Jeanne Dielman

A&W makes it into my top 5 songs from Lana’s entire discography and Venice Bitch makes it into my top 10. Maybe if I’m vibing extra hard, it’ll make my top 5. Both are masterpieces and I’m excited for these long, career defining tracks to continue 

Streams always drop on Saturdays (and Sundays), so it’ll probably rise on Monday. Still, this is her best performing song on the platform to date. 

Venice Bitch is my favourite song of all time but it's not really possible to fairly compare them at this point, A&W has had 5 days, Venice Bitch has had almost 4.5 years. Both are absolutely career-defining songs that do really unique things and further prove Lana as an artist like no other. 
 
They're also polar opposites in a really interesting complimentary way. A&W has this frantic urgency to it and a real darkness beneath the surface, where Venice Bitch feels like an entire life distilled into a song and has this hynotic meandering quality to it. I love both songs so much 

Impossible  hard to choose, two career defining tracks. 
 
I think A&W does more lyrically, and VB does more sonically, even though it is more subtle.
 
I think seeing how A&W plays its part in the context of the album will be fascinating. 

A&W gagged everyone so much it feels like the whole album was released 

The interesting fact is that A&W is much less listed than the title track on Apple Music. It’s intentionally less pushed. I’m wondering, this song is getting a WW treatment, because it’s very very personal and explicit. 

let this woman sleep. she's tired of having on her back music industry.

Streams always drop on Saturdays (and Sundays), so it’ll probably rise on Monday. Still, this is her best performing song on the platform to date. 

Streams always drop on Saturdays (and Sundays), so it’ll probably rise on Monday. Still, this is her best performing song on the platform to date. 

Streams always drop on Saturdays (and Sundays), so it’ll probably rise on Monday. Still, this is her best performing song on the platform to date. 

Would be more fair to count the streamed minutes. Triple the number to get a fair comparison with all the other two-minute songs high up in the charts.

Streams always drop on Saturdays (and Sundays), so it’ll probably rise on Monday. Still, this is her best performing song on the platform to date. 

Streams always drop on Saturdays (and Sundays), so it’ll probably rise on Monday. Still, this is her best performing song on the platform to date. 

It's fake. Someone pretended they got sent the album. That part of the pre-release cycle! 

Streams always drop on Saturdays (and Sundays), so it’ll probably rise on Monday. Still, this is her best performing song on the platform to date. 

Oh believe me, me too! I can't stand when people are like this is going to be her first true album since NFR!! Like what...Chemtrails and Blue Banisters are both essential albums, and I don't think Lana would be at a point to write a song like A&W without exploring what she did on the last two albums. Everything she does builds upon what comes before it. I don't doubt for a second that in the future all her albums will be regarded highly for their own unique contributions to her story.

For sure. Just want to clarify to everyone in this thread that I'm not insinuating any of your love for the track is inauthentic. Just thinking hypothetically about the possibility of a much more mellow reaction to the track if it was, say, 5 minutes long and more like Cinnamon Girl than the song as it is now. I love the track, it's super unique and well crafted, I just find the American Whore section to be the heart and soul of the song.

I agree, all those songs are masterpieces too. But I really don't think people's love for A&W is inauthentic or just because they like to bop to the ending. Like maybe the length and the second half are what gets people talking, but then they're captivated by the whole thing and recognize it for how strong it is. If anything, it may convince some of those people to dive deeper into Lana's work and discover songs like White Dress, Chemtrails, etc. I think this album in general is going to open a lot of people's eyes to Lana and she's going to be respected on a larger scale.

A lot of people who I know who don't care for Lana's music have really been loving it, and not just because of the second half. The first half is some of her best songwriting ever, the guitar and piano work is just sublime and her performance is so captivating. I think it makes sense that this song is hitting so hard. Not to say that all her music doesn't because it does, but I think a lot of people don't take the time to properly listen to Lana so they dismiss her on a surface level, but A&W kind of demands to be heard and is catching people's attentions quicker. 

Honestly, fuck patty

people are already starting to dismiss a&w saying that people are only liking it because it's different than the piano ballads she's been making since 2019 and i have to disagree. like even if it was only the american whore part it honestly still would be in my top 10 or somewhere around there. the melodic work, lyrical content and production is just too good

I know that Jack was probably just referring to Lana's instagram username, but I really am getting a "Honeymoon from hell" vibe, with a little bit of Jack's Norman touch on top. Both albums have grand, lush orchestras, a little bit of an outlier (High by the Beach and A&W), super introspective and poetic, etc. 

The Grants - 4:57
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - 4:45
Sweet - 3:35
A&W - 7:13
Judah Smith Interlude - 4:36
Candy Necklace - 5:14
Jon Batiste Interlude - 3:33
Kintsugi - 6:18
Fingertips - 5:48
Paris, Texas - 3:26
Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing - 4:00
Let The Light In - 4:38
Margaret - 5:39
Fishtail - 4:02
Peppers - 4:08
Taco Truck x VB - 5:53
 
@Fingertips @GeminiLanaFan You’re so fast, lol! 

The Grants - 4:57
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - 4:45
Sweet - 3:35
A&W - 7:13
Judah Smith Interlude - 4:36
Candy Necklace - 5:14
Jon Batiste Interlude - 3:33
Kintsugi - 6:18
Fingertips - 5:48
Paris, Texas - 3:26
Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing - 4:00
Let The Light In - 4:38
Margaret - 5:39
Fishtail - 4:02
Peppers - 4:08
Taco Truck x VB - 5:53
 
@Fingertips @GeminiLanaFan You’re so fast, lol! 

1,865,749 unfiltered streams on Day 3. Already 300,000 streams ahead of Ocean Blvd. This *is* performing well! Can’t wait for miss Sweet to snatch our wigs with 100M streams on Day 1 when the album is released.