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It's actually a quite popular opinion.
 
What is an unpopular opinion is to love the album version, and how she turned it from a song about suicide ideation, to a song about instilling hope, love and unity. Not enough people appreciate how she re-worked the song to give it a positive message. 
 
The opening lyrics instantly resonate, and Stevie's verse is so relatable. This lyrical moment, for me, makes the entire song:
 
But when I love him, get a feeling
Something close to like a sugar rush
It runs through me, but is it wasted love?
(It's not wasted love)
 
STAN LANA FOR THIS! She said ya'll will heal now. I'm so tired of the LFL slander.
 

It's actually a quite popular opinion.
 
What is an unpopular opinion is to love the album version, and how she turned it from a song about suicide ideation, to a song about instilling hope, love and unity. Not enough people appreciate how she re-worked the song to give it a positive message. 
 
The opening lyrics instantly resonate, and Stevie's verse is so relatable. This lyrical moment, for me, makes the entire song:
 
But when I love him, get a feeling
Something close to like a sugar rush
It runs through me, but is it wasted love?
(It's not wasted love)
 
STAN LANA FOR THIS! She said ya'll will heal now. I'm so tired of the LFL slander.
 

Blue Banisters contains some of her most beautiful lyrics yet. The vulnerability, the transparency, the healing, the sheer beauty and love she sends through her lyrics is so inspiring. She is a legend. 

Isn’t she making the biggest streaming numbers of her career thus far? 
 
I would have agreed with you back in 2020 when it all happened but when she released Chemtrails and I saw that critics didn’t trash it/actually liked it quite a bit and the discourse around her wasn’t focused on the QFTC almost at all, I knew her career wasn’t as damaged as I thought it would be. She wouldn’t, otherwise, garner 1M+ streams per album (BTD, NFR, LFL, UV of course!) monthly if her brand was damaged.
 
If anything, disappearing from the public eye and deleting her old IG account restored part of the mysterious allure she had prior to the LFL days. I’ve heard casual Lana listeners say in conversation stuff like “what about Lana? is she releasing something?” and that made me think Blue Banisters being a non-event to non-stans actually works in her favor because casual listeners barely remember it and miss her music while she’s still getting money for it from the fanbase. 
 
Anyways, sorry for rambling but I find her position in the industry and how she operates to be truly fascinating. After all these years she still manages to walk the fine line between being decidedly anti-mainstream while remaining firmly in the public consciousness. A true legend!

She looks gorgeous! But the music is so mediocre now. The production is good, but the lyrics and subject matter are cringeworthy garbage. 
 
Froot was her last good album. I don’t think she has much left in her. At least her first three releases are solid masterpieces. 

She looks gorgeous! But the music is so mediocre now. The production is good, but the lyrics and subject matter are cringeworthy garbage. 
 
Froot was her last good album. I don’t think she has much left in her. At least her first three releases are solid masterpieces. 

She looks gorgeous! But the music is so mediocre now. The production is good, but the lyrics and subject matter are cringeworthy garbage. 
 
Froot was her last good album. I don’t think she has much left in her. At least her first three releases are solid masterpieces. 

QFTC really hurt her career. COCC imagery didn't help either, and Blue Banisters was such a non-event for casual listeners. She really needs to do something different with this album and not just release a 13 track album filled with piano ballads. People were interested to see how she'd react to the backlash with Blue Banisters but this time around I don't think anyone is perched besides her fans. It's sad and I hope she can get back on track.

QFTC really hurt her career. COCC imagery didn't help either, and Blue Banisters was such a non-event for casual listeners. She really needs to do something different with this album and not just release a 13 track album filled with piano ballads. People were interested to see how she'd react to the backlash with Blue Banisters but this time around I don't think anyone is perched besides her fans. It's sad and I hope she can get back on track.

QFTC really hurt her career. COCC imagery didn't help either, and Blue Banisters was such a non-event for casual listeners. She really needs to do something different with this album and not just release a 13 track album filled with piano ballads. People were interested to see how she'd react to the backlash with Blue Banisters but this time around I don't think anyone is perched besides her fans. It's sad and I hope she can get back on track.

QFTC really hurt her career. COCC imagery didn't help either, and Blue Banisters was such a non-event for casual listeners. She really needs to do something different with this album and not just release a 13 track album filled with piano ballads. People were interested to see how she'd react to the backlash with Blue Banisters but this time around I don't think anyone is perched besides her fans. It's sad and I hope she can get back on track.

