Mash Tragic

Damn, all these songs sound terrible after listening to The Grants

Oh this one is cute! The maritime imagery is simple but effective and this time, I think it totally serves the meaning without being dragged until it loses its significance. It works for me. Side note but it gave me strong early Marina vibes. I couldn't help but think of "Mermaid vs. Sailor" (you know, just the title ) because of the sea metaphors, and those lines "I must avoid the fishermen, the sailors..." I also thought of Sinful because of the lonely, defensive aspect: "living like a porcupine" vs "I can't stay shut forever", feeling "safety in solitude" (which she expressed in a lot of her earlier songs). Anyway, let's hope she decided to revive Marina and the Diamonds for her next album

After years scrolling LB, it's not hard for me to believe that between: Not knowing a surprise is coming and being utterly delighted the day it happens. Expecting something big, getting our hopes high and having a meltdown. ... we're having the second option

"It's new music." "A new album. A collab. A new single." "It's not new music." "An album trailer. A MV. A tour announcement. Another interview. New merch. Another vinyl variant. The titty box set. Whatever promotion the album could get." "Nooo, come back to Earth."

The way I'm still hoping someone fucks up with my order and sends me the album tomorrow

It looks like someone boiled it and the weird plastic-y printing thing started to come off as a result

Some of you are super nasty with poor Jack for the strangest reasons Hate his production, singing or looks all you want, but the fact so many female artists enjoy working with him (and seem comfortable around him) leads me to believe he's a genuinely good and easy-going person. Just look how he holds her and how radiant Margaret looks on this picture. They're just a cute couple. I'm actually really looking forward to the song. I think it will be interesting to hear Lana sing someone else's story in the middle of a very introspective record. If the song is about a man madly in love with his girlfriend, I'm sure it will bring an interesting parallel to her own story and experience. When you think about it, it's both the same and the opposite story: Lana herself fell madly in love and perhaps "got into trouble" because of it (the lyrics Lana shared are actually interesting, because if we didn't know they were about Jack, they could look like some Blue Jeans spin-off). But the outcome is different for Jack: he's now fiancé. Anyway, I won't analyze much something I haven't heard yet, but I just think the whole story around that song is super sweet and the shared lyrics genuinely spark my interest.

Tearing up already Can't wait to hear that already iconic song.

Aren't those lyrics the ones @ivory almond made up or am I tripping?

It's 1:48 am, I'm trying to sleep but the Jimmy Jimmy part won't leave my head and keeps me awake I'm not even mad, it's better than dreaming.

Greek mythology retold in modern age would've been such a cool concept and still could've contained social commentary. Like, telling the story of poor Medusa getting her revenge on Poseidon instead of writing those wacky Harvey Weinstein lines. I don't know why but with that album title, I thought Purge the Poison would be about that. It immediately made me think of Medusa/snakes (venom, poison, whatever) and I swore all the album's lyricism would be infused with mythology metaphors. She could've done so much more than just Pandora's Box. Even the climate change could've been explored through ancient pastoral poetry.

I'm tired of being a French whore, I NEED to know the experience of being an American one Lana, please, I'm already spending Valentine's Day alone. Press that upload button.

I feel like there's honestly not much to say. She just became what she truly despised in the past. As much as she likes to think she's too cool/different for the pop scene, she alwas has been in search of approval from people and critics. Hence the politically correct/superficially woke/universal lyrics she's writing right now. I don't necessarily think she doesn't know what to write about anymore or lacks challenges in her life to keep her art interesting. It's mainly she somehow developped the idea that people can't relate to her own experiences and that she NEEDS to be universal. Thing is, she's so detached it becomes bland, impersonal and, ironically, unrelatable. I'm not sure if it makes sense, but for me, the more the story is personal and detailed, the more I'm able to relate to it, even though I didn't experience 100% of the events. It's like I'm able to find myself and a universal truth in the most personal stories, while feeling completely left behind by her attempted universal lyrics. The fact her commentary is so surface-level doesn't help. We get it, patriarchy made women's lives hell. So? How did it impact you? How do you fight it in your daily life? Anyway, I believe she sought out approval so hard she lost herself (and some of her fans along the way). It's already been discussed by many recently, but it truly weakened her whole art to try and fail to please everyone.

I feel awful for criticizing her because I love this woman, and it takes guts to write poetry and to share it with the world, but holy shit, that thing is horrendous. I felt so embarrassed reading it. It really made me think of the poems I used to write when I was an edgy teen. No need to say I stopped poetry and shifted to only writing stories. English isn't my mother tongue but I can tell it's incredibly bad style-wise. It looks like she used every tools in the poetry box to make it a poem; on top of my head, the overused hunger metaphor she hammers throughout (the more you overdo it, the less it becomes powerful and/or significant), the artificial, useless repetitions (approve/try/grind/ and then the i am free), those stacked words (?? I only get it if it's for the rhythm, or perhaps to highlight them, but I'm not sure it's effective). It's like she felt the need to use every figure of speech she knows so it looks like poetry. Real beginner error: it ends up being superficial and try-hard. It's not poetry but fancy words thrown on the paper just for the sake of it. It lacks subtelty and authenticity, which poetry should have. And if you need to disguise your words to make sure people get what the fuck you're doing, you're doing really bad. I didn't plan on ranting that much because of a harmless poem but here I am. Good for her if she's proud of her work and good for the stans to have new content. What makes me disappointed and embarrassed, though, is the fact that woman used to be such a GOOD songwriter. She used to express things so simply and beautifully. You're supposed to get better at your craft with time, not the opposite. Seriously, what happened?

Count me in. I'll French-storm those headquarters like my people did with the Bastille

I believe it's a Fishtail reference as well DOUBLE MV INCOMING!!

The way insomnia kicked in tonight so I was making a A&W cover using Kaiman Kazazian's artworks Did I accidentally manifest it?

Non-native English speaker here: those "what's the real lyrics" debates are always so fun because, well, I can't even hear the difference between a long E and a short E sjkhdsjh. So 80% of Tunnel was a mystery for me when I first heard it I still struggle to understand the language depending on the accent, but when it comes to Lana, I just don't make any effort because her pronunciation is so peculiar I just know I won't be able to decipher whatever she's truly singing anyway. I mean, I'm the girl who heard "Into the BLAH / Into the MOO" in Get Free back in the days, so... I'm expecting to babble along every track of the album honestly. It's fascinating (and hilarious honestly) that even native speakers can't understand her though. I felt so envious some of you guys were able to understand and grasp the beauty of her lyricism and poetry, but reading that, I now feel a little less dumb and deaf Edit: I was falling asleep and I woke up suddenly realizing I wrote "into the blah" when the lyrics are "out of the black" I'm a fake stan.

Coming to this thread every fucking day, over and over again despite the dryness and the madness, and for what? Seeing DYKTTATUOB listed third? Lana, please, drop something, anything, I can't take this anymore

We should've had that collab for Wild at Heart

Ooh I like that interpretation! I always thought she just paid that kid compensation by writing from her perspective

COOK COUNTY. My foodie interpretation of the tracklist was right!!!!

Ikr?? At the end of the day, we're all clowns blinded by the hope of getting an award. It makes me so emotional to see that much of cohesion despite all the fights in other threads. Hope and delusion aren't that dangerous to have: they really bring people closer

CONGRATS @Surf Noir!!!!