bluechemtrails

If it was September 20th, Lana would have announced it already so others wouldn't get in the way. I think they are waiting for other musicians to announce and will adjust accordingly, maybe September is not a must and October also possible. September 20th now seems to be off the table.

interestingly, Capitol Records recently did a post on Tough https://www.instagram.com/p/C87hgGIx6pO/ On Spotify, however, the labels Quality Control Music / Motown Records are mentioned. QC was an imprint of Capitol until 2020, but is no longer, so it's a mystery to me why they feel connected to the song. P.S.: I see that they are distributing the vinyl, which confuses me even more https://shop.capitolmusic.com/collections/vinyl/products/quavo-x-lana-del-rey-tough-7

bad luck for Katy

Apart from what "insiders" say, what if many of the original songs have been retained? So let's say one third country covers, one third old folk and maybe only one third newly written songs?

She spoke about the covers album also in Mojo in April 2021. Unfortunately, I didn't find this interview online, but an indirect mention: https://www.nme.com/news/music/lana-del-rey-says-shes-recorded-a-cover-album-of-country-songs-2885186

Jack Donoghue is another follower of that account, so maybe it was his idea

I hope she makes the September release, because if it comes too late, it might not be the right mood for a country album and we'll have to wait another year (or until March like for Chemtrails).

Chemtrails wasn't bad, I just think the order of songs wasn't good, it goes straight down from best to worst. A better track order would certainly have done the album good.

with 4.8 million views, the video already has more than Candy Necklace (which clearly deserves better) next marks: 5.3 Take Me Home Audio 7 Blue Banisters 9.9 Arcadia 12 White Dress

this is not new, she followed months ago

Gladiator, Lord of the Rings (Pt. 1), Harry Potter

Dark City (leak it!)

Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

suspicious silence from Lana and her team after release , poor Quavo promoting all alone

she actually likes her music https://x.com/thepophive/status/1650492741858492420

66% of all votes https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-quavo-tough-best-new-music-poll-results-1235725864/

Just a thought: she's introduced two unusual genres with this song at once, country and rap/trap, which are notoriously unpopular with her fans (as you can see from COTCC and Groupie Love/Summer Bummer). So if anyone likes this, it's someone who listens to her first. I guess this song was just made to attract more new listeners who are usually into those two genres. It doesn't really fit into her discography so far, but for all that, the streaming numbers are pretty high.

in May

so not the big summer hit, but I still like the way Quavo celebrates it

maybe it's a bit deceptive, because many people are hearing the song for the first time and fans have probably listened to it several times already I think important is the replay value, i.e. how many people will still want to listen to the song in a week or two

so two Country songs so far and still no sign of Lasso but somehow I'm glad that Tough is not part of it we can still hope for Henry as lead single

I still believe in September (and a late lead single drop)

her power, even towns are renamed https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/gelsenkirchen-wird-in-swiftkirchen-umbenannt-100.html

there's a billboard vote for best new music and Tough is the clear leader https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/new-music-release-favorite-this-week-vote-1235725473/

here's a comparison pretty good, but more is possible with good positions in new music friday playlists