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My theory; I think VG was the perfect song to finish on I hate when people diminish Lana’s earlier work to being all about boyfriends and relationships and shit (I mean a lot of it is but it’s not JUST about that). But it is also evident that bfs & relationships are big impacts on her and on what she writes about She’s spoken at length about the process she had of writing Video Games - about a relationship where she’s essentially given up her plans as a writer/singer to live a life of domesticity with her man. A lot of people play it at their weddings and I’ve never known why because it’s beautiful, yeah, but it’s so damn sad. Not just melodically - but the overarching themes break my heart And ofc we all remember the infamous Dublin performance where L broke down singing VG on stage. Singing “it’s only worth living if somebody is loving you” at a time when felt like she wasn’t - not just in a relationship sense but in terms of fans too, being villianised by the press, being openly suicidal - is beyond heartbreaking to think But now she’s SO much happier and healthier, which is a point she’s stressed repeatedly in interviews and is apparent to see even in candid and fan photos. She told Rolling Stone in March that she has passion for making music (or words to that effect, can’t double check rn) for the first time in a decade. She’s just released an album full of healing So to me it makes perfect sense to use VG as a closer now. A) it shows full circle how far she’s come from those days when she couldn’t sing it without breaking down and B) with all the self-reflection she’s done on family and friends and so on, the lines don’t HAVE to be about a partner anymore. To me, when she says “it’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you…” she’s saying it to her fans and loved ones, because THEY are the ones she lives for now. And also for herself! I like to think she’s addressing past Lizzy on the stage of Arlene’s Grocery with her lil guitar telling her… this is for you, too, kid. (I haven’t taken my mood stabilisers yet so please excuse me.) So she’s sending her fans back out into the world after her performance telling them… this was for y’all. I think it fits beautifully. (In the same vein I think Get Free would also work, but VG ties the whole healing shit together better)

Some of y’all (a VERY VERY select few) will legit never be happy with anything Lana does. “Her voice is ruined” “her vocals were shit” “she sounded weak” “she sounded nervous”. Can we not just appreciate the fact that she’s returned to the stage after 3 years, especially when she’s naturally a very nervous performer in general, and given an amazing performance? Like atp I wonder why some of y’all are fans if you just want to nitpick everything L does like you’re her music teacher or something

okay girl why don’t you get up and sing then in her place

Mr C reference? I’ll show myself out

“I was brave and it would’ve been easier to stay” breaks my heart every time. I had an emotionally abusive ex (not that whatever ex this is about is abusive, although tbh I’d argue that cheating is inherently abusive in a way) and I beat myself up for years because I put up with his shit for so long. I felt weak because I did that But eventually I was brave enough to leave Sorry for the overly personal paragraph LOL. This just touches me on such a deep level. Violet is so poignantly, heart-breakingly beautiful and it saddens me that it’s so underrated

Maybe patty caught wind of it its like Eminem and his mom all over again

Slightly unrelated but I’m so done with the Lana subreddit. It’s full of immature morons who keep crying about everything that they can even slightly construe as problematic. Like sorry that the album doesn’t include fucking tone indicators before every track Anyway I’ve had “you wanted me sadder” stuck in my head since last night

The Jon one stresses me out 😭 bros so loud and eerie. I’m sure it’ll grow on me though

I know loads of people here had A&W as their favourite - is this still the case for anyone? Or has anything else usurped it?

Imagine patty listening to the leak and getting her to remove it

TT x VB, let the light in, Candy necklace, A&W, peppers… atm

Tbh I don’t have an issue with Taylor, I just don’t listen to her music cause it’s not my jam… but it literally does sound very Taylor Although obvs that’s because of Jack related but I was so impressed with jacks voice, I’ve never listened to bleachers before but i’m a convert

Did anyone else else think that Margaret sounded wayyyy too Taylor Swift (makes sense bc of Jack but still)

I wish it was, I went onto genius and saw it was Margaret but… we can just say it’s chuck right

Ahh I’m glad I’m not the only one! I thought I was being weird. I can’t work it out honestly bc it sounds like she’s describing being around her family mourning their deaths and then there’s that one line that sticks out also unrelated but the “daddy I miss them” bit at first made me think of Lana being sent to boarding school and telling her dad that she misses her siblings and patty

Lana is truly THE artist of our generation. In fact, I think she’s one of the greatest of all time OB is the most fascinating body of work she’s ever released. The fact that she goes SO deeply into every aspect of her past, touches on uncomfortable feelings with candour (the line about being “super suicidal” in Candy Necklace anyone?), and also makes a cohesive link back to tracks/eras from her entire career, including the Lizzy Grant days, is MINDBLOWING My favourites ⭐️ Candy necklace surprisingly catchy and also quite eerie especially as it ended. I wasn’t a fan of JB’s solo vocals at the end which is the only part I didn’t enjoy. Contextually it’s very rich and I’m going to listen to it and analyse the themes and subtext properly later ⭐️ Kintsugi I lost a family member recently and this hit me HARD. But it’s so comforting at the same time. There were some bits I was confused about though - what’s with “There's somethin' about the clutch of the wrist / He thought mine was his to carve into his mouth” ? To me it almost sounded like SA/physical abuse (linking back to A&W) but that wouldn’t really fit with the context of the song so idk. Also the line “by the third of March I was cracked open”, does anyone know what this refers to? ⭐️ Let the light in this is lowkey so sexy?? (I’m going to be crass and ask: are these two fucking fr?) It’s lyrically very lizzyesque ⭐️ Fishtails also sexy?? The description on genius said it’s about Lana and Chuck though and I’m like… well I certainly HOPE not. I know they kissed but :/ I love the auto tune, it’s an interesting new technique from Lana. Also I love the callback to Jump “palm trees in black and white, I love to see them sway” vs “palm trees in black and white, last thing I saw before I died” ⭐️ Peppers ok I’d never heard of TG before and from the name thought it was a dude and I was MAD. Like I don’t want to hear some guy singing on what’s allegedly a sexy song. I was so relieved it wasn’t lmao. I just wish Lana had joined in a bit more on the chorus ⭐️ TT x VB I actually preferred the leaked snippet of TT. Even though it was lq it sounded really gritty and dirty, and the final version was just a bit TOO polished. Also I feel like the bit with Margaret speaking in the middle could’ve literally been anything else. Like get Alana or Chuck to say something.. that would’ve been cool. Idk it just seemed pointless thanks Jack. HOWEVER this version of VB is the only one I’ll accept from now on. It’s so hot and grimy. “Not tonight lake placid” ICONIC Fingertips is also a favourite but I need a whole separate post for that because it’s so complex I skipped through the interludes as well because I just couldn’t be bothered with them. JA shouted too much and JB’s one was just creepy. I might go back and give them another listen at some point but I’m not a fan

This made me choke

Is there a new thread to discuss the album now that it’s out? Bc I know this one will be locked soon

I just wanna give little Lizzy a hug and some maternal comfort

Bless you tysm For some reason it won’t show up on Spotify yet but it’s fine on Amazon music see yall on the other side

Does anyone know what time its meant to be dropping in the UK 😭 I thought it would be midnight but still nothing. But then again I’m dumb and don’t understand what ‘midnight local time’ meant

Patty’s power

50 minutes for me in UK! I couldn’t have asked for better company for my first prerelease thread as a member than y’all

12 year old me thinking I ate by saying “I looked up the definition of rude in the dictionary and found a picture of you”

“I’m not allowed to say” new boz just dropped