Misty2412

now this thread is dead until 2022 💀
when we won’t be getting our signed cards 

thank you! i joined recently and i was a bit scared to say anything at first but everything is really nice and i’m excited to be here

I love this photo so much , I had to put in on the wall … I’m not sure I will play the vinyl now hah

The way Jack worded his recent interview makes it seem like COCC was the softer, quieter deviation of the work that gave rise to NFR. 
 
Conversely, there’s clearly a subset of tracks that seem to be the more lively, intense extensions of their time in the studio that remains unheard. 
 
I can’t help but wonder what the “bombastic” songs were like! I mean, the softer parts of NFR (MAC, HIADT, etc.) transition into COCC nicely, but what about NFR’s more lively moments?
 
Perhaps we could expect these unreleased songs to be a deeper exploration of the soundscapes in tracks like Doin’ Time and Venice Bitch. Lana’s alleged request for a Kali Uchis collab and her time spent with Mike Dean have me (wishfully?) thinking…

anybody who's said this HAS NOT listened to her music, & i seriously believe that, there's no way you could actually delve into your discography & think that all of her music sounds the same, people also say that because they're all "sad" or they're all about the same things (which also isn't true) even though a lot of other singers are the exact same way, they have a certain style of music & they sing about a lot of the same things, it's just another thing they say to criticize her  

Whenever I encounter something online — usually a Tik Tok video, or an Instagram post — that kind of makes fun of Lana, or oftentimes, a post where a fan will say something about a track/album and attach it to some cringeworthy archetype or an experience they’ve had, I can’t help but feel some sense of shame — almost like the way they go about talking about Lana’s catalogue bastardizes the music. I feel there’s a new wave of fans that don’t really get the music, (which out of context, may sound kind of pretentious), but the reality is that people are severely adding to the negative discourse surrounding Lana’s music, often latently creating hierarchies or suggestions about what kind of person you are based on your favourite album — and not in a fun personality quiz way, but in a weird way that cheapens what each record’s themes are. And that feeds journalists’ uninformed “critiques” and interpretive-portrayals of Lana’s records. They’re getting these opinions from the culture (the fans who participate in the platforms that enable said culture).
 
I take particular notice to fans who say that AKA is a record about “grooming” or “glamorizes trauma”, deeming it unlistenable. Or those who attach Ultraviolence to a wave of Tumblr content that is superficial and vapid, compared to the record, which is anything but. 
 
I get that it’s not done in bad faith, but it’s just so…careless. But it’s also these same fans that make blatant statements about Lana’s appearance over 10+ years because she’s — according to them —  overcome habits related to her health (when in reality, Lana has never commented on any such thing). 
 
It’s this kind of rhetoric that contributes to misinformation, too. We’re in an age where the boundaries between celebrities and followers are so undefined, that it’s easy to say something so absentminded about someone and have it spread like a wildfire. 
 
Luckily, I don’t see this on LanaBoards at all — and the rare times it has happened, everyone is quick to shut it down lol. 
 
Just some thoughts this evening 💭 I can’t help but feel the need to defend the integrity of the music when I see content like this online. I’m not saying I absolutely know the complete backstory to Lana’s music or have complete insight into her thoughts - but I also know that it’s never as vulgar or flippant as some make it out to be. 

One of the worst criticisms I’ve ever heard about Lana’s music is that “it all sounds the same.” I honestly can’t imagine any song from UV being on Honeymoon and those albums were like a year apart. I feel like all her albums are super different from one another in the production and meaning. I get she has some recurring phrases and imagery but like.. Lust For Life and Chemtrails sound the same? Cmon now 
 
Edit: Now realizing this is the unpopular opinions thread. Probably not unpopular sorry

That's not weird at all because it's true! Also, when someone says "woman" in a song, the media expects that to mean whatever she's saying must be representative for all women, which is why there's such a difference in Lana saying girls in MTWBT vs woman in HIADTFAWLMTH. 
 

