Jeanne Dielman

We're getting a near 80-minute long album?! FJM being yet another "feature" on this album that isn't really featured, lmao?!

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd's unfiltered streams on Spotify: Day 1 - 1,433,900 (partial) Day 2 - 2,249,393 Day 3 - 1,718,111 Day 4 - 1,239,731 TOTAL: 6,641,135 It's a decent drop, although sadly I'm expecting roughly 900k streams on Sunday. It'll increase on Monday though. It's still performing exceptionally well given the circumstances (Christmas songs + SZA + no MV + surprise drop + no social media promo), especially compared to previous buzz and lead singles. Day 4: Watercolour Eyes: 1,283,156 streams (it was a Monday though when Lana's streams typically go up) Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd: 1,239,731 streams Chemtrails over the Country Club: 971,876 streams (Thursday) Dealer: 801,946 streams (another Monday, 4 days after the release of the album with the song going viral on TikTok) White Dress: 747,185 streams (ditto without the viral part lol) Let Me Love You Like a Woman: 610,229 streams Arcadia: 530,608 streams Anyway, this should do around 9,5M streams in its first week!

Updated unfiltered Spotify streams: Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Day 1: 1,433,900 Day 2: 2,249,393 Day 3: 1,718,11 TOTAL: 5,401,404

Hmmm...BOZ said that the song is not what we expect at all, used the quotation marks when he mentioned the "collaboration", and also said that he wants to listen to it more before he writes about it. I guess this might be one of the unconventional tracks of the album or/and Tommy's contribution must be quite unexpected.

The pastor interlude

Lovely quiz! LMAO, I got The Well of Thought as well.

It's extremely stable, actually! It did 1,605,100 streams on a Friday (there's always a drop in weekends) without MV/airplay/social media promo and with the release of all the new SZA songs. Yesterday I said that it'll be a sign of strength and stability if she manages to get more than 1,500,000 streams. (filtered streams on Spotify) Let Me Love You Like A Woman Day 1: 1,654,620 (full day) Day 2: 859,885 Day 3: 598,289 Chemtrails Over The Country Club Day 1: 668,820 (partial) Day 2: 1,693,873 Day 3: 1,202,610 Arcadia Day 1: 427,088 (partial) Day 2: 866,277 Day 3: 835,218 Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Day 1: 1,355,631 (partial) Day 2: 2,008,742 Day 3: 1,605,100

BOZ said that The Grants should have been the album title, as well as the track that should be featured in the album trailer (that will never be made lol) . So I highly doubt that this is going to be a "simple" piano ballad about her family like Sweet Carolina (which is a song that I absolutely adore by the way). I also agree with those of you who said that she'll probably talk about her ancestors. Anyway, she never disappoints with opening tracks.

Well, BOZ said that there's a lot of variety on the album (+ that it's very wild), and Ed mentioned that there will be several musical surprises on it, so I'm pretty confident that we'll get something quite special. Lyrically, though, this sounds like the more refined/complete version of what Lana had in mind when she created COTCC and BB. Anyway, the song with the long title sounds extremely promising. Fingertips and A&W as well! I'm very curious about this oceanic vibe. Neil posted a wave emoji yesterday, so it might be a clue! Ugh, Waist deep in icy waves would be such an amazing title. I hope it's included! BOZ saying "collab" probably means that Tommy won't even be properly featured (sing/rap) on the track, lol.

https://twitter.com/chartlana/status/1601323029480767488 She fucking did it! No social media; no promo; no MV. EDIT: Oh, I just saw @Marius' post about this, lol! Anyway, this is amazing! NFR had a full first day btw, while these are DYKTATUOB's second-day streams!

A&W or fingertips. But it could also be Track 16 (I have a feeling it might be the "magic moment" track Antonoff referred to in April). Anyway, I'm so glad that we're getting many (very!) long songs with this album. All her long(-ish) tracks are amazing. By the way, did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd did 2,249,393 streams (unfiltered) on Spotify yesterday. I think it might have topped NFR (title track) in terms of total streams after all?!

A slim one, depending on how the song will perform this weekend. Its streams will inevitably drop tomorrow (it always happens in the weekends + SZA is going to dominate the charts), but hopefully not too much. It'll be a sign of great stability if it does 1,500,000 streams on Friday! Anyway, stream the track darlings.

