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Whaaat You're so right! That's definitely not a coincidence. Chapeau bas.

I fell in love with the song. This is really her Oh No! and Bubblegum Bitch of this era. This is the quality pop we need. Don't mind it being so short, it just makes it more addictive and the listener willing to repeat again and again. A longer version would probably be a little exhausting.

Treating Venus Fly Trap as a spiritual continuation of Oh No! makes me appreciate the song way more.

Wow, she really had a nerve to put the best part of the video into the snippet.

WHAT THE HELL THIS IS AMAZING HELP

Highly disagreed. If she stuck to her own personal introspection on Love + Fear (also naming it Love in Fear) it would make a huge difference and make the record sound better and less pretentious. Yet, songs like all we know is life is strange, go enjoy your life and i don't know how to be a human where she was trying hard to become a pseudopsychological guru with plain messages failed enormously. She was too afraid to make this album about her, she was too afraid to tell the world she was scared of loving Jack, she was too afraid to tell it to him himself, and so on. That's the tea.

Then don't read reviews at all because it's their job, to say both good and bad things about the tracks. Not "a skip, idc, bye".

Are you serious? I've been praising this album all along before it l**ked and been in love with every single, especially Man's World that so many of you decided to ditch after a few days. Go find another person to spread your toxicity on just because I did not like New America as much as you did lol.

a review i guess after a few listens only venus fly trap - so yeah she wanted her own new Bubblegum Bitch and she made that. i enjoy the i did it my way baby and sacrificed it all for a life to call mine lines. a nice tune but she really should've scrapped the millionairess line. neither is it relatable to her listeners nor is it pleasing to listen to. she is an artist after all, earning money on them + boasting about a personal worth is really nasty, let alone for a person like her. but maybe she knows exactly what she's doing and deciding to adapt the 'male' point of view, who knows. i know straight men love listening to songs how freaking awesome and rich they are (not) lmao. very intrigued about the video coming. the production saves the lyrics anyway. YES highly emotional people - weirdly a simple song but i like the message. it lacks more verses but who cares, her voice is so powerful here. fighting toxic masculinity is all i ever wanted for our girl! a decent song i think. YES new america - so much potential. wasted. i may forgive the funny (yet somewhat catchy) instrumentalisation sounding like a superhero cartoon (probably intended) but america america repetition is so ugly. this song is so vague that i don't really know what it's about. some verses are nice (enjoying the who gave you line) but it's still another to be human situation. why is she singing about food industry and then racism??? food / too / do rhymes? does she even proofread her lyrics now? it seems like she didn't really know what to do with this track. girl you can do better than that. expected sth on the level of purge the poison that had so much details in lyrics and now you gave us THIS? also it's practically the same beat over and over. she knows how to make a song about america, she made hollywood. this one's rather weak. disappointed heavily. NO pandora's box - lyrics feel like a random lana song and the production feels like a love + fear track. a weak combination. NO i love you but i love me more - a very good song suprisingly! nothing groundbreaking but at least it's a good breakup pop-rock song up to standard. i wish the bridge was more interesting though... anyway everything is decent about this track. YES flowers - i had to follow the lyrics to feel the song fully but when i did, i literally shed a tear to it. absolutely beautiful! heartwarming! now this is the song where i don't even care if it's rhyming or not. you can feel the emotions. love the verse 2, pre-chorus, bridge... also the piano complements the song so well. YES goodbye - apart from the fact that i wish this had a longer outro this is an astonishingly beautiful track. almost as touching as fear & loathing. almost. but still, i suddenly started crying like a baby to it (probably because of flowers but whatever). YES all in all: really expected more political exploration. it could've been a great concept especially seeing the album has only 10 songs so she could've easily made 10 tracks about each different issue, e.g. british colonialism or balance of power in the gender culture. we have ancient dreams that is a nice opener to the theme + exploring the topic of beauty standards and portrayal of women through their looks, then man's world about minorities and feminity in culture & in the past, purge the poison about nature and modern feminity in politics & business, highly emotional people about men forced not to talk about their emotions. and the song "america america is bad". that's all. i have a theory that she gave up on the idea of a political album (perhaps filled with collabs with other female singers) as soon as she broke up with jack and needed space for personal tracks, and now we got a mix of the two. it's a good record, but unfortunately not better than froot, electra heart or the family jewels. she needs to release pink convertible because it seems like a nice song and definitely better than new america.