as weird as it kinda sounds when you really think about it, i think the reason why women call themselves "girls" in music because it just sounds like a more appealing word than "woman", "woman" sounds a bit formal & girl sounds more "cutesie" & maybe relatable to younger audiences, & it just sounds more "casual", if that makes sense? i can see why it's a little weird when the singer is in fact a woman, especially if she's older, at the end of they day i don't think it's something to think too much about because it's just song lyrics, "girl" is also very easy to rhyme which is probably why it's used way more often, and lana is a girl, if you thinking of girl in the sense of "female", i'm still quite young (above 18) but i still think of myself as a "girl" 
 
hopefully this made sense  

Oh yeah I'm off topic too, and a whole week late... but it probably is just a language thing. The way the English language uses "girls" really is just different. Tbh it probably is a cultural thing and condescending (e.g. calling grown women girls as if they still don't have the right to be respected as an adult human being....), but if we want to keep using the term "girls" I think it's not totally a bad or distasteful thing. I see nothing wrong with feeling young and wanting to remain like your youthful self. 

I'm 25 and I'm really just transitioning out of calling myself a "girl". I think it's obviously better to call us from 18 and above what we are- women, but I'm not gonna go and say that it's our own fault we get sexualised for calling ourselves girls if we still feel too young (relating to previous lolita comment, not yours). 

Hi guys, this is whoreoftopico!!!
I had this COTCC CD concept in my mind and decided to make a repackage in the very spirit of Chemtrails Over the Country Club - but based on how i think it should have been executed. Made this since March, 2021.
 
Album cover

 
Back cover

 
CD artwork:

 
Booklet
*back/front*

 
page 1-14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lust for Life is a painfully underrated, underestimated, misunderstood & overhated project just because the girl just wanted to dip her toe into a little bit of mainstream while wasn't even sounding mainstream at all.

I thought this was funny. 
 
"Thanks to the swift and harsh feedback of social media, many artists are given a chance to correct their terrible album covers before they even get released. In 2021, Lana Del Rey pivoted after fans roasted her ghastly first draft of Blue Banisters"
 
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/worst_album_covers_of_2021

Gorgeous 

Hi!I have framed the neil's poster. I have to hang it on the wall. There is also the turntable on that table (now it is in technical service). I think I will have a very cute space

Maybe it's dispatched by air and Lana herself is flying the plane because we know she took a flying lesson on her 33rd birthday 

Tulsa Jesus Freak is still such a good & sensual song  I really wish we would have gotten a music video for this song. It might sound crazy but I would have loved a cult themed music video for it shot by BRTHR. The back cover is giving me cult vibes as well. I know the song is not about a cult but I have to admit it makes me feel like I'm in a cult, visiting Arkansas & blowing out  candles while screaming White Hot Forever Amen in the wind while Niko & Topanga meowing in the background 

I don't know where to post but I need to say this , I love Yosemite so so much. Easily one of my fave songs of hers. I can't rank her discography but I just know for me that I would put it in the top 10. Lyrically it might not be her best written song but still I love the lyrics a lot. I love the place  she is singing about. Also sonically it's somehow so mystical almost magical to me. The acoustic guitar,  the sound  effects The bridge is one of my fave moments in her discography,  there is something so special about it. Also it might sound crazy  but Yosemite sounds like nature, like it channels the energy of an mystic , old  place somewhere in nature maybe even like a place like the actual Yosemite national park 
 
 

I think it’s cute Lana feels the need to justify herself on this album:
 
“I only mention it ‘cause it was such a scene.”
 
“I only mention it ‘cause I’m ready to leave LA, and I want you to come.”
 

i also just got it but at this point i think we ain't getting anything 

before getting my refund email from bravado i sent them this yesterday:
Also, the other stores have gotten an update saying the signed cards are delayed until new year’s. Are you sure that isn’t the case here too? 
 
and they responded today with:
 
thank you for your message.

You are absolutely right about that. 

This is currently being clarified internally and you will receive information from us as soon as we have received precise information. 

Unfortunately, the information has been imprecise so far. 

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. 

With kind regards

Bravado Service Team
 

i need a hip hop album.

I absolutely love experimental and raw Lana but I kinda miss the clean and polished sound of BTD and HM 

A rock album with Dan Auerbach Miles Kane and Tom Morello, ft. more yelling vocals