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I didn't even count the second take of Cherry Blossom. We also have : Dealer (I guess the version that leaked is a demo) Nectar of the gods (that's the song we knew as Wild On You / Color Blue) So if I'm right and we count both takes of CB, we actually have 6 of them I'm so here for it. The Ultraviolence version. The way she's still including leftovers from this albums sessions and stuff is still good. This is one of her golden era.

There's a picture on the wall, of me on a john deer

Love that the album isn't released yet and we can already say we have 5 demos for it

Oh wow ! Such an instant classic. I understand why she linked it to video games, how the verse has somehow the same cadence. It start of with those Jazz chords, then it sounds like a national anthem, an American hymn. With those classical stings and the stellar synths and the mariachi horns. Wow ! Plus those vocals give me You must Love Me and You'll Never Walk Alone vibes. There's a bit of the vulnerability of White Dress which some Celine Dion-esque vocals I wouldn't expect from her. Oh Gosh. And that interlude. Morricone on trap beats. Caught me totally of guards with end of the video. With that God bless and fuck off attitude. Not even talking about the video, that starts like a homemade Lana Classic and turns into a stellar Bjork like transformation of her body. I'm gonna need time to process all of that. Don't know how I'm going to feel about it after a few listen but one thing I can say is that it stands out on her discography.

Wow, so many great news. I hope she will confirm everything today. So she's making up for the canceled Cocctober last year by giving us Banistober this year ? I don't mind the leaks on the album as long as they contribute to the story. If she prefers giving us every 6 months a new album with half leaked and half unheard that tells a complete story instead of one compilation of 25 random leaks, I'm all up for it. I think the verses of Nectar of gods are perfect but I hope the chorus is reworked. I love the song but always though the chorus was weak, using typical Lana elements that didn't tell anything (wild and crazy, colour blue...). It wouldn't live up to it's new name or to the lyrical quality of the songs we've heard so far.

It sounds great ! I love Weyes Blood. Tough I've listened to other songs from that same album produced by him and it sounds like the country I don't want from Lana

Thanks a lot I personally love that title since I've heard the song (very symbolic and poetic) and the new artwork fits so well (bye picsart selfie). Do you guys think the cover was shot on the balcony we see behind her on the hilton hotel from the Arcadia video ?

Great news. Did the insider tell if the album is going to be called Blu Banisters, Arcadia, Rock Candy Sweet or whatever ? Any mention of the cover being the one with the banisters and the dogs ?

Interesting. Money Power Glory's title screamed Nathional Anthen 2.0 when we first saw it, it definitely fits in the BTD era, so why not. It has the angry ironic vibe of Ultaviolence tough. I agree about America as well. Paradise is an extension to BTD, some songs could definitely be previous leftovers from BTD. I don't think the 3 first singles from BB were written long before release. I see the idea of her writing it before but feeling it was too personal to release at the time and that makes sense. But I think she needed the maturity she has today to write such songs. Don't think she could have written something close to Text Book during the BTW era. But who knows, maybe a very different concept existed with more evasive lyrics. I can see Arcadia being from a previous era tough. Maybe Normand F Rockwell or COOC. It kind of remind me of stuff she's written in Violets so I believe she would have written it around that time.

Well the Music Video for Hope is not that random. The night gown is yellow like her dress on the BB album cover and the arcadia Music Video Queen of challenging Lorde after she copied Wild at Heart with Jack

How many times did she rework Yes to Heaven for her albums ? Well at least it hasn't changed as much as Lust for life (as far as we know)

By the way, the speech is not only on the vinyl, I have it at the end of my CD as well. I guess this is Jack speaking. Like he was very stoned (at the nail salon) and couldn't tell if Lana and the song were a dream, a trip or something. It does fit the end of the MV.

So random, I love it. Just like Pawn Shop Blues. She just likes to release randomly old videos on others accounts. It's the best homemade video since Video Games. Bets are opened. Which on is coming next ? - Pretty when you cry (homemade video) - California (Homemade video) - Full Blue Banisters video or original Let me love you like a woman video (alleged by me) - Ultraviolence (original video used for freak) - Best american record (original video used for White mustang) ..... Or I will take the full Arcadia video anytime if she prefers

Thanks a lot, I think this topic is such a good idea. Maja Francis says she puts some Lana for her PMS Party in this track : Not my favorite song of hers but it's great that Lana's cited Better songs from her I recommend are Last Day of Dancing (a Bop) and Tiny Tornado

A little upgrade on this one A little update ont this one : Blue Lanisters now that I think about it, there no better way to identify us than with the color blue. That's the most recurrent element in Lana lyrics.

