Norman Fucking Rockwell - Pre-Release Thread

[GeminiLanaFan 45,887]

because it's not against the rules for a 13 year old to have an Instagram account.

 

It's a scientific fact that the brains of children are not fully formed and so that's why they may do things which may be bad.

 

 

You're being overdramatic. Her work was not "ruined" and Lana's fanbase - which buys multiple copies of the album - has probably made up the difference anyway. She's rich, remember?

I know she wasn’t illegal by having an Instagram account. Anyone can have one. And I know how a teenager’s brain works when it comes to judgement. When I was questioning is the fact that kids have Instagram accounts or any social media account if they don’t know what the consequences can be for being so impulsive. That girl sure is an example of that. She got way more than she bargained for, with her cassette.

[ilovetati 15,295]

The tour life lyric is only bad because we relate it to the cringe of her saying “lyfe” on IG. It’s cute otherwise...nothing noteworthy.

 

I know you’re not liking NFR so far, but it’s already better than that other album that aged like avocado.

[Fingertips 72,117]

How can it be her Melodrama when there are at least four songs that are better than anything on it?

[GodBlessMe 2,141]

"It turns out everywhere you go, you take yourself. That's not a lie."

 

Ok, but how do you not take yourself everywhere

 

I'm 20 pages behind so someone might have already answered, but I think it makes sense. She's talking about moving to California to escape the self destructive lifestyle she was living in New York and I think she's realizing that she'll never be able to escape it because "everywhere you go, you take yourself". At least, that's how I interpret it. 

[Vanilla Icy 29,592]

The tour life lyric is only bad because we relate it to the cringe of her saying “lyfe” on IG. It’s cute otherwise...nothing noteworthy.

 

 

I know you’re not liking NFR so far, but it’s already better than that other album that aged like avocado.

what? i love nfr so much some of the songs off of it are some of the best i've ever heard from lana   

 

im just saying it doesn't sound anything like melodrama 

[Dominikx4 25,029]

 

 

whew so my current ranking (i only listened to the leak twice tho so)

1) California

2) Cinnamon Girl

3) Happiness Is A Butterfly

4) The Greatest

5/6) Venice Bitch

5/6) Mariners Apartment Complex

7) Love Song

8) Norman Fucking Rockwell

9) Doin' Time

10) Best American Record

11) hope

12) Bartender

13) fuck it i love you

 

didnt include HTD cuz we havent heard that one yet

 

[Nobody 21,306]

I miss Graham

 

He was the backbone of this website 

[baddisease 15,924]

i'm 19 and i think the lyric would be cute if she sang it in concerts but yeah it feels weird to have it in an official song. You can definitely tell she wrote it while touring and on a high from the love she gets there but it.. doesn't fit w the rest of the song to me

 

there's a joke in here somewhere but i can't find it

 

 

 

Okay everyone, I see you.

 

Just know I really am doing my hardest to be on top of things the best I can right now. It may not look like it, but I really am. That's why I had to snap up from my recovery and heavily attend to the site yesterday, and will be doing so intently from this moment on. I understand your frustrations of the site being understaffed, and I will look into adding some additional mods, especially since traffic will be heavy. For everyone who has been facing issues prior to this, I apologise. I really am going through something very serious and I am both physically and mentally unwell. I do my best to do what I can, but at this very moment in time it is hard considering I haven't even left my room in weeks and even the simplest of everyday tasks such as eating or moving around has become an immense struggle. 

 

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please hire me to cuss ben and ed out for you. all i require is access to any unleaked material the mod team may have.

 

who wanma buy me nfr on vinyl im broke

 

put it on an amazon wish list and i might buy it for you if i have the money. (i'm completely serious)

[Nobody 21,306]

what? i love nfr so much some of the songs off of it are some of the best i've ever heard from lana   

 

im just saying it doesn't sound anything like melodrama 

 

they probably meant in terms of acclaim 

[baddisease 15,924]

"It turns out everywhere you go, you take yourself. That's not a lie."

 

Ok, but how do you not take yourself everywhere

 

 

I'm 20 pages behind so someone might have already answered, but I think it makes sense. She's talking about moving to California to escape the self destructive lifestyle she was living in New York and I think she's realizing that she'll never be able to escape it because "everywhere you go, you take yourself". At least, that's how I interpret it. 

 

There's this but there's also a few AA slogans that she'd probably know that are basically similar to what she said, and she talks about shooting up in that song, so...

[13cherries 38]

 

"my old man is a thief and im gonna stay and pray with him till the end" .. "lets get out of this town baby were on fire" lana has always sang about being hot in a literal sense or on fire, she mentions it in ultraviolence quite a bit too

 

Could it be that when she references fire she’s talking about heroin I mean a lot of people usually say that when the do any type of opioids there body feels warmer or hotter.

[clementines 9,678]

The Greatest is legit one of her best songs EVER

[Atomic Piggy 325]

ok hear me out - i think the lyric is cute but i cant really find myself resonating w it because im 21 and it feels ..... weird?

My grandma really got into Lana lately... Is that a symptom? 

(No kidding, I'm dead serious) 

[Cacciatore 19,346]

a "realistic" dream setlist for this tour would be

 

NFR title track

without you

cherry

freak/art deco medley

cinnamon girl

brooklyn baby

born to die

fuck it i love you

ride

video games

black beauty (in full)

the greatest

california

get free

venice bitch

 

[Vanilla Icy 29,592]

for the most part it is 

[LanaCharts 1,933]

My nfr first week sales prediction is 150k in the US and 32k in the UK <3 oh and 84+ on Metacritic

[WilshireBoulevard 5,419]

there's a joke in here somewhere but i can't find it

 

 

i can't find it either idgi

[TangerineDreams 937]

Y'all underestimating the title track... that song will leave you bald with third degree burns 

i switched like a sissy, the title track is too good

[WilshireBoulevard 5,419]

A realistic realistic setlist would be switching out change/bb/y&b and ride for tg and hiab from her summer setlists and being done w it

[Vanilla Icy 29,592]

am i the only one sick of hearing pretty when you cry live