All Around the Moon

I think I say this every album cycle but this is the most excited I've been to hear what's coming. For Chemtrails we had an extensive interview where she described a lot about the album (cause it was supposed to be out already by that time or very soon but delays happened ).
BB we already had the title track snippet, then the 3 singles and the unreleased tracks so we also knew more or less what was coming.
But LDR9 is a big mystery other than knowing producers and a couple of remarks Lana made (she didn't even reveal the title and I know she had it already unless the interview was way older than the photos). She's been so secretive about this project and that makes me even more excited (plus the fact that insiders are clueless this time around)
I sense greatness coming 

i want more of cocc (the song) vibes on this album….. im STARVING for more of that sound from lana its just too good

Im 100% in the boat of I’m glad insiders aren’t saying anything. The three singles would have been a super awesome surprise release but the surprise was spoiled. BOZ got snippy on twitter a couple weeks ago when asked about Lana info (he said something like “I can’t pull info out of thin air”) so I really think insiders don’t know anything. Which either means her team has finally kept things under wraps, or Ben is talking out his ass when he says music incoming and soon 

me reading the Jack vs Rick discourse as someone who likes both equally & knowing that it’s one of the key signs of a new era incoming

I’m absolutely convinced we’re getting an album this year and I’m convinced it’s coming sooner than later. There is absolutely no other reason for Ben to do this, the fans weren’t even going crazy about when new music was coming

The recent W mag black and white photoshoot + Jack’s “bombastic songs” (cursed) quote + Lana saying this album is conversational makes me think of an album in the vein of Black Bathing Suit. To me, BBS is very conversational and stream of consciousness — especially the chaotic, somewhat bombastic, ending. I may be delulu because BBS is my favorite Lana song in awhile but I think an experimental, upbeat album in BBS style could do really well. 

So it's coming "soon" 
 

Give us West Coast 2.0 queen. The world is finally ready. 

"We both know that it's not fashionable to love me" really is one of the greatest opening lines to any album 

Ben reposted her W Magazine cover with the caption "New music in the works"
I feel that it's a good sign that one of her managers confirms new music is coming x
 

Waist Deep in Icy Waves, but the Sharks Keep Me Company and My Blanket Is on the Shore, the ninth studio album by Lana Del Rey. 

I for one am extremely intrigued by the automatic writing approach. I think we're going to get something really abstract and unhinged, an unpredictable exploration of Lana's mind without filters.

I'm curious to see how this "wordy, conversational album" will fuse with what Rob described as "ethereal" and a possible insider described with the words "foggy beachy vibes".
At least the W Magazine photos seem not to be contrary to what the latter revealed.

The important question is... are we getting another TLSP outtake in this album? 

Well everyone… the time has come.
 
Welcome to the LDR9 Pre-Pre-Release Thread - Annual Discussion & Meltdown!
 
Lana Del Rey has revealed to W Magazine that a new, still untitled album is in the works.
"I’ve been practicing meditative automatic singing, where I don’t filter anything. I’ll just sing whatever comes to mind into my Voice Notes app. It’s not perfect, obviously. There are pauses, and I stumble. But I’ve been sending those really raw-sounding files to a composer, Drew Erickson, and he’ll add an orchestra beneath the words, matching each syllable with music and adding reverb to my voice. For this new music, it’s more just like: I’m angry. The songs are very conversational. For the first song, I pressed record and sang, “When I look back, tracing fingertips over plastic bags, I think I wish I could extrapolate some small intention or maybe get your attention for a minute or two.” It’s a very wordy album."
 
 
What we know so far:
- Lana will make an announcement about the album on December 7th, as stated in an Interview on November 30th, 2022
- Lana is working on an untitled album with a completed opening track, confirmed in her interview with W Magazine in May 2022
- Lana is collaborating with composer Drew Erickson, confirmed in her interview with W Magazine in May 2022
 
 
Speculations
- Neil Krug & Anna Cofone may have involvement with the album photoshoot, as hinted in various Instagram posts, stories, and comments made by the three in December 2022
- Jack Antonoff worked with Lana on a song completed in April 2022 that could be on her record, as stated in his interview with The New Yorker in May 2022
- There is a possible collaboration with Jon Batiste, as Lana shared a video in a studio with him as a song snippet played on @honeymoon in August 2022
- Ian Kirkpatrick may be involved with the production, speculated after Lana shared a picture of a video call with him on her IG stories in September 2022 
- Her father may be involved with the record as he shared photos in Jack Antonoff's studio in March 2022
- The record may be a digital-only release, per her statement during an Instagram Livestream in October 2021
- Lana wore a custom-made jacket by the director of LDR Village with a patch that said "DNC" that may pertain to the record in December 2021
 
 
 

Well I now know why her hair and makeup are serving past-era vibes… they were done by her OG hair and makeup artists Pammy Cochran & Anna Cofone! She switched hair artists in 2018 to Sheridan Ward and her makeup artist to Etienne Ortega in 2020. The classics are back! x

The last time they went down that approach, we got White Dress, so I’m not too worried. 

I'm shaking and moving 

NFR 2.0