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that’s not a good thing RIP

well you can make anyone do anything with a contract—wether it would be agreed upon is something else entirely. They could’ve put “all single/album releases, announcements, and performances will be accompanied by an approved post on the artists official account at least 72 hours prior to release” in her contract, but clearly nothing like that exists in Lorde’s.

It took me wayyyyy too long to fully appreciate Daddy’s Home but now it’s one of my favourite albums of 2021. My fave tracks are “The Melting of the Sun”, “Live In The Dream”, and “My Baby Wants A Baby”.

god

7 videos will get people talking. I'm guessing this album (if it does end up being a success) will be a slow burn one. have "standard" release dates been moved from Friday's to Monday's btw? I keep hearing rumors about singles/albums coming out on Monday and wondering if BB changed their tracking dates again?

What’s the highest quality we have for Living Legend? The one I have downloaded sounds kinda tinny.

I wonder if their internal analytics show that there's very little correlation between social media engagement and sales? I mean if you were to go off of how many likes and followers Selena Gomez has, Revelacion and Rare should've been one of the best selling albums their release year...

it's hard to build hype for an album when only 2 songs were released between announcement and 10 days before album drop. In hindsight, releasing a whole bunch of terrible singles just for people to say "omg I need to know if the rest of the album is this bad" was a great incentive to get people to listen to the whole album once it drops. Brilliant marketing tactic. also still not over the whole "no CDs" thing. It's pretentious and rude that she thinks we would like toss them in the trash/buy them if we didn't really want them?!

More gems from the Lorde Subreddit:

I hope Tony Bennet's people know what they are doing--bc from this perspective, it feels slightly icky sending a 95 year old Alzheimer's patient out onto stage...

I’m really liking this track rn. But nowhere near as much as HTE.

are her banisters even blue anymore, if that song was about him? she should reshoot the video and set the banisters on fire at the end

Maya Thompson (Ronan’s mom, and a co-writer on the song) confirmed on her blog, rockstarronan.com that “Ronan” will be on Red (Taylor’s Version)! The song was written for charity in 2012 about Ronan Thompson who died at age 4 in May 2011 from Neuroblastoma (a form of cancer). The lyrics of the song are written from snippets of a blog his mother, Maya, kept through their battle. The chorus’ lyrics “come on baby let’s fly away from here” are the last words Maya said to Ronan. Release will be Nov. 19th, unless TS makes it a single.

Okay if the lead had been HTE I would’ve been so hyped for this album. The second half of that song is the most interesting thing a main pop girl has done in a while.

Halley, HTE, and BBN have slowly grown on me throughout the day. But idk if it’ll be sustainable. I feel like, for me, Billie songs are something I come back to in very specific moods when I remember them—but never become part of my regular listening repertoire y’know?

if ur using AM, replace it with this one it's what I did lol

this is likely the first album that went into mixing with Dolby Atmos in mind--instead of having it slapped on after the fact. Hopefully DA only gets better and cleaner with more new releases!

fair enough. I didn’t mean to step on any toes.

Omg she reminds me exactly of my aunt in this movie. Espc the line “I don’t consider myself to be a particularly ethical person, but I am fair.” The biggest marker of her success in this movie will be if the audience forgets they’re watching Lady Gaga—which is infinitely harder for someone as famous as she is. Barbra Streisand, Nicole Kidman, and Meryl Streep do it best I think. Her accent sounds Persian lol.

what? is the bar really this low for music videos, having two eyes?

I had no excitement for this album after the singles--of which only "my future" I found interesting, but not necessarily great. But, having listened to the album (skipping all of the singles), here's what I think now Songs I would actually purchase off iTunes and sync to my iPod: "Billie Bossa Nova", "Halley's Comet", "Everybody Dies", "Happier Than Ever", "Male Fantasy".

I know it might seem slightly stupid, but I kinda like "Mariner" for a boy lol...

The salad + egg + coffee combo literally gave me second hand acid reflux but the boobs made it okay.

it is. that's exactly how she writes her "a". don't worry. enjoy!