Ramada Hydrangea

Listening to this album on vinyl brings me so much joy it’s hard to put in words

It’s giving 2012 in the best way possible

I am so excited for this to come out

I was like “that’s a cute necklace and looked it up and it’s like 1000s of dollars Also our queen looks stunning!!

So far, I’ve only opened and played my standard vinyl variant. I don’t plan on playing the other variants, but I’m not sure yet if I want to open them or not. I think it’s better for potential resale if they’re unopened, but I also want to look through the picture inserts so I might end up opening them! Plus I’m not sure if I’ll ever resell them anyways

Lmao I texted my bf “SHE RELEASED THE TITTY VINYL” and he knew exactly what I was talking about with no context

Ok, good to know! I’ll keep checking my mail everyday then lol

Did you get any kind of shipment notice email, or did the magazines just arrive?

It’s peak 2010 Lana!

I think she had originally written it as just a normal song on a record (so could be Tropico, given the timing), and then they decided to use it for the Great Gatsby soundtrack. I'm like 85% sure I saw that somewhere, maybe in the album process discussion forum

They started selling the necklace during the Endless Summer tour! I swear I remember seeing it at the concert in 2014, but not buying it because it was expensive. Jokes on me now because I paid double the price to eventually get it As a huge Ride stan, I agree that Ride NEEDS its own merch collection

I agree, with this drop especially. Except the shirt that’s supposed to look like a campaign shirt with the titty pic I guess. I was confused what the masquerade masks and the rear view mirror had to do with Ocean Blvd. like there’s so many cool designs they could’ve done for this album (ocean pics, candy necklaces, peppers, tacos even lol)

I think so

I really hope so! I didn’t like any of the stuff in the first drop that much. I was kinda confused by most of the designs. Like why the masquerade masks??

Exactly

LOLLLL I can’t even think about how much I’ve spent on shipping. The way they played us on these drops and then restocked a lot of the stuff, really to get all of the suckers like me to pay for shipping like at least half a dozen times. And also how the bundles were only available in some stores I can’t

Born to Die Ultraviolence Paradise AKA Lust for Life Ocean Blvd NFR! Honeymoon Blue Banisters Chemtrails

I agree on this point. The emotions Text Book evokes actually remind me a lot of Born to Die (the song). Longing for what’s lost/nostalgia + hope that you’ll get what’s lost back + uncertainty for the future. I feel like those emotions sum up a lot of Lana’s music

Glad I’m not the only one who is obsessed with this song

@711 Heaven @TayLanaHoe jealous of you all getting ur merch in on time, but honestly, y’all probably deserve it after all the bs with the international stores

Is that the hoodie or tshirt box set?

I also wonder if this is all related to Kill Kill, especially because it was originally titled “The Ocean” and she has that line in the demo that goes: “Fresh from the shore, blond hair is wide The ocean makes me cry”

Wow, that’s such an insightful connection

100%. Like you don’t want to pay to travel, pay for expensive tickets (especially festival tickets) and then have the artist not actually sing that much lol. I feel the exact same way and why I decided not to see her in Chicago this summer. plus I feel too old for music festivals Fwiw, I saw lana in 2014 and 2018, and the 2014 concert was a much better performance. I totally respect that she doesn’t like to perform that much, but if you have fans that are paying a lot of money to come see you, you need to sing your songs!

This album is by no means my favorite record of hers, and I think ocean Blvd is miles better than BB. However, I LOVE If You Lie Down With Me. Maybe cuz it’s an older song and it reminds me of her earlier material, but imo the lyrics are very classic Lana. Idk if that’s a hot take or not