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I think so too. Plus she seems really happy and kinda told her life story in the last 2 albums and addressed a lot of questions and criticisms. 
So this one may be a fun, relaxed and not a serious one. I need more funny Lana songs, she’s got a great sense of humour 

DYKTTATUOB's body is still warm... 

Three hours and 52 mins 

if the album leaks tonight while we're all distracted listening to the fucking radio

Goodmorning from Canada - today's the day everyone! Who's excited and are you going to tune in to BBC Radio 1?

No hard feelings, dude.

If I had anything to guess about the intentions. I think Lana is very much still a Christian (considering she has been spotted at Church recently) but she was going through a dark period of her life and her belief in God may have been disrupted and became foggy.
 
I don’t think Judah would have hopped on the album if it was just a song to mock him and Christianity, I think there’s a deeper meaning to it. She contains multitudes after all.

I’m actually excited for the track. I just think it’s perfectly understandable if some people don’t vibe with it and if religious content is something that triggers them, then that’s perfectly valid   idk about anyone else but I never said Lana shouldn’t do this or that or that people should question her decision to include a sermon in her album - I don’t understand where these combative answers are coming from lol.

The problem with religion is not religion itself but the people in power/behind it. The Bible should never be interpreted literally, and most of the time it isn't — and the only time preachers and priests do it, it's based on what they think it's right or wrong/what's cultural and socially accepted. It's only for you to learn something, not blatant and literally follow its texts and scriptures.
Can art be challenging? Yes, and it might make you feel uncomfortable. Art is not meant to make you feel good. If it does, then that's great, but you should not hold it against the artist if it doesn't. Ultimately, it's the artist's choice to make what they want of their art. 
I mean, it's just a preacher's sermon, and Lana's laughing and talking while he's at it. Also, you can interpret it in infinite ways: Lana's lowkey mocking him/Lana's not even paying attention/Lana's liking it so much/Lana's just casually recording, etc. Like, it's not that serious. To some extent, I can't get why some people might be uncomfortable, but imo the interlude itself doesn't have any shock value. It's just something she wanted to put on the record and might not even have any other deep meaning (like, for example, putting The Trio on BB).

Well thank god I never said that. Amen.

In every convo about music, there’s always a “then don’t listen” horn tooter coming out of the woodwork, isn’t it? Oh well.

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.

Oh, alright. In that case and until proven otherwise, religious content that goes as far as treating a preacher as a feature makes me uncomfortable and it’s not far-fetched to imagine that happening to queer people in general for obvious reasons. We actually have no way of knowing (yet) what’s her intention behind this interlude but I sincerely hope there’s a bite to it.

as you should 

it would be kind of funny if boz just...lied

people d1ed, forest fires broke out, the gates of hell opened

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

me when i fall asleep on the keyboard

So, you said you lived in Rosemead but really you're at the Ramada 

Or maybe he just wanted to have a little giggle and sit back watching us go feral over a bunch of bullshit 

I’m crashing and spiraling from being off my meds I need something to happen tonight  March 24th my umbrellar god I need u baby 

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

I just realized
14th January - we finally got the tracklist
14th February - A&W release
14th March - The Grants and the surprise
 
there's something about 14th day in the month this era 

Definitely Margaret for me. I just don't care about Jack or his marriage. I feel like it could be the preacher interlude tho too. I haven't heard the snippet but the idea of it sounds terrible lol.

when y’all are versing each other