Norman Fucking Rockwell - Pre-Release Thread

[elanodelrey 530]

yes. she's sang "nothing gold can stay" before in mtwbt

I know but in the last listens, I always hear the word “cold” x.x

Pd: at first I hear gold too bcs of MTWBT x)

[American Whore 51,313]

I’m just so ready for Lana’s Beatle record. I’ve been waiting for this day for years and it’s finally actually happening. This makes me forget the demos from L4L, I want demos of this lmao

[Masochism 15,400]

facts and taste

legends think alike 

[cashcomesquick 5,381]

With the next album, we’ll have 20 minutes tracks. Bookmark this

[WildMustang 14,759]

With the next album, we’ll have 20 minutes tracks. Bookmark this

Hmm I think its a phase

(Which will probably give us an amazing record)

[annedauphine 35,879]

I immediately thought about it when I saw "ten minutes track" but I really wouldn't be surprised if Lana said she was influenced by the Dire Straits. This whole album is so good and means a lot to me

 

[Edelweiss 183]

So this is really the album name huh 

[Crimson and Clover 22,505]

imagine this album being actually gapless/really good in flow like the first half of HM

[wraith 7,277]

just took a fat hit n listening to MAC while the high kicks in so I can listen to Venice Legend 

[softcore babyface 4,376]

Lana literally snapped, also both of these are better than everything on Ultraviolence

[uncannyvalleygirl 35]

Lana literally snapped, also both of these are better than everything on Ultraviolence

 

 

old money called 

[softcore babyface 4,376]

old money called 

and venice bitch hung up!

[littleredpartydress 49,871]

old money called

 

The call failed

[GroupieLove 2,621]

This era already

The 10-minute track

The fucking title

 

She's really coming this era.

LFL has left the chat and found DEAD.

[LAman 3,223]

I think the album title is awesome, so different and so Lana at the same time. She's really letting loose, and it feels good.

[American Bottom 16,228]

old money called

And Black Beauty snatched the phone, cussed out Venice Bitch. Then hung up.

[annedauphine 35,879]

I adore Venice Bitch but the only thing hung around here is Ultraviolence

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,050]

I'm so in love with these songs, and all the creative decisions she's making -- I've never been so excited for an album, nonetheless one by Lana. 

 

I have so many thoughts right now

 

Like, as much as I loved LFL, it seems like such an anticlimax compared to this. It's fun enough to listen to, but it really does feel empty compared to what she's given us here, already. I already love this for the same reasons I love AKA so damn much: it's Lana pursuing what she's passionate about, creating extremely unique, layered music. There's thought, soul, and inspiration behind it, and it shows. 

 

As for how strongly the era is already dividing the fans, I think it's brilliant. I haven't seen such outrage or vitriol directed at Lana for her creative choices since Born to Die, and I think it's absolutely amazing this time around, because she's consciously making provocative decisions. Like, you can't title an album Norman Fucking Rockwell without knowing it's going to give you some hell. This is the same woman, the same provocateur, that once raised eyebrows in the extreme for opening a track with the line "My pussy tastes like Pepsi-Cola". She's back.

 

I love that, especially with Venice Bitch, she's returning to that idea of nostalgia and classic Americana that we haven't seen in years and years, but as someone here said (apologies that I can't remember who), it's matured. She's become the most adept at writing in her own style that she's ever, ever been, successfully combining her starry-eyed view of the past and America (hence the reference to Rockwell, who painted an idealistic, wholesome America) with the reckless abandon and controversial attitude that made her famous in the first place, which leads us to the big ol' "fucking" slapped right in the middle of the name of an American icon.  It's heart without excessive sentimentality, and attitude without bitterness. 

 

I think these things combined (and things we have yet to see) will propel NFR to classic-level, like Born to Die or moreso -- maybe not in terms of widespread fan adoration, but in terms of being a stylish, smart, thoughtful and timeless record. 

 

I'm over the moon 

[salvatore 21,769]

I'm not gonna place this with her 'LDR' discography personally, i know it sounds a bit cheesy but it fits better looking at her Lizzy Grant section imho; of course her lifelong discography would be the two "lists" compiled together but I can't deny that the title, while bad sounding for a LDR record- is perfect for something we'd expect from her pre-BtD, pre-blowup, pre-pop altogether. Even the damn cover isn't her in glam with a headshot, like every other LDR record was; it's just her set to a slice of life setting that evokes emotion, much like her AKA cover

 

jus..idk hear me out n think about it

 

 

Sirens

Kill Kill

Lizzy Grant AKA Lana Del Ray

Norman Fucking Rockwell

 

---

 

Born to Die

Paradise

Ultraviolence

Honeymoon

Lust for Life

 

it also lowkey psyches me out seeing how complete of a story her LDR discography is, like it is a genuine study somebody could conduct and write tens of pages and essays on. The first ever opening instrumental to LDRs discog is from "Born to Die" with opulent violins and grandiose emotion; "Feet don't fail me now, take me to that finish line"

 

& with Get Free the first line is literally "Finally, I'm crossing the threshold from the ordinary world- to the reveal of my heart"- and ends  the semi-opulence we saw at the front of LfL and replaces it with ocean sounds- the exact opposite of the layered more modern production seen in BtD, something more down to Earth and grounded in realism and sanctity. even looking at the titles of the LDR records it tells a story, from the 3 words to the 1 and then finishing at the 3. 

 

While I hope to god she doesn't fade her glamorous persona for good I sincerely wouldn't be surprised if "Lana Del Rey" was over; or I'm being a casual fag and reading into things way too much and she'll go back to a LfL/Paradise sounds with more formulaic and boppier beats for LDR7 and completely shatter this theory

[SarcasticBeauty 1,540]

I'm not anticipating this album because so far I'm not a fan of the sound direction. But this is Lana, she can prove me wrong. Venice Bitch is cute though. I dont love it. but its growing on me.