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Video Games is my fav song of all time, Bel Air is one of my fave Lana tracks, I'm a Hope Is A Dangerous Thing stan and I'm a fan of the stripped back May Jailer stuff, so it's not that I can't handle piano or stripped back production but.... idk, I feel like sometimes these slower more ballad-y tracks get lost and lose their value if they're in an album full of them. Making good music is a talent and a skill, but you know what else is a talent and a skill? Arranging and pacing an album well.
 
I also wanna point out that although some fan faves are technically piano ballads (Old Money, Video Games, Black Beauty, etc etc) those songs usually have additional instruments (harps and strings in VG, drums in BB, etc) and strong melodies. There's a fullness to them. The apprehension regarding lots of piano on this album, for me, comes from the fear that there might not be that same fullness on these new tracks and that the album won't be paced or arranged very well and the amount of slow piano tracks could be overkill so I won't care to go back to it v much.
 
That being said - personally I like Blue Banisters and Text Book but I absolutely ADORE WFWF, and that's because there's a strong vocal melody in the performance, those synths/organs and some cool drums in the track, as well as an overall empowering message that just ticks all the right boxes for me!!

wait.... okay so the way BOZ worded the info regarding "outtakes" being on the album, i assumed they were mostly unheard outtakes that hadn't been leaked.... but this last post made me not so sure?? now i feel like there's a higher chance there'll be 6 previously leaked songs on the record 

manifesting a heavy metal rework of every man gets his wish

okay time for my ~fake fantasy tracklist~ contribution with all the additional information we have now - part realistic, part delusion  
 
Blue Banisters
 
1. Wildflower Wildfire
2. She Was Electric
3. Like My Father Said
4. Dealer
5. Unidentified Flying Bill
6. Text Book
7. You Roll Like Thunder
8. Loved You Then And Now
9. Arcadia
10. Ophelia's Orchids
11. Los Angeles Can Wait
12. Cosmic Forever
13. Stories From The Serpent Speaker
14. Yes To Heaven
15. Cherry Blossom
16. Blue Banisters
 
 
Since we know there are 6 outtakes on the record I used Dealer, UFB, Thunder, LYTAN, YTH and Cherry Blossom

I juts want the damn tracklist at this point. Though I am happy BoZ spilled. 

i personally don't want any aka songs to be reworked because they are perfect just the way they are, if anything she should just release that album as it is

only reason I'm against a pawn shop blues rework is because I want an AKA rerelease

The thought of a Brooklyn Baby sounding track just after Text Book and Thunder is so SEXY that's the 1-2-3 tracklist punch I would be HERE FOR

Are we gonna have two members be rude today?

I know we're all panicking over what  BOZ said but it should not be overlooked that Honeymouns mentioned in their comment section that Say Yes To Heaven was reworked for Chemtrails

wait.... okay so the way BOZ worded the info regarding "outtakes" being on the album, i assumed they were mostly unheard outtakes that hadn't been leaked.... but this last post made me not so sure?? now i feel like there's a higher chance there'll be 6 previously leaked songs on the record 

Can you feel that pre-pre-release tension? It’s COMING. 

 
IT’S SO CLOSE

wait.... okay so the way BOZ worded the info regarding "outtakes" being on the album, i assumed they were mostly unheard outtakes that hadn't been leaked.... but this last post made me not so sure?? now i feel like there's a higher chance there'll be 6 previously leaked songs on the record 

since BOZ said there's "a bit more" than 11 tracks, lets be generous and assume there's maybeee 13?
 
assuming you're not someone who avoids singles/buzz tracks, we already will have heard:
Thunder Cherry Blossom WFWF Blue Banisters Text Book Arcadia leaving us with over half an album that's completely fresh (assuming the "outtakes" BOZ mentioned aren't songs that have already leaked and also assuming she doesn't release another single after Arcadia) which honestly, for Lana standards, isn't too bad! I'd rather have more surprises but 7 fresh songs isn't too awful I suppose.
 
editing just for clarity: 13 tracks is purely speculation of mine based off of what BOZ said, could be more could be less pls don't take me saying there's 13 tracks as anything other than just me speculating out loud

WE ARE GETTING SPILLED SPILLIAGE INCOMING WE KNOW EVERYTHING WE HAVE POWER

This is completely presumptuous of me based on the info we've gotten, but...
 
The only thing that's a little weird to me about any of it is including *actual recordings* from, say, 2014-2016 on an album released in 2021. I sort of feel like if you're going to repurpose old songs (which isn't an issue at all to me), you should at least re-record them to make them fit the overall sound/production of the album. I'm not sure anyone could tell with Yosemite, but it was sort of weird to me, knowing that recording was from years earlier.

I just hope it all makes sense when we hear the album as a whole. I trust Lana, though. And fans listening to unauthorized leaks isn't her problem, either. If she thinks an older unreleased song fits the album's vibe, it's her creative decision. It's still her song, in every way.

I had no idea our resident shitposter and class clown was so intelligent, eloquent and well-worded  you truly are a legend this is EVERYTHING

i think it'll be a weird one because he said she should've added the iconic ones so no yes to heaven or serial killer

The thought of a Brooklyn Baby sounding track just after Text Book and Thunder is so SEXY that's the 1-2-3 tracklist punch I would be HERE FOR

Color Blue/Wild On You with Text Book-esque drums  A vision has been implemented into my head and now I can't let it go 

LANA THIS IS THE MOTHAFUCKING MOMENT RELEASE THE TRACKLIST
                                                                                                            NOW

So boz said that CB and Thunder aren't the only leaked songs. We can now start betting to see who guesses right.
I think we'll have 3 leaked ones and 3 unheard outtakes. 

True, but she knows they’ve leaked, that’s why she should just keep them for the unreleased collection. I don’t mind her putting leaked songs on an album (i was totally fine and very happy when we learned that Thunder and CB were gonna be on BB). I just think 6 we’ve heard is too much for a *new* album. Again, I wouldn’t mind if it was on the unreleased collection she talked about in 2017, on the contrary, I’d be pretty happy if she finally officially released good mixes of previously leaked songs. But since it’s been said we’re not sure whether they’re leaked or just unreleased songs/outtakes, it’d be very stupid to worry about what’s gonna end up on the album

god Im starting to get worried  I wasn't really satisfied with Chemtrails and while the album is gorgeous, it lacks in interesting substance that makes me not wanna listen again
now w BB looking to be even MORE stripped back and being an album of half demo-piano tracks and half leaked tracks we've already heard...  like god Lana please just meet up with Rick again I can't believe someone as talented and genius as her is deciding to go down the route of all other alt girlies and make a bunch of snooze albums -like it was fine w NFR and COCC but at this point I feel like I know what the album is gonna sound like and I just want her to experiment a little more out of her comfort zone  like DBJAG and the bridge of DTWD gave me so much hope for bigger sounds to come but its looking like its the same ol shit again 

I do like the idea of getting leaked songs on an album. She finally gets paid for them.