Chemtrail

Holy shit. Sportcruiser and L.A. are phenomenal.
 
Don't mind me, I'm just crying.
 
I love this woman with all my heart, her velvet voice, her beautiful poetry.
 
I've always wanted to hear the story about her flying and sailing lessons, that poem made me smile so much.
 
Can't believe I'm lucky enough to live at the same time as the great Miss Lana Del Rey.

Certainly a Bob Dylan reference. His work has had a huge impact on Lana.

I think the insider has no clue what the album cover looks like...he found the cover, you talked about above, on a website called 'Sanity' if I remember correctly. I guess they used a fan made cover as a placeholder. They also say that the release date is December 31th which is also a placeholder. I think we talked about it already in this thread but I'm not sure. During the NFR! era some stores used a fake cover as a placeholder as well

Gotta admit, 'Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass' has raised my expectations for 'COCC' to ungodly proportions. I completely disregarded Jack's input on 'NFR' and I still very much stand by my so called unpopular 'NFR' opinions. But on 'Violet' there's this sort of "weird" Lana vibe that I really dig and I have digged in her previous albums, which was unfortunately absent on 'NFR'.
 
I hope this also translates to 'COCC' this could legit be her best album if they keep up with this type of intricacy and details sonically speaking, production wise and doesn't follow the same kinda middle-of-the-road path 'NFR' went down.

Serving Blair Witch Project

the fact that we'll be getting three projects/albums in the span of about seven months is so awesome and also a little crazy, we're blessed, honestly.
 
as long as she sticks to the march release of iron gates

Well, I always start these so might as well do this one.
 
First review is in:
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/lana-del-rey-violet-bent-backwards-over-the-grass-review
 
8/10

such a beautiful piece of art i'm truly floored

so absolutely beautiful. love this two particularly, they got me 
 
"Maybe an artist has to function a little bit above themselves,
If they really want to transmit some heaven”
... 
"Oh - and Jim died at 27
So find another frame of reference
When you’re referencing heaven"

lana has A LOT of feelings about being famous!!!!!!!! anyway, this solidifies her as a true artist. I have never seen her be this raw or vulnerable. she is paradise. 

Guys, this shit hits hard, seriously. 
 
I'm speechless.
 

There is some interesting audio samples that play throughout, and are most present at the start and the end, a couple of men and women overlapping with these kinda things:
"I have plenty of witty anecdotes" "Your stories are mesmerising"  "I always have the most interesting stories" "I am an interesting person" "People love your stories" "You are a fantastic person" "You have plenty of interesting stories "You are an interesting performer" There are lots of variants - it almost sounds like they're practising Meisner? It gives the work a sort of terrifying dimension - the coolest part is at the end Lana starts to slowly speak along with them, like she's hypnotised. 

I've updated the OP with the spoken word version of the poem, transcribed by @@takeitdoen who is able to listen to it in Australia.
 
It's interesting to note she changed around the poem a bit, especially with excluding certain words with the place of long pauses. I've left both versions in the OP x

I'm glad she can confirm she hasn't been drunk in 14 years. I, myself, being currently drunk, cannot relate

Just heard it
WOW
Speechless

this is my first LDR release on lanaboards and i know i'm gonna just be here refreshing for the next 24hrs looool

"Plus I love Zac, so why did I..." not sax, I'm pretty sure.

This is so personal and raw and up-front and confident and vulnerable and emotional and good  at the same time wtf 

So there’s a lead single AND it’ll be in album format on Spotify and Apple Music BUT people still don’t consider this an album? Lol

This is so personal I’m so shook, we are being FED this year

She sounds so unfiltered on that book!!!!!

Wow there is so much to unpack here

Oh my fucking god Amazing. This feels so much like a poetic letter, instead of a poem (which is obviously the intention, I think).
 
The only part I didn't like was
 
"And I love that you love the neon lights like me
Orange in the distance
We both love that
And I love that we have that in common"
 
Very redundant, plus I don't think it adds anything.
 
But the rest is on fire.
 
@@Dominikx4 Can't merge this to the Violet lyrics thread, only Elle can. So we gotta wait for her!

Omg what is this, I-
 
I did not expect this. "I'm an orphan" If she really means it, she must have felt really alone and unimportant to her family or her parents sometime, or maybe it's just her mom. I can hear the sadness, confusion and frustration when I'm reading this. And even thought I can never understand what she's feeling, she somehow makes it very easy to understand what she's trying to say.
I really like this poem!

that shit hurted