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I think the paragraph about the neighbours and such is a reference to the attempt, I believe the SA may have happened later... Lana spoke of having a boyfriend in his mid 20s when she was 16 who used to drive dangerously with her in the passenger seat of his car, that's statutory already. There may have been other occasions but I can see her teen years were the times most of these dark things were happening. Breaks my heart

I've listened to the whole album three or four times and it might be one of my favourites, I love Hollywood fairytale feel of it and appreciate she threw in some sexy numbers at the end to keep everyone happy overall. I think it's a really clever album!

Just now, venicebitch said:

yesssss you can clearly hear all the production, im amazed, this album sounds way more polished now

Hell yeah!!! I'm so pumped 😍😍

1 minute ago, venicebitch said:

fuck this album sounds MILES better than the leaked files we were listening to 

If you don't mind answering what's different? As I loved the leaked files, is it the audio quality?

3 minutes ago, lanitataco said:

i wonder what robs album is going to sound like. i hope lana had enough influence that it sounds like OB. how iconic would it be to get a song like fingertips and grandfather but from her dads perspective.

I'm excited for Daddy Del Rey's debut, he's so adorable. Old man and the sea in 2023

34 minutes ago, rosemead ramada said:

Okay everyone i TOOK ONE FOR THE TEAM and attempted to transcribe the Judah Smith Interlude and here you go

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???
it means quit lusting after your neighbor
that’s a heck of a life!
you get to love your children in front of you
you get to love, you have to talk to somebody about a new life
i don’t love my wife anymore, i don’t love my kids anymore
? like they’re usually my age
does that sound like love
it’s a life long ? with lust
but for too long they’ve been holding it on
and finally they just get weak
and they say it doesn’t matter anymore
and the spirit ?? with desires with
what you have and what’s in front of you

so as it works deep in your heart
as you call out to Him
how could you do it to me man?
help me want what I got
help me love what’s in front of me
help me want more of my wife and more of my friends
and help me serve the city I live in and not wish it away and hope I can move
help me God
I want to be a man in love
Not a man in lust
But you’ve got to do that
?? person up there

Psalms Chapter 8
And do you know what I got in this verse?
This is going to sound crazy to you but I’m gonna tell you
the absolute truth, it’s going to make me sound so ? so I’m looking forward to it
I woke up this morning and God said “check the bible”
?? I’m going to speak to you from the verse of the day
That means I don’t have to do anything, I don’t have to look anywhere
Just look at the verse of the day
So I get to the verse of the day
And here’s the verse of the day, today, in the bible
Look at this
Look at the splendor of the skies
You creative genius glowing in the heavens
When I gaze, when I gaze at your moon and your stars
Mounted like jewels in their settings
I know you are the fascinating artist who fashioned it all
When I look up and I see such wonder and workmanship above
I have to ask this question
I’ve got to ask this question
Compared to all this cosmic glory,
Why would you ever bother with puny, mortal man
Or being ??? , don’t get me started ?? infatuated
Or be infatuted with Adam’s son?
Why are you so infatuted with me?
You’re the star creator, you’re the ocean maker
you’re the whale creator, you’re the rhino designer
Who do you think you are?
And then it goes on in verse 5
??
Yet what honor you have given to me,
Created only a little lower than Elohim
Which is the name of Creator God
All this to god
You want to call God about this
At some point tonight when you go to bed yell:
“Yo, Elohim!”, and he’ll hear: “You’re the best artist ever!”
Crowned like kings and queens with glory and magnificence
You have delighted, you have delegated to them mastery over all you have made
You’ve made me a partner with you
I wish to think my preaching was mostly about you
And you’re not going to like this but I’m going to tell you the truth
I’ve discovered my preaching is mostly about me

 

feel free to attempt to fill in my missing parts/correct anything

Thank you so much for this! I was listening earlier and got stuck on Adam

I took it to be about ego, and being humbled from said ego... I actually like it (not a Judah himself Stan though as from what I've read he doesn't sound like a nice person).

I can see how the poetry and rhythm of this particular sermon appeals to Lana

Has anyone transcribed Judah yet? I'm interested in religious stuff despite being atheist (I went to a religious school and was constantly in church as a child though lol). I wanna read his full rant and figure out exactly what he's trying to get at so I can piece it together with the album and its themes

Ultimately I think it's her lack of understanding how to use sensitive language on this topic that causes her to rub people up the wrong way over and over. She's trying so hard to prove what she isn't rather than moving on it's like digging a hole for herself. We know what she means, but when she words things in this way we can't be surprised people may be bugged by it

Just now, BartenderDeco said:

where’s her label and her management? like they know her history when it comes to this and they approved that lyric 

I always think about this, like if that was my friend/collaborator I'd be telling her it's a bad idea. This lyric reminds me of Facebook mom memes where it's like 'I don't care if you're purple or orange etc. I LOVE EVERYONE' like pls be serious 

Just now, baddisease said:

 

Oh no. That comes across as more than tone deaf, to me. I mean, I get what she's saying but yikes.

Literally. I don't know why she had to word it that way. I'm not defending her as I feel like it was unnecessary to say it like that as she's already addressed this topic and other ways without having to use that word choice 😅😅😅

4 minutes ago, LanaBalkana said:

What’s the lyric?

To me she's clearly saying that due to her privilege and ignorance in her life experience she's made mistakes, and she knows people won't believe she isn't doing it on purpose, but she urges people to pay attention to what she's written so she isn't misunderstood. But the way she's worded that will come across as tone deaf and whatnot

She's gonna get devoured for that one line in Grandfather... while it's pretty obvious that she's deeply hurt and upset by constantly being called a Trumpie bigot etc. the way she's worded it in the song is just gonna come across as out of touch lol... I love her and yes her intentions are clear to anyone who follows her and understands, but saying it like that isn't gonna do her any favours with people who are just wading in