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imaginist liked a post in a topic by Bonita in do you think an "unreleased" album would be a good idea April 8, 2023

Whatever brings me AKA on my streaming service i'm here for it

imaginist liked a post in a topic by Psychedelic Pussy in do you think an "unreleased" album would be a good idea April 8, 2023

I would be so happy with a 20-30 track unreleased compilation but at the same time I would hate to see unreleased tracks from all different eras being messily put onto a compilation. My dream would be little B side collections for each album/era so things are kept in some kind of order, but at this point I’m happy with anything.

re-release AKA, give us a 30 track unreleased collection, and give us a UV ultra deluxe 10th anniversary collection next year with 15 b-sides thank you QUEEN!

imaginist liked a post in a topic by GeminiLanaFan in do you think an "unreleased" album would be a good idea April 8, 2023

it’s some of her best lyricism ever.

imaginist liked a post in a topic by plastiscguy in do you think an "unreleased" album would be a good idea April 8, 2023

Fine China deserves to be released, I don't care if it's on the next album, if it's a standalone single, part of an unreleased compilation... That song deserves the spotlight!

imaginist liked a post in a topic by wilting daisy in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 6, 2023

tbh whenever lana releases an album, i usually spend less time online in general. leading up to the release its all i think about so i'm online talking about it constantly and wondering what it'll be like but once its out i'm just enjoying it. i don't really care to write big reviews and analyses, it just doesn't matter to me. sometimes i'll have random thoughts i wanna share here and there about the songs or i'll be curious about othwr people's opinions but for the most part, i just wanna enjoy the album on my own. its like i only stream it til my records show up, thwn i listen to my records instead. so i don't think people talking about the album less or streaming it less means we're all over it. its just, what is there to say that hasn't already been said? like we're not gonna force conversation just to prove we still like the album

imaginist liked a post in a topic by ShadesOfViolence in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 5, 2023

xeno guy is kinda right here huh

imaginist liked a post in a topic by Let the Light In in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 5, 2023

I feel sorry for this thread. The hype died quickly because of early leaks, then bunch of unreleased songs leaking and now Yes to Heaven rumors.

Pico Ocean Boulevard liked a post in a topic by imaginist in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 5, 2023

DO A FAT CRISS CROSS IN THE BACK SOMEWHERE

imaginist liked a post in a topic by SalvaWHORE in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 5, 2023

I hate it here

imaginist liked a post in a topic by love deluxe in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 5, 2023

better versions of already overhated gorgeous songs yup!

imaginist liked a post in a topic by PARADIXO in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 5, 2023

One of my top favorite things about Lana has always been that her music is very existential, and she plays a lot with that. I'm so happy she's further (and I mean further) exploring this with Ocean Blvd. That's why I have a soft spot for Chemtrails too, which is very nihilistic. I love the narrative on that album, and I absolutely love that it ends with For Free.

imaginist liked a post in a topic by HEARTCORE in LDR Album Process Discussion April 2, 2023

imaginist liked a post in a topic by fl0r1dakil0s in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll April 2, 2023

i guess, but story-wise i do think BB explains before (besides fingertips, that's an explanatory song if i've ever heard one).. but i think in her head her references to things in her songs are much clearer than they end up being to the general public.. blue banisters definitely has a rawness ocean blvd doesnt imo. could it be that the rawness in question comes from lazy mixing ? yes. am i convinced that's what it is though? no. lyrically though i do think lots of the tracks provide "info" (maybe it's a stretch but) and try to "explain".. it just is subtle.. my conception of blue banisters as an "explanatory" album is something like:

Text Book - mentions and sort of explains her "daddy issues" stereotype people wonder about.. may mention her mother? ("then there was the issue of her").. the BLM line could perhaps "explain" the racism thing people felt but that's a stretch..

