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I have been reading through the last couple of pages of this thread and I totally get that some of you don‘t like the songs. They have a complex melody, are not catchy on the first listen and not easily accessible. I was struggling too when I heard them. So it‘s absolutely ok if you don‘t like them and if you want share your opinion!
 
But please keep in mind that for some users (including me), this is peak Lana. She has probably never created something so unique and never shared lyrics that are so vulnerable. Sometimes they feel like poetry and after stanning her for ten years I see a new side of her as a person and musician. They also show how she has created her own place in the music industry where no one else can follow her.
 
I hope you consider this before you post „We will never get the old Lana back“ or „why did she work for Mike when it‘s not for a hiphop record“. And that the rest of the album could sound quite different and that it’s too early to write it off.

“Comfortably numb but with lithium came poetry” 
 
Lithium is a mood-stabilizer, It is used to treat bipolar disorder. As a med student this line hits.. because this medication has no euphoric or relaxing effect like most of the drugs used to treat mental disorders... so she taking it, means that she had sever manic and depressive episodes in her life, and that breaks my heart 

oh wow so the same woman who did background vocals on summertime did them on textbook too
 
I really like that this whole album seems to be from last fall when she was hanging around Zach Dawes and that group of musicians a lot. This all has so much promise  
 
also John congelton mixed it - I would love for her to work with him as a producer eventually. His work on St Vincent’s first albums is AMAZING 

I know I’m always in this thread but I swear - the writing on these songs is just phenomenal. It’s truly lightyears ahead of anything else she’s done; she has always been an amazing, gifted writer, but you can objectively feel the growth in these 3 tracks (as if there was anywhere to go for an artist who is always at her lyrical peak, in all honesty). They’re just so stunning. This record already feels really special in that the writing is confessional, revealing, and poetic at the same time. The words sound so euphonious and her vocals are strong as ever. I love all her records and she’s always been a genuine, true artist, but there’s really a weight of emotion that we’re really lucky to be hearing from Lana this time around. I can’t imagine baring it all to the extent that she did to anyone. 

I just realised that Wildflower Wildfire would have been a great name for the album. Wish it would have been this instead of BB. 

A lot of people,mixers, and engineers worked on this project including Melody Perry she did background vocals for text book according to her ig stories. They all  are very proud of it. I did some looking and found additional details about the birth of this album-Gabe Simon says that “Lana had a dream for a record to follow chemtrails and that week in october we started on that journey. “ So she did start then on those sessions with Zachary i am assuming 
And on Dean Reid’s post someone said  I hope u and Rick do more tracks in the future and he replied “stay tuned!” 

i love how her face is kinda distorted in the wildflower wildfire/text book cover, there's something very abstract about them, she really doesn't give a fuck and i'm here for it

I kinda love the covers they're so camp. When I first saw that Blue Bannisters cover it was concerning cause there was rlly no telling if she was trolling or not but the fact that she made 3 variations is so sdjfhfds also the white border on the Blue Bannisters one.. it rlly adds to it tbh. 

Okay so I have a few points that I need to make as far as Textbook and the theme of the album.
 
The lyrics are very much the topic she said this album would be. "I'm writing my own story. And nobody can tell it but me" 
 
When she says "Let's rewrite history, I'll do this dance with you, you know I'm not that girl, you know I'll never be", I don't think she's talking to someone she's dating or a love interest. I think she's saying this to article writers which makes a lot of sense. 
 
It makes me wonder if she's going to continue into the "my past" thing with this record. Also, I love the vocals on the second verse of WW. Those shaky, jazzy vocals. We haven't gotten that from her in so damn long it felt fresh again. Reminded me so much of Paradise

After today’s ripe harvest I’m not even mad that she disappears for weeks at a time. Behind the scenes she’s cooking up so much QUALITY material. These tracks are truly DELUXE. Can’t wait to see what else she has in store for her kids 

that’s what i’m hoping 
wildfire would be such a good title 
or rcs of course 

I’m really convinced now, considering the single cover was what she posted, Blue Banisters was never the album title, which helps!
Ohhh thank you lol!

I just want to point out that it’s interesting she chose a selfie from when she was blonde for the single covers, given the lyric “Do you think if I go blonde we could get our old love back?”
 
That, paired with the lyric, “My father never stepped in when his wife would rage at me,” also makes me think about the “bruises” she added onto two of the covers, as well as the promised-challenging of accusations that she glamorizes domestic abuse. 
 
These two things considered - alongside the theory that she’s playing into the jokes people have made about her previous single/album covers - really shows that the single covers are well thought-out. You may not think they’re the most aesthetically pleasing, but you can’t really deny the fact that Lana is clearly trying to evoke something out of her listeners. I love it 

Notice in the press release it says ‘ 8th studio album’ and not Blue Banisters….she’s changed the title again hasn’t she?

Is something still coming June 1st? Not to be greedy lol but she hasn't deleted the RCS announcement

I want to sleep, but I'm so euphoric and tired at the same time. I'm feeling like a kid, back from a school trip. Lana really knows how to create an emotional rollercoaster 

i know not everyone was happy with mikes production but out of the 3 singles I think ww was the most recent (and the best ). 
 
bb was probably written close after the contemplating at costco the santa clairta fires post/ when chuck found out she was pregnant/ when she got tex and mex 
 
text book seems like it was written june of last year during the blm protests and after her break up with sean 
 
ww is kinda a wild card but I think she may have written in january? or when she started working with mike in march. 
 
anyways i’m really happy with mikes contribution and so excited to hear more of them together. there was something so classic about the lyricism and emotional vocals of ww like he brought back that sarcastic fire in her that’s apparent in uv  

Blue Banisters - Gabe Simon 
Text Book - Gabe Simon and Zachary Dawes
Wildflower Wildfire - Mike Dean

This album is gonna HIT WHERE IT HURTS
The lyrics, amazing
the song structure, wild 
the repetitive covers, only Lana could do it
 
after a few listens my fave is Text Book
i’m honestly seeing that weird video of Lana being the socialite mixing well with this album
as well as her second book from the institution 
 
LETS GO

I wonder if she's going to release this album in sets of threes. I remember one of the insiders saying that this is only the beginning

She better continue this Tori Amos, singer songwriter direction. 

i am so damn tired after today... this woman really exhausts me like no other but i love it 

then she might as well just write a note saying "tired of the fame bye xx" and deactivate cause she’ll get dragged like never before 

not even her managers/team have acknowledged it 
 
Mike alone (and insiders) have done all the work so far