The performance of Lana's latest singles on Spotify: Let Me Love You Like A Woman Day 1: 1,654,620 Day 2: 859,885 Day 3: 598,289 Day 4: 610,229 TOTAL = 3,727,023 Chemtrails Over The Country Club Day 1: 668,820 (partial) Day 2: 1,693,873 Day 3: 1,202,610 Day 4: 971,876 TOTAL = 4,537,179 Arcadia Day 1: 427,088 (partial) Day 2: 866,277 Day 3: 835,218 Day 4: 530,608 TOTAL = 2,659,191 Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Day 1: 1,355,631 (partial) Day 2: 2,008,742 Lol, this is kind of insane. A surprise drop + no social media to promote + no MV. If this keeps performing well this weekend, it could crack BB Hot 100.

Confirmed playlists on Spotify USA so far: Chill Pop - #1 New Music Friday - #4 All New Indie - #4 Teen Beats - #5 Fresh & Chill - #7 Hot Hits USA - #8 Pop Rising - #12

We don't know the lengths, but BOZ said on Twitter that many songs on the album are very long and structurally unconventional!

I just bought all the vinyl variants (along with the CD). I've never done this before, lol, but I couldn't resist. The artwork is fantastic.

Yikes. I wonder how many times he's condemned Lana for living with her random boyfriends btw.

Going from an allegedly wild track named American Whore to an interlude that includes her pastor's speech to potentially gospel/jazz-influenced tracks co-written by Jon Batiste will certainly be a ride, lol. I hope that the interlude will be in the vein of Violet and the pastor's speech is something strictly philosophical/spiritual. I doubt the Genesis track will be an interlude though. Hermosa is also credited as a co-writer, and Lana said that the Hermosa tracks were the first ones she worked on for this record. I think that the other interlude will be track 10 (SYML) or 11 (RIOPY).

Exactly. Also, Watercolor Eyes had a full first day of tracking, while only 8 hours were counted for Ocean Blvd. I hope that the song will be added on several playlists on Spotify and the gays on TikTok make it go viral, because the potential is there.

I found Arcadia's Spotify streams: And DYKTATUOB's partial total: 1,355,631 streams.

He also said that she should have named the album The Grants, so I suppose it should be a really special opener.

Many of the new songs are very long AND unconventional? Anyway, it's interesting that Lana only mentioned FJM singing with her on the album. I wonder if Batiste, Tommy, and The Bleachers only serve background vocals or perhaps they only have writing credits and she decided to give them the "feature" treatment (see SYML).

He said that it’s « fucking wild » and the sounds they came up with are « unprecedented » compared to their previous work together. It could be a disaster, but it certainly sounds interesting.

People clutching their pearls and jumping into conclusions about the overall sound and direction of LDR9 despite the fact that BOZ said that the album is «so wild that he couldn’t believe that he loved it that much» and that it has a lot of variety and lush instrumentation is just sending me. Not to mention that she’s working with several new people on this record (Batiste, Genesis, etc.). It’s pretty obvious that she’s currently fond of a more mellow/grounded/subtle sound and focuses on her conversational/free-flowing poetic lyricism, but there is space for sonic experimentation - see BOZ’s description of A&W - and vocal as well (White Dress on COCC; Sweet Carolina and Arcadia on BB). I happen to be a fan of her latest records, probably because I prefer my music sparser. Hopefully this new body of work is cohesive and showcases artistic growth. Pitchfork’s review was to-the-point: the title track is an admittedly dreamier and more lush version of her latest style, sure, but it also reveals little details in its sonic direction and influences - the sigh of relief; the celebratory choir; the tiny mumbling; the buildup; the crescendo of warmth -, as well as in its lyrics - the writing is far more layered and, dare I say, contradictory than expected: it’s both nostalgic and mournful; its deceptively straightforward metaphors about the fleetingness of life, forgotten spaces and blurry memories are quite devastating, because they can be interpreted in different ways, and I suppose they will be further illuminated by the overall concept and direction of the album. I don’t know, I’m quite optimistic about the final result. But I’ll reserve my judgment until I get to listen to the entire record.