one time beauty queen

the chords r finally online n i asked my bf to play both LTLI & Sweet for me on his guitar it was so nice i sang along <<333

love this lol https://www.tiktok.com/@halcyonbxtch/video/7214590122950495494

i do but i sense she's becoming the Beautiful/LMLYLAW scapegoat of this album on here... GIRLS GET BEHIND ME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

honestly let them cancel her if they insist i sense a tour coming up and i want it to be easy to get tickets

OMG BESTIE look at us , u & me, back at it again <<<333

both of these are spot on imo! i don't see why people are already getting up in arms about it, it's no doubt a sensitive subject but like wait to see the video at least? with her saying "meta black dahlia with a where do we go from here ending" it doesn't really sound Lana is gonna at all portray BD's death in this music video, the lyrics/storyline of Candy Necklace itself don't imply that either .. i have a feeling it could be very much like what Tarantino did with Sharon Tate in OUATIH you know? Give others a memory of her other than "that girl who got brutally murdered"

exactly i actually see Ocean Blvd-Sweet-A&W as a very cohesive storyline, heck there are even ways one could include The Grants in this, but we'll leave it out for now but like Ocean Blvd is about opening yourself up to someone new, being vulnerable, sharing your deepest fears/secrets n hoping they'll accept and love you anyway- very much beginning of a relationship vibes... then Sweet comes, we find out they broke up at the beginning of it, but we also get to see into what the relationship was like to her at the peak when she thought they were gonna be end-game & was dreaming of the future...... n then there is A&W which is straight up the heartbreak, the downfall- she found out this man she loved was actually cheating on/with her from "open me up, tell me you like me, fuck me to death, love me until i love myself" to "do you want children? do you wanna marry me?" to "it's not about having someone to love me anymore, this is the experience of being an american whore" it's so genius tbh.. side a is a full 10/10 for me... and on Sweet specifically: it just sounds so classic, so timeless. like that melody could've been ripped from the great american songbook istg

& then.. there's Donoghue

hmm. yeah well then she could be in for some criticisms for sure depending in what direction the video goes but at least she is no stranger to that i guess. Lana already has such a bad rap within feminist groups, sadly imo bc you can actually tell she cares a great deal for women thru her discog but people get hung up on her never taking up the label itself, so i don't see her getting cut any slack :/ it's not like we have a lot to go off yet- the video isn't out n we only have a short visualiser but surely if people insist on conclusions already, there are "kinder" ones that could be drawn from it too so far. like i said, i instantly thought of the whole "Don't forget me" motif.... but i also understand the more pessimistic, outraged approach is much appreciated online IDK! i'm interested to see where it goes... its surely a sensitive subject, no doubt about it & CN is certainly eerie but i'd think Lana knows there are certain lines that shouldn't be crossed with her portrayal.... time will tell! "with a where do we go from here ending" sounds promising

she posted this! i think it's interesting given the natalie wood (another hollywood starlet who's death remains unsolved/"mysterious") inspired cover art, i don't know the intention yet but i wonder if it just ties in w the whole "don't forget me" theme that the album/title track specifically is so heavily based around. or based on everything you just shared ab Short, I wouldn't be surprised if Lana also partially relates to her in the sense that ppl cant stop misconstruing things about her/her life? still dont get why ppl are mad over it tho.. the damn thing isn't even out yet lol. people just can't wait to draw conclusions from literally nothing & be angry ig

I so love this analysis, it makes it even interesting to look at the title itself again.. "did you know that there's a tunnel under ocean blvd?" like yes, literally there is the jergins tunnel but also..... whats an ocean (ignoring the blvd here shortly)- it's beautiful to look at but when you get under it there's all kind of horrible things... it's murky, it's deep, dark & blue... like trauma n pain. what's a tunnel? like that person said, it starts out dark, but it always ends with a/the light. almost like the title is a double entendre & one of the meanings is "did you know that there is a way to the light after the darkness?" i also find it interesting bc a user on here pointed out all of the posters saying : did you know.. that there's a "tunnel under ocean blvd" the quotations could def imply that it was also a metaphor for something else all along

at one point i thought it may be "wool" tbh ? there's an idiom "to wrap one up in cotton wool" which means to be overprotective of someone.. maybe it's a play on that, like she feels she's been coddled in ways & it's led her into making certain mistakes? or she just rly likes wearing like.. wool blend cardigans or its not wool at all idfk, i wish she would do lyrics again in physical copies</3

woah, is it specifically based on this?

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wow so it's confirmed! i posted this already in the CN visualiser thread, but i do think this is super interesting given the Natalie Wood inspired cover art too. like Lana wants to bring attention to both of these ladies' unsolved deaths/murders, very on theme with "Don't forget me"...

yep!

stealing this idea from @The Siren <3 1. solid top tracks : Candy Necklace, Sweet, Let The Light In, Ocean Blvd, Fingertips 2. amazing songs that just missed my top favs: Kintsugi, Paris TX, The Grants 3. good songs but not ones i seek out as much: Grandfather, A&W, Taco Truck(pt I) 4.- no thank you: Margaret, Fishtail, Peppers, x VB ---- im not saying these are bad (except margarita she rly sucks actually), but rly not my jazz & i need to be in a v specific mood for them. &Interludes(I get the point but one or two listens each is more than enough) no one come for me the songs in the first 2 tiers are genuinely all 8.5-10s for me

its so nice 2 cook while listening to sweet ngl

i think youre getting way too hung up on judah smith himself/his church or whatever- i could care less about the guy lmao, what is interesting to me is what is said & Lana's choice to include it right after A&W...like that says a lot. & i think thats where the feminist standpoint could easily come in. like no one is saying *he's* a feminist or anti capitalist, they're saying Lana's artistic choice can be interpreted that way but anyways, it's not black or white, its obv nuanced & i get the people who appreciate it less too

#me

bahaha i went over to reddit to see what’s going on after reading the last few pages of this thread n came across this comment: “It amuses me that Lana fans will lap up song after song replete with edgy references to praying, preaching, heaven, hell, God, the Bible, judgement, sin, and Jesus...But she puts a track with an actual Bible-quoting pastor in it, and they all run to the toilet” #spilled n then they continued with “It's not just ‘a jackass in church’ - it's a guy begging God to help him love the people and things he already has in life instead of selfishly chasing after more money, power, and sex. What could be more feminist and anti-capitalist than that? What could be more honest and RAW? If fans can't hear that, they're not listening” which is an interesting take/interpretation on it ngl. Love that

OMG bahaha i love it

of course ! i thought it would be some fun for the release <3 and yours is so cute... you are def handmade beauty babes

i think its quite alright, staticky here & there for a sec but overall good imo!! but fyi, take that w a grain of salt cause i have a pretty basic lenco player, no external speakers n am not super fussy about vinyl. there are WEIRD ASS crackles/pops right after Sweet ends going into A&W, but like... it stops before the music even starts so i'm unbothered oh & another fyi this is just based on the first disc (side a&b) i haven't listened to the other yet <<33 just cuz im lasy asf.

honestly i liked it but never thought it would look *this* good, especially after seeing how the amazon n indie ones turned out color wise... i was scared! but i am eating CROW because she is beyond stunning