QFTC really hurt her career. COCC imagery didn't help either, and Blue Banisters was such a non-event for casual listeners. She really needs to do something different with this album and not just release a 13 track album filled with piano ballads. People were interested to see how she'd react to the backlash with Blue Banisters but this time around I don't think anyone is perched besides her fans. It's sad and I hope she can get back on track.

It's hard to even fathom how she has done absolutely nothing with her career outside of chicken shit gigs like random film/TV cameos, random ass soundtracks, a photoshoot couple times a year for no real reason since she's never had anything to promote, and yet, she still cannot be bothered to show up on time and for a festival gig nor actually be present, like actually present in the moment for said gig and give a decent performance. She really does not give a F about her career or her fans, she just loves being this perpetual Hollywood label victim or whatever. I hope she gets what she is asking for and is shelved for LIFE! It would be a fun kiiii if Capitol did something for NTMT next anniversary without consulting her too. Like just slap on some of the rejects from that album and put it on streaming and say nothing to the wench and watch her make her silly passive aggressive Instagram story posts and just give the fans a lil something.

It's hard to even fathom how she has done absolutely nothing with her career outside of chicken shit gigs like random film/TV cameos, random ass soundtracks, a photoshoot couple times a year for no real reason since she's never had anything to promote, and yet, she still cannot be bothered to show up on time and for a festival gig nor actually be present, like actually present in the moment for said gig and give a decent performance. She really does not give a F about her career or her fans, she just loves being this perpetual Hollywood label victim or whatever. I hope she gets what she is asking for and is shelved for LIFE! It would be a fun kiiii if Capitol did something for NTMT next anniversary without consulting her too. Like just slap on some of the rejects from that album and put it on streaming and say nothing to the wench and watch her make her silly passive aggressive Instagram story posts and just give the fans a lil something.

Love CTMP but it's probably the most dated song from XCX World. 2016 vibes forreal. I'm kinda bored with Charli rn, Crash had little longevity (for me, save your responses of how good it is) and she's been serving basic popstar lately. I need her to go back to PC music because this whole baddie thing is making her kinda faceless and not standing out in the crowd. I'm gonna also need her to be more selective with collabs cause her collab output this past year hasn't been great.

It's hard to even fathom how she has done absolutely nothing with her career outside of chicken shit gigs like random film/TV cameos, random ass soundtracks, a photoshoot couple times a year for no real reason since she's never had anything to promote, and yet, she still cannot be bothered to show up on time and for a festival gig nor actually be present, like actually present in the moment for said gig and give a decent performance. She really does not give a F about her career or her fans, she just loves being this perpetual Hollywood label victim or whatever. I hope she gets what she is asking for and is shelved for LIFE! It would be a fun kiiii if Capitol did something for NTMT next anniversary without consulting her too. Like just slap on some of the rejects from that album and put it on streaming and say nothing to the wench and watch her make her silly passive aggressive Instagram story posts and just give the fans a lil something.

It's hard to even fathom how she has done absolutely nothing with her career outside of chicken shit gigs like random film/TV cameos, random ass soundtracks, a photoshoot couple times a year for no real reason since she's never had anything to promote, and yet, she still cannot be bothered to show up on time and for a festival gig nor actually be present, like actually present in the moment for said gig and give a decent performance. She really does not give a F about her career or her fans, she just loves being this perpetual Hollywood label victim or whatever. I hope she gets what she is asking for and is shelved for LIFE! It would be a fun kiiii if Capitol did something for NTMT next anniversary without consulting her too. Like just slap on some of the rejects from that album and put it on streaming and say nothing to the wench and watch her make her silly passive aggressive Instagram story posts and just give the fans a lil something.

It's hard to even fathom how she has done absolutely nothing with her career outside of chicken shit gigs like random film/TV cameos, random ass soundtracks, a photoshoot couple times a year for no real reason since she's never had anything to promote, and yet, she still cannot be bothered to show up on time and for a festival gig nor actually be present, like actually present in the moment for said gig and give a decent performance. She really does not give a F about her career or her fans, she just loves being this perpetual Hollywood label victim or whatever. I hope she gets what she is asking for and is shelved for LIFE! It would be a fun kiiii if Capitol did something for NTMT next anniversary without consulting her too. Like just slap on some of the rejects from that album and put it on streaming and say nothing to the wench and watch her make her silly passive aggressive Instagram story posts and just give the fans a lil something.

