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I think we'll hear the first song tomorrow, at least I think we'll get something for her birthday.

I think we'll hear the first song tomorrow, at least I think we'll get something for her birthday.

I think we'll hear the first song tomorrow, at least I think we'll get something for her birthday.

I think we'll hear the first song tomorrow, at least I think we'll get something for her birthday.

I think we'll hear the first song tomorrow, at least I think we'll get something for her birthday.

I think we need to remember that Lana apparently was sick during the UV era. It's possible that she would've done more promo if she hadn't been sick. Also I think she used UV as way of coping with her depression and stuff and that might explain why she moved away from it so quickly.
 
Anyways I really hope she'll do more promo this era, I don't expect her to do Taylor Swift level promotion, but the promotion she did during the Paradise era was enough for me. A few radio- and television performances and interviews and some really great music videos is all I'm asking for. If people don't think being a Lana fan was more exciting during the BTD/paradise era they are lying!
 
And the people who are calling television performances 'whoring out' need to stop. Even Tom Waits did television- and radio performances for his last album! If you want people to buy your album you need to do promo, simple as that.
 
That being said I have trust in Lana. She seems happier than I've seen her for a long time and this tour have been amazing so far! She's never done a bad album and I'm sure HM will be great too! Don't Le Me Be Misunderstood is one of my favorite songs of all time and I think that MTWBT sounds like a really interesting concept! I think that Life Is Beautiful sounds really beautiful and I hope it'll be on the album since it fits the theme of the HM lyrics. I'm also really excited for Mark Ronson as a producer.

This is a smart assessment of the point in which Lana is right now. 
HM is her crucial album in my opinion too. UV was different from BTD, it was less viable commercially but what was lost in that area it was compensated with critical acclaim. I see Lana as a borderline mainstream artist (she had a few hits WG, SS, YB) but her lack of exposure in the mainstream media, for about more than 2 years now, is a problem for her because she became overly dependent commercially on her fans (UV was very successful for 2-3 weeks, when her fan base snatched up the album, but after that dropped like a rock in sales). She has some unique strengths: unique voice, ear for melodies, the ability to conjure a specific mood, looks. But she has weaknesses: sub par live performances, repetitive lyrical content. So, at this time she has a solid fan base but this is not granted forever to her. Let's not forget that some of her fans are rooting for her for 4 years now and this is a long time for any relationship. She has a fairly varied fan base but the bulk of her fans are young people who are evolving and who will expect soon some variation in her lyrical themes to remain interested. I think that HM will be a watershed for her fan base. If she will disappoint musically and she'll show the same "I don't care" attitude like in the UV era she'll lose a lot of quality fans.
 
The crux of her new era will be her attitude: she needs to shred the overly shy, uncertain singer image. After 3 years of touring there is no reason for her to feel crippled on stage, she absolutely can sing but she has to take seriously her performances (from what I saw in this tour she improved in all areas of her show).
 
I have to say that I don't like the leaked HM lyrics. In my opinion, as far as lyrics goes, they aren't viable commercially and they aren't good from a critical point of view. It's the bad middle-point that I fear for the HM era. I think that there is time for her to make adjustments and she needs to pay attention to the few critics who made valid points about her work.

LANA DEL REY LYRICS ANTHOLOGY
(Preview) A book that includes lyrics to every Lana Del Rey song including unreleased! Inspired by the tour lyrics book, this bible contains over 200 pages of lyrics and coloured images. Pledge towards the print of an initial run of 100 copies and pre-order on KickStarter!
 

I met Lana yesterday at a gay bar and she told me we'll have to unlock Honeymoon. We have to get married with our sugar daddy and plan a L.A. honeymoon for summertime. Once a great number of #Lipsters do that we'll get to unlock Honeymoon. She also said that was the same method for us to get PWYC video but we weren't pretty enough while crying so she scrapped it

Just an update that I have finally burned my CD so the project is 100% complete. I will post guides on burning and also a picture guide on how to assemble the jewel case by early next week.

I got real CDs made now. Just need to burn the music onto the discs and I will have a full-blown AKA jewel case!

By the way, I was sent something a few weeks ago about we now have LDR in iTunes quality? Is this true? I just haven't seen it mentioned anywhere on the forums so just checking.
 
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