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Shades of Cool vs Happiness is a butterfly

I hope the album will include "I say a little prayer", is it considered a standard?

I don't understand why Lana's post is not available anymore on instagram. It was good that she finally clarified some things, so why to delete it?

Click on the IGTV on her insta profile and it will come up

I don't understand why Lana's post is not available anymore on instagram. It was good that she finally clarified some things, so why to delete it?

Guys, can somebody confirm - in the second verse, after "I only mention it 'cause I'm ready to leave LA and I..." most of "voices" of Lana sing "need", but one sings "want" (you to come).  Can anybody hear it like this too?
 
EDIT: Nevermind, that's how it is written on some websites with lyrics too 

At this point, I believe the record may really be a "surprise" release, meaning no singles, cover, track list and potential delayed release day announced in advance. After the post with the album title and the date, I was hopeful for more traditional promotion, but it starts to look less and less likely to me.

At this point, I believe the record may really be a "surprise" release, meaning no singles, cover, track list and potential delayed release day announced in advance. After the post with the album title and the date, I was hopeful for more traditional promotion, but it starts to look less and less likely to me.

At this point, I believe the record may really be a "surprise" release, meaning no singles, cover, track list and potential delayed release day announced in advance. After the post with the album title and the date, I was hopeful for more traditional promotion, but it starts to look less and less likely to me.

At this point, I believe the record may really be a "surprise" release, meaning no singles, cover, track list and potential delayed release day announced in advance. After the post with the album title and the date, I was hopeful for more traditional promotion, but it starts to look less and less likely to me.

Have you noticed how Bartender, which is the only song on the album produced solely by Rick, has the WORST sounding vocals on the album? The man and his crew clearly cannot produce her vocals that well and they ended up sounding like what they do on most LFL songs (glitchy)

I just expressed my opinion. You do not agree with me, fine, but please do not offend me, that is rude.

I disagree. A song is not only the music, but also the words. The lyrics can affect the impression of a song, good writing can really elevate it, even if the topic is not very interesting/original.
 
Also, in what way am I "judging things by face value"?

Not many people talk about it, but NFR is such a uneven album in terms of lyrics quality. There are so many great lines, but unfortunately as many horrendous. I wish Lana decided to have a co-writer. Anyway, here is my subjective list of the lows and the highs. 
 
 
WORST
“You're fun and you’re wild” – Norman Fucking Rockwell (so cliché)
“My, my, my, you found this, you need this” – Mariner’s Apartment Complex (the repetition of “my” sounds so forced)
“Fear fun, fear love
Fresh out of fucks, forever” – Venice Bitch
“Ice cream, ice queen” – Venice Bitch
“Wha- wha- wha- wha- whatever
Everything, whatever” – Venice Bitch
“In the car, in the car, in the backseat, I'm your baby” – Love song (cringy!)
“Make you real proud of your baby” – Love song (also cringy!)
“Lying on your chest in my party dress
I'm a fucking mess, but I” – Love song (terrible, cliché rhymes, sudden end with “I”, very poor writing)
“Baby, it's the best, that's a test and yes” – Love song (poor rhyming)
“Touch me anywhere 'cause I'm your baby
Grab my waist, don't waste any part” – Love song (waste – waist is atrocious + cringy)
“Cinnamon in my teeth
From your kiss, you're touching me” – Cinnamon Girl (has absolutely no flow)
“Baby, you don't ever have to
Go faster than your fastest pace or faster than my fastest cars” – California
“You make me feel like
There's something that I never knew I wanted” – The Next Best American Record (does not go well with the melody, sounds forced)
“We play the Eagles down in Malibu and I want it” – The Next Best American Record (same here)
“Those nights were on fire
We couldn't get higher” – The greatest (one of the worst rhymes on the album)
“The culture is lit, and if this is it‚ I had a ball” – The greatest (the stressed rhyme lit – it is so bad)
“Hawaii just missed that fireball
L.A. is in flames‚ it's getting hot” – The greatest
“With my bartender, hold me all night
Bartender, our love's alive” – Bartender (again, horrible rhyme)
“Happiness is a butterfly
Try to catch it, like, every night
It escapes from my hands into moonlight
Every day is a lullaby
Hum it on the phone, like, every night
Sing it for my babies on the tour life, ah” – Happiness is a butterfly (no flow, repetition of “like every night”, which itself does not sounds natural, rhyme butterfly – lullaby, generally poor writing)
“I had fifteen-year dances
Church basement romances yeah I've cried” – Hope is a dangerous thing (the last part – yeah I’ve cried – does not sound good, like the phrase ended to quickly and she put anything there; there are more lines like this unfortunately in this song)
“Hello it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad
Calling from beyond the grave, I just wanna say, "Hi dad"” – Hope is a dangerous thing (the worst part of the song that kinda destroys it for me, bad rhyme and cringy)
“There's a new revolution
A loud evolution
That I saw” – Hope is a dangerous thing
 