Boom Like that (Piano Version) being the unreleased on Blue Bannisters ?

Barely There, a collaborative album by Lana Del Rey coming soonish later later. Including Secret Life (feat. the Bleachers), Party Monster (feat. The Weeknd), Woman (feat.Cat Power), God save our young blood,...

I'm loving the album so far. I need more listens. I don't know about you guys but the 2 last tracks gave me Rock Candy Sweet teas : The ultra soft whispered beginning ending in a rock explosion in Happier than Ever The "loved you then, and I love you now" lyrics in Male Fantasy Where is our baby Rock Candy Sweet with the screamer dealer ? Well I love the Blue Banisters tracks so I need to chill and stop the drama Going to have more listen to Happier than Ever and enjoy the F**k out of it.

The track is cute. Not just what I would call a proper duet. I agree. I think that with most of the features, her artist friend play her a song of theirs, she sings along while listening, and they decide to record her right away because it sounds nicer with her. If there is more planned implication, there are chances that Lana ghosts them before it happens (Eat for free says hi ) I just wish they wouldn't"t have the feature in the name of the song as a clic bait. If she write the song with the partner, it definitely ends up as a proper duet (like she does with most of the duets for her albums). For exemple, in the case of Breaking Up Slowly, it wasn't intended for her album in the first place. She actually claimed the song because she loved it.

I think the cover is very fitting and I'm happy she fed us with a snippet and cover and didn't give us another random date or stay silent like she used to do. That's a big improvement. New single coming so I'm pretty sure we'll never get a full Blue Banisters video, it might not exist at all. It kind of gives credit to my theory that it was unused footages from a canceled Let Me Love You Like A Woman video that was turned into the Jimmy Fallon performance. Anybody feels like editing a full music video for LLYLAW with that in mind ?

I don't understand all the Jack hate here. People saying he can only produce snoozefest haven't heard this : Plus the background singers (see also: Melting of the sun) give me Thunder and Summertime vibes. Hope he'll do something similar with Lana cause it works well for her as well. I agree that COCC and NFR have similar sound but it has to be intentional (COCC sampling NFR is an obvious hint). Jack is otherwise very versatile. Can you really the following sound the same ? : - Lana's sisters albums COCC and NFR - Lorde's Melodrama - St Vicent's Masseduction - St Vicent's Daddy's Home (from what we've heard so far) Remember Lana produced an album like Honeymoon before and Video Games whitch is her breakthrough was a piano ballad. COCC wasn't surprising at all in that regard. That being said, withJack being the producer or not, I would fancy some ultraviolencish revange album with fire. If we get a slow album and it's as good as COCC I will still love her tough.

I saw someone on the comment section of a youtube video call us Lanisters. Oh gosh, I definitely prefer Lipster.

Well actually she looks just like she does in the the Let Me Love You Like A Woman performance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". Someone mentioned how she's not lipsyncing in the Blue Bannister video and that it might be reused footage. What if there was an original LMLYLAW that for some reason she ditched in profit of the homemade one. She might then have reused the footage from the abandoned video (like she kept those were she sings for Jimmy fallon, and the other ones for Blue Bannister). We all know that the performance is not a performance. She's lipsyncing and that's something that she doesn't usually do. That would definitely make sense. Even though I love those footage more than what we got in the official LMLYLAW video, I think the vibe is too dark for the song. Seing the result of the original video, she might have decided that she needed something lighter that included her sisters rather than a tragic love story. LMLYLAW does implies a possible separation, but that's definitely not the point of the song, it's more about the freedom of moving on to a new place, and enjoying a relationship while it lasts. EDIT : There's one flaw in my theory. She's blonde in the official LMLYLAW so it might be anterior to those footages. But we never know, maybe she shot this before quarantine when her hair was dark. Or maybe those homemade footages where made for fun before the official video but she still choose to keep it because she wasn't satisfied by the professional ones she made afterwards.

My thoughts exactly. How could she not include Everything I Wanted and have Therefore I Am instead. I love the cover except for the font.

Maybe by saying it was not a solid body of work she ment not solid enough as a whole to be released as an album (dont know her exact words). They did songs together that didn't have a precise directions (I believe they did some covers, some songs new songs that were intepreted by Lana, at least one other was interpreted by miles, ...) so that couldn't make a cohesive album. She released California and it seems to be a fan favorite, same for Thunder that leaked and Miles choose Loaded as a single so it must not be that terrible. Let's suppose she uses 3-4 more songs from that session for RCS, add a few more she's done with Zach Dawes since (including Dealer) and some she's done with Jack, and maybe even some leftover from sessions with Rick Knowles () that didn't fit previous albums.