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I definitely don’t think you’re hating on it! I get what you were trying to say, it just made me try to think what that sauce is to people. To me, it felt like the song could have fit onto Chemtrails, but maybe not BB, idk! Hard to place.

I always feel bad when I see people aren’t liking the direction she’s going in. I respect all opinions and it sucks to be disappointed in your favorite artist’s releases, and I’ve tried to figure out why mid/post-NFR tracks sound so different from her older material. What I’ve decided is that, especially with the adoption of her spoken poetry, she said she likes almost freestyling and making very few edits to things—just letting them be what they are. I think she lived by this dogma in the beginning with AKA, where everything felt and sounded like it had spontaneous air in the mix. Once she was signed by a big label, naturally they try to boil it down to a concentrate—cut out any stray frequencies, smooth and condense her voice, have crisp instrumentals keen for radio and movie play, etc. I had liked Lana’s music in the past, but I really became a stan with the release of Mariner’s and Venice Bitch, because, while I hadn’t heard much from UV or anything at the time, I felt I could hear her true artistry come through in those tracks, with their lo-fi, vocal-center approach. It captured the electricity of a live performance, of an artist creating and breathing in real-time that sounded so different from the slick, airtight productions on the radio or sleek, older material of hers that I was familiar with. I think she’s leaned even further into that after her work with Jack. We’ve heard her collaborators say that she’s done vocals in one take, or how she literally wrote and recorded White Dress on the spot while Jack played some chords. I think, above all lately, she values organicness—the feeling of catching lightning and bottling up that emotion right away, to present it as it was at that moment in time, and not revisit it. While I agree it has led to some more human “errors” (slightly wrong notes, lags in timing, fuzzy gear playback), I feel this is all so hyper-intentional in her art now, almost like a protest of the modern music industry. It’s almost like her trajectory has been a circle to get back to that spontaneity she felt with AKA. I really appreciate that art and feel it is true to her acoustic, songwriting soul, but at the same time I see how far that is from the BTD—and even Honeymoon—sound, for example. I definitely feel empathy for the people who don’t love it as much and just wanted to type out my thoughts in case it resonated with anyone. Artists’ journeys have always been so interesting to me, and Lana’s is certainly one of the most uniquely interesting ones we’ve had to witness, as one of the first true viral stars to reigning indie/alt queen of the music counterculture.

the good news is that when I listen to this three times only one venice bitch has passed

omg this GIF is everything, that’s exactly what the song feels like, Pooh’s even wearing his blood + lemon

the way that I love + cherish every lana song, even the ones that don’t necessarily blow me away, and repeat them so much that they always make my top songs of the year over other people’s masterpieces… !!! says something about the // t a l e n t // can’t wait to stream this lil b until she’s immediately my top last FM track of the week month 🙃

The full watercolor eyes song is 3:32 (confirmed on YouTube New Zealand, where it’s out already)

I think, no?…. Didn’t insiders say RCS is actually called “Loved You Then & Now” or something and she just reused the rock candy phrase in this song (like the color blue or candle in the wind )

the way that I’ve only heard the melody a few times and IT WON’T LEAVE MY HEAD!!!!! her powerrrrrrrr

The original track by FJM is listed as 5:00 exactly, so it should be!

Do you think we will get Lana’s cover on streaming or just on the vinyl? I don’t really want to buy the whole box set because I’m not a FJM superstan It’s never too late tho, maybe this album will change my mind

They have such similar songwriting styles, especially melody-wise. I think that’s why they naturally admire each other so much!

Snippet of Lana’s cover on FJM’s instagram! EDIT: her black lodge lynchian lounge singer era is HEREEEEEEE

It’s an atmospheric remix of her hit spoken track “Sylvia”

I’m guessing she’ll release Enchanted TV for Valentine’s Day weekend and stick with the 3-month rollout like Fearless & Red and come out with the full album in May! Just a guess although I really believed her hints led to 1989 next then SN, but I would think she’ll do a summer/fall release for 1989, which would mean SN would have to come first unless she saves 1989 for 2023, but I doubt it!

SO PUMPED that it’s secretly David Lynch I was just saying earlier in the other thread that all the aesthetics for the album looks Lynchian (especially like episode 8 of the return 👀)

The album cover and the canvas for Funny Girl and all the visuals are SO LYNCHIAN! Yessssssss!!!!!!!

ah! thank you, that means so much to me! i just teased the lyrics/pre-save of my second song today, “cherry picker” - out on february 4th ❤️ (trying to serve some macabre visuals)

sorry i know I’m late to this party but are we almost positive lana is on the new weeknd album? is that the “cute collab”?

I agree, I think she knows when she needs a break versus when it keeps her going to create in all forms. It seems cathartic to her! And I’m grateful for it

Thanks so much! That means a lot to me

waaaait!!! I didn’t know about this thread! I am so excited to listen through everyone’s music I’ve shared it in status updates, but released my debut single this year—inspired by 80s Stevie Nicks: https://open.spotify.com/album/2mpAILEDa2yiOgFLBjg8NE?si=y-J_swabTr-frsBSlj4YlA planning to release my second song in the new year!

I realize how unlikely it is but I can’t shake the feeling that we might actually get the covers album this xmas esp if she was recording at capitol and it’s somehow not on label, she could just release it digitally as a surprise. everyday I think about her mentioning the fact that she loves harry nilsson will be important “later this year”

the way lana’s art is so good that even a couple months without new chapters of it feel like little eternities

Late to the party! Do we know what DNC on her jacket stands for?

agreed! honestly I wouldn’t be surprised, she attended the party with Jack and Lana the night that inspired Dark But Just a Game! I think it said so in the Interview Mag one