Furor Poeticus

maybe you spilled 

The "problem" isn't Jack, nor their collaboration per se - NFR is one of her most acclaimed albums ever and I personally really loved it.
It's the fact that their "chemistry" seems to be such a one-track pony. All of the fire seemingly went into NFR and now all they do seems to be pale, oversimplified comfort-zone songs without depth. Lana likes to surround herself with yes-men and that isn't too god for her work on the long-run. Rick Nowels is a great producer, but look what happened on LFL. Same goes for Jack and CoCC.
She just needs a different kind of input to try and do something new again. NFR was great because it was a fresh "clash of minds", their first collab, just like UV was great because it was a product of a tension-loaded, newly formed professional relationship between Lana and Auerbach. She's a great singer and a great writer, but like anyone else, she's not immune to becoming lazy when she gets too comfortable. 
Just yesterday I heard a playlist which randomly featured her "Summertime" cover - and was blown away by it, although it's definitly not THE peak of her career. Still, itis much more exciting than anything on CoCC

Omg I just listened to mike dean’s synth albums and he NEEDS to be lead producer on this album.. I’m obsessed 

so are we getting a whole stargirl album cos i would like that ngl 

As someone else said awhile ago, the problem with Jack is that he works with many of her contemporaries and it dilutes her unique sound and vision. I mean, he's okay and he might be able to play 55 different Fisher-Price quality instruments but his work isn't particularly original or outstanding. Lana is more cinematic and pushing boundaries and experimenting 'n' shit. He's more a "look I came up with these 5 chords on my Fisher-Price keyboard, let's make a song out of them and everyone will think I'm genius, teehee" type of dude.
Hopefully, the fact that she's working with some other producers means that she recognises this and is ready for something new

no it’s been dead since March 15th, 2018

I’m scared.  Feels like she’s just gonna dig deeper into that negative perception. Lana knows by now that people don’t understand irony
 
That being said BOZ teased LMLYLAW as something reminiscent of Fine China which got everybody’s hopes up 

When Jack is not on the album

The only thing is that, if Lana's doing something unexpected/something she's not done before, and if the title track is produced by someone thats not her usual producers, then I don't really see that with the snippet we got of Blue Banisters
 
Which really does make me think RCS might be something separate tbh and that's what BOZ is talking about 

I'm crossing my fingers for ethereal heavy hawaiian glam metal with arabian undertones and roman mythological lyricism yes ma'am 
 

That description has me super intrigued!
 
I also love that an insider has the full project, makes it feel close (even though insiders had COTCC since July )

Wait did he add that little  emoji? Because if he did, then I’m assuming that means it’s so good? So I don’t think it would mean unexpected in a bad way?

ETHEREAL ft.Grimes 

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH TRAP WON, WE WIN!!!!

brite lites 2.0 is coming  
 
he said he'd fix my weathervane
he said he'd fix my weathervane
he said he'd fix my weathervane
he said that he'd come back in may
 

And ya'll told me I was crazy for speculating two albums
 
 
 

she’s already made rock, alt, folk, cinematic, pop  albums. there’s a genre missing...
 
DISCO
 

all of them at once  

But we expected either rock, folk or hip hop right? so what is it? Reggae?  opera?techno?

TRAP HIP HOP FEATURING ROCKY LIFE IS GOOD, FOLK IS OVER

he knew he'd get more attention by being unclear af  IS IT GOOD????

Something we don’t expect? Damn. Maybe that kind of confirms Mike Dean’s involvement! I really do think we’re in for a treat then 

DOES HE MEAN THIS IN A GOOD WAY OR A BAD WAY OMG

PERIODSD I WON @Jack Antonoff is a God SUCK A DICK

Hes a reliable “insider” on ATRL who I don’t think has really even been wrong 
 
but he is sort of a Lana hater so