robertenglandgrant

Ok, so what are we theorizing about the ending? She said it would indicate "where we go from here" and I'm not sure if I really understood what she was going for. Unless we're meant to interpret it as her in Heaven, and that somehow being connected to "Say Yes to Heaven" since it's been reported she's releasing that?

Me in my delusion taking her note on the "where do we go from here ending" to indicate that the delay is related to ensuring that the follow up project is ready to go soon after the vid. If she chooses to use this as a way of introducing her next era (maybe the ending having the intro instrumentals of a new song or the inclusion of a new song altogether) then that could explain the delay.

She said the ending will tell us "where do we go from here" so maybe there's more that she's waiting on..

The comment he's replying to asked if the vid was shelved, and he's confirming that it's not

Do tell

I want Rust Dress to mean something, but considering that Neil staged the shoot, it will probably just remain a little easter egg to his past work with Lana

Now what could Neil be hinting at with his stories???

God Knows I Tried

I was thinking more so lyrically. I love Say Yes To Heaven for example, but it's so much simpler lyrically than a lot of her recent work. Agree that Pink Champagne is the superior version, but with a lot of her older stuff I think she can keep a lot of the same magic, while improving upon the writing

Definitely a good idea. She has so many songs that are great, but maybe didn't make the final cut thematically or otherwise on a tracklist. She can easily gather up 15 or so that work well together, re-work/remaster if needed, and then put it out. Of course, she should only do it if she feels comfortable to have it be part of her discography, but she's already shown her openness for stuff like this with 1/3 of BB being previous unreleased songs.

I did admittedly say this a few pages back, but also totally agree with @wilting daisy in that it could not have existed in the way we know it without the previous two records. Personally, I feel like Ocean Blvd.'s themes and references from NFR make it feel like more of a follow up for me, but it also refines a lot of what Lana has been building with COCC and BB.

Agreed. Love COCC and BB, but this feels like the true follow up to NFR. Not only in quality, but also in the amount of lyrical references and sampling used from it throughout the record.

My 2AM Analysis of Fingertips

Honeymoon NFR Ocean Blvd Ultraviolence Paradise Blue Banisters Born to Die Lust for Life AKA Chemtrails Edit: Oops forgot I posted this a few pages back lol

Yea I think so, and I've seen a lot of people get them so far. It was very staticy staking it out of the inner sleeves, so I'm going to give it a few more spins just to make sure it's not something that will go away before trying to return

Listening to the Amazon Vinyl for the first time now. It came in really good condition, no seam splits, dents, or visible damage. Even the color looked somewhat more aligned to the mockups than some of the others I've seen. That said, there's SO much popping and surface noise, even after using an anti static brush several times

1. Honeymoon 2. NFR 3. Ocean Blvd 4. Ultraviolence 5. Paradise 6. Born to Die 7. Blue Banisters 8. AKA 9. Lust for Life 10. Chemtrails

Have a feeling she'll also include segments for at least one of the interludes

Probably delusional in predicting this, but I don't think it's a coincidence..

What is a song (or songs) from this album that indicates the direction she wants to go for her next album?

Not an insider, but I personally think we can infer that there's at least 2 versions of Candy Necklace. I know it was mentioned that there was a less commercially acceptable song that was in this place, but maybe it's actually still Candy Necklace. Either that, or just multiple demos of Candy Necklace as Lana was deciding on how to move forward with a replacement for what was originally there in the tracklist. Wonder if what we heard was the final version...

Ranking excluding the interludes: Taco Truck X VB Peppers Fishtail Let the Light in Candy Necklace A&W Grandfather Please Stand On the Shoulders Of My Father While He’s Deep Sea Fishing Paris Texas Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Fingertips Kintsugi Margaret The Grants Sweet

Going to use the pill holder to store my Prep

Of those that I've heard (including those with just snippets), here's my ranking: