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yeah she's talking about her restless spirit aka wanderlust.

adam sandler? wuuut? what did he say?

so, number 1 in the us confirmed? Follows uv and lfl?

i agree 100%. It just adds more dynamic to the album. It's 3 more or less upbeat tracks on an otherwise super slow-paced record

Not sure what it feels like, but it's a fact. Just turn on the radio and you'll see where the culture is at. And mind you - I'm planning to take piano lessons, it's my favorite instrument. But even I want to feel great and energeized. I'm not gonna listen to piano all day long, no way.

Disagree with this a bit. It's unfair to say people are "reducing it to a piano album." It is a piano album factually (a few tracks aside), and some people will inevitably be put off by that. I don't think it's fair to say they're "driven by nostalgia" or too obsessed with beat driven music. Piano is just not for everyone. The exact same would happen with Dua Lipa if she suddenly started making piano-heavy albums. She'd lose followers. People want to feel happy and listen to music at the gym and feel good about their life. Piano music is deep but often depressing. And I say this as a big LDR fan who loves the new album. I love it to pieces, but I also know that I'll be going back to High by the Beach, Ride, Summertime Sadness and Doin' Time more in the long run - cuz those songs make me feel good. Makes sense?

The new OB black and white theme is fireeeeee. I salute the mods and whoever designed it. When we will know how the first week sales went? We need another #1 or #2 album!

Ahahaha. That actually sounds like a real lyric.

Bro, her last three-four albums are all about the piano. I think it's there to stay. Yes, OB finished with Taco Truck, but let's all agree that this does not mean another BTD or anything.

called it - him hating fishtail

i almost spit out my coffee. What the....did not expect that at all she coulda have uv-ed it and named them bonus tracks. But i think she wanted to make a point and create a character arc on the record - from church lana back to slutty lana

candy necklace single and video mid to late april and that's it. That's all we know

Where df is fantano's review?

she's just taking the piss with that obviously

Very well said. Like, she got all the "genius" acclaim she wanted with NFR and then started to believe that everything that pops into her head is a great lyric or melody. But it isn't. E.g. "charlie stop smoking etc, Caroline will you... " Anyone could have written lyrics like that. and the pretentiousness - yes. "Me and my boyfriend write hit records without trying, like, all the time." Um, technically, you haven't had a solo hit since Doin' Time four years ago but okay, Lana.

Is the juda smith interlude the biggest hard skip of her career? it's so god damn annoying, i cant listen to his voice for more than 3 secs Hahah. I meant For Free obvs

ajay is great tho. She has fantastic taste and really understands Lana's music. Also, she's so god damn fun to watch. That nfr review was everything

Chemtrails had a great concept but only like 8 great songs that carry that concept through. The rest of the tracks were obviously fillers (like Breaking up Slowly and for Free). Now if it had tracks likes Paris, Texas, Let the Light In and Margaret, it'd been a 10/10 record and one of her best.

Thank you! I have a ranking list of all LDR songs, and this "song" is at the bottom of the pile. Like, right where "Coachella," "The Other Woman", ":"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and that god-awful "You'll Never Walk Alone" cover. These are literally unlistenable to me. I will skip them till the end of time.

Margaret, Kintsugi and Fingertips are so similar - it's almost like one very slow song in three parts. That's why they're the least played on iTunes apparently (among the songs that aren't interludes). That said, Margaret >> Kintsugi >> Fingertips. The track is considerably better than the other two imo.

puh-lease. Almost any track on ob is better than arcadia including the interludes

I agree with this. If I hear her sing about her boring sister and brother one more time... She started doing it on BB, and I was hoping it's a one-off type thing, but now I see she thinks it's a good idea. For me, what doesn't resonate with this albu is them lack of compelling storytelling that made songs like Blue Jeans and NFR such career highlights. On BTD and NFR, every song, even a minor one like Cinnamon Girl, had a complete, compelling narrative. Like, you literally know what the song is about, who the characters are, etc. With Ocean Boulevard, a lot of songs don't have any narrative whatsoever (the interludes or the grants being an "oh, I'm doing this for our family,), or they're a boring diaristic narrative of sorts (fingertips, kintsugi) that meander and go on for an eternity), or they're simply muddled, virtually indecipherable narratives (fishtail, candy necklace). Of the entire album's lyrics, I kinda remember OB, AW and Paris Texas lyrics only, with parts of Sweet (Beverly Center) and Peppers, maybe. I do feel like her lyricism has become lazier post-Chemtrails.

I always liked him. I think. he's a solid critic who actually knows his shit. Some of his criticism of her early stuff was too harsh (wasn't everyone's?), but he's really come around and it's fun to see. He always digs Jack's production, so I'm expecting a 7/10 on this. I still think he'll dislike the interludes and tracks like Fishtail and maybe even Taco Truck. Let's see. Should come out today or tomorrow in full probably.

It woulda fit on LFL perfectly. In fact, a lot of Lana's songs could be re-arranged that way. For example, I always thought Blackest Day would fit perfectly on UV, Grandfather on Norman, Paris, Texas on Chemtrails (especially with "Not all those who wander" being right there), etc.

Grandpa portion of the album is great - what are you on about? i love the album - i just wish there was one proper (radio friendly) bop ala Doin' Time on it to make it more accessible. It's her third album with no bonafide hits in a row. 😩 Hopefully she drops a radio friendly bop solo or collab soon to keep her on billboard (and in public eye). Something fun to perform in concerts. Thank fu*k for snow on the beach, aka her first billboard entry since dont call me angel and her only hit this decade.