Overall worst: 1. Love song 2. Cinnamon Girl 3. Venice Bitch
 
BEST
“Goddamn, man-child
You act like a kid even though you stand six foot two
Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon, know-it-all
You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you” – Norman Fucking Rockwell
“You took my sadness out of context” – Mariner’s Apartment Complex (great line, a bit spoiled by a horrible rhyme context-complex)
“And if I wasn't so fucked up, I think I'd fuck you all the time” – Fuck it I love you
“All of the guys tell me lies, but you don't
You just crack another beer
And pretend that you're still here
This is how to disappear” – How to disappear
“He moves mountains and pounds them to ground again” – How to disappear
“My baby used to dance underneath my architecture
He was '70s in spirit‚ '90s in his frame of mind” – The Next Best American Record (amazing first line)
“The culture is lit and I had a ball
I guess I'm signing off after all” – The greatest (If the first line is ironic)
“"Life on Mars" ain't just a song” – The greatest
“Wine is flowing with Bacardi” – Bartender
“Playing games of levitation
Meditating in the garden” – Bartender
“If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst
That can happen to a girl who's already hurt?
I'm already hurt
If he's as bad as they say, then I guess I'm cursed
Looking into his eyes, I think he's already hurt
He's already hurt” – Happiness is a butterfly
“Maybe I'd get less stressed
If I was tested less like all of these debutantes
Smiling for miles in pink dresses
And high heels on white yachts” – Hope is a dangerous thing
“I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown
24/7, Sylvia Plath
Writing in blood on the walls
'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad
Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not
But at best I can say I'm not sad
'Cause hope is a dangerous thing
For a woman like me to have” – Hope is a dangerous thing
“Spilling my guts with the Bowery Bums
Is the only love I've ever known” – Hope is a dangerous thing
 
Overall best: 1. How to disappear (the only song with no weak moments in lyrics, overall solid) 2. Norman Fucking Rockwell 3. Bartender

I just expressed my opinion. You do not agree with me, fine, but please do not offend me, that is rude.

I love the "playing games of levitation" line in bartender, the melody she sings it in is nice

I disagree. A song is not only the music, but also the words. The lyrics can affect the impression of a song, good writing can really elevate it, even if the topic is not very interesting/original.
 
Also, in what way am I "judging things by face value"?

Not many people talk about it, but NFR is such a uneven album in terms of lyrics quality. There are so many great lines, but unfortunately as many horrendous. I wish Lana decided to have a co-writer. Anyway, here is my subjective list of the lows and the highs. 
 
