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  1. Posted

    5 hours ago, barttttender said:

    Omg. The weight and the outfit - probably her worst look ever. 

     

    mod note: user was warned for this post

    Really? Warned by an admin for expressing an opinion on the aesthetic of a pop star's PUBLIC appearance? Is this a joke? Like, is this real life? WOW. So, this is how far PC America goes. Whatever happened to f-ing freedom of speech?

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  3. Posted

    6 hours ago, rightofjupiter said:

     

    omg i think many of us love it! myself included– it's def up there with my fav albums from her (UV, HM).


     

    It's such a fully realised album. And there are no pointless filler tracks like Diet Mountain Dew, Coachella or The Next Best American Record. It flows so, so well. As a whole, it's definitely among her best albums.


    My only issue with is that there are no cool upbeat tracks to liven up the mood a bit. Like what Doin' Time or High by the Beach did for NFR and Honeymoon.


    i know she was going for folksy, but folk songs can be a hit too.


    Basically, it's her worst album  when it comes to singles and the first one that's not charting at all single wise.

     

    Like, I appreciate she doesn't care about making a hit. But I still wish she would keep the 'one song for the general public and the radio' approach that kept her in the charts before.

     

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  6. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Venice said:

    For most of my life my genre of preference has been alternative pop-rock with some random things mixed in there too of course haha BUT I somehow completely fell in love with songs like Summer Bummer from her - one of the genres I just absolutely adore with a voice like Lana's and her lyrics. Makes me feel like such a baddieeee. I'd love anything "loud" from her again whether it's rock, hip hop, psychedelic, trap - just hit me with it. Of course, not everyone will be super happy with whatever she comes out with next. But... since the last two albums were rather minimal, folky and ballad based, I think it's about time for things to get lit again, no? :creep:


     

    100%. 

     

    We want the badass lana back!

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  7. Posted

    19 minutes ago, Venice said:

     

    100% this! No more of that minimalism in a row, please. I hope to hear some powerful production again, a sonically bold slapppp for the next album.


     

    A change of sound would be good,

     

    Personally, i miss the gangsta nancy sinatra and big over the top songs like blue jeans. (Even tho i love nfr to death)

     

    something more upbeat and fun would be great. Like sweet serial killer. But i think lana has no interest in making this kinda music

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  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, honeybadger said:

     

    im not even sure the person with the cast is her :bebe: since they never show HER face while skating.... i really wish she didn't fall


     

    it's definitely not her; whoever is scating in the cast is half the size of lana. Probably the same girl who does the skating in the vid, only wearing jeans.

     

    i mean, lana simply doesn't have a shape like that anymore.

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  9. Posted

    22 hours ago, Rocket0212 said:

    When NFR came out I thought that I became a delusional stan and I'll like anything from her at this point. But this album actually showed me why I like NFR so much, why I think it doesn't have a filler track and why it's my fave album of all times. COCC for me is just cute next to gorgeous. I understand that not every song should be made to be a standout but the fact is that every NFR track had something unique to it.  Songs on COCC are still pretty but ngl, forgettable. Like would Lana's discography lose something if she didn't have Wanderlust or Let Me Love You?
    This post probably looks like a drag but I actually like this album. I think it's a cute 75 or maybe 80, but to me it's always about standout tracks om the album and I just didn't find any in the 2nd half. I understand why a lot of fans like Yosemite, I tried, but it never clicked.

    So my ranking would be:
    1. Chemtrails
    2. Tulsa Jesus Freak

    3. White Dress

    4. Wild At Heart

    5. Dark But Just A Game

    6. Let Me Love You

    7. Wanderlust

    8. Dance Till We Die

    9. Yosemite

    10. Breaking Up Slowly

    11. For Free

     

    I love top 4 a lot, I like 5-8. 9 to 11 - not feeling them but there's nothing really bad like God Bless America or In My Feelings. That's why this album is above LFL.


     

    same ranking as mine, except WD is no 1

     

    one of her her best tracks ever

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  11. Posted

    38 minutes ago, triangles19 said:

    Honestly I'm wildly excited by this but I don't really dare to believe this will be out June 1, I mean, she learned us to not believe her dates reveals.

    It would be so great, let's see.

    Tbh it will be very hard for me to appreciate the new album as much as I love Cocc, it took the first place of my album ranking so violently, I listen to it everytime, songs are stuck in my head all day and I absolutely can't rank the songs cause I just adore them all. My new Honeymoon finally came and I'm so living for it. I'm in heaven right now :)


     

    she will never release a new album on july 1 mark my words.

     

    she's taking the piss and will delay it countless times like she did with nfr ang chem.

     

    Basically, she just got the idea to make a rock record with dealer on it and probably hasnt even found a producer.


    I mean she just said to annie mac that she's exhausted all her supplies and it's the first time she doesn't know what she'll be doing next 

     

    like slate clean. So what is she on about?

