QueenOfHearts

i think people are forgetting that country music isn’t just mainstream “beer, trucks, hot girls & dirt-roads!” type of music, a lot of 60s classics could be considered “country”, some of which she’s covered!
 
i’d say she’s already explored that style anyway

to you

Legume ocean in her mind

which is why she’s going to serve us a delicious country album! 

daddy chill…this won’t be the cocc case this time. she got drew along with jack, she got her dad, she has the time to move around unlike in the quarantine. since lana is building her album catalogue with different genres each time -apart from bb that musically was not quite refreshing in terms of genre- the next project is definitely something on a new pattern. delulu team anyone? 

at the end of the day, lana will do what she wants. i don’t agree with everything the woman has ever done or said, but i’m still a fan. she’s been a huge part of my life for a long time and even though chemtrails and blue banisters aren’t necessarily my favorite albums of hers, i still enjoy them thoroughly and listen to them just about as much as the rest of her catalog. she has yet to release an album i actually dislike fully, and i don’t think she’ll start now.

Lana provides a product and we, the consumers, financially support her in return. We're not forced to buy or stream her music and she doesn't have to make the type of music that some fans want. Some fans might not like the direction that she's going in and that's completely fine - neither side owes anything to the other.
Also this might just be me but I would absolutely hate it if artists started making music based entirely on what fans want. You end up with a Lust For Life situation where it caters to everybody and nobody.

LDR9 is not going to be country and even if it is, she'll probably put out a different record in 2 years anyway  
I'd understand if people got kinda upset if they had to wait 4+ years for their fave's album and ended up being a genre they dislike but luckily that's not the case with Lana (plus she has a huge back catalog already).
 
I also want to add that Lana's fanbase is very diverse, just cause the reception for her last 2 albums (and the hypothetical country record) didn't seem that positive, it doesn't mean that nobody liked those albums/direction. I'd also want a crazy 180° musical turn but I also loved Chemtrails and BB so I wouldn't really mind another record on the acoustic/folky side.
At the end of the day LB, Twitter, etc. are just a little sample of all the different opinions and tastes people have 

she does country pretty well so tbh i would be sooooo open to a country album!

yeah it’s a business but at the end of the day, lana is not struggling. she’s secured her place both financially and in the industry. we don’t NEEEEED her music, she puts it out because she wants to. just because we’ve liked her music up until this point doesn’t mean she has to cater to our every want and continue to put out only the music the majority will like. she is completely free to do whatever the hell she wants, and if that means losing fans, i’m sure she could not possibly care less 😭 
 
yeah we’re the reason she has a career, but it’s because we WILLINGLY give her streams, buy her records, etc. it’s not like we’re being forced lol. if you don’t enjoy her future music releases, that doesn’t diminish or lessen the previous music she’s put out that you DO like. she’s not just some music making machine that works purely for the enjoyment of the public. 

i agree that an artist does owe their fans in some respect but the only thing an artist truly owes to their fans is mutual respect. that goes both ways however and fans do owe artists respect as well. however, artists do not owe fans whatever they want in their sound. it may be a business, but it’s also art and if i were an artist this far along in my career, i’d make whatever the hell i wanted regardless of whether or not i thought my fans would be into it. true fans don’t care what style their favorite artist is dipping their toe into - they’ll listen regardless. if they don’t like it, that’s okay, too. they don’t have to. but thousands of other people will love it regardless and continue to listen to it and those are the people that will buy and stream, etc. no one is more or less of a fan for liking / not liking certain genres, and lana owes no one anything. she’s given many great albums that everyone can always go back and listen to if that’s more their taste than whatever she decides to put out in the future.
 
PS, sorry if my tone comes across as rude in any way. this is just me attempting to contribute to civil discourse. <3

Tbh the entire "I don't owe you anything" and "I'm an artist and a free spirit so I do what I want" stuff is a little problematic.
As an artist, your fans and ONLY your fans are the reason you have a career in the first place.
In that way, all artists DO owe their fans a lot actually. It's still a business. You kind of have to cater to your supporters, at least a little bit.
Doing the opposite of what your fans like repeatedly is not badass at all, it's just extremely unwise.

Lana should collab with her hot boyfriend and do something like this with her beautiful melodies atop

LDR9 will be called "I'm so random!"

Exactly. It’s not like she’s a new artist trying to prove herself. 

Lana has a big enough fanbase that she's set for life. No matter what kind of music she releases there will be people all over the world listening and enjoying.

ohh lions gate portal is a day where manifestations have a higher chance of coming true
let me manifest ldr9 and crazy for you leak now

Posting random stuff and whatever at 4 am... she's just like me 

the acc she just posted hasn’t been active since 2020… what’s going onn

did u manifest?

Manifesting she reveals news about the album  

There may be some fans in America who are into country music, but the rest of the world can't do anything with it at all. Currently people stream BTD and Summertime Sadness, but hardly anyone streams COTCC or BUS.

Possibly for a generated playlist or compilation album? Must be tied with some type of streaming platform because I've seen that on her generated audios before 

off topic but do we know why she's been uploading old songs to her YouTube channel? she uploaded the greatest With the caption love sucks and summertime sadness with the caption iykyk 
 
 
 

It doesn’t really matter that her albums do less then peak. She’s a Rite of Passage artist, her catalogue gets millions of streams ( the hits and a lot of the non hit backlog). It doesn’t matter to the label that she makes quieter albums now. They still do well objectively, sell a lot of vinyls, and has an avid fanbase that streams her music constantly. She has made them so much fucking money. She’s in no danger of getting dropped. The label is fine to let her be bc 1) they know she’ll walk if they try to control her 2) all parties are happy with the status quo and they aren’t gonna risk fucking with that.
 
so at the end of the day Lana will release whatever she wants , and any suggestions by management or the label will probably about single choices and promotional things. Strictly the business side. Lana runs the music part eith an iron fist as she should. She has all the power and she knows it.