 
WORST
“You're fun and you’re wild” – Norman Fucking Rockwell (so cliché)
“My, my, my, you found this, you need this” – Mariner’s Apartment Complex (the repetition of “my” sounds so forced)
“Fear fun, fear love
Fresh out of fucks, forever” – Venice Bitch
“Ice cream, ice queen” – Venice Bitch
“Wha- wha- wha- wha- whatever
Everything, whatever” – Venice Bitch
“In the car, in the car, in the backseat, I'm your baby” – Love song (cringy!)
“Make you real proud of your baby” – Love song (also cringy!)
“Lying on your chest in my party dress
I'm a fucking mess, but I” – Love song (terrible, cliché rhymes, sudden end with “I”, very poor writing)
“Baby, it's the best, that's a test and yes” – Love song (poor rhyming)
“Touch me anywhere 'cause I'm your baby
Grab my waist, don't waste any part” – Love song (waste – waist is atrocious + cringy)
“Cinnamon in my teeth
From your kiss, you're touching me” – Cinnamon Girl (has absolutely no flow)
“Baby, you don't ever have to
Go faster than your fastest pace or faster than my fastest cars” – California
“You make me feel like
There's something that I never knew I wanted” – The Next Best American Record (does not go well with the melody, sounds forced)
“We play the Eagles down in Malibu and I want it” – The Next Best American Record (same here)
“Those nights were on fire
We couldn't get higher” – The greatest (one of the worst rhymes on the album)
“The culture is lit, and if this is it‚ I had a ball” – The greatest (the stressed rhyme lit – it is so bad)
“Hawaii just missed that fireball
L.A. is in flames‚ it's getting hot” – The greatest
“With my bartender, hold me all night
Bartender, our love's alive” – Bartender (again, horrible rhyme)
“Happiness is a butterfly
Try to catch it, like, every night
It escapes from my hands into moonlight
Every day is a lullaby
Hum it on the phone, like, every night
Sing it for my babies on the tour life, ah” – Happiness is a butterfly (no flow, repetition of “like every night”, which itself does not sounds natural, rhyme butterfly – lullaby, generally poor writing)
“I had fifteen-year dances
Church basement romances yeah I've cried” – Hope is a dangerous thing (the last part – yeah I’ve cried – does not sound good, like the phrase ended to quickly and she put anything there; there are more lines like this unfortunately in this song)
“Hello it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad
Calling from beyond the grave, I just wanna say, "Hi dad"” – Hope is a dangerous thing (the worst part of the song that kinda destroys it for me, bad rhyme and cringy)
“There's a new revolution
A loud evolution
That I saw” – Hope is a dangerous thing
 
Overall worst: 1. Love song 2. Cinnamon Girl 3. Venice Bitch
 
BEST
“Goddamn, man-child
You act like a kid even though you stand six foot two
Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon, know-it-all
You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you” – Norman Fucking Rockwell
“You took my sadness out of context” – Mariner’s Apartment Complex (great line, a bit spoiled by a horrible rhyme context-complex)
“And if I wasn't so fucked up, I think I'd fuck you all the time” – Fuck it I love you
“All of the guys tell me lies, but you don't
You just crack another beer
And pretend that you're still here
This is how to disappear” – How to disappear
“He moves mountains and pounds them to ground again” – How to disappear
“My baby used to dance underneath my architecture
He was '70s in spirit‚ '90s in his frame of mind” – The Next Best American Record (amazing first line)
“The culture is lit and I had a ball
I guess I'm signing off after all” – The greatest (If the first line is ironic)
“"Life on Mars" ain't just a song” – The greatest
“Wine is flowing with Bacardi” – Bartender
“Playing games of levitation
Meditating in the garden” – Bartender
“If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst
That can happen to a girl who's already hurt?
I'm already hurt
If he's as bad as they say, then I guess I'm cursed
Looking into his eyes, I think he's already hurt
He's already hurt” – Happiness is a butterfly
“Maybe I'd get less stressed
If I was tested less like all of these debutantes
Smiling for miles in pink dresses
And high heels on white yachts” – Hope is a dangerous thing
“I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown
24/7, Sylvia Plath
Writing in blood on the walls
'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad
Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not
But at best I can say I'm not sad
'Cause hope is a dangerous thing
For a woman like me to have” – Hope is a dangerous thing
“Spilling my guts with the Bowery Bums
Is the only love I've ever known” – Hope is a dangerous thing
 
Overall best: 1. How to disappear (the only song with no weak moments in lyrics, overall solid) 2. Norman Fucking Rockwell 3. Bartender

However, I think thematically Love song would make more sense, especially with Happiness is a butterfly (having sex in the car).

“she will be on this show next tuesady night. so i spoke to her and that’s just a little bit of what was said. loads more talk about the full album norman rockwell which is dropping on the 30th of august. and you’re gonna hear all of it on the show next tuesday night.”  
 
by “all of it” i’m pretty she means the “loads more talk” about the album

Hi, my first post
 
This album appears to be an absolute masterpiece! I don't disline any song! For me it's her best by far (end of supremacy of Ultraviolence)
 
I don't understand why Happiness is a butterfly is such a polarising song. I was anticipating it the most and I am not disappointed at all! It is so perfectly bitter-sweet, I feel touched every time I listen to it, cried couple of times. Can't wait for hq. Personally I think it is one of Lana's best songs ever, and maybe the best on the album, but there is also...
 
