Norman Fucking Rockwell - Pre-Release Thread

[TheBoss 13,507]

So... What do you think the color of the vinyl is going to be

[Fingertips 72,037]

I hope The Next Best American Record is reworked, just like Black Beauty was. I overplayed the demo

[SparkleJumpropeNoose 8,750]

So... What do you think the color of the vinyl is going to be

beige

[Trash Magic 28,381]

Omg this cover is genius. She's fleeing a burning civilization of greed, ignorance and hatred and building a new america with a man from the past and she's pulling the listener in to join her. 

[Crimson and Clover 22,505]

since Jack Nicholson's grandson is in this, I'm just gonna reach and say that the cover reminds me of the boat scene from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and that Lana reminds me of Candy Starr (the girl at the very left)

 

[Fingertips 72,037]

Omg this cover is genius. She's fleeing a burning civilization of greed, ignorance and hatred and building a new america with a man from the past and she's pulling the listener in to join her. 

 

You lose your way, just take my hand

You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again

Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am

I'm your man.

[DinahLee 6,207]

No one is mad she's not in front of a car wearing white. 

 

Sis I'm reading the pages. And Twitter.

There are awkward gays out there thinking this is some type of tradition or anything. Like yes it was cute and I find it actually funny she's in a boat.

 

Everybody always fucking hate every cover so I'm really not surprised. It's been the same thing since Honeymoon.  "Oh she looks stupid" "Oh she looks ugly" "Oh the guy on the cover" "Oh she's so small in the cover" "Oh that's an odd smile" "Oh what is she wearing infront of this truck??"

 

this has been part of every album campaign by now lmao.

[WaitForLife 5,238]

I don't get most of the complaining... at all.

 

For the whole "wow no car" "she's not wearing white"

I always saw Lust For Life as a full circle moment that closed something that started with Born To Die (She's also not wearing white or infront or any car in that beautiful-mess-airbrushed Paradise edition cover). Even "Get Free" sounded like she was trying to close a chapter in her whole life.

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell seems like the first step of something brand new. Out of the black, into the blue. Sis literally in the middle of the ocean while California is on fire behind her NNNN

 

 

I guess the whole composition might not work for some people tho and that's ok, that's valid. Just awkward to be mad she's not "INFRONT OF ANY CAR" or this type of stuff.

 

I, personally, love the aesthetic. It's a giant hybrid of Comic-Style, Real painting (background) and photography.

That makes sense. Maybe she burned California because of bad moments she had there.

[poetic jess 2,340]

I don't get most of the complaining... at all.

 

For the whole "wow no car" "she's not wearing white"

I always saw Lust For Life as a full circle moment that closed something that started with Born To Die (She's also not wearing white or infront or any car in that beautiful-mess-airbrushed Paradise edition cover). Even "Get Free" sounded like she was trying to close a chapter in her whole life.

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell seems like the first step of something brand new. Out of the black, into the blue. Sis literally in the middle of the ocean while California is on fire behind her NNNN

 

 

I guess the whole composition might not work for some people tho and that's ok, that's valid. Just awkward to be mad she's not "INFRONT OF ANY CAR" or this type of stuff.

 

I, personally, love the aesthetic. It's a giant hybrid of Comic-Style, Real painting (background) and photography.

Same here. I love mixed media and I was secretly hoping she’d be with someone on the cover for NFR. I completely see what you mean about the closing chapter part. Didn’t think about it at first, but it makes sense and I’m so happy she tried something new.

 

Btw I think this is the second cover they shot since I can guess the original Ben or Ed didn’t like was more simple than this. I’m very happy with the cover.

[Cacciatore 19,347]

The only thing I don't like about the cover is the fact the guy looks too... young? He literally looks like he's on his early 20's 

[WilshireBoulevard 5,420]

Lana really said bisexual rights when she made that cover     

[Sugar Venom 9,658]

[Nobody 21,523]

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0lqLAmhLfR/

 

Chuck only tagged Jack and Laura for production so I guess BAR has been reworked by him.. idk what Zach Dawes is doing though

[DinahLee 6,207]

Also the work reminds me so much of David LaChapelle, he did the Flaunt Magazine shoot back in 2017. Wish they would work together for more.

 

 

But I also thought the cover was going to be shoot by Steven Klein? Glad it wasn't cuz for sure some dark mess would be here now

[Terrence Loves Me 72,696]

lana arrived at her destination on lust for life when she got out the car and smiled... this is the start of something NEW... or back to her roots, sailing #theocean

[Make me your Dream Life 87,836]

I love this bitch, I really do.

[singintheblues 935]

I dont know what to expect for tomorrow, another basic box? It would be a great surprise the poetry book or a good box with a vinyl, but thats not realistic.

[SweetHenny 14,579]

Let this thread rest in peace in 30 days. It's the most iconic thing in the Internet now

[Foxglove 2,266]

ok hmu with the leekx whenever yall get it thnx

[Vertimus 9,557]

definitely!! it's better. i'm still not a big fan of what she's wearing though and the fucking DUDE jesus someone please crop him out of the cover

If she had been hugging him and at least looking towards him it would have been better. The reaching out to the viewer pose is clumsy and awful.

 

Everything looks washed out. It would ha e been better if the colors were more saturated and there was more contrast. That greenish yellow is awful too. She should have used a primary yellow instead.