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Okay I just heard Fingertips and here is my twocents about the song and my ranking for what we have right now: 
 
 

I hope whoever leaked Peppers with that god awful tag gets their IP tracked by Lana’s managers, sued for every penny they own, given a jail sentence & then murdered 

not she's rolling around on her bed in her underwear out of breath singing and moaning to her own song out of absolutely nowhere. this is really chaotic yet so her at the same time  in other words, we're in the middle of her next magnum opus 

i haven't caught a big fish since i was nine
i haven't seen patricia in a long long time 
i mean look at it
look at the length of my (fishing) rod and the bait 
the shape of the ocean 
do you really think i give a damn what i do after years of just hearing her talking
i say i live in the pacific really i'm at the atlantic
it doesn't really matter doesn't really really matter 

Rob Grant - Lost at Sea (June 9th, 2023)

preorder here
 
Grant announces his debut album, Lost At Sea, set to be released via Decca Records on Friday 9th June. An accidental recording artist, Grant has never had a lesson on any instrument in his life. No kind of formal musical training at all. He can't read sheet music. But when he sits down at a piano, something magical happens. Notes flow from him and out pours composition after composition. The father of international icon Lana Del Rey, he enlisted an array of talent to contribute to the making of the album. Features and writing credits include his daughter Lana Del Rey, while production credits include Jack Antonoff, Luke Howard, Laura Sisk, and Zach Dawes. Now signed to Decca Records, Rob Grant is set to embark on his next venture as he delves into his newfound career in music.

  Tracklist: Moon Rise over the Ocean 
Setting Sail on a Distant Horizon 
Lost at Sea (feat. Lana Del Rey) 
The Texture of Dreams 
The Poetry of Wind and Waves 
A Beautiful Delirium 
Deep Ocean Swells 
My Deep Blue Dream 
Reflections of Light on Water 
In the Dying Light of Day: Requiem for Mother Earth 
A Delicate Mist Surrounds Me 
The Mermaids’ Lullaby 
Song of the Eternal Sea 
Hollywood Bowl (feat. Lana Del Rey)
 
 
Single: https://open.spotify.com/track/4TY0NoplajMnuRdqxUFRgB?si=9885d360bea84ca0

A&W is incredible.
 
She primes the listener so brilliantly with the opening lines' mention of her childhood and her mother. That serves to function as a precursory explanation for why "it's not about having someone to love [her] anymore," and why she now is embarking on the experience of an American Whore  –––– which is then developed throughout the song and depicted as a byproduct of her early formative experiences AND how heavily she has been berated by the media. She has internalized projections of herself, which came from her externalized interactions with others (in her early childhood and in her career 2011–onward), which has changed the way she conducts herself altogether. Sociology queen! 

The lyrics are confessional, yet so coded at the same time. She has mastered the art of revealing so much while keeping things completely abstract. 
 
"Jimmy" is SUCH an unexpected, yet welcome sonic twist. It is a true melodic embodiment of the completely uninhibited quality she sings about in the first ~4 minutes of the track. 
 
And let's talk about the killer one-liners that evoke Question for the Culture (which is now becoming a centre-point for lyrical interweaving between songs in the grander LDR narrative). Lines like "Do you really think I give a damn what I do after years of just hearing them talking?" / "Do you really think anybody would think I didn't ask for it?" / "I'm testifying, you already fucked up my story on top of this," / and "Did you know a singer can still be looking like a side-piece at thirty-three?" are just feral. I use this phrase very sparingly, but – she ate.
 
This album is going to be a new pinnacle in her discography. 

So many thoughts about the new song now that it’s really settled in!
 
Initially, I think my preconceived notions of how A&W would sound threw me off quite a bit, but after a few more plays and listening past those expectations, I can confidently say A&W is going to be one of my all-time favorites. 
 
Also, prior to the correct lyrics being posted, I didn’t remotely catch just how dark and nuanced this song is. That’s its own conversation, but I’m seriously so impressed—with A&W and the title track, the full picture of the record is slowly becoming more clear. 

Also, I cannot stress enough how amazing this song is with headphones—cranking up the volume with them really highlights her inflection and the little production gems.
 
She knows she’s about to release album of the century

The reception for A&W is so overwhelmingly positive and I 100% agree. It’s a beautiful song and the fact that Lana is outdoing herself over a decade into her career is actually insane. She deserves her flowers.
 
That being said, I think Lana and Jack Antonoff bring the best out of each other. A lot of people like to shit on him for Solar Power / Midnights / etc. but no one else is making songs like White Dress, The Greatest, Mariners Apartment Complex, A&W, etc.
 
I’m so happy for her and cannot wait to experience the rest of the album with y’all 

The way this is going to go straight into the pastor interlude fsdlfdlskmfdslkfmds

reminder that apple music is always 10 minutes early

IM GONNA FAINT

She looks so good, it's giving Ride music video + 70s Vegas wedding. Now we only need A&W to make this day truly iconique.
 

It actually makes zero sense to move the release date …it has zero impact on anything other then just annoying fans.  Her singles don’t even make the charts respectfully.  So if it doesn’t come out today then it’s really just very petty and cruel.  Literally no reason to surprise release songs she isn’t Beyonce. 

i'm so proud of us for finally getting some self-respect and not sucking the insider's cocc
lanaboards collective character development

same here  it comes out at 8am where I live and that’s when I start work..I’m gonna pretend I have diarrhea for 10 min  

This thread should 100% be locked on the 23rd of March cause I can already see people saying the album isn't coming on the 24th 

China saving us
 
the balloon was a&w promo

stream desire i wanna turn into you by carogod polachek 

I really, really hope A&W is still coming on Tuesday. 

stop cause if the 14th nothing happens first of all this website is gonna turn into a whole psych ward, second of all it would be so emberassing 

here’s what’s gonna happen on tuesday: lana’s fans from all over the world are sitting by their computer at 4:00 pm GMT on valentine’s day awaiting lana’s new single and merch. an hour goes by and nothing. 2 hours goes by and nothing. the fans are furious and lanaboards.com crashes  there was no release at all that day, not even a word from lana. a riot starts in venice beach in front of lana’s mural (fans didn’t know where else to go) because the fans are STARVING for something… anything. Ben and Ed get so overwhelmed by the riot that they quit as lana’s managers. Lana ends up getting new management and they force her to be more active online. she ends up releasing A&W along with her whole album next Friday the 17th of february and continues to drop a new album every six months and goes an a world tour. the end