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Honeymoon, Love song, Yes To Heaven claiming it as a good omen for getting married recently!

really enjoying instrumental ambient lately… this one specifically makes me feel like I’m hesitantly accepting a dreaded aspect of my life the last minute is gorgeous.

Just saw a (positive) TikTok close to a million likes about Lana’s pettiness with the TUOB billboard

TUOB gets better with each listen I swear…

In before Track 12 is… Did you know that there’s a billboard in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Imagine she went to Tulsa just to pose in front of the billboard to be childish I love it lol

From a lyrical perspective, I’m still stunned at how much growth Lana’s had as an artist in the past few years. I mean, Lana has always peppered in pop culture references in her work, but I find TUOB’s (such as with Hotel California and Nilsson’s Don’t Forget Me) to be almost necessary additions to the song. They aren’t just nods to similar themes or musical interests of hers: they’re irreplaceable elements of the track. Similarly, while Lana’s certainly no stranger to immersing her listeners in sensory details, her describing of, “Mosaic ceilings, painted tiles on the wall,” not only provides the visual landscape of the track, but it also serves as an intentional device to compare the tunnel’s rich inner existence to her own. Even in a broader sense, the lyricism is incredibly original and largely strays from cliches while still managing to be relatable in a work full of hyper-specificities. She is seriously in a league of her own!

I’ve dreamt about this album more times than I care to admit

I’d actually really love either of these!

I feel like Lana’s album art often reflects the tone of the record super well, so I’m curious what impression everyone else had! For me, the photos give me a sense of restlessness: almost like she woke in the middle of the night and is pacing between her bed and the mirror, contemplating her life and feeling full of confessions. Personally, Neil’s flower and ocean visuals supplement the photoshoot’s dark, almost dreamlike quality. There seems to be a sensual aspect as well, and I’m so interested to see how it all ties together! Music has a strong internally visual component for me, and the aesthetic reminds me of how I perceive tracks like Stargirl Interlude, WFWF, Heroin, Summer Bummer, and hope! (This probably seems like a weird combo of tracks, but it makes sense in my head.)

Manifesting a moment like, “California dreamin,’ got my money on mind”

more TUOB visuals from Neil!!

you didn’t hear it from me, but there’s this tunnel… (but no, nothing really new tbh)

I just realized I worded my original post poorly lol but basically yes, I agree—just specifically her trying to calm herself down!

Actually, maybe the breathing at the beginning of TUOB is her catching her breath after delivering almost acrobatic Off-To-The-Races-esque vocals on The Grants (this is a joke before y’all come for my neck)

Maybe it’s just me, but the blowing sound at the beginning of TUOB reminds me of someone trying to calm themselves down with breathing It almost makes me wonder what the mood of The Grants will be since it precedes TUOB: something more more troubled that would require a moment to exhale? Or are the two tracks mostly unrelated sonically? We’ll see! Personally, I’d love for the songs to flow into one another in a sonically and thematically adherent way (like in Honeymoon), but I have a feeling The Grants will be great regardless!

I just wish I had a friend like him someone to give me five

Yayo!

My memory is fuzzy about Darla (were they even on LB?), but all I remember is a certain “In the cockpit” fake lyric for “Love song” on NFR

I just know Darla is somewhere taking notes under a new alias

I don’t think my brain has processed that I have to wait 87 full days until I hear all of TUOB it’ll be worth the wait but it can’t come soon enough

The FKA title gave me flashbacks

It's like Camarillo, only silver mirrors, running down the corridor