     

     

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  12. Posted

    17 hours ago, Chorli Xbox said:

    Well I respectfully disagree. My friends that listen to Lana, my friends I force to listen to Lana (lol) also had the same vibe with NFR. Don’t get me wrong, the album is amazing, but listening to BTD, UV, HM, LFL first and then listening to NFR, it feels a lot more raw, simple, minimalistic and intimate. Which is why I loved NFR, but I don’t like COCC right now probably... I probably expected a lot more complex production, vocal layers with reverb etc indeed.

     

    I quote from a review from Pitchfork " But here, with delicacy and grace, he and Lana find new wings in minimalism, fresh air to breathe, a structural relief."

     

    And from The Edge "It's Lana Del Rey's best album yet - through its somber, minimalist production"


     

    you called it a simplistic record. It ain't. Period

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  14. Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    Happy album coming out day!:party:

     

    I was wondering which album do you prefer?

     

    I chose Honeymoon for the comparison because it's the slowest and sits alongside Chemtrails as one of Lana's most languid/meditative records,

     

    So which album is your favourite?


    My answer: while I always appreciate an upbeat Lana track like High by the Beach, I'm going with Chemtrails. It's a shorter, more cohesive, and a more consistently good record.

     

    Honeymoon's lows are really, really low (Freak, The Other Woman), while Chemtrails' lowest points are still listenable at least (For Free, Breaking up Slowly) as background music.


    More importantly, nothing on HM blew my mind like White Dress did  except maybe The Blackest Day - but that song didn't have much staying power.

     

    Don't get me wrong - I still love Honeymoon.

     

    But Chemtrails - 7.5 (one big hit/upbeat song would have really made this come together more and land at 8.5, to join White Dress and Wild at Heart as the holy trinity) 

     

    Honeymoon - 7 (without Freak and The Other Woman and a shorter running time, this would have been so much better)

     

    Let me know your thoughts 

     

    p.s this was supposed to be a new thread but ended up here ??‍♂️ 

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  15. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Chorli Xbox said:

    Lmao I'm not. It's clear I was talking mostly about production compared to her previous work and simplistic/minimalistic production is not even a bad thing, so why are you even putting it like that? I'm not saying the albums were lazy or not well done? It's very obvious that both NFR (as a whole album) and COCC have a more minimalistic approach in terms of production than the hundreds of layers of instruments Ultraviolence,  Honeymoon, Lust For Life etc has. (Excluding Venice Bitch)

     

    I disagree. Firstly, NFR and Chemtrails have completely different production, the latter being more simplistic (although minimalist is what I would use personally).

     

    With strings on NFR, like 300 guitars on VB, surf drums on FILY, jingle bells on Disappear, etc - there's so much going on on NFR production wise. It just isn't 'simplistic'.

     

    If anything, most of Ultraviolence features a standard rock band type of production - a few guitars, bass, drums and a singer, drenched in reverb. 

     

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  16. Posted

    6 minutes ago, nowyoudo said:

    Such a pretty album, it's prettiness goes along with Honeymoon and NFR. I am very pleased with the full album. Thank You and Congrats Lana!:wub::legend:

     

    Glad you love it. :) I rank it second right now i think. i do love ultraviolence, but the bonus tracks are some of her worst songs ever, and i detest the other woman. the rare lana song i can't listen to past the 10 second mark

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  18. Posted

    5 minutes ago, Chorli Xbox said:

    Jeez, no need to act like that. The production is definitely minimalistic and simplistic compared to her other albums imo? Not saying there is something wrong with that, just elaborating that is why it might not click for me but ok

     

    there's nothing simplistic about tracks like The Greatest or Venice Bitch, and especially not a 1 hour long record that touches upon so many themes and production styles. 

     

     You're using the word incorrectly, and devaluating the artists' contribution - simply because it doesn't work for you. Let me know which part of this statement is untrue?

    45 minutes ago, Doll Harlow said:

     

    when the video for Bartender exists?

     

     

    Hey! Go easy on Bart-t-tender:)

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  19. Posted

    23 minutes ago, Chorli Xbox said:

    I'm so sad that this album doesn't click for me... It's just boring and plain to me. I loved all of Lana's albums, NFR was great but felt simplistic to me (but still her best, don’t get me wrong), and I was already afraid she would make the production etc more simplistic.

     

    Idk, maybe I'm just more a production whore than I thought I was. I really loved the cinematic theme of Honeymoon, trap inspired L4L, psychedelic rock Ultraviolence, dark and modern BTD+Paradise and raw yet simplistic NFR. This album feels like a more empty version of NFR to me :(

     

    you should really google the word 'simplistic' before sticking it everywhere. peace 

    53 minutes ago, Lentilus said:

    So Madonna really acknowledges Lana!!:trisha:

    NEWS. Where?

