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  1. Posted

    1 hour ago, barttttender said:

    Tough officially outstreams A&W on Spotify. Love Song, Old Money and Summer Bummer next, and then it's in Lana's top 50. It'll take at least two weeks to get there, though. It's gonna be tough (no pun intended).


    * Tough
    161,833,858    445,257
    A&W
    161,490,504    91,803
    This Is What Makes Us Girls
    160,355,417    53,624
    In My Feelings
    152,631,704    81,794
    Gods & Monsters
    151,320,787    75,689
    Freak
    149,667,449    75,604
    Money Power Glory
    148,057,811    56,935
    Music To Watch Boys To
    142,450,630    127,532

    :meltdown:

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  9. Posted

    8 hours ago, Lasso said:

     

    When I think of Gothic the first thing that comes to mind is Gothic architecture, so that kinda confuses me as well. 

    Gothic architecture was a prevalent style in Europe in the Middle Ages, and it was associated with the Germanic tribes that settled when the Roman Empire fell - like Franks, Burgundians and Goths. Then the Renaissance guys gave it a negative connotation when they decided that Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, art and way of living was better. Because Gothic was often associated with darkness and superstition. Then, after the Enlightment period, the Romantics wanted to bring Gothic back, and they did so mostly through literature, in works like Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, etc. 

    But that all happened in Europe, so what does it have to do with Southern Gothic? Really not much :horror2:

     

    Gothic style got to the USA a little late in relation to Europe, and it coincided with the aftermath of the civil war. In Europe, it was usually dark castles, mad scientists, superstition, ghosts,  supernatural forces, and fear of the unknown. USA authors added other layers to it. Instead of an old, dark castle, the setting was an old, decrepit plantation. So, Southern Gothic literature from the late 19th and early 20th century deals with the dark themes that concerned the USA in those times - death, religion, generational trauma, assault, violence, mental illness, poverty, and racism. Which is why I said in some other thread, that Lana's most Southern Gothic work, thematically, was Ocean Blvd, even if it wasn't necessarily in the Southern USA.  (A&W, Fingertips, Kintsugi, Judah Smith Interlude, even Fishtail - all deal with some of these Southern Gothic  themes.) ETA: Zodiac too omfg that's one of her darkest songs ever.

     

    Someone pls correct me if I'm wrong, this is just me speaking from some literature knowledge I have.

     

    So idk what tf she means with Southern Gothic. I've seen many users saying that a good example of Southern Gothic music is Ethel Cain. I read the lyrics to her album and I agree. It's dark, grotesque and disturbing. But that makes no sense for Lana imo, because she said the album was a heavy departure from her latest ones. So it makes no sense that she would go for these heavy themes again.

    So, my best guess would be that the album sounds and looks Gothic (like a dark swamp witch aesthetic, with eerie vibes) and it happens to be set in the South (since she lives there now), and she's using the expression Southern Gothic very loosely. Bc there's no way she's singing about all that again. 

     

    Sorry for the essay, the caffeine just kicked in and I have a lot of free time this morning lmao :thumb3:

    maybe she thinks of Gothic country , which is also called 'Southern Gothic'

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  11. Posted

    30 minutes ago, Bonita said:

    Saw this on twitter this morning and checked if the comment is there and it was, 

     

    https://x.com/lanitarosay/status/1852133620929958006?s=46&t=0srm3drukrUy6EkA4PklpA 

     

    To me this is really reassuring like yeah it's unfortunate that she won't get to explore the genre now so she doesn't seem like she's bandwagoning but if anything this really reminds me of the shift from Tropico to Ultraviolence. I've never doubted her and I can't wait to see what she cooks up :wub:

    lol, she wanted to switch to country music because it was a trend in music industry, and now they wonder why so many other musicians decided to do the same?

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  15. Posted

    5 minutes ago, lakeemmahottie said:

    WHERE CAN I LISTEN I NEED TO HEAR IT NOW I'VE HAVENT BEEN SLEEPING RECENTLY AND IDK IF I CAN STAY UP FOR IT WITHOUT PASSING OUT

     urban vpn (firefox or chrome plugin) +  youtube

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  18. Posted

    idk, comparing singles to album songs is like comparing apples to oranges and Tough is almost the only new release in 2024

    it's clearly doing better than Take Me Home, but it was also released with more promotion

    it's been four months since the release and Let The Light In had more daily streams after five months https://web.archive.org/web/20230820102340/https://kworb.net/spotify/artist/00FQb4jTyendYWaN8pK0wa_songs.html (SYTH at this point had the same total streams after three months and still over 1 million daily streams for the next months), and it falls behind Margaret in daily streams, another non-single from the album that had been released more than a year earlier :um:

    also, A&W is a 7-minute song and not as optimised for streaming as Tough at 3 minutes

     

    and if you want to compare Tough to Love or other older songs in terms of total streams, please bear in mind that Spotify's monthly active users have doubled since 2020 and quadrupled since 2017 : https://backlinko.com/spotify-users

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