Thats why they call me Dita

Isn’t the lyric “got a [censored] who turned on the back beat, busts the shower on while he calls me”
 
not “god’s a char”

It’s all fine and dandy that you, as an atheist, don’t care but there are people who might. Not everyone has a healthy relationship with religion (particularly people who belong to large groups that religion frequently affects and undermines) so to boil it down to “art should be challenging” is a bit misguided, in my respectful opinion. I really don’t think it’s that exaggerated of a notion that someone might get triggered by listening to a male preacher spewing (and screaming) religious bullshit.
 
I for one think the track has a lot of potential and knowing Lana, there might be a subversion to it (as you said) and this is probably the closest we have to the sound and feel of Bare Feet On Linoleum (one of my favorite things she’s ever done) so it’s already a win for me. I just don’t think it’s fair to say people shouldn’t feel uncomfortable with it/people who won’t appreciate it, don’t get that art should be challenging. Sometimes we don’t like to be challenged on certain things and that’s also ok.

A&W is what precedes disorienting phase of the record that contains the interludes and Candy Necklace - the American Whore segment is congruent with the sonority of the first 3 tracks (stripped back, sweeping instrumentation) even though it’s grungier and with a darker allure; on the other hand the Jimmy segment is dirty, messy (in a good way) and chaotic. I think it makes narrative sense for A&W to be placed as it is, going by everything we know/have heard so far about the album. Plus, I think it’s a cute throwback to NFR having an almost 10 minutes track as the third song of the record.
 
Fingertips belongs in a sequence of the album where she’s delving into the depths of her past and memory: sparse instrumentals to kind of force the listeners to pay attention to what might very well be darkest lyrics of her career so far. From there she goes into a more lighter tone where she seems to be navigating her thoughts in a way that feels more gentle (Paris, Texas + Grandfather + Let The Light In, Margaret, etc) before entering her signing off bang bang kiss kiss with the last three tracks, racing freely out of the black, into the blue.
 
The tracklist feels incredibly deliberate this time. Or maybe I have no idea what I’m talking about 

she deserves grammys for this masterpiece of an album but... anyways 
 

I don't think BOZ deactivated because he's scared of the backlash if tomorrow is disappointing.
His ego is too big to do stuff like that, if nothing happens he would just gaslight everyone into thinking he never said anything about a surprise 

the way i thought you meant it was on shelves. not discounted. 

Totally agree. I wish he just kept his mouth shut about it; now we’ve all built up excitement and expectation. I’ve said it before,  Bozo’s “announcements” are almost always to the effect of “I know something you don’t know :)”
like either tell us or stfu and let Lana’s announcement BE the announcement

Ofcourse, but from the tracks I’ve heard thus far and the spoiler lyrics I’ve read, to me I think this one is going back to roots, self reflection on her life from childhood and very real feelings and experiences that we may all have felt or related to which aren’t inherently from the American dream/fame/the culture. 
 
it all seems much more personal. I know she’s been branded the queen of Americana for years, but I’m not getting that vibe so far! Buttttt I’ve only heard 2 songs, so it is yet to be seen, very exciting 

I don’t think the American dream is going to be represented at all, remember, her other albums were focused on world building, this one is not 
 
edit; American whore, funnily enough, isn’t American at all. It represents what all women of all cultures have probably experienced i their lives! 

her surprise is to recite the poem patent leather do over on bbc

I hope the surprise is the titty vinyl boxset preorders or signed lithographs (I’d DIE DIE DIE if she does lithos of the titty pic) 

when she announces the surprise tomorrow saying it’s a special guest and rosemead exclusive baby walks on stage

Saying somebody deserves to be sexually harassed is different than someone making a COCC joke 

True! Me neither! Video games, born to die.. chefs kiss! My doggo is even called cinnamon, always singing radio to her! Paradise EP holds some of my top tier songs! I just love and resonate with a lot of her later work these days! 

not you saying this as if you don't have it. 

not you trying to bland with the folk

Watch your back! 

Has Lana worked with David lynch before? The name drop in interview mag could be a hint 

True! Me neither! Video games, born to die.. chefs kiss! My doggo is even called cinnamon, always singing radio to her! Paradise EP holds some of my top tier songs! I just love and resonate with a lot of her later work these days! 

Ofcourse, but from the tracks I’ve heard thus far and the spoiler lyrics I’ve read, to me I think this one is going back to roots, self reflection on her life from childhood and very real feelings and experiences that we may all have felt or related to which aren’t inherently from the American dream/fame/the culture. 
 
it all seems much more personal. I know she’s been branded the queen of Americana for years, but I’m not getting that vibe so far! Buttttt I’ve only heard 2 songs, so it is yet to be seen, very exciting 

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I don’t think the American dream is going to be represented at all, remember, her other albums were focused on world building, this one is not 
 
edit; American whore, funnily enough, isn’t American at all. It represents what all women of all cultures have probably experienced i their lives! 

True! Me neither! Video games, born to die.. chefs kiss! My doggo is even called cinnamon, always singing radio to her! Paradise EP holds some of my top tier songs! I just love and resonate with a lot of her later work these days! 

I don’t think it’s slated, some people just associate albums with different parts of their lives and so I think a lot of people outgrow BTD.. like even Lana herself calling it pick me  it’s a great piece of work and it will always have a special place in my heart, but I’m a boring old mam now who’s doesn’t live the exciting life I once did, COTCC probs just fits in with my life much better these days