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I’ll never forget when she posted the first snippet of it..I loved it from that moment, and the whole song did nothing but make me love it even more

The only big reuses was the melodies on WAH, and DBJAG being part of Bird World. even if the rumors are true that NAWWAL was for NFR, LMLYLAW was for UV, and knowing Yosemite was for LFL, I don’t feel like the album was over recycled. They’re good melodies and I’m glad they found a place I’m sure working with Zach inspired her and got some really good revenge songs out of her

I would just like even 10 seconds of blue banisters, with a release date announcement (like when she randomly posted “two end of summer singles out next week” and then posted MAC. Iconic.)

@ItsaWhale89 mentioned the NFR livestream she did and I watched it and I have THOUGHTS. So I’m spilling them here (I took notes and I’m just copying and pasting them and a little edit) ———————————————- The background vocals in the chorus Redeeming her high notes Jack “do you remember how the song (NFR) started? The old version :)” Lana: “Mm. No.” Jack “you don’t? :(“ Queen of knowing none of her lyrics!! *Jack continues to sing the original version while Lana laughs and repeats him trying to remember* She is so over sing the chorus by this point *Jack continues to describe MORE of the song because he remembers the whole thing while she can’t remember any of it* Lana: “yeah. That was cool.” I LOVE hearing DBJAG demo. Still top 3 for me Omg she has to sing the chorus AGAIN I love how you literally watch her create the old song again, she gets SUPER good when she stops caring and just freestyles (that “you’re back in the bar again, hanging OUT with you stupid friends” sounds better than the whole first half of the livestream “They said the service is looking gewd” like! She’s incredible. L: “Fuck.” Two seconds later “thank you Jack you’re the shit” Jack: “oh you don’t wanna sing more?:(“ Lana: “no” starts laughing at that outrageous assumption “I’m happy it’s (NFR) not a big secret anymore” Jack is over the fans harassing him, too. Lana: “do you remember the first song we did?” Jack: “of course” silence. (Coming from the man who knew 95% of Bird World. He was waiting for her to say what it was because it probably wasn’t Love Song. It was probably LA who am I or some other random outtake) I love that they call NFR Normie Mentions the triple video MONTHS before release WHERE IS THE BEACH INTERVIEW LANA Oooh she described the beach interview as “interesting” while sounding a little annoyed She described Love Song as “stark” and is “the kind of song you have to have a video for” Jack: “do you have a video?” Lana: “I do. I’d like to paint it” add that to the thread of LIES She realizes CG is the “sauciest” The being “fucked up in Boston” time period inspired a lot of HTD and CG lyrics (and probably some of the poetry (sugarfish at the top of my head)) Jack: “Lana. What’s your favorite song” Lana: *long pause while glaring* “Norman Jack: “Why” Lana: *long pause* “I love ur chords” She says Hope is eerie and weird to put out when you don’t know what your next record is going to sound like and you have no idea what your next step in life is. So when she said she wanted to surprise drop a new album in 12-13 months after NFR, she was just being hopeful Lana thought Norman could have been completed when doing Love Song and Hope (which apparently were also the first two songs so that would have been a super short album) L: “If they still made albums that were still A side and B side, we would have so many joint gems” YES!! I always say she would do best releasing dual singles “Nobody is spilling shit Allison, fuck off” has me rolling L: “Do you have any pets? No I do not. I was going to get a family of 2 German Shepard” J: “don’t lie.” L: *nervous laugher* “okay it was 4” Jack is ROASTING Lana so hard omg Now she has 2 cats and chickens love the growth L: “Chuck, what was our first show? When we went ice skating? In the arena?” C: *confused look* L: “shania Twain!” Ugh yes Stan Queen shania Love how Chuck seems just as clueless about things as Lana Why the secrecy??? I wanna know what someone at Fish left behind that got them banned from lack placid “Do a video figure skating” I blame that person for her broken arm C+J: “I was obsessed with shania” “who wasn’t?” Laura: “me.” Well fuck you bitch Mentions the three part video AGAIN “Out in October around all of our shows” LIE L: “Make sure I sign off before I say something FUUUCKED UP” *disconnects* L: “I Fucking hate my fans” (I’m assuming)

the fact that she did an intimate little live stream concert and STILL used backing vocals She’s the same woman who apparently made over 100 demos for LFL, it doesn’t really bug me when she reuses melodies, and we have no idea how much of her stuff has been recycled (we would never have known Bird World’s melody was recycled if she hadn’t sang it live for us). but I do agree either way that I’m manifesting Zach very hard

35 and a midnight

no that’s just her being terrible with words Or not being fully sure herself because she said there was a 16 week production delay but she ‘couldn’t get the plant to open’ until March 5th BUT if she couldn’t submit something until March 5th, and she did, and it only took 12 weeks, the album would be done May 28th

yeah! She made comments that she kept trying to tell Jack to spice it up, but I’m pretty sure in a different interview either her or Jack made the comment about how they wanted to strip the songs down completely until they got the songs in ‘their most natural form’ so obviously there was some miss communication somewhere I really don’t think Jack is going to be involved with RCS. I think he’ll be involved in the audio book (assuming we’re getting one) and maybe the album after RCS

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a reliable insider said 12 songs (which didn’t include Yosemite) were mastered in July, and that there should be no reason Chemtrails couldn’t have came out in September but again, that was an insider, so they could have just been saying that to get fans riled up. We never get ‘official’ word on when things like that are done

