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@lustforlife would you say BBS is the Cherry/TJF/Cinnamon Girl of the album?
 
I promise this is my last damn question!

We know so very little about the middle section... The fact that even insiders are refusing to be too explicit about what they share on that part of album is very telling. We might be in for a treat 

We know so very little about the middle section... The fact that even insiders are refusing to be too explicit about what they share on that part of album is very telling. We might be in for a treat 

I'm claiming Black Bathing Slay from now on 

We know so very little about the middle section... The fact that even insiders are refusing to be too explicit about what they share on that part of album is very telling. We might be in for a treat 

We know so very little about the middle section... The fact that even insiders are refusing to be too explicit about what they share on that part of album is very telling. We might be in for a treat 

We know so very little about the middle section... The fact that even insiders are refusing to be too explicit about what they share on that part of album is very telling. We might be in for a treat 

I'm claiming Black Bathing Slay from now on 

same here 

I'm claiming Black Bathing Slay from now on 

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

beautiful is a ballad with rock surf influences 
bbs is intersting... a surprise 

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

she said imma run ya over w a train w the alt cover 
choo choo bitch 

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

Sorry to be bothering you with questions yet again @lustforlife... I'm sure you're getting a lot of these and I apologize in advance to add even more pressure to the mix.
 
But I just can't stop thinking about Black Bathing Suit. What can you tell us about it? I'll settle for anything you might wanna share!
 
And btw thank you so much for the info you've been spilling. Something about the way you word it makes it feel more intimate and tender.

Yes! To me, it’s perfect. It starts the album off on quite a simple but stark note with the line, “I guess you could call it text book....” - almost as if she’s prefacing everything she’ll discuss on this album, like this is my story that you’ve been skeptical of over the years, here’s what it really is and why it’s been polarizing - it’s a classic text book case but maybe that very fact is what you need to realize to understand me. Plus, sonically, I think it probably foreshadows the sound of this album (a perfect blend between something bluesy and something more piano-ballad-driven). 

I feel like BB is closing this arc of critical turbulence she's been caught in since NFR (both the initial good will she finally had and then losing much of it so soon after) and revisiting that similar turmoil at the beginning of her career with BTD, and I think she means very deliberately for this whole thing to be very profound and /final/ in a sense. Like, this is her processing her trauma of being Lana Del Rey, from start to end, from Video Games to Arcadia type of thing. 
 
So I would be very interested to see where she goes next. I think NFR-COCC-BB is comparable to her BTD-UV-HM run; an overarching era with some very distinct personal disposition that comes out in the content of each album, e.g. what she sings about and her style of storytelling, the imagery she uses etc. I expect the next album to be very very very different, perhaps less immediately intimate. 

I've been trying to decipher how Lana is going to tell her story and this is what I came up with:
 
Text Book, Blue Banisters and Arcadia operate as a form of introduction - a prologue to the story Lana wants to share with us. Text Book is not an accessible or particularly "welcoming" opener - it's lyrically dense and complex, and the overall mood it evokes is quite cerebral. The opening line is perfect: this is really her story and she (finally) feels strong enough to tell it. The closing line implies repetition; a dead end. Blue Banisters is about healing and memories. The ghost of a lover still haunts her because the pain he inflicted on her remains unbearable. But she finds comfort in the company of her family and friends who try to heal her wounds even though they probably fail. But they're always there for her. They "fly to her to paint, paint...". There's something hopeful in the song, but Lana has to live with this pain - it'll never go away. Arcadia is one of her most lyrically subversive songs. What seems like a cheeky allegory and an apparent love letter to California becomes a slyly scathing critique against America and the criticism she's received throughout the years. In a way, these three tracks seem to define her current state of mind: the disappointments of love; the unfair criticism; the search for a safe haven - both literally and figuratively - in the world. 
 
@Thunder made some great points about the three-act structure of the album. Dealer is one of Lana's angriest and rawest songs. Thunder is both celebratory and a portrayal of (emotional) stagnancy. Wildflower Wildfire has some of the darkest and most confessional words Lana has ever written, but she finally finds hope. "It's you from whom I learn." This seems to be another critical transitional moment in the album - we finally dive into old UV outtakes. What is their purpose in the narrative? There is a lot of nostalgia in these songs, particularly Nectar of the Gods which ends with Lana feeling lost again. Living Legend and especially Cherry Blossom are sweeter, warmer songs. The fact that the final track, Sweet Carolina, is co-written by the father she "wanted back" (and finally found him) and her sister is very important. I think this will be a very emotional and highly personal ballad. Perhaps nothing has really changed in Lana's life. As Blue Banisters says, this "hole"/pain hasn't been healed and probably never will be. But she's found the support she needs - her father, her siblings, her best friends, her fans, her own self. These are her banisters.
 
So what should we expect from those mysterious tracks in the middle of the album? Black Bathing Suit, Beautiful, Violets for Roses, If You Lie Down With Me...these are very beautiful (pun intended!) and romantic or even sultry/inviting titles. But would such a direction make sense sonically and lyrically? How do we end up with the anger in tracks 9-11? Are these songs about her past? Could the titles be misleading? Is she going to go from something potentially sexy (Black Bathing Suit/If You Lie Down With Me) and pure (Beautiful/Violets for Roses) to something as lyrically dark and angry as Dealer? Could these tracks hold the key to fully understanding Lana's intentions? The fact that insiders avoid talking about these - sure, they want to leave us something to be excited about lol! - makes me think that they may be quite revealing and intense. 

everytime u come on here u spill
i still am not over the trio interlude. it’s so perfect and really makes sense to me in the context of the album and where it’s placed