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Lana Del Rey - fuck that generic and fake af industry plant Lizzy Grant copycat. There's only one queen in this trailer park and it's the one who's been beautiful for more than a thousand years.

Lana Del Ray

Can't stand Phoebe Bridgers.
 
She reminds me of every alt girl who went to art school, wrote shitty bland indie music, was desperate for attention but would never openly admit it, and thought they were so funny/witty/cool. 

I make a point to not hate on any artist and I respect the hustle of everyone, but I think the new wave of alternative women in music — that, in my opinion, inaccurately get lumped with Lana — just aren’t for me (Halsey, Billie Eilish, Clairo, Phoebe Bridgers, Melanie Martinez). 
 
I also don’t really like sparkly, shiny, glossy “pop” that is mainstream nowadays. The true beauty of popular music flourished in the early 2000s with Britney, Beyoncé, and their peers. 

Ariana Grande

HELLO!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY! 
 
 
 

Just got her today. Was not expecting the marbled white but I like it a lot
Spinning Text Book rn

If You Lie Down With Me is so 70s lounge-chic (and then launches into a 30s saloon moment with that brassy postlude). I think it’s one of my absolute favourites. That song, Text Book, and Nectar of the Gods, in my opinion, carry the most apparent western influences that make me think in the vein of Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood’s original recordings together. There’s just something so hazy and glamorous, but thoughtful about those three tracks. The richness and warmth of Lana’s vocals when she first says, “put your red boots on..” 

1. Text Book 17
2. Blue Banisters 16
3. Arcadia 13
5. Black Bathing Suit 22
6. If You Lie Down With Me 21
7. Beautiful 8 (-)
8. Violets for Roses 16
9. Dealer 22
10. Thunder 16
11. Wildflower Wildfire 18
12. Nectar of the Gods 14 (+)
13. Living Legend 20 
14. Cherry Blossom 7 
15. Sweet Carolina 14

Just in terms of the sheer quality of the leaked song ITTJ and wild one were huge for me, ugh masterpieces 

And the way she delved into the concept of motherhood through different lenses: as a fractured relationship (like the one she has with Patty) able to provoke unspeakable trauma for years and years to come and how that filtered down to the way she sees herself in other relationships (Wildflower Wildfire); as a bond she did forge with someone not blood related who did love her unconditionally without bringing the darkest aspects of her past into the mix (Living Legend); as a tender lullaby sung to an imaginary child in which she says everything she wishes her own mother had told her when she was a kid herself (Cherry Blossom); and finally as an affirmation of her own unshakable support and infinite love for the kids of her dearest ones and how in even the worst times and contexts, she’ll always be there for them as a person and as family, above and beyond everything else (Sweet Carolina).
 
Truly a majestic and intricate reflection on what constitutes motherhood, through a delicate mixture of reality and fantasy and past, present and future.
 
No one does it better 
 

Nectar of the Gods is such an LDR staple, a classic, unreleased or not. So glad it found a home! 
 
I remember at the Violet signing at B&N last October, Lana mentioned how prophetic her own poetry can be and how even her own songs can speak to her years down the line (and just two weeks later, she would record Text Book and the title track, two tracks integral to BB). All the leaked songs that ended up on BB, I have certainly gathered new meanings from while listening to them within the context of the entire record. It’s quite amazing to witness part of her journey with those tracks. 

From last week during my first BB listen 

I think Violets For Roses deserves more praise & appreciation 
The melody, the production,  her harmonies, the lyrics  such a stunning song  

i feel like sweet carolina’s lyrics are under appreciated. it’s the way that she’s essentially talking to us and telling us that everything will be alright 

hi everyone!! wow, 6 days and almost 146 pages late to the party!!  i've been so busy so i've not been able to log into LB much (the internet servers at work don't let me ) but needless to say i've been listening to BB a TONNE and honestly..... im so happy with how much i love it  here's my current thoughts, ordered from most fave to least fave, definitely subjec to change though! (also not very articulate or detailed bc im so tired right now hahah)
 
 

You really don’t like being wild huh 

BTD: beautiful
Paradise: Arcadia
UV: IYLDNTM, nectar, living legend
Honeymoon: WFWF
LFL: interlude
NFR: thunder, text book
COCC: violets for roses, sweet carolina

Yeah it is her teams fault, but if I were Lana I’d never let this shit pass and tell them to do better. 

Meh, this is time is her team’s fault. She did nothing 
Anyways
where’s the “dealer” and “violets for roses” merch? It was on that site when the tracklist leaked 

The new merch is uninspired and worse then something on Etsy..she’s using old photos from 10 years ago. 

arcadia is my least favorite song of the album 
 
and I live for Arcadia slander🔪🔪

i love VFR but beautiful is the corniest song she's ever written (i suspected this might be the case based on the title lol), the picasso lyrics are goofy, how did the woman who made BBS also write this absolute drivel 

ok translucent white is so pretty and suits the album perfectly, glad i ordered! think i will prob get the target vinyl once physicals hit stores bc i do love that damn cover, but not crazy about the red vinyl (so much red lana vinyl already!).