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  20. Posted

    13 minutes ago, BBMgirl said:

    whew, this has been the only Lana record which im genuinely conflicted in; 

     

    one one hand, i adore the lyrics and constant growth it reflected, along with the unexpected vocals and production shifts, keeping each song as a constant surprise to the listener and of course the toned down, raw n folky sound all throughout the project

    but on the other hand, i cant ignore some things that blatantly ruin the experience for me: I generally hate shorter albums, so when this project ended, unlike her previous records, i was left wanting soooo much more, like atleast 3 more tracks (and the shorter track lengths didn't help in that regard oop). Also, I had this feeling of "is this it?" towards the end of the album. I wanted something more experimental here and there, just a bit, something more unique/ different to Nfr, as Lana re-invents herself so much with each era and stuff.

     

    I know my expectations were maybe too high, but as an NFR stan, i was sad to see a lottttt of stripped folk ballads and just a couple hidden gems (in terms of production). its a crime that there weren't more songs like DBJAG or TJF, or a more folk rock type of song (even dealer would've been so unique and different ughh). that'd add so much sauce into an already sauced up project ^^ I really dont blame jack for the production (unlike some of yall dumbos), as the sound of the album was obvi Lana's choice, but yeah.. idk.

    the entire project feels like NFR's younger sister, less polished but still following the footstep's of a great, great thing.

     

    overall, i appreciated most tracks, with BUS and DTWD being growers and LMLYLAW being the only "eh" song

    I must admit that in my 1st listen, I was so so furious and underwhelmed with the album, but i knew deep down that lana's music slowly grows on you, and once she does, she goes hard, and i was 10000% right, hehe.

     

    My top 3 on COCC are:

    1) TITLE TRACK

    2) YOSEMITE

    3) WAH

    (i'm such a sucker for rick nowels production, oh my, so yosemite was a definite standout for me. cossing my fingers that she works with him in the next album!!)


    so strange how people have completely different opinions.

     

    for me, it's her sweetest and most cohesive record.

     

    like if dorothy gale made an album at 35 travelling the mid west.

     

    and yes, it's very languid and summertime sadness fans will be like wtf. But the whole point of the record is lana making the kind of music she wants to make and thinks is good and escaping the constrains of the music industry and the public,

     

    I play it in the car and just enjoy the ride. Go to a diner, chill out. It's just a meditative Americana record about finding oneself. It's simple (one-note some would say), but that's its charm

     

    you can always go to other records, not every one will be for you it's fine

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  21. Posted

    3 hours ago, Enchanted Mansion said:

     

    It's an album that is difficult to access when you know the girl's background.

     

    I'll try to listen to it again tonight with a more relaxed vibe in my bed, hope I like it :(

     

    In any case I hope that she will fire this Jack for her next album and will reconnect with Rick N., Emile H, Dan H. and Dan A all these beautiful people who know what she is worth. This girl needs heavy tortured instrumentals to bring out her voice.


    Please no more Reverb Rick.

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  22. Posted

    13 minutes ago, BlueJeans said:

    Yeaaah the song is beautiful but the video doesn't do it for me. Beautiful colors and setting and I loved the idea of Lana skating. Then it looks obvious that it's a stunt double (fair enough, but I want more Lanz, is all). I miss the days when you knew that a LDR music video would be a visual experience. And I'm not gonna lie: Chemtrails was a great return to form. But anyway, this doesn't take away anything from the gorgeous song. I just don't think I'll watch its music video very often...


    yeh the video is meh. It will get like 3 million views. Gone are the days of BTD and UV videography. But it dont matter cuz the song is GOLD.

    3 hours ago, Deadly Cruel Girl said:

     

    Yeah it's pretty awful. I agree it might be the worst of her entire catalogue. The only part I like is the modeling skating beautifully in the highway. but oh well, I didn't expect much.

     


    no let me love you was way worse. Shot in her car and edited on imovie in an hour

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  24. Posted

    17 minutes ago, lover said:

    hope everyone is enjoying the record as much as i am! i'm curious to know - what do you think about the track listing and in what order do you listen to the tracks? do you like the original one or have you created a one for yourself? do you have songs that you think need to be listened side by side?

    and since no one asked, here's mine:

      Reveal hidden contents

    1. let me love you like a woman

    2. chemtrails over the country club

    3. tulsa jesus freak

    4. wild at heart

    5. not all who wander are lost

    6. dark but just a game

    7. breaking up slowly

    8. white dress

    9. yosemite

    10. dance till we die

     

    i like for free, but i have difficulties placing her covers to the tracklists so for now it works as the closer, but i tend to skip it tbh

    even though i can see why lmlylaw wouldn't work very well as a single, i definitely think that it sounds great as the album opener, an intro to the title track. "i'm ready to leave LA" / "i'm on the run with you, my sweet love"


     

    the track listing works perfectly for me.

     

    White dress is an amazing opener, and for free a great closer. It's all thematically connected and only gets a bit tiredsome towards the ends as 3-4 songs are super languid. But the bridge in Dance breaks it up a bit.

     

    there are no awful tracks either like freak on hm or coachella on lfl

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