It's hard to even fathom how she has done absolutely nothing with her career outside of chicken shit gigs like random film/TV cameos, random ass soundtracks, a photoshoot couple times a year for no real reason since she's never had anything to promote, and yet, she still cannot be bothered to show up on time and for a festival gig nor actually be present, like actually present in the moment for said gig and give a decent performance. She really does not give a F about her career or her fans, she just loves being this perpetual Hollywood label victim or whatever. I hope she gets what she is asking for and is shelved for LIFE! It would be a fun kiiii if Capitol did something for NTMT next anniversary without consulting her too. Like just slap on some of the rejects from that album and put it on streaming and say nothing to the wench and watch her make her silly passive aggressive Instagram story posts and just give the fans a lil something.

It's hard to even fathom how she has done absolutely nothing with her career outside of chicken shit gigs like random film/TV cameos, random ass soundtracks, a photoshoot couple times a year for no real reason since she's never had anything to promote, and yet, she still cannot be bothered to show up on time and for a festival gig nor actually be present, like actually present in the moment for said gig and give a decent performance. She really does not give a F about her career or her fans, she just loves being this perpetual Hollywood label victim or whatever. I hope she gets what she is asking for and is shelved for LIFE! It would be a fun kiiii if Capitol did something for NTMT next anniversary without consulting her too. Like just slap on some of the rejects from that album and put it on streaming and say nothing to the wench and watch her make her silly passive aggressive Instagram story posts and just give the fans a lil something.

I still use Wild At Heart and Dark But Just a Game. The rest...I need more time to want to revisit it. I listened to White Dress the other day and it is a heartbreaking track of a singer reminiscing on a time before she was famous. Quite beautiful, sad, poetic, magical, etc. White Dress is a great song

https://dbree.org/v/32e121
identical to the released version.
charli said sky took months to get back to her/finish her verses.
 
sky ferreira took months to get back to a fellow artist who asked her to record like two verses worth of lines, she didn't change a single word and sent back that muffled, garbage quality recording. you can hear how clear charli's vocals are mixed and sky sounds... distorted and muffled. 
 
let that sink in. 

the sympathy and attention she gets from her sob stories and victim playing scratch that itch far more than actually following up on her promises, seeking legal help if needed and being a professional consistent artist. she's not stuck or blocked, capitol lets her do whatever she wants - yes they appear to be assholes with money, making her record ntmt in 2 weeks or so with her money, telling her to shoot a video on an iphone... i get it, not having your label support you financially is a shame and makes things difficult. but the only reason why she hasn't gone independent is because she will end up having to self fund everything and that's not what she wants, she wants the $$ to play as she wants and she uses the lack of money as her excuse, her sob story for every interview she did this year. she has full creative control, picking don't forget and downhill in mid '10s as her singles, doing her videos and tracklists as she likes, working with the producers she wants. no one's blocking her from doing anything. she subconsciously enjoys the position she is in right now because it benefits her in some way being in this victim role, otherwise she would have done any of the things mentioned here ages ago to at least get stuff out. there are artists far less fortunate than her who fund their entire careers out of pocket with whatever little they have, she believes she is entitled for a lot more and until she gets that she is going to play this game. i don't doubt capitol was hurt cause she fought to switch her image back then and played by her own rules, she must have been a difficult brat for sure and i believe that they compromised by telling her "okay, you can cosplay as this DIY indie alternative artist, but there won't be any budget for you girl" and that's what she got. but deep down she wants to be that manufactured girl behind the scenes, but she wants to have the DIY authentic indie persona. how many identical writer demos or dev hynes type of stories we gon hear about her to realise she goes into the studio and practically gets stuff made for her she just records some vocals for and pretends it's all authentic and genuine. "She went on to say that it “bothered” her that Hynes sings “Everything Is Embarrassing” live and introduces it as a song he wrote for her". of course it bothers her that the truth is told and it exposes her phony authenticity. haven't we all heard those identical writer demos for songs made years after? no genuine songwriter would be questioned like this regarding their input, except for dua lipa who also does the same shit but she is another story. this is why you won't see her going independent even though she can and you can tell she cares more being a victim, feeling entitled and having public drama with her label. if she cared so much about being an actual artist, you'd see it from her live performances and gigs. but no, she had to show up significantly late to every show, have "sound issues" (you just can't sing girl) and look like she just crawled out of a hole. everything is really embarrassing huh.