Hope

My top 3-4 for now:
1- Nectar of the Gods
2- Dealer
3- If you lie down with me
4- Cherry Blossom
My english isn't good enough to describe how much I love Dealer and Nectar of the Gods.  

My top 3-4 for now:
1- Nectar of the Gods
2- Dealer
3- If you lie down with me
4- Cherry Blossom
My english isn't good enough to describe how much I love Dealer and Nectar of the Gods.  

My top 3-4 for now:
1- Nectar of the Gods
2- Dealer
3- If you lie down with me
4- Cherry Blossom
My english isn't good enough to describe how much I love Dealer and Nectar of the Gods.  

LDR9 title announcement // Tomorow 

My little thoughts on Blue Banisters - track by track:
 
1. Text Book:
Not Lana's best opening but obviously did a great job in setting up a whole atmospheric aura for the album. The song literally makesme feel like i'm sitting close to her at a bonfire and listening to her stories. 7.5/10
 
2. Blue Banisters:
i have to confess that this one was my least favourite out of the triple release. But not because it was a lack of effort, it was because of her attempt of trying to fit to many words in one line, sonically, it sounds force and lack of smooth cohesion in melody-wise. But that was months ago, now thanks for the m/v, i'm slowy growing fond of this track. Also, i love the spacey atmospheric tone towards the end of the song. 7/10
 
3. Arcadia:
The same issue with Blue Banisters - Lana at some point gets too wordy in her lyrics, too many syllables in just one line sometimes make the song goes forced. Nevertheless, the melody of this song is so well-composed, solid & kind of soul-wrenching (yes, i tear up everytime i hear "they built me up 300 feet tall, just to tear me down" & really just want to give her a hug 🥺). In the other hand, as wordy as the lyrics, this song feels like a poem consists her thoughts about fame struggles, gives me Violet vibes. 8/10
 
4. Interlude - The Trio:
This is like a celebration of whoregasm in a very historical / middle-wild-west/ communist way with a dope ass trap beat style. I wouldnt complain if this album had trap, polished pop sounds driven, but since it didnt, i don't see the point of including this here. The lack of "Lana's sauce" in production-wise as we usually found in trap influenced projects like Honeymoon / L4L sort of broke the album cohesion slightly. But well, I understand why some people might like it.
As stand-alone track: 8.5/10
As an album interlude: 4/10
 
5. Black Bathing Suit:
It's simple - and i said it before imma say it AGAIN: This artpiece is literally A.K.A+ BTD/PE + UV + HM + L4L + NFR! + COCC all in ONE. I still dont know how tf she do this BUT SHE DID IT. And it works so perfectly that i am actually terrified of her craziness (yes, she gets mad towards the end, living for it bitches) 
To those who constantly complain Lana "losing her authenticity" / "i want old Lana back" /"born to die 2.0" and all that type of stuff, shame on you if you decide to shit on Black Bathing Suit. She literally gave you what you asked for! Be grateful for Gods sake. 9.5/10
 
6. If You Lie Down With Me
An adorable sequel to Lizzy's "On Our Way" ♡♡♡ 10/10
 
7. Beautiful
The "raindrop" piano intro is what JACK antonOFF wishes to do. Melody-wise, this song reminds me of Folklore era of Taylor. The lyric really lives up to its own title. 8.5/10
 
8. Violet for Roses
This gave me strange, bittersweet feeling of nostalgia. Reminds me of the first time i heard "Video Games" and discovered Lana on 2011 MTV PUSH (my fifth grade) 😭🙏 . Once again, the piano of this song is a living proof that shows how badly Jack's Piano lacked soul in the last project. 8/10
 
9. Dealer
"I DONT WANNA LIVEEEEEEEEE, I DONT WANNA GIVE YOU GIVE YOU NOTHING"
This song screams camp (literally a SCREAMER,  can't wait to torture my neighbour on drunken depressed karaoke nights in my "party for one" meltdown). 10+++/10 (I've actually grown fond of Miles Kane lately).
 
