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I agree generally. The Guardian is SHIT when it comes to music. Their head critic, Alex Petrades or whatever his name is, is ragingly incompetent. If your read his album reviews carefully, you realize he doesn't know the difference between, say, Bollywood and Afro pop. That being said, this particular review was on point. I saw Lana live during her NFR tour, and this didn't even come close when it should have been her best performance ever.

It's a huuuuuge crowd. HUGE ... Many of those people don't know any of those songs. Most of those hits are 10 years old, for a start. For me, her confidence was severely lacking. To get the crowd on your side, you can't come across as timid. Which is why Billie was the highlight. She commanded the room, sang loudly, and the crowd ate it up. I'm a huge Lana fan, obviously, but we can't blame this on the crowd. From the setlist to the presentation, she bombed imo. Great entrance though.

did you mean "illusion"? 😂😂😂 for a sec, i thought she dropped another single.

Disagree. Will the new single works better as a video (I don't even remember the melody of the song), the past two singles were some of her best, courtesy of Kevin Parker. i still have high hopes for the record.

"Baby I'm a gangster" entrance only to open a set made entirely out of ballads that make you feel like sitting on the sofa feeling super suicidal. When she sang that line, I almost bust out laughing. Okay. I'm done now. Huge disappointment for me personally, aside from the look and Billie saving the entire show by bringing some actual pizzazz and showmanship when she's 10 years younger. Have a great day/night everyone.

Obviously, a crowd of that many doesn't know songs like The Grants, Bartender, Chemtrails, Candy Necklace, Arcadia, Hope and Burnt Norton - can you blame them??? She shot herself in the foot with the set list. I bet you when Ocean Eyes came on - a song the crowd actually knows - everyone was relieved. I still can't believe that she chose, like 500 songs people have literally never heard of.

Ahaha. True, no one here considers those songs ballads since they're anthemic. But none around the around would hear Ride on the radio and think it's a bop or something other than a ballad. Let's face it, 80% of Lana's catalogue is ballads, and that's absolutely fine. I just wish she would not let people forget that the other 20% of her catalogue, which I personally find the most interesting in her work, even exists.

Your GIF serves.

INSANE. If I was Lana, and I was going for career suicide at Coachella, this ☝🏻 would be my pick of songs. Minus OCean Eyes and Video Games, of course. I'm still recovering....

Technically, they are ballads. The songwriting is pure balladry. That said, the production slaps on both of those. Ride was produced by legend Rick Rubin, for example. So, they're big and lush, and they do have a rhythm section, so they don't come across as ballads. Which is what makes them good ballads for a festival like Coachella. Same with Young and Beautiful. Now, Bartender, Arcadia and The Grants on the other hand........

Yes, she looked incredible. Her body is really in shape and she's been hitting the gym for sure. She's very slim and glam too. She looks great for her age. I just wish she put as much effort into thinking about her playlist. Instead, she stayed in her comfort zone 89% of the time.

She's been doing Bartender since NFR came out in 2019. That's when I first saw it in Abu Dhabi. I'm okay with a ballad like that, it creates an intimate atmosphere. But to do FIVE of those in a row??? At Coachella????? And it's not like the songs around that five-ballad slump were more lively. If I remember correctly, she sang Born to Die, The Grants, Ocean Eyes and Video Games too in close proximity. If I was creating the Coachella set list for her, it would have been sth like A&W Off to the Races West Coast Ballad: Say Yes to Heaven Ballad: DYKTTATUOB Cola Doin' Time National Anthem Ballad: Ride Ballad: Chemtrails over the Country Club HIgh by the Beach FILY Blue Jeans Ballad: Candy Necklace feat. Jon Batiste Ballad: Born to Die Love Radio Cherry Ballad: Young & Beautiful Ballad: Norman Fucking Rockwell or Cinnamon Girl New (Lasso) song Venice Bitch (trap version) Summertime Sadness Ballad: Ocean Eyes feat. Billie Eillish Ballad: Video games feat. Billie Eilish Tell me this wouldn't have worked 1 gazillion times better?

Honestly, best not to debut anything new during this mess. To recap: - Technical issues throughout - Lip singing - Mid vocals - Forgetting the lyrics - Shy - Nervous - Recycled set list - Few songs with a pulse (AW, Summertime, AW) - No Off to the Races, National Anthem, High by the Beach and other Coachella-ready hits - 5 ballads in a row - Sequencing that makes no sense - Terrible outfit in the end - Outshined by both Batiste and Billie - No recent hits like Say Yes to Heaven - No Lasso songs - Crowd that's dead - Minutes on end of quietness - You could hear her boots clank / pin drop. - No crowd singing along with her - She would turn the mic to the crowd and crickets I mean, i guess we're lucky she didn't fall down.

Ok, so AW is the first and only song I've seen today that actually worked well. And the crowd seems to agree.

honestly, billie is dope af. i feel like she was doing a lana a solid. And then to see lana bomb for as long as she was, and to step in and save it. Very cool. i woulda ran for my life lmao

now to make things worst, billie is gonna make the crowd go wild - with a ballad that actually works at a festival. never could i have imagined this levels of cringe. also, WHY would you have two guests back to back? what a mess

she literally doesn't know when to sing. like, you choose 5 megs slow songs at coachella in a row and you can't even sing them properly batiste is working hard to salvage it tho.

At this tempo, watch her do Bel Air or Not All Those who Wonder are Lost.

Bartender, ob, norman and arcadia in a row. And then hit ''em with candy necklace 😂😂😂 Where are: off the races, aw, cola, national anthem, radio, doin' time, high by the beach, blue jeans, love, etc. to add some oomph? why has she given up on her songs with a pulse? Honestly, been a fan for 10 years and this is her quietest and most boring set.

lana's brief to her team: sad. I want it really sad.

lana's brief to her team: sad. I want it really sad.

and it's not even that good. Total mid lana song. Why she keeps singing it every god damn time is beyond me. she couldn't have made this more fans-only if she tried. 😫

it's lcd for sure. But coachella prolly asked her not to mention drugs

another issue is that she's not smiling and vibing with the audience at all. Doesn't look happy to be there. With the slow songs gallore and the quiet on stage and off stage, the whole thing is a bit narcotic.

i love that song obviously, but that is not a coachella song lana baby. Same old recycled set.