I got a theory that the alt pic visualises the personal side of the album and those breakup songs, while the main cover the political side of it. Back to the music, at this moment I am confused. The singles have been excellent but the rest of the album is a song about her being a millionaire and then lots of tracks about how Jack is an arsehole (wbk). I don't know what to think about it right now. A good album though, for sure.

Sounds cool. If it leaks then we can for sure forget about her releasing it.

How are people thinking the video is for New America when she basically had choreography for VFT posted on IG?

Wow, didn't really expect New America to be about racism. Excited!

sometimes the shorter the songs, the catchier they are, look at bubblegum bitch

I think Ancient Dreams has a great message that absolutely everyone can relate to, and that's why it's definitely something that could attract people outside of her regular fanbase. Also the fact it's so reminiscent of Womanizer, one of the greatest hits of Britney... I wonder how critics will like the album.

You're all probably gonna eat me for it but ok. So, I listened to the three songs again today, followed the lyrics, and as far as I felt compassion towards Lana as a person, I felt unbothered by her as an artist. I guess this is controversial but these lyrics are totally messy and yes, they do evoke emotions from her, but they're too hermetic, as if about secret, private life whose audience can see only a glimpse. The thing I find the most beautiful about artistry is to bring value of your personal life and try to make it at least a bit more universal. She doesn't do that here. Or maybe that's just the thing with me; I don't really like soft piano ballads, I dislike soft rock and folk with passion, and I still think these tracks could've easily be added to COCC and no one would notice a difference. Bonus tracks, for instance. To say they're ill-produced would be an unfair understatement, but I find myself not interested by the final product. The new album will for sure feel like a pleasant journey to her heart, and I will consume it once, but I will not be probably listening to it over and over as I used to with her previous records. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to criticise Lana but, to me, this doesn't feel like music for the masses, just something homemade to ease your own pain that only the hardest stans or closed ones are going to be fascinated by. It's so surprising because I much preferred Violent Bent Backwards over the Grass.

A decent album. Amazed by all the singles, especially Pay Your Way in Pain, which is easily one of my favourite songs by her. However, as with St. Vincent discography, it turns out she always uses the best tracks as singles, and I was dumb thinking I'd find something as brilliant as them on the rest of the record. The other tracks are just good. I feel slightly disappointed because I really expected this album to become my favourite by her. To sum up; love the atmosphere, love the concept, love the consistency, but I am not impressed by none of the songs but the singles. They are not necessarily bad, but it's background music, so to say. I can imagine myself sitting in a retro bar and hearing At the Holiday Party or Down and Out Downtown, enjoying the noise, but focusing more on my conversation with a friend. Yes, Live in the Dream is very good, but with the crowd of other tracks so similar it seems bland. Maybe I had too big expectations for this album? Wish it had more psychedelia which I adore so much. I'll probably stay with Strange Mercy and Actor. Go give those babies a try if you haven't.

I find Ancient Dreams the weakest out of those three tracks because indeed it lacks melody variations. Almost nothing changes there, it's the same beat all the time and her voice doesn't change that much as well (probably it was never intended as a single). As a person who loves listening to songs on repeat, it makes me feel tired very easily. Anyway still I cannot believe how good Emotional Machine is. If only the whole M4 sounded like this.

The album cover similarity to Oops I Did It Again definitely is not coincidental.

The fact that it's better than most on Chemtrails leaves me unbothered. I enjoyed the first three tracks from Chemtrails (Chemtrails and Jesus are splendid), the rest is pretty meh. Anyway I'll try listening again! But certainly not now; not feeling the rush. Unfortunately it's not love at first listen.

what did i even listen to guess i'll give another try when an album drops. single cover quality = song quality, sorry

It's a good song, but rather Purge the Poison 2.0, I'm not that excited as others; strange. The lyrics are somewhat messy, not because of the content, but the technical details, such as grammar or DNA line which is too long, because of which the rhyme doesn't work that well. Anyway it's a bop. Waiting for a ballad though. the universe hangs like a necklace from god jewels suspended in the cosmos and it makes me believe this is how we're meant to be

I'm sorry but what's rude about her comments? That she doesn't use smiling emojis? Jesus Christ, we're on Lanaboards, Lana's been literally saying you little fuckers or go fuck yourself to people on socials or calling them hoes and bitches and no one's complaining.

This is gonna ber her best era. For real...

I've noticed that. She used to be so positive during Love + Fear, so many emojis, excitement, long track explanations... now it's all kinda gone. I think she grew cold either after L+F hatred or her recent breakup with Jack. I just hope she's happy, no matter how her comments seem.