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Candy Necklace liked a post in a topic by syrup amour in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll May 10, 2023

I’m someone who cares about cohesiveness, and I could honestly talk about this forever. I do actually think Ocean Blvd is cohesive. It’s not the kind of album where you immediately understand the ‘vibes’ and feel, but as you listen to it you realize that it as a whole really I cohesive.

Yes, many songs are different from each other, which I think is actually good. An album should have diversity, it should be a ride. It shouldn’t sound like one long song. The beginning is a beautiful heart warming song, The Grants, which really sets the setting and some themes of the album — heaven/morals/religion, and family. Though I have to complain about the gospel singing in the beginning… It doesn’t fit the album imo, it would have been more impactful with the intro only. The grants is a good opener since it’s emotional and personal, but not directly sad. Then as it goes on to the title track, it goes a shade darker. Lana’s fears and inner demons, she wants people to like her for her. She’s afraid of being forgotten. But everyone sees her for everything but her, she is the very tunnel under ocean Blvd, which everyone has just forgotten. I’m sweet she’s a little fed up, ‘If you want some basic bitch’, if you can’t see her for who she is, her kindness and intellect (she’s sweet ya know) then that’s your problem not her. Indifference turns into anger in A&W, she brings up the societal witch hunt against women. She embodies the role, which she has spent the last songs on the album describing, in the Jimmy part of A&W. She is the American whore. The whole Judah Smith interlude is amazing. To be frank I have not quite completely gone into the depth of his message, but he is discussing what Lana did in the earlier songs. How men are blinded by desire and superficial beauty, and forgets what’s underneath the surface of a woman. Beauty in thoughts, feelings, and intellect. Acceptance turns into sadness in Candy necklace. It’s so dark, and overall the album is dark and eerie, yet sweet. Candy Nevklace is probably my personal favorite, but it’s hard to choose. The Jon Batiste Interluse embodies the eerie feel of the album, it’s a good interlude! Kintsugi and fingertips both discuss family, loss, sadness. The sad themes continue. She shares what she never has before. Deep personal thoughts and experiences. The things people don’t know about her. People always make assumptions about her, yet there are so many things they ont know. She wants them to know. She begs them to see her. Paris Texas is such a gorgeous song. She has one last anecdote to share. She describes loneliness and a feeling of being lost. Family is a sense of belonging, yet she has a hard time feeling one.

She has said what was needed to be said now, and at this point of the album her heart feels a little less heavy in her heart. Grandfather is so beautiful. She doesn’t really care that superficial beauty is all people care about, it doesn’t invalidate her inner beauty. Themes of family are obviously presented. Let the light in speaks for itself. She describes in kintsugi how you have to let your heart crack and break in order to let the light in, to find happiness. She has let it crack, and light is pouring in. It is very lighthearted, and not very serious, which I think many of the last songs of the album are, she has already said what she needed to say.
Margaret is a lighthearted and simple song. Not my favorite, but it’s fun. Fishtail is unique in the sense that it’s unlike her other songs. And though it feels darker than the other last songs of the album, it’s a ‘you liked me better when I was sad, but I’m happy now.’ Peppers is a lighthearted bop. I love peppers. Taco truck x vb is also a bop. Both peppers and taco truck x vb are more ‘silly.’ Taco truck x vb explains that she understands that the media hates her, but it simply doesn’t matter to her anymore.

The album goes from heavy and dark to light and fun. I personally think the next album might embody the lighter and more carefree themes of the second half of the album.

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