10. Thunder ⚡
Another bonfire cold night on the beach anthem that i always NEEDED. People been bashing the remake but i LOVEEE the violins (yes, the violins in this song really said "WE ARE GIVING YOU VIOLENCE") - chills & thrills at best. 9.5/10
 
11. Wildflower Wildfire
It's album release date to day. Can we stop the WW unecessary hate for good already? God these people. 9.5/10
 
12. Nectar of the Gods
I don't care what y'all saying about this track. It's my baby child forever and i will protect it at all cost from ur ruthless slanderings (even i wasnt its biological mother but who tf cares) 😡😡😡. Hold you close to my soul since the "leak", keep you in my heart to infinity & beyond. 10/10
 
13. Living Legend
Sweet baby Jane really has her moment to shine. Still a beautiful song tho. Glad that she decided to keep the electronic-distroted "woaow woaow waow grawogggg" towards the end. 8.5/10
 
14. Cherry Blossom
Not her best lullaby & some say it sounds boring because there's just once again, piano for this track. But regardless of the simple production, this song never fails to make me feel like i'm in a ghibli movie scene, taking a nap under a cherty blossom, feeling nutured by mother of nature. 7.5/10
 
15. Sweet Carolina
This song literally shows that Lana herself is full of love running in her veins. 9.5/10
 
Overall — its a 8.4/10 for me. A one heaven of experience, but not just a "Lana experience" - it's the one aspect of Lana that we've never seen before. It was a privilege for me to get to discover & witness her growth as an artist. And I agree with Pitchfork, quoted: "LDR's 2nd album of the year is a sweeping survey of her talent as a songwriter, stripped of the aesthetic borders she often places around her work". 
 
As a die-hard stan since Born to Die. I am so proud of her, like really. 

Well, it’s been 3 hours since Blue Banisters came out and I’ve listened to it twice, and all I have to say is…..wow. She really continues to outdo herself.
 
This record is full of lyrical and sonic layers that I know I have yet to unravel — the songwriting is just phenomenal, you listen to it and almost run a visual play in your head of Lana’s life story. The lyrical density of this record has been a long time coming, and I’m so glad she went all the way for it. I see exactly what her vision was for this record and it’s really satisfying to see it fully-realized with older and newer songs that, together, work beautifully to paint a thoughtful self-portrait. 
 
I’m completely floored and overwhelmed in the best way possible and will have more coherent, analytical thoughts after a few more listens. But all I know right now is that I’m so in love with this record and it’s absolutely one of her best 

crying in my dorm to dealer its 3 am and i am ascending this woman and her music get me so good every time

Just updated the Released Version to include Blue Banisters songs! I'll have to do my re-ranking again soon after I've fully processed the new album! x

hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it

1. Hope
2. Quiet Collusion
3. White Yachts
4. Burnt Coffee Pot
5. 24/7 Sylvia Plath
6. Church Basement Romances
7. Born Of Confusion
8. Bowery Bums
9. Nightgown
10. Calling From Beyond The Grave
11. Weak Constitution
12. Smiling For Miles


And here's the fake cover of the album that I made!

lyrical masterpiece, severely underrated in this fandom

Idk if I made this post before, but something I wanted to add to this thread. The line about "writing in blood on your walls" changes, at first it's "on my walls", but then she changes it to "on your walls" and this line has multiple meanings. "My pen don't work in my notepad" She journals and her therapist or sister or someone has coached her to journal her feelings but it doesn't work. She has to write things on the wall for herself, and it's so serious, she needs to write it in blood because blood stains and blood is bright red. She also then flips it, that she needs to write her message and her feelings on YOUR walls because nobody is understanding her points and what she's saying. I feel like the way it ended NFR reflected what she felt last year and even this year, about the interviewers not understanding her and the reviewers not understanding her lyrics. She's also changing it from "in my notepad" to "don't look good in my pad". She's noticing that at first, she couldn't write for herself, but now, when she's trying to write to appeal to other people, it still doesn't fucking work and she doesn't write as beautifully as she does when she's writing for herself. It's a very interesting lyrical change

manifesting UFB standard bridges on BB and nothing less 

hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it

1. Hope
2. Quiet Collusion
3. White Yachts
4. Burnt Coffee Pot
5. 24/7 Sylvia Plath
6. Church Basement Romances
7. Born Of Confusion
8. Bowery Bums
9. Nightgown
10. Calling From Beyond The Grave
11. Weak Constitution
12. Smiling For Miles


And here's the fake cover of the album that I made!

I just created a poll about your prediction of your favorite track on Blue Banisters. I did this for Chemtrails and I really enjoyed seeing the results so feel free to answer if you feel like it 
 
https://strawpoll.com/gkpzxehu1