I know he isn’t the most reliable source, but the fan that met Lana in Texas asked her about RCS and she said it was still coming and she was working on new songs that could mean either RCS is done and she’s working on new songs, or she meant she’s working on new songs meaning RCS Lana has been working on two albums since November so it’s not unlikely that the album is done in terms of song being recorded (as others have said) but I highly doubt anything else is done (videos, promo slots, physical production) I hate using insiders as sources, but I feel like if any kind of gears were turning we’d know about it by now, being about a month from release This feels less real than July/August did during COTCC release because by now insiders at least knew that the songs were sent in to be mastered, and this time it’s been crickets from literally anyone even remotely involved

i think she got inspired for the angry songs but didn’t have time to work with Jack to expand on the ideas I think that’s why Dealer was a very critical turning point, she had an angry song where she’s screaming, but it didn’t fit with her pre-QFTC thoughts. I can’t imagine her posting a headline of a negative article captioned ‘I want revenge. New album out June 1st’ and not touch on QFTC. Obviously RCS isn’t going to have songs like Yosemite and Wonderlust, that’s why they’re on COTCC

I think she was gonna get backlash regardless bc that has always been the media’s response to her (hence her ‘I want revenge’ RCS announcement) but I think name dropping the artist is what really hurt her in the long run because the girls she mentioned have HUGE, VOCAL fanbases (Barbies, Beehives, ari Twitter stans) so there was negative press and the fans used and shared that. despite her being 100% correct (she always has been talked down on/discredited/overly analyzed) it wasn’t worded correctly and that was the biggest downfall. I remember being SO excited for COTCC to have ‘tinges’ of what she’s been pondering and I really hope RCS is the album that correlates with QFTC

I also think we need to ban fan art off the pre release form I have personally felt victimized by the trauma of having PERFECT concept arts for Chemtrails, and getting smacked in the face with the cover she chose. The cover is cute. But if I hadn’t seen the countless beautiful (and sometimes comical (her airplane pose, but literally dressed like a plane)) ideas, maybe the final wouldn’t have been so cruel. I already see an ABUNDANCE of beautiful Rock Candy Sweet concept artwork, and I’m not going to mentally be okay when the OG reveal picture ends up being the actual album cover.

i honestly feel like she thrived doing this! She was in quarantine like we all were, with a man she obliviously feels very deeply about..I’m sure her creative juices are just pumping and she’s loving releasing albums!! And it’s not hard to believe she has 3 albums worth of songs, before the streaming age artists solely relied on making albums for profit and would release 2 albums a year! A seasoned artist like Taylor writing this many songs feels very genuine to me. She’s always been about the art and the era surrounding it i think most stans expect her to drop the trilogy, the re-recordings, and then take a semi long hiatus (at least I do)

I always get such conflicting thoughts about Lana and drugs she sings songs about drugs on almost every album (NFR might be the only exception? I can’t remember) but when she posted that selfie on Instagram and a fan asked if she was high she said “Ew. No. Just journaling” like the response felt very off coming from a girl who sang “all I wanna do is get high by the beach” So I don’t see anymore drug items being sold (even tho the necklace is lowkey iconic. I’d buy it even tho I’d literally never use it) as for this prerelease, I don’t find it any more annoying than COTCC. It’s been kinda the same (she announced an album with a date and a song), we’ll be able to actually judge this prerelease fairly after whatever doesn’t happen in June. no prerelease will ever be as bad as NFR, and if it ever is, that might be the day I finally unstan

I have refused to believe the trilogy theory but at this point I think it’s all but confirmed. Tik Tok stans have been going into soooo much detail (all of which @The Greatesthas said) that makes me fully believe I hope she does, Folklore and Evermore were both defining albums of 2020 (even if evermore came out in December)

I mean it’s been hella obvious since March 20th the album wasn’t coming out June 1st she probably doesn’t even have the songs mastered yet, let alone vinyl pressings and whatever else goes on behind the scenes with the label. I’m glad I’m having my meltdown now, that way May should be pretty chill since I’ve crashed from my Delulu high and don’t expect an album. I still do think it could be out summer/fall but that’s only if she’s confident in the songs. Chemtrails was done, at the absolute latest, June (minus dealer) and she still didn’t submit the songs until Late October/Early November

i don’t hate it, but it’s an edited selfie from an LATTM tour and probably about 3 years old at this point at least Instagram is her FIILY/TG pic. still wondering why she has all those gorgeous Niel pictures from COTCC being unused. The pic of her on the piano would be a beautiful cover pic and she had plenty of good ones to chose from for a pfp

that also gives fans the chance to save up money after dropping hundreds of dollars on COTCC vinyls

It’s super weird her Twitter pic is still the DT single and the pinned tweet is the first White Dress announcement

The whole magazine article is so random! Usually she only covers magazines before and right after an album drops! probably makes her job a lot easier that she can literally cover magazines with IGTV videos

I’m so ready bluuuuuuuuuue banisters (sung to the tune of NFR title track) not freaking out as much as getting antsy/annoyed. I know we’ve experienced worse (NFR was literally hell) but still doesn’t make it okay this time

The audacity of charging over $70 (without S+H and tax) for a hoodie

This past week has been around a 7 or 8 but the past couple days has been hovering around a 9 or 10 we need RCS/BB news