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I don't notice any large difference between the leak and the FLAC, will check on Apple Music later. Fingertips always had white noise in the background when she was singing even in the leaked version, especially towards the end. Or maybe I just don't know what you mean with crackling

@TrashMagiq I don't hear any issues in both Grandfather and The Grants at your timestamp, where are you listening?

The changes are minor, so not really demos.

All the changes I have noticed between the leaks and the final version, not sure if all of them were already brought up since I didn't read all the previous pages.

Interesting, so not only unmastered but some tracks might even have slightly different instrumentals? How early did these files get stolen?

There are no official lyrics, only ones that were transcribed from leaks. If it's out in NZ you would need a VPN to access the album in Spotify by changing your IP to New Zealand. I don't know if any free ones exist that work with Spotify. It might be easier for you to wait until it's officially out in your location.

I wasn't able to find it

No, seems we will have to wait for streaming.

The photo has the same clothes as the alt album cover but I still feel like it's an edit.

No one has been able to say the source so it might be an edit. Some random fan account posted it a couple hours ago on Instagram.

Consequence calling it a "welcome return to form" after Chemtrails and Blue Banisters, while giving it the same score as Blue Banisters

New shoplanadelrey.com item soon, they added something to their inventory yesterday. There's also 20+ Tunnel merch items on LDRVillage that they have yet to release. Using a new method so this might turn out incorrect

I misremembered the date. Lana indeed said September in this interview: http://lanaboards.com/topic/16671-lana-covers-interview-magazine-march-2023-issue-interview/ September 2022 was the very last song I wrote. It’s a song called “Margaret,” about Jack Antonoff’s fiance [Margaret Qualley].

Yes, Lana has also explicitly mentioned Harry Nilsson in her Blue Banisters release stream so I assume the Ocean Blvd demo was recorded before that.

The only other confirmed date is Margaret - October September 2022. Candy Necklace is likely from August 2022 based on when Lana shared the snippet from the studio. Fingertips and Ocean Blvd were the first two tracks, so around September 2021 if I had to guess.

That's also how I interpreted it. Kintsugi was recorded in April 2022, they were together during that time.

Explained by AI since it's better than I am at analyzing songs

That's what I hear, that would also add up with the "but i have good intentions", implying she has made mistakes.