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The Companion. Super fun, clever, witty, insightful, well-acted. Not so sure about the last 10 mins or so, but overall a gem. 8/10.

She's definitely been over fame for a while now. It became obvious during NFR. Firstly, with songs like The greatest ("I miss doing nothing the most of all"). Then there was White Dress and wondering if she was 'better off' working as a waitress. And then there's contemplating family and what really matters in life on OB. ("I'm gonna take that too with me.") Her MV output has diminished and so has her posting on social. Her music overall is a lot less commerical-minded since LFL, BTD. And then there's the swamp lord from Louisiana and falling off the radar completely. The good news is: to make a living, she needs to put out music and perform at concerts like a circus monkey. So, April she will be alive again at least for a fleeting moment. She's giving Bob Dylan vibes more and more.

She'll prolly do Country Roads, the Elvis cover, a few tracks with Niki Lane and another country guest, and then still perform summertime sadness and other biggest hits. Maximum one new song like henry. Maximum i could tots see her doing bartender, aw and half her usual set. She doesn't give a f.

Edit: Murmurs from the Marsh or Stories from the Swamp With titles, you kinda want to have alliteration (Chemtrails over the Country Club).

Let me love you like a woman. That was... painful. Especially for a first single off a new record at the back of NFR. she said she thought the song will be "big for her." To this day, I have no idea why. It's so Lana by the books, and should have never been a single at all. Wild at Heart was better.

I used to think nothing can save the "live love lough" of the new record title. Not even interpunction or an expletive. But then, by the end of last year, some folks really disappointed me by not being the friends I thought they were, and I realised lana is once again making an album that will match my current era to a tee. She hasn't missed once. Like, i'm getting married this year, and she's just gotten married. We've been in sync since 2012 and I'm sure I'll relate to 99% of things she sings about, including the title.

Shall we do a ranking of these tracks (to pass the time)? Great or good: 1. Say Yes to Heaven 2. Tough 3. Snow on the Beach feat. More Lana 4. Hollywood Bowl 5. The Abyss Meh: 6. Country roads Pretty bad: 7. Blue Skies 8. Lost at sea Don't Even Remember These: 9. Alma mater 10. Suburban House 11. Life Lesson

That's crazy. There's an album's worth of tracks there. No wonder she's late with the actual album lmao.

The way Jack Antonoff doged bullets being asked about it in that interview.. He knew she was starting from scratch (like 5 years into it).

I'm fine with the Youtube version of that song. Any version. Fine China > Cherry Blossom, Living Legend, Text Book, and like half the songs on BB. Never understood why she keeps skipping FC

told y'all. She was only compensating for the september blip. I expect nothing till July.

i can understand that perspective. For me, gaga's abracadabra already sounds dated and it came out last week. I still like tough tho. tough like the stuff in grandpa's glass works well for me. Not a cliche and very country, which what they were going for. Kinda warm too, which is rare to hear in a bop (again, just look at abracadabra and the mumbo jumbo chorus there).

The funny thing is, it doesn't even sound like a big song for her. It sounds like a Chemtrails B side... Never a longer wait for something so minimal and subdued.

NFR still had The Next Best American record which was a 10 year old track that everyone had already heard. It didn't need to be there. As for OB, I always skip the interludes, Fingertips and Kintsugi. So, 12 woulda been more realistic for me. Everyone's dropping so many tracks per record (The Weeknd, Beyonce) to boost their streaming numbers. I'm glad Person isn't following that route. But, again, the songs better be fucking fire.

Not if it's got 9 minute bangers like VB or AW tho. Quality over quantity I say. We got an album with a bunch of recycled songs (BB) and that's fine. She can drop all the good unreleased one day when she's short of cash. We're not there yet.

Thanks for the recap. I can see why someone would say Henry is the change of the album. Nice little folk song, but a far cry from Video Games, West Coast, Ride, or even Love as the first single off a record. But who knows, maybe it's been reworked.

Honestly, she took that SNL thing way too seriously. If I were her, I'd be there next week poking fun of myself, by singing even worse. And then perform a total slay in the end with some high notes and just wink. Instead, Lana cancelled all her TV performances like forever. It's a tad childish. She wasn't so bad as much as people made her out to be, and she was beautiful. It was iconic.

what else did pantene say? I missed this and how credible Is this user?

her exact words were "the music industry is going country. We're going country." So it was never about "omg everyone's doing country now, so i shouldn't". Her album just wasn't working for whatever reason and she needs more time.

i'n cool with tough being on there for the streams and for having an upbeat song. Also, 12 songs is aok with me as long as there are no skips. OB could have been 4 tracks shorter easily.

It's fine, I'm down for it. But I get the sense she switched up the country vibes on the entire record to something else. We'll only know when Henry drops. I personally want more of a country meets rock sound with electric solo guitars, like this: https://youtu.be/Zv1Vvjur7uM?si=yHeV7pWgHSodW7iL

100%.

The thing is, OB the single dropped beginning of December. The album dropped end of March. So, first single four months ahead of the record. If "Stay" is indeed coming out May 21st, then we should be getting it in Feb. Now, the issue is we haven't got a single shred of evidence that May 21st is happening (aside from Lana saying so which means abs. nothing).

Well, it's Feb 14th where I live and no single.

shit. For a moment there, i moved