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this song has so many layers
from the instrumental to the lyrics to how she says the lyrics with different, tone and structure/pacing
this is quite literally in her top 10 songs of all time 

The same collection of users seem to make the same obsessive comments over and over and over and over about what Lana shouldn't be doing with her career and declaring her projects a flop before they have even been officially released.....with all of the ideas and multiple essays and obsessive critiques I think these people should honestly apply to work at her record label! I'm sure you will be able to come up with some very creative and interesting cover letters and then when you get the job you will finally have an outlet to share your excellent ideas!
 
I really liked the Guardian review. The guy who wrote it also wrote Pitchfork's Best New Music blurb for A&W. I would hardly call an album getting 4/5s across the board a flop or a poorly reviewed album, LOL.
 
 
 

Also, I can appreciate that people feel unsettled by Lana's messiness at times, but it's something I like about her (and something I like about her music). I don't want all of the artists I enjoy to have their entire persona, social media presence, artistic output, etc., focus grouped and PR'd to death and put through some sort of public approval bootcamp with PR managers....and in fact many of the truly great artists (in any field) were pretty messy people. And her messiness makes her imperfect, which makes her more human, which just adds further dimension and depth to her art. And it also makes her special - it's what sets her apart, in ways both good and bad (and in ways that are entirely neutral).
 
Also, a lot of people I know in real life are casual Lana fans - they aren't as obsessed as me, and they aren't at LB level, but they do like her music and they do generally keep up with her. 90% of the things LB worries about don't even register with most people. Most people don't care if Lana's posting something messy on Instagram about critics, or that Lana's putting out "another piano ballad," or that Lana's not doing music videos or she's not doing enough promo or she's not doing this or she's not doing that or she calls herself Lanita on the album, etc. Bottom line, people care about if the music is good, period. And the people I know IRL are really enjoying the OB singles so far - if not all of them, then at least one, and they're intrigued about the new album and what it's going to sound like. 

No, seriously. Candy Fucking Necklace.
 
I need to recover but this album is probably her magnum opus, recency bias be damned. I have so many thoughts to assemble but I think this is a fucking classic. Her vision for this is starting to fully click with CN as the final piece of the puzzle and I can see why she says she’s passionate about music again. I don’t know where she can go after this, it’ll be very hard to top what it seems to be her ultimate manifesto.
 
And I don’t care if I sound dramatic but listening to Candy Necklace is exactly what was missing even though I was already loving the record as it was. Massive, in-fucking-deed.

Welcome to my fan art thread! Don't expect to much avant-garde cover artwork here. I always try to go with something that doesn't look too "out there" if you know what I mean. If you're a fan of rather simplistic, and more consistent cover art to use for your iTunes collection, you've come to the right place (hopefully)!
 
Blue Banisters Era:
 
Some of the pictures Neil took for this album were amazing but I feel like they didn't use them to their full potential. Also, I am probably not the only one who utterly despised the ugly selfie cover.
In addition to that, I'm not a huge fan of textless covers unless they are very striking, so here's my set of covers for this era:
The font is a mix of various fonts I tweaked a bit to look more natural.
 
Blue Banisters (Album):

 
Blue Banisters (Singles):

 
Some edited screen captures from the videos:

hey, here are two posters i edited last night + the textless versions.
 
HQ VERSIONS HERE : DOWNLOAD
 
     
 
     
 
I might be working on more visuals soon, stay tuned x
 
tony aka temple of lana