Tycho

We all know she became disillusioned with music industry/fame. She played the fame game for too long and when she finally achieved her dream it didn't feel like success. Whenever I read this interview I miss the old 24 years old Lana who was obsessed with fame:
 
"I'm talking about epic, knocked-down, dragged-out love stories in song. That's what I'm heading towards. I want to destroy lives with my music and to understand the glamour of danger(...). I know a lot of different people. When they are drunk, in the dark of the night they all want the same thing. They all want to be famous. It's innately human to want other people to bear witness to your life. It's important for people to be watched. They don't want to be alone. I don't want to be alone."
 
I feel this Lana would do anything to achieve success (and she did it). But right now  she isn't the same 24 years old Lana anymore. Her perception of music, career and success has changed.  Her interviews in UV era just make clear isn't about  moving people with her music anymore but is much more important how things are for her. Is she really wrong ? I don't know, take for example an artist like SIA - she doesn't tour or do promo regularly. A lot of indie acts do a lot of "media tour" ( talk shows, radios performances, videos) and so on but mostly of them can't really really find any chart success. 

i love lana

I just sometimes can't with some Lana stans, srsly. The definition of delusional. Lana is a not a well-respected artist and regardless what she does, she won't be for the years to come.
Commercial success is the only thing that keeps her afloat.
 
Times have changed so much in the music industry. The situation these days is not compareable to the one from 30, 40 or 50 years ago and Lana is still ridin on her BTD success, so she still gets a chance to work with a producer like Mark Ronson. 
 
 
Oh, one day before tour, no tweets, no message on Instagram, nothing. As uneventful as it gets. And the setlist will most-likely be as uneventful as always.

This is the riddle of HM isn't it? Why coming out so soon after UV with another album? Possible answers:
1. She wants a new shot to mainstream stardom. She chickened out from performing properly UV because she went "to far". She get embarrassed by her own lyrics (UV, FMWTT). Partially I can include her tour in this scenario but she also needs some good videos and live performances on tv. HM will be syrupy, there will not be any controversy in it, a rather boring afair with some potential hits. 
2. She wants to get out from her contract with Interscope because she wants to be an alt queen, being random and fully integrated in some artistic community. This would explain the UV promo fiasco,  the iphone video, her friction with her label regarding UV and generally her I don't give a fuck atitude wich ended in random interviews and show cancellations. I expect a good and uncompromising album if this becomes true but brace yourself to more randomness.
3. Something in the middle. She is maneuvered by the hyenas around her: the Mawson gang which wants to cash in from her tour and her label which wants to cash in from her commercial potential that she has left. She has no clear ideas going forward with her music: alt vs. mainstream. I would hate this because it would result in a subpar album with no hits, little promo, with minimal involvement from her label and would end up like Tropico tbh.

Lana's main problem was her reluctance to perform her music. Let face it, this is the mother of all of her problems but I'm not optimistic tbh. I hope the tour will go well for her and maybe she'll be confident enough to do some live TV

Lana's main problem was her reluctance to perform her music. Let face it, this is the mother of all of her problems but I'm not optimistic tbh. I hope the tour will go well for her and maybe she'll be confident enough to do some live TV

Lana's main problem was her reluctance to perform her music. Let face it, this is the mother of all of her problems but I'm not optimistic tbh. I hope the tour will go well for her and maybe she'll be confident enough to do some live TV

Homegirl just needs to make up her mind about where she wanna go with her career and just act after that decision tbh 

Lana's main problem was her reluctance to perform her music. Let face it, this is the mother of all of her problems but I'm not optimistic tbh. I hope the tour will go well for her and maybe she'll be confident enough to do some live TV

I mean, I as a fan want her to be successful. When I am @work, I wanna hear her on the radio, I wanna see her giving interviews and being present.
I mean, it's natural that I want these things since I am a fan and I wanna see my girl showcasing her music. 
 
And charting high is needed these days. Long gone are days where you could chart low and sell lots despite of it.
Hell, Nicki was almost No.20 last week on BB200 and she roughly sold 5k.
No success means pretty much the end. 

I hope that she extends her set tbh. BTD and Paradise songs are a must because they are popular and she can sing them well but she needs to add songs from UV like CW, WC, SOC, BB, UV and maybe OM. I expect that she'll sing at least 5-6 songs from UV and a total of minimum 15-16 songs for her set (one and a half hour of performance without the off stage wanderings). I hope that she'll change her show a little bit  because the extended length can heighten the sense of monotony. I hope that she involved some professionals in organizing her set and performance. Persisting with her smoking shtick and talking with her band about what will they do next would be silly at this level

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"  

Yeah, I can imagine something like this:
Lana: "Let's do a new one!"
The public is going apeshit
Lana facing her band asking rhetorically: "We never did this one?"
Band: "No"
Lana singing an a capella "version" of LiB just 1 verse and the chorus
Lana laughing awkwardly to the public and sticking cutely her tong out
The first rows are going apeshit
Lana: "Let's do Carmen"