Fuck it I love you! Holy shit, the 30s snippet was sooo misleading. It is everything I wanted from Lana since West Coast (her best song in my opinion). And it has decent lyrics! The ending reminds me of God bless America, but better! Lana's lead singles are always so great!
 
The least favourite songs… Altought all are fine, I would say that Love song somehow similar to HIAB, but less emotional and with less interesting melody. And worse lyrics (personal opinion!). + Bartender and The Next Best American Record.
 
12 days left!

Hi, my first post
 
This album appears to be an absolute masterpiece! I don't disline any song! For me it's her best by far (end of supremacy of Ultraviolence)
 
I don't understand why Happiness is a butterfly is such a polarising song. I was anticipating it the most and I am not disappointed at all! It is so perfectly bitter-sweet, I feel touched every time I listen to it, cried couple of times. Can't wait for hq. Personally I think it is one of Lana's best songs ever, and maybe the best on the album, but there is also...
 
Fuck it I love you! Holy shit, the 30s snippet was sooo misleading. It is everything I wanted from Lana since West Coast (her best song in my opinion). And it has decent lyrics! The ending reminds me of God bless America, but better! Lana's lead singles are always so great!
 
The least favourite songs… Altought all are fine, I would say that Love song somehow similar to HIAB, but less emotional and with less interesting melody. And worse lyrics (personal opinion!). + Bartender and The Next Best American Record.
 
12 days left!

Hi, my first post
 
This album appears to be an absolute masterpiece! I don't disline any song! For me it's her best by far (end of supremacy of Ultraviolence)
 
I don't understand why Happiness is a butterfly is such a polarising song. I was anticipating it the most and I am not disappointed at all! It is so perfectly bitter-sweet, I feel touched every time I listen to it, cried couple of times. Can't wait for hq. Personally I think it is one of Lana's best songs ever, and maybe the best on the album, but there is also...
 
Fuck it I love you! Holy shit, the 30s snippet was sooo misleading. It is everything I wanted from Lana since West Coast (her best song in my opinion). And it has decent lyrics! The ending reminds me of God bless America, but better! Lana's lead singles are always so great!
 
The least favourite songs… Altought all are fine, I would say that Love song somehow similar to HIAB, but less emotional and with less interesting melody. And worse lyrics (personal opinion!). + Bartender and The Next Best American Record.
 
12 days left!

Hi, my first post
 
This album appears to be an absolute masterpiece! I don't disline any song! For me it's her best by far (end of supremacy of Ultraviolence)
 
I don't understand why Happiness is a butterfly is such a polarising song. I was anticipating it the most and I am not disappointed at all! It is so perfectly bitter-sweet, I feel touched every time I listen to it, cried couple of times. Can't wait for hq. Personally I think it is one of Lana's best songs ever, and maybe the best on the album, but there is also...
 
Fuck it I love you! Holy shit, the 30s snippet was sooo misleading. It is everything I wanted from Lana since West Coast (her best song in my opinion). And it has decent lyrics! The ending reminds me of God bless America, but better! Lana's lead singles are always so great!
 
The least favourite songs… Altought all are fine, I would say that Love song somehow similar to HIAB, but less emotional and with less interesting melody. And worse lyrics (personal opinion!). + Bartender and The Next Best American Record.
 
12 days left!

Hi, my first post
 
This album appears to be an absolute masterpiece! I don't disline any song! For me it's her best by far (end of supremacy of Ultraviolence)
 
I don't understand why Happiness is a butterfly is such a polarising song. I was anticipating it the most and I am not disappointed at all! It is so perfectly bitter-sweet, I feel touched every time I listen to it, cried couple of times. Can't wait for hq. Personally I think it is one of Lana's best songs ever, and maybe the best on the album, but there is also...
 
Fuck it I love you! Holy shit, the 30s snippet was sooo misleading. It is everything I wanted from Lana since West Coast (her best song in my opinion). And it has decent lyrics! The ending reminds me of God bless America, but better! Lana's lead singles are always so great!
 
The least favourite songs… Altought all are fine, I would say that Love song somehow similar to HIAB, but less emotional and with less interesting melody. And worse lyrics (personal opinion!). + Bartender and The Next Best American Record.
 
12 days left!