The Grants

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO WHAAAAAT this is so iconic I can'tttt- imagine coming up to your priest after the mass like hey do you wanna collab for my album

Many of the new songs are very long AND unconventional? 
 
   
 
Anyway, it's interesting that Lana only mentioned FJM singing with her on the album. I wonder if Batiste, Tommy, and The Bleachers only serve background vocals or perhaps they only have writing credits and she decided to give them the "feature" treatment (see SYML). 

I don't think Lana is feeling any pressure to ''outdo'' herself, I think she's just making the music she feels like doing/likes best. 

Judah is Lana's pastor and we are unfortunately getting an interlude where somehow his sermon is sampled or used otherwise  Since Jack and Lana have also writing credit on it I assume it's not just a straight recording. Though since it comes directly after American Whore i'm a bit curious about it.

i think for the writing credits it says track 5 judah smith so i wonder how the transition between A&W and the pastor sermon will work 😭

i think for the writing credits it says track 5 judah smith so i wonder how the transition between A&W and the pastor sermon will work 😭

boz already said 2 but i have this feelings The Grants is a spoken intro

boz already said 2 but i have this feelings The Grants is a spoken intro

boz already said 2 but i have this feelings The Grants is a spoken intro

boz already said 2 but i have this feelings The Grants is a spoken intro

if A&W is American Whore and she put the sermon interlude after it.......... her mind

Uhhh I really don’t agree. NFR is very guitar and piano based, COCC is 100% folksy and BB is… BB. Ocean would fit in BB quite easily but it would stick out like a sore thumb in the other two albums. 

i think for the writing credits it says track 5 judah smith so i wonder how the transition between A&W and the pastor sermon will work 😭

boz already said 2 but i have this feelings The Grants is a spoken intro

boz already said 2 but i have this feelings The Grants is a spoken intro

It makes sense if AW&J means American Whore & Jack...
What doesn't make sense is the acronym she chose 

like shameika by fiona apple omg but instead of actual lips they are coochie lips

i can tell that american whore is gonna be chaotic

I'm still curious about the other photoshoot (single cover and the other similar picture). It's giving me VB/HIAB MV so maybe they filmed a cute simple video? But I think she would have released it already...
 
I don't mind not getting big MVs (even though I'd love it) but I'd like at least some visuals even if it's just a bts of the shoot(s).
Maybe Mike filmed her on the swing again

I don’t know if it was posted before, but user @ToLExpressTour (on Reddit) found the artwork reference.
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so beautiful

FINALLY some LFL title track praise. That song is stunning. The doowop background vocals. The drums, bells, synths and sound effects (yes, even the whale/wolf) all come together to make an amazing landscape of music. Her description of "retro futuristic" is SPOT ON. And I've never heard anyone else come even slightly close to what she accomplished there. One of my biggest wishes over the last few years is that she give us another accomplishment of sound like that. And I have to say, COCC title track, And now Ocean Boulevard have joined the ranks. The instruments twinkle and swirl around you like a mini tornado of emotions. Voices whispering to you. Thoughts, wishes, little prayers and manifestations. All guiding you towards the hope for a better tomorrow. One where you love yourself, and have those you love at your side to keep you afloat when it all seems too much to bear. 

Jack Antonoff having writing credit on the pastor interlude is giving me hope that it's nothing too preachy or controversial 

Gorgeous  I think it’s safe to bet this still Neil posted is from the music video 

Okay but why anyone good at editing has not posted her old album artworks in the style of Ocean Blvd yet? 

BOZ said one specific thing that hits double hard when its relatable.. to enjoy her newer music since 2021 we need to let old style lana go... thats just really true, and accept the literal growth of her vision and poetry to be able to say free that i enjoy it, this is what ive always felt the lack of since nfr, and im really happy i finally understanding it, so im very excited for this intimate autobiographical masterpiece to destroy me