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Just got my ticket today!

Harry Nilsson has a song, his voice breaks at 2:05…….

I don’t dislike any of the songs on this album so this isn’t really a best to worst ranking at all. This was still so hard! A&W Let the Light In Kintsugi Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Margaret Peppers Candy Necklace Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep sea fishing Taco Truck x VB Paris, Texas Fingertips The Grants Sweet Jon Batiste Interlude Fishtail Judah Smith Interlude

It’s really amazing to me that I know several people IRL who never cared that much about Lana get totally converted by DYKTTATUOB. I’ve been listening to all of Lana’s other albums the past couple weeks and that’s really made it clear that her songwriting has really grown by leaps and bounds since she started (not that it was ever bad). Just like the new songs on BB felt like a bridge to the songs on this record - I’m super interested to see where her songwriting goes next. I have a feeling this album was a real shift for her. I love the Jon Batiste interlude. It’s like something you’d hear on Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. I find the Antonoff hate so tiring and I hope he and Lana do continue working together, but I’d absolutely love for her to keep working with Jon Batiste. What’s interesting is that DYKTTATUOB sold more than NFR. I think this album really secured her legacy among stans and non-stans alike. I have a hunch this album will be very influential for younger musicians coming up, specifically in how the lyrics are written and the unconventional song structures.

Damn. What a great interview. I could read this stuff for pages and pages. The Rolling Stone UK interview was also excellent. I wish a really smart American writer at a quality American publication could have this level of discussion with her.

I truly don’t mean this in a rude way but some people have GOT to let the Jack Antonoff hate go. You NEED to move on. She’s almost 40 years old. She was still in her twenties in the UV era and clearly much unhappier. You can’t expect that she’s going to write the same damn kind of songs for ten years straight. also — I can guarantee if she WAS writing UV carbon copies ten years after that album came out people would complain she wasn’t changing her sound enough. Enough is enough!!!!

It’s a shallow and unintelligent response to Lana’s art. It’s very “Jezebel blog post in 2012.” A lot of women (and men) have had the experiences Lana has, questioning their self worth, dating people who don’t treat them well, experiencing domestic violence, experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol. Why don’t they get to listen to music that reflects that experience back without judgment? Who are these dumbasses to think that they get to dictate the kind of shit other people want to sing about? Why do so many people seem to need an artist to release their music with disclaimers and caveats so that these losers don’t get apoplectic when they hear about something they might not like?

Don't feed the trolls - eternal life advice. They clearly want to rile up the Lana fans and they shouldn't be given the satisfaction

From one Hejira stan to another: welcome to LB

In Kintsugi, when she sings "In one year, we've learned the turn of the mouth/The depth that the chest cavity takes," is she talking about the way the actual body looks as someone dies? When I first heard the song I didn't fully know what she meant but when you consider the rest of the song I can't help but think this is what she's referring to. I've seen a lot of the reaction videos confused about this particular part.

I think it's still too early to place OB and I want more time to really let it marinate (I spent the whole weekend listening nonstop so I need to take a break so I don't wear it out lol) so I will leave that off for now, but it's definitely gotta be top 3 for me. 1. Norman Fucking Rockwell! 2. Honeymoon 3. Blue Banisters 4. Lust for Life 5. Ultraviolence 6. Chemtrails Over the Country Club 7. Paradise 8. Born to Die

Who do we think "Let the Light In" is about?

You're right and you should say it!

I walked all over Hollywood today and listened to the album from start to finish. I honestly don't think it's recency bias when I say this might be on its way to becoming my favorite Lana album. It's certainly her most complex. All of her music is cinematic for me, but this album feels almost like watching a movie, not merely just listening to an album. Every single time I listen to it, I'm picking up something new, some new connection or note I haven't caught or instrumentation I didn't notice. The album is a dark, chaotic journey, full of small beautiful moments, devastating lyrics, strange instrumental arrangements that don't go where you expect them to and keep you on your toes, little snippets of sound that aren't repeated but are so captivating I can't stop obsessing (the whistling in Kintsugi!). Lana sings about the darkest experiences of her life with a naked sincerity that breaks my heart into a million pieces; Kintsugi and Fingertips are honestly two of the most painful songs I've ever heard by any artist. But she also revels in the light, too - like on Margaret, which I think is so breathtakingly beautiful and, the main love story aside, also a great reflection on the love we get from friendships, too. There's something so touching to me about the little spoken word parts as well, and that ending waltz instrumentation is getting me every time. The way she captures the full range of human experience in this album, and the shifts in mood and tone in the span of just 16 songs, is really blowing my mind. I think part of the reason this album is hitting me so hard is that I'm in a period of my life where I'm coming out of a years-long mental fog, realizing I haven't actually processed things I thought were over, trying to figure out at almost 34 what I actually want out of life, reflecting on what actually makes a life good and enjoyable, trying to heal from things in the past. This album is cracking me wide open in all the right ways, and I can't quite explain it rationally but I feel the album will be an essential component to my overall healing process. I've read other Lana fans say the same about this album (and her music in general), and that makes me so happy that so many of us get to share in her art. And on a lighter note, thank god for LanaBoards - I don't know how many much more my IRL friends can talk with me about this transformative album before they're like Girl enough....and I get so much joy reading all of the thoughts and opinions and essays other people write on here. Grateful

I ordered the indie exclusive (from Urban Outfitters I think? lol) and it definitely hasn't shipped yet. That's why I'm going to Amoeba today to buy the original cover because I'm unhinged and can't wait to hear it on vinyl another day

I have no idea when the Urban Outfitters vinyl is shipping and I'm so tempted to just go to Amoeba and get the standard cover to tide me over (plus I love the standard cover anyway and I'd love to have both for aesthetic reasons)......tempting.....

Let's have that conversation!! I am an eternal COCC and BB truther. Some of her best work is on those albums. I listened to COCC yesterday driving around LA and it sounds better than ever

I'm not a cryer and I start crying the second I even think about that fucking Kintsugi opening line. I honestly think it might be one of the most devastating songs I've ever heard, Lana or not

The reference to "brownface" was honestly unhinged. Lana has never even worn brownface or darker foundation....like, if you want to accuse her of appropriating Latino culture, all right I guess, but that's literally not what brownface is lol. I don't mind the review overall but the inclusion of that line was sloppy and stupid. I blame the editor of the piece too for not catching that and having the writer clarify what she meant. It kinda felt like she said, "I need to include a line about Lana being problematic so I'm gonna link to some unhinged 2020 thinkpiece"

The first time I listened to Fishtail I was like but the second listen is REALLY hitting now

Okay, I caved and decided I had to listen tonight. I'm on Let the Light In. Wow. This album isn't hitting me with the immediacy that NFR! did, but there's something deeper and more special about it. The song structures are so unconventional and strange, and even on the songs that are the most "conventional," there's still something uncanny about it all - strange instrumentation, strange backing vocals. I can tell this is going to be an album that is just going to get deeper and deeper with each listen and I cannot wait to spend time with it. Wow. Even as a COCC and BB lover, there's something so different about DYKTTATUOB that really sets it apart.

Best New Music from Pitchfork I know that's right

Part of me wants to listen tonight before bed and part of me wants to save it for tomorrow night, hit the vape pen hard, make a cocktail, light a candle, and fully devote myself to it like ritualistically!!! Ahhh!!!

If this is it, I'm signing off...... I joined LB for DYKTTATUOB and it's been such a blast! Can't wait to hear the album for the first time and have even more meltdowns

I've never been to one of her pop ups before. I think I'm going to the Friday one. How early should I get there if I want a reasonable chance at getting in? I did snag a 12:30 reservation