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Just going to post these here for help answering. Credit to @LDReyInfo on Twitter.

 
 

What a terrible tease. I thougt the demo was finally released and I ran in here...
 

ok, they convinced me. I will vote for California. I will wait for a final version of CFY.

next christmas? 

next christmas? 

it would be easier if they simply leaked out the two songs. We deserve it because March is a long time away. 

next christmas? 

Wow the song is really a classic in her discography already I can't
 
DON'T FORGET ME!
THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BOULEVARD

It lowkey upsets me when I see fans saying they disliked COCC, BB or even NFR. I know some of you have gripes about vocals or production, more technical things like that - and I definitely have felt like some of the material hasn't been *my speed* but I can't bring myself to call any of her recent output legitimately "bad", Lana has her styles that she sticks to and while I may find some songs more interesting than others, I think all of her songs are very pretty but I am likely biased
 
I think perhaps in some ways the fan base has out grown Lana or Lana herself has out grown her fanbase. She is aging (and I don't mean this in a negative context) and maturing and the lyrics and sound have reflected that. I mean there's still some fans who are hoping for a BTD return to form or still have BTD+P high in album & song rankings and I get those were great eras but I think that too is reflective of how Lana has maybe out grown some of the fans she retained from those albums, but you guys are still here and I think that's lovely. You don't have to like everything an artist does surely and to critique it is quite fun sometimes too
 
I can say for myself I hardly revisit COCC and when I do it's the same tracks (WAH, WD, DBJAG) but I think it gets a bad rep, or the people who dislike it are very vocal because I think it's 50/50 split in the fanbase and you either love it or hate it. I'm going to try and make a more conscious effort to stream it and listen to those songs because I really think the album will get better with time and fans will grow to appreciate it more ala Honeymoon.
 
BUT I did absolutely loved BB and still frequent it these days, I think it's showcased some of her most delicate and transparent lyrical moments of her career and I am so grateful she decided to share those songs. Title track, WW, BBS, Beautiful, Living Legend, Text Book, Cherry Blossom...all immaculate beautiful tracks with so much emotion and heart in them. It's not fair this album gets critiqued quite a bit for having youtube rip leaks like it's not fair someone leaked all of her material and she really loved those songs and so do we so I am happy they were attached to a project that I felt was rather cohesive and really was like she was telling a story with the track list and it's like UV's more hopeful sister in a way.
 
Just my random thoughts. Lana is an amazing songwriter and she has been doing this for so long! I trust and more importantly respect her artistic vision and decisions. I will always be a listener.

ok, they convinced me. I will vote for California. I will wait for a final version of CFY.

ok, they convinced me. I will vote for California. I will wait for a final version of CFY.

so…
i’ve decided to switch sides 
i just needed to hear california some more. 
and i have faith someone else will leak cfy. 
we all win in the end 
i’m voting for california because it sounds more upbeat and i feel like we need that since miss lana’s music has been more wistful and full of piano lately 

merry grinchmas then 

ok, they convinced me. I will vote for California. I will wait for a final version of CFY.

okay i will ensure that california will be leaking this christmas

I’m sold, California take all my money I’m here for you and you only 

i'm going to put up a 24 hour poll on midnight (pacific time bc that's where i am sry) of december 24 and leak whichever song wins on midnight (PST again) of december 25th x

ok, they convinced me. I will vote for California. I will wait for a final version of CFY.

ok, they convinced me. I will vote for California. I will wait for a final version of CFY.

ok, they convinced me. I will vote for California. I will wait for a final version of CFY.

i'm not posting a snippet from another part of the song bc i think that would ruin the fun of it all but here's a longer version of the same part of the song 
 
 
https://onlyfiles.io/f/e5d08fecd3894fe0b597912e2b7ba9ef

don’t piss miss fl0r1dakil0s off y’all let’s take anything we can get  although i think it’s time for a poll. i’m kind of leaning towards California now that we know it’s longer + apparently sounds like less of a demo than CFY

next christmas? 

THEY ARE FORCING ME TO VOTE FOR CALIFORNIA. I'M FEARFUL.