully thoughtful and in-depth, plus the A-Z suggestions for appreciating her influences are a bonus!
 
6. To clarify: no one said NFR is "about" Father John Misty meaning she literally fucked him.  The interviewer said the persona of FJM (not the real man, Josh Tillman) is the kind of man that she's gently mocking in the song, the same kind of character he played in her Freak video, a guy in love with himself.  
 
 

Random thoughts in no particular order, after reading the interview again:
 
1. I think of old-school country (not pop-country) as songs that tell stories, often stories of heartbreak and/or traveling the open rode; LDR does have that same narrative quality in Video Games and Ride. Doesn't mean she's going to sing with a twang or play the harmonica.
 
2. I've been wanting to hear Lana cover anything Portishead forever, but her writing her own songs in that vein is even better!
 
3. Trip-hop is literally my favorite genre. So damn sexy.
 
4. I do think Charlie used overly harsh lighting for the cover shot; Lana has delicate features, so I don't love that. But the picture with the face-framing white fur (?) is a serve. It looks like a halo for an angel livin' in the garden of evil.
 
5. The interview is wonderfully thoughtful and in-depth, plus the A-Z suggestions for appreciating her influences are a bonus!
 
6. To clarify: no one said NFR is "about" Father John Misty meaning she literally fucked him.  The interviewer said the persona of FJM (not the real man, Josh Tillman) is the kind of man that she's gently mocking in the song, the same kind of character he played in her Freak video, a guy in love with himself.  
 
 

Random thoughts in no particular order, after reading the interview again:
 
1. I think of old-school country (not pop-country) as songs that tell stories, often stories of heartbreak and/or traveling the open rode; LDR does have that same narrative quality in Video Games and Ride. Doesn't mean she's going to sing with a twang or play the harmonica.
 
2. I've been wanting to hear Lana cover anything Portishead forever, but her writing her own songs in that vein is even better!
 
3. Trip-hop is literally my favorite genre. So damn sexy.
 
4. I do think Charlie used overly harsh lighting for the cover shot; Lana has delicate features, so I don't love that. But the picture with the face-framing white fur (?) is a serve. It looks like a halo for an angel livin' in the garden of evil.
 
5. The interview is wonderfully thoughtful and in-depth, plus the A-Z suggestions for appreciating her influences are a bonus!
 
6. To clarify: no one said NFR is "about" Father John Misty meaning she literally fucked him.  The interviewer said the persona of FJM (not the real man, Josh Tillman) is the kind of man that she's gently mocking in the song, the same kind of character he played in her Freak video, a guy in love with himself.  
 
 

Random thoughts in no particular order, after reading the interview again:
 
1. I think of old-school country (not pop-country) as songs that tell stories, often stories of heartbreak and/or traveling the open rode; LDR does have that same narrative quality in Video Games and Ride. Doesn't mean she's going to sing with a twang or play the harmonica.
 
2. I've been wanting to hear Lana cover anything Portishead forever, but her writing her own songs in that vein is even better!
 
3. Trip-hop is literally my favorite genre. So damn sexy.
 
4. I do think Charlie used overly harsh lighting for the cover shot; Lana has delicate features, so I don't love that. But the picture with the face-framing white fur (?) is a serve. It looks like a halo for an angel livin' in the garden of evil.
 
5. The interview is wonderfully thoughtful and in-depth, plus the A-Z suggestions for appreciating her influences are a bonus!
 
6. To clarify: no one said NFR is "about" Father John Misty meaning she literally fucked him.  The interviewer said the persona of FJM (not the real man, Josh Tillman) is the kind of man that she's gently mocking in the song, the same kind of character he played in her Freak video, a guy in love with himself.  
 
 

Random thoughts in no particular order, after reading the interview again:
 
1. I think of old-school country (not pop-country) as songs that tell stories, often stories of heartbreak and/or traveling the open rode; LDR does have that same narrative quality in Video Games and Ride. Doesn't mean she's going to sing with a twang or play the harmonica.
 
2. I've been wanting to hear Lana cover anything Portishead forever, but her writing her own songs in that vein is even better!
 
3. Trip-hop is literally my favorite genre. So damn sexy.
 
4. I do think Charlie used overly harsh lighting for the cover shot; Lana has delicate features, so I don't love that. But the picture with the face-framing white fur (?) is a serve. It looks like a halo for an angel livin' in the garden of evil.
 
5. The interview is wonderfully thoughtful and in-depth, plus the A-Z suggestions for appreciating her influences are a bonus!
 
6. To clarify: no one said NFR is "about" Father John Misty meaning she literally fucked him.  The interviewer said the persona of FJM (not the real man, Josh Tillman) is the kind of man that she's gently mocking in the song, the same kind of character he played in her Freak video, a guy in love with himself.  
 
 

This is an excellent interview!  Thoughtful, detailed, in-depth, with lots of juicy tidbits that have me so excited for the new album!

This is an excellent interview!  Thoughtful, detailed, in-depth, with lots of juicy tidbits that have me so excited for the new album!

This is an excellent interview!  Thoughtful, detailed, in-depth, with lots of juicy tidbits that have me so excited for the new album!

This is an excellent interview!  Thoughtful, detailed, in-depth, with lots of juicy tidbits that have me so excited for the new album!

Ok, so
 In "Dance Til We Die" she sings "I've been covering Joni and dancing with Joan" "Not All Who Wanders Are Lost" has a high thrill and reminds Lana of "Cinderella in the movie, where she's holding the blue bird" "Wild At Heart" has a similar theme about being untameable as the title track has "Breaking Up Slowly" is about the relationship of  Tammy Wynette and George Jones and the "Breaking up slowly is a hard thing to do"-line was made up during a conversation Nikki and Lana had in a hotel room. Nikki and Lana wrote 4 more songs together She talks about a cover album full of country songs (she namedrops Bobby Gentry, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Wynette, although it's not said whether she actually covered them) and one with folk songs "Dark But Just A Game" is sonically compared to Portishead and Ricky Nelson's"Garden Party". Lyrically, it is supposed to be similar to Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl".
Apart from that, it seems to be inspired by an disillusioning incident at a party she attended with Jack, hosted by Madonna and U2's manager Guy Oseray, where she contemplated about how it's best not to meet your idols and how musicians change in strange ways. The title originates from a conversation between her and Jack.
Jack also describes this song as "so LDR", being about "fly down the rabbit hole and smile in the same breath" On "White Dress" she sings in a rapt, innocent whisper
The song is about being 19, working as a waitress, listening to the White Stripes and Kings Of Leon. Lana describes it as being close to unedited journaling, not being "too afraid about being kind of stupid".
She also says that she's not sounding great during the chorus - it's described as sounding awestruck, trembling, "the voice of someone on the bring of something" and very fitting to the thematic of the song
We also get some lyrics: "Look how I do this, look how I've got this"
Also, there is a reference to "grass always being greener", which is something Eclipse has referred to within his hints

Wolfy is the new witchy.  She looks beautiful!
 
(Not saying she did this, but FYI getting Botox on your forehead often causes the brows to lift/arch as well.)

If you were me, and I was you
I'd get out of my way
 
 
She's already said all that needs to be said about his mess, during White Mustang Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ehxhWw4RU
 
    "it wasn't even that good"