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Black Beauty vs Black Bathing Suit

“Blue Banisters” is such a perfect and iconic title.
Blue = sad  : Banisters = something we hold on to —> sad things in life we rely on/hold on/ not ready to let go. 
It’s basically a reflection of the album’s inner meaning.
 
Her mind 

The word BLUE is mentioned in 6 songs on this album and she says it a total number of 25 times.

I want to share my little story with you if you may:
 
My grandmother died of Covid in April. I lived with her all my life, I used to put her to bed every night and I never forgot to say 'good night, sleep tight' always fearing that it might be the last time. Her death is something that still makes me cry like a child. So last night I was in the bathroom, crying my heart out because I miss her and I didn't get the chance to say goodbye, I couldn't see her because of Covid restrictions. I asked God for a sign, I prayed and I told him to send my a butterfly to let me know that she's alright. Today after lunch I went outside to have a smoke, Blue Banisters playing with my headphones on, and there was the butterfly. It stared flying all over me while I was standing on the grass when Beautiful started playing. I couldn't help crying. I'm going to keep this moment in my heart forever. Don't know if it was just a coincidence, I don't care, I needed it and I choose to believe! Beautiful now has a special meaning for me, I will never forget it. My heart is so full right now. Hopefully someday I get the chance to meet Lana just to thank her. 

I feel like Lana really loves the blue-profile album cover. It seems to have some sort of significance to her, as she commented “A picture is worth a thousand words” on Neil’s post of it, and only that photo. She also told Brian, the fan in the livestream, to not worry about getting the vinyl, and to get only that vinyl variant if they had to.
 
Looking at it, it is such an impactful, defiant, and stunning shot — but upon closer inspection, you can see it looks like there’s something out there in the distance that appears troubling to her, and I think that perfectly sums up the place she’s at in this record. The album is a portrait of her, essentially, and is born out of her experiences, so I actually think this cover is a direct representation of the record, and is worth the thousands of words she wrote on this album. 

I'll pray for you 
 

So don't write me a letter
I'll always be right here
Closer to you than your next breath, my dear 
 

EXACTLY ME 

"And God, does it sound sweet,
  like it's playing just for me"

100 million percent. It's like it took the full year of twists and turns to fully mature and then enter the world at the precise correct moment.
 
If it had come out alongside car selfie and summer heat waves... no that would've felt COMPLETELY different.
 
I feel the social media deletion is playing a role as well in how emotional this album feels. That feeling when Arcadia arrived and it all suddenly had the air of a goodbye.
The album is dripping with raw emotion, reflection, vulnerability, tenderness. This is the right time of year, and the right time in lana's story for this.

Here we go again bashing other female artists just because their fans are being annoying 

text book's transitions/tempo changes 
 
arcadia's old hollywood vibes 
 
dealer's smokey lounge vibes 
 
the entirety of black bathing suit 

This album is so so good. I can’t even pick my top songs because they are all so worthy. Listening on repeat all day, every day. 

Anyways, and now I’m being serious, I don’t care about sales that much. I was just asking & wanting to have some chat with you, especially cuz marketing is a field that captures my attention (also in my professional life). But in the end it’s really not relevant! Not at all! Of course I’m happy if Lana has recognition because I do believe that she is tremendously underrated, and it’s fun to break records, but at the same time I know that what matters is the music… and about that, my friends, we ALWAYS win. It is a very superficial, post-modern liquid behavior to associate one’s talent with their commercial success. It is so, so dumb. I would always rather have commercial flops but excellent albums than the contrary.
Thanks for your attention, end of my little TEDTalk 
Now everyone go back streaming Sweet Carolina and cry 

Yes! Hearing her talk about her favorite songs on the album, and the songs she specifically referenced… Arcadia, Living Legend, Cherry Blossom, Nectar of the Gods, Dealer… It’s clear that she loves these songs and wasn’t just throwing them onto the album for the hell of it. I was actually surprised she was talking about and referencing the older songs so much! I’m happy they found a home.

I can’t believe I didn’t like this when it leaked
 
i think I was just in a bad mood
 
literally every song is a 10
 
when will I escape her grasp over my mind
 

Violets for roses has me in a hold right now. Haven’t been able to get it out my head. It’s such a delicious song 
 
 
 

Fucking hate TikTok, but can’t deny how much of a powerhouse it is. Dealer is charting… 😱

I have an unhealthy relationship with If You Lie Down With Me 

Insiders shitting on Dealer and leaking it as “the worst song ever” really clowned themselves huh

It's still so weird & surreal to listen to these songs on LDR's "official" Youtube Channel at this point 
 
 

just moved into my new apartment, introducing myself to the neighbours by blasting BB over and over again, windows open 

when dealer starts doing 2m streams a day and the album goes number one with 80k sales