Blue Banisters - mentions her yearning for children, that she's been disappointed by a man, mentions her family. beautiful title track that mentions themes she feels strongly about without going into too much detail. pretty metaphor about the seasons changing she uses to paint the picture that time is moving and she is changing too with time but that hole in her heart that her women try to heal (perhaps by telling her to write notes without sending them a la sweet) is still there. Heartbreaking and pretty song imo

Arcadia - interlaced with references to the city she comes from and has been popularized within, this song does "explain" things. the outro says it all for me: "they built me up three-hundred feet tall just to tear me down so I'm leaving with nothing but laughter, and this town Arcadia.. finding my way to you, i'm leavin' them as I was, five-foot-eight, Western-bound.. Plus the hate that they gave.. By the way, thanks for that, on the way, I'll pray for you, But you'll need a miracle, America"..

Trio Interlude - Idk. Fuck Clay and his bachelor bimbo tweeting ass but this shit bops

Black Bathing Suit - mentions her body in a positive light. could be interpreted as an "explanation" for the publics bizarre fascination with people's weight gain.. could be seen as a positive message like.. nah idc about the public i make money off you guys (we'll have the last laugh about it, they're fucking broke and we're laughing about it).. but at the end of the day it's not rly our business and weight gain can be medical so it isn't good to speculate publicly online (do me and my friends speculate about every little thing lana does in private, of course we do, it's normal)

If You Lie Down With Me - This is where the album takes a break from the explanations and goes into relationship songs. It's a Cute song from lanas past. Maybe tells the story of part of one of lanas relationships. Doesn't really provide the info lana talks about overtly

Beautiful - Picasso deserved better.. But in all honesty this song is explanatory, it's her message against feigning happiness.. could be seen in tandem with lanas comments on peoples perception of her being one of feigned fragility.. Lana searches for and can make beautiful things out of sadness (her music).. Pretty message, boring execution

Violets for Roses - Continues the previous song's message. Fuck u sean

Dealer - Lana goes from expressing her frustration gracefully to really feeling her anger, directed at a guy but delivered with enough power to keep the lights on in a poor city, it feels like a more universal message: "I DONT WANNA LIVEEEEEEE" says it all for me. she even says "and ill explain it" in the song.. Who took ur money lana i'll jump them babe

Thunder - Lana still mad at men as lana often is. The main message here being "Just leave me", which is a new message for Lana. This is where the album goes from boys back to explanatory.

Wildflower Wildfire: By FAR the most explanatory song on the record.. Lana makes a powerful statement acknowledging her past and why she might be the way she is and also making a defiant statement: that she will be different, better: "But I learn it from you.. not to turn into a wildfire..". Also makes a huge statement about her medication, something i suspect to be a huge aspect of her life that she only started singing about at this point in her career, her mental health problems and the affects of medications often used to treat mental health issues. Lana goes on to sing and explain this in the next track and in future songs like fingertips.

Nectar of the Gods: Continues singing about her medication's affect on her life, using drugs as a metaphor.. The chorus imo could be displaying why lana needs this "nectar of the gods": "I get wild on you baby, I get wild and fucking crazy like you never knew".. "Im on the freeway racing at a million" (talking about her thoughts perhaps). At least that's my theory. This song's placement is definitely intentional and lana wove it into this record for a reason.

Living Legend: Unsure.

Cherry Blossom: Could address/explain her yearning for children, her sadness of not having a proper mother figure. It just really sounds like it's meant to be sung to a child and I can't really see it another way.

Sweet Carolina: Yawn.

anyways that was long-winded but when she says BB is for "info" i think she means it in a more veiled way like what i've written above. ocean blvd is more overt in its messaging so it seems less.. idk.. important? ik that's not the right word for it but it's hard to explain. I think lana did this in a hidden way purposefully.. perhaps bc she was in a more vulnerable mindset and only felt more comfortable being overt on songs like fingertips later on in her career? only lana can answer some questions but that's my conception of what she means when she says it's an explanatory album bc i feel like lots of ppl don't agree