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Lana Del Rey: "I'm generous and put unreleased songs on my album which my fans like the most"
Ungrateful fans:  " She uses these songs only as fillers"

Lana Del Rey: "I'm generous and put unreleased songs on my album which my fans like the most"
Ungrateful fans:  " She uses these songs only as fillers"

Lana Del Rey: "I'm generous and put unreleased songs on my album which my fans like the most"
Ungrateful fans:  " She uses these songs only as fillers"

Lana Del Rey: "I'm generous and put unreleased songs on my album which my fans like the most"
Ungrateful fans:  " She uses these songs only as fillers"

Lana Del Rey: "I'm generous and put unreleased songs on my album which my fans like the most"
Ungrateful fans:  " She uses these songs only as fillers"

Two things can be true at once! She can include songs she’s already made in this album as “filler”, but there’s reasons as to why she selected these songs and not others.

I feel like so many people on LB love Thunder! (Not just me, ignore my username, it weakens my argument)

I'm sure she has more accounts we don't know and maybe it's good we don't know them all.

Now listen to me... she is not lazy... every song that she chose to put on this album its somehow a important part of her life. Living Legend is the song she wrote for a friend. Color Blue is one of the last songs she wrote to Barrie (her biggest relationship so far) cherry blossom is one of the very first songs she ever wrote. Thunder is a fan favorite since the day it leaked. And dealer fits well with her past of drugs. She is smart.
 
 

I think she always wanted to release these songs but never had the chance, because they were out of concept with COCC, NFR and so on. Now she has an album for ballads and slower songs, where they finally fit. It must be hard for an artist to produce very good stuff which never sees the daylight.

I think she always wanted to release these songs but never had the chance, because they were out of concept with COCC, NFR and so on. Now she has an album for ballads and slower songs, where they finally fit. It must be hard for an artist to produce very good stuff which never sees the daylight.

I think she always wanted to release these songs but never had the chance, because they were out of concept with COCC, NFR and so on. Now she has an album for ballads and slower songs, where they finally fit. It must be hard for an artist to produce very good stuff which never sees the daylight.

I think she always wanted to release these songs but never had the chance, because they were out of concept with COCC, NFR and so on. Now she has an album for ballads and slower songs, where they finally fit. It must be hard for an artist to produce very good stuff which never sees the daylight.

I think she always wanted to release these songs but never had the chance, because they were out of concept with COCC, NFR and so on. Now she has an album for ballads and slower songs, where they finally fit. It must be hard for an artist to produce very good stuff which never sees the daylight.

'Text Book' and 'Blue Banisters' are ahead of their time and her best songs ever.

Lana could have released an 11-track album if she had wanted to. Living Legend was written for a motherly figure; Cherry Blossom is a lullaby to an unborn child. Thematically both songs are connected to the darkness of Wildflower Wildfire and could also be connected to the potential sweetness (sisterly/familial love?) of Sweet Carolina. I don't see how they're out of place. And I certainly wouldn't jump into conclusions about the "cohesiveness" of the album until I get the chance to listen to the entire album in sequence and fill in the gaps. 
 
 

Why are we acting like we know Lana and her life/story on a deeply personal level? I don't think any of us really have a right to say that the demo songs aren't part of that, especially since a lot of them do revolve around similar themes to what she has shared with us over the past year or so. I understand that it's a bit frustrating since it's 4 songs we've already heard + 4 singles, meaning we only have 5 new songs (6 if you include Dealer), but I don't know. For me, I just don't feel like it's right to decide whether or not the decision to put the unreleased songs on the album was a good one or not until I hear the album in full. 

I just wanted to say that ‘Blue Banisters’ title track is one of her top three... although I hate the name (the ‘blue’ is overused)... the song itself is amazing, it is the absolute epitome of trying your best to remain strong but somewhat failing no matter what needing the help from close ones... it’s something no artist talks about in this damned industry.. it’s okay to get help from others.. sometimes are burdens are too heavy to carry and we can’t help but depend... idk it’s just so.. magic. Touches right to the heart and soul.... false hope is a dangerous thing to have.. we all have it at some point. 
 
also the imagery in the changing of seasons.. beautiful

Arcadia really grew on me.
While it started out as "a nice ballad", I think that within the context of the album its (sonical) softness will kinda be like a juxtaposition of the darker and harsher undertones of the other songs. Kinda like David Lynch put puffy Julee Cruise  ballads in between raw and violent moments of Twin Peaks.

Yayo Paradise is definitely the best version of the song we have and here's why:
 
Okay so I know many people don't favour this one, however, I feel Lana really captures the ethereal essence of the meaning of the song as well as the sound. Her voice is mimicking the lyrics "You are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night" - The Paradise vocals truly capture the sound of Lana's reverbed vocals being in that yellow lit tunnel. Her voice is travelling all the way through that long tunnel and out the other end, hence why her enunciation is slow, unclear and reverberating on the Paradise version. This is quite clever, and although it may not have been planned, it certainly adds to the realistic charm of the song and the melancholic feel Lana is going for. Her wailing vocals are mimicking cries. They raise harshly ever so slightly, almost in a wailing manner (such as the way she sings "ink bluuuuue" and "you have to take me riggghhht now"), and then softly descend into a quiet tone on the end of each sentence. You hear that pain in her voice, but the pain is subtle. It's modest.
 
The piano is gentle, sweet, and reminiscent of 1960's romance scene. It's simplistic yet tastefully different. There's not an awful lot of complexity, but it's just enough to pull you in like a silk rope and make you melt into a sea of feathers. It has a girlish charm to it, and the music box/xylophone instrument that harmonize with the piano adds to this quality. That's something the AKA version lacks in my personal opinion. 
 
Why people say the Paradise version is overproduced, I'll never know. The instruments and vocals are rich and clear, but that doesn't equate to overproduction. This is a very important thing to remember when evaluating music, and I feel like people get this mixed up far too much.
 
This isn't to say the AKA version is bad, but to me it's just a more rugged/dirtier version of the song. It has nice synths and strings (which make it feel full and grand without being overly pretentious), and the echo of her singing "dark niiiggght" is an amazing touch, but personally Paradise Yayo will always come out on top for the reasons above. 
 
Above all, I don't like the compare AKA and Paradise Yayo too much. They're both great songs in their own right, however given the meaning behind the song, I feel like the Paradise production does it more justice and goes wonderfully on the Paradise EP. 

You gotta be smart……….
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and I’m a little smarty……

i hope  (wayamaya) goes viral bc she deserves it

'Text Book' and 'Blue Banisters' are ahead of their time and her best songs ever.

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i can't wait to hear the album version of living legend. i didn't expect it on the tracklist, so it was such a nice surprise, i love that song sooo much