rightofjupiter

it always bored me to tears and then JUST hit for me this year– sometimes a song takes its time revealing its power to you and all you can do is wait. it may never happen and that's also fine!

Summer Bummer vs. Bel Air

two weeks til we get the book! i am still hella excited about this and since I have Tuesdays off am anticipating reading this in my hammock in the backyard

Summer Bummer vs. Art Deco

Terrence Loves You vs. FIILY

my Charli top 3: silver cross thoughts NLC shoutout to 2099, cross you out, gone, and official which are also perfection!

not eminem

Black Beauty vs. Is This Happiness

the new snippets do sound good but they also sound like a lot of stuff marina has already done, particularly re her froot-era sound. i love classic marina so i'm not bummed about a return to form (esp bc like many ppl i find l+f generally terrible) but it would be cool to hear her really do something different.

i feel like full elizabeth taylor-style glamorous chaos is the flavor of the era

i'm sorry if that felt personal! it was not meant to. i feel differently but both (and other) views are obviously valid and no one's pain is for nothing. my comment re: lana and this quote is contextualized by the performance of lana del rey as a pop star.

yeah i'm so curious about how all this will tie into the sound of the album– being that all the aesthetic/interview stuff is the only indicator we have so far for the sound apart from a like, 10 second snippet.

this kind of rhetoric really bums me out and is so corny. i know what's she means but also this is not such a rosy idea for people who experience extreme traumas (some things do just happen by shitty, shitty chance and also state/institutional violence).

this part also caught me, damn?

we already sort of knew this but lana is in FULL lana drag for this era. highlighted here is the more theatrical archetype of lana as full poet-diva: criticizing discussions of her mental health and performing "crazy" at the same time. lol/i love.

Radio vs. American

i honestly do not think NFR was a "compromise" of any sort. i think she does have to tow the line w her label sometimes (thinking particularly of them trying to turn LFL into a big pop single), but i think that generally this album was absolutely her own vision, vibe, and project and that she pursued the sounds that were inspiring to her. i know a lot of people here don't care for NFR (and blame jack for boring production etc) but lana seems to really call the shots about her records. i also thought it was great to see her branch out and continue to pursue new sonic landscapes, and i'm SO curious about how COCC will sound in terms of a departure from NFR.

Valley of the Dolls vs. Pin Up Galore

Shades of Cool vs FIILY

i would loooove her to do a longer podcast interview, or even fresh air on npr or something (i sort of hate terry gross but still, just any longer audio interview would be cool, loved all the radio interviews for NFR)

Thunder vs. Stupid for Being So Happy

she looks SO gorgeous! love the long beachy waves hair

this made me lol, these things are...such normal, whatever activities and jack phrases this like "shocking!!!"

really interested in her talking about working hard to her future, a future she's nervous about– she's vague about it (she does this a lot– drops some bit of info that is both somewhat precise and vague as hell) but does mention, for example, writing classes. i wonder if she wants to get an MFA, really lean into becoming an author? she does seem to imply that poetry has really been at the center of her life for the past few years.