wilting daisy

idk about that. for free is very clearly a folk song not a country song. let me love you like a woman is nowhere even close to country and not even really folk either, more of like a power ballad. and dance til we die i guess the bridge does have some americana grateful dead vibes but i wouldn't exactly call that country and the rest of the song doesn't come close to country either. breaking up slowly still appears to be the only country song. the album is much more folk-adjacent but even still lots of songs aren't folk either, just mellow. 

or maybe we just recognize her versatility and are happy to get a variety of different sounds from her 

idk about that. for free is very clearly a folk song not a country song. let me love you like a woman is nowhere even close to country and not even really folk either, more of like a power ballad. and dance til we die i guess the bridge does have some americana grateful dead vibes but i wouldn't exactly call that country and the rest of the song doesn't come close to country either. breaking up slowly still appears to be the only country song. the album is much more folk-adjacent but even still lots of songs aren't folk either, just mellow. 

from what i'm reading here i'm really looking forward to hearing this song tomorrow!

from what i'm reading here i'm really looking forward to hearing this song tomorrow!

from what i'm reading here i'm really looking forward to hearing this song tomorrow!

from what i'm reading here i'm really looking forward to hearing this song tomorrow!

from what i'm reading here i'm really looking forward to hearing this song tomorrow!

or maybe we just recognize her versatility and are happy to get a variety of different sounds from her 

this is one thing that bugs me a lot about the piano ballad complaints. evwryone says chemtrails was all piano ballads but there's only a few. yes there are pianos in every song but if that's everyone's criteria for piano ballad these days then i have some bad news about born to die... 

or maybe we just recognize her versatility and are happy to get a variety of different sounds from her 

i think she says cough, not carve and i think she's talking about someone grabbing her wrist to cough into as they're dying. i could be wrong tho

or maybe we just recognize her versatility and are happy to get a variety of different sounds from her 

idk about that. for free is very clearly a folk song not a country song. let me love you like a woman is nowhere even close to country and not even really folk either, more of like a power ballad. and dance til we die i guess the bridge does have some americana grateful dead vibes but i wouldn't exactly call that country and the rest of the song doesn't come close to country either. breaking up slowly still appears to be the only country song. the album is much more folk-adjacent but even still lots of songs aren't folk either, just mellow. 

idk about that. for free is very clearly a folk song not a country song. let me love you like a woman is nowhere even close to country and not even really folk either, more of like a power ballad. and dance til we die i guess the bridge does have some americana grateful dead vibes but i wouldn't exactly call that country and the rest of the song doesn't come close to country either. breaking up slowly still appears to be the only country song. the album is much more folk-adjacent but even still lots of songs aren't folk either, just mellow. 

although i'm not necessarily manifesting that particular genre, it's important to note that country / folk doesn't have to be all bare, twangy guitars and singing
about ranches! just look at what lee hazlewood did, especially his work w/ nancy sinatra! i believe it's referred to as "cowboy psychedelia" and "saccharine underground".
 
 
 
 
and his solo work is beautiful too
 
 
i'd be more than happy with an album of more "produced" and out-there/psychedelic country influenced songs, along with a spattering of more classic country style songs - i mean, it is lana after all, and the collaborative work we've heard between her and nikki lane are very much in that classic vein. i also believe now that lana's lyricism is at a point where those more stripped back songs can stand on their own two feet because there'll be some amazing lyrics to carry them. for me, 'stripped back' is only a problem when 1) it's every single song on the album [just bc i can get bored] and 2) the lyrics and/or vocal performance offer very little of interest, so that it's just like listening to nothingness. but now lana's vocals are better than ever, as are her lyrics, so i'd be fine with a number of those stripped back songs.
 
that being said idc if she does country or industrial swing or heavy metal jazz, i have so much faith after the perfection that was Ocean Blvd

I think what we need is :
- an album of her best unreleased songs 
- a brand new album: for me a more jazzy sound with lots of collabs from the Jon Batiste sessions. I wouldn’t mind Lana going back to a surf sound either (in the style of Ultraviolence but maybe less dark - with a more uplifting/meditative vibe).

or maybe we just recognize her versatility and are happy to get a variety of different sounds from her 

idk about that. for free is very clearly a folk song not a country song. let me love you like a woman is nowhere even close to country and not even really folk either, more of like a power ballad. and dance til we die i guess the bridge does have some americana grateful dead vibes but i wouldn't exactly call that country and the rest of the song doesn't come close to country either. breaking up slowly still appears to be the only country song. the album is much more folk-adjacent but even still lots of songs aren't folk either, just mellow. 

Don't forget the amount of iconic songs we got this year tho, like A&W, the bar is definitely not low

i keep saying that the acoustic guitar in the first half of a&w is very reminiscent of kurt cobain's demos... that would be a really cool sound for her, and would also be reminiscent of some of her more acoustic/folky tracks from 2007 such as for k, pt. 2 and get drunk
 
 

fans caring about critics' ratings is just as cringe as fans wanting born to die 2.0 like lets just have something new & different. who cares how popular it is with the public or critics? it doesnt have to be the most groundbreaking thing in the world for it to still be new ground for lana.

fans caring about critics' ratings is just as cringe as fans wanting born to die 2.0 like lets just have something new & different. who cares how popular it is with the public or critics? it doesnt have to be the most groundbreaking thing in the world for it to still be new ground for lana.

this is one thing that bugs me a lot about the piano ballad complaints. evwryone says chemtrails was all piano ballads but there's only a few. yes there are pianos in every song but if that's everyone's criteria for piano ballad these days then i have some bad news about born to die... 

the nikki collab album which hasn't been (nor probably ever will be) released and probably isn't anywhere close to being a fully fleshed out project or chemtrails that has exaclty one country song.... so i'm gonna go ahead and say lana has not released a country album so it would still be somwthing new and fresh for her