Norman Fucking Rockwell - Pre-Release Thread

[electra 20,642]

i feel like most people (or at least me) are actually frustrated about the lack of communication between her and the fans during the almost year between the release of the lead singles to the album announcement. she couldve just said she is facing some technical issues or whatever about the release of the album and not leave us all hanging with her posting her random car snippets and selfies instead - and that she definitely could control.

some fans have to wait 13 years for an album (a la tool). a year isn’t a huge wait. she didn’t have to drop anything in the end, or tell us anything until everything was done. we already got six songs (eight if you count filly and the greatest) which is more than we get in a general cycle. and you can tell from the trailer she’s been working on this for a long time. it’s not like the project went dead for months.

[WilshireBoulevard 5,420]

true, but for most people we do this because we want to see her succeed, not so she gets a phat cheque$$. if her album does well it’s more likely to get noticed for grammys, awards, etc. i know her getting a #1 doesn’t affect us but it still makes us happy to see her cross that threshold.

 

True and I get it, I'm not listening to the leaks, partly because I do remember the first time I listened to UV, HM, and LFL in order and don't want my NFR memories to be some child recording the cassette on her iphone 2, and partly because I feel really fucking bad that her album got leaked. I don't think she's going to get the number 1 either way, Taylor is going to hold onto that seat for a while lmao, but I agree that it's sad how many times the leaks got downloaded because the people that downloaded them might not be as eager to play songs on repeat with two weeks to play them.

 

lmao whos going into dept?! 

 

Loads of people. I cut so heavily into my rent savings during those two weeks that when I'll have the rents I need to pay paid before my student loan drops was thrown back by like a month lmao. That's not debt but still. People are demolishing their overdrafts. I saw someone on an fb group say their friend / someone they knew is still in debt from getting tickets for a concert years ago (not for Lana). Sometimes being a fan of an artist really is like being in a cult.

[house of balloons 12,792]

Honeymoon was such an aesthetically magnificent era, arguably her most concept-driven album.

 

LFL and NFR can't seem to relate...

[electra 20,642]

okay lemme buy some more copies of the album to help you with that, i'm always here for some fantano slander 

watch fantano stalk lb and post this on his ig story skdjksjd

[American Whore 51,224]

Did you listen to those leaks? That shit wouldn't make anyone run to cancel their orders, trust me

Nope the only songs I’ve heard were the two that were supposed to come out over the weekend. Otherwise I’ve stayed away, LQ does nothing for me and I don’t wanna ruin the album for myself

[Vanilla Icy 29,601]

Honeymoon was such an aesthetically magnificent era, arguably her most concept-driven album.

 

LFL and NFR can't seem to relate...

how was honeymoon concept driven she literally reused a music video from uv and there wasn't even a real story playing along 

[Cacciatore 19,347]

Honeymoon was such an aesthetically magnificent era, arguably her most concept-driven album.

 

LFL and NFR can't seem to relate...

 

Every time I think about how Chuck took pictures of Lana in front of a fucking wooden wall, cropped her and put her in front of that truck and in that gas station all my brain cells go on shut down mode for one hour and I lose all my will to live.

[bartenders 1,206]

some fans have to wait 13 years for an album (a la tool). a year isn’t a huge wait. she didn’t have to drop anything in the end, or tell us anything until everything was done. we already got six songs (eight if you count filly and the greatest) which is more than we get in a general cycle. and you can tell from the trailer she’s been working on this for a long time. it’s not like the project went dead for months.

honestly i wouldnt mind if she went 2 years without an album/new music announcement like she did between honeymoon and lfl.

but the fact that she released 2 singles, announced the album(!), and kept teasing snippets - made a lot of hype, and instead of keeping the hype going she let it die by not mentioning the album again for nearly a year later. 

 

theres a difference between not releasing music and not having an ongoing era, to starting an era + releasing singles + announcing an album and after that - not releasing and saying anything for long months later.

[DCooper 36,860]

How can people judge an album by its era. Thats just a fallacy. Y'all sound like those critics that judged lanas music by her image. Be more objective

 

Exactly. Judging an album based on the era makes no sense, they are too separate things. You can feel annoyed with the artist all you want but that has nothing to do with the music. I can imagine how frustrating it is for someone like Lana who wants to do things her own way but society has changed to the point where people expect way too much on social media. She really does belong in a different era, artists didn't have to deal with these ridiculous expectations before and they really shouldn't have to.

 

She's releasing a ton of stuff and it's all amazing. She told us in March she didn't know when the album was coming. That alone should have been enough, but alas here we are months later finally getting the album, and people are still bitching about the "era" ruining the work. Ridiculous.

 

I haven't listened to the leak but from everything I've heard so far it's shaping up to be her best work yet. I also find the lyrics to The Greatest help explain a lot of her behaviour, and the reactions to the era only reinforce all the criticisms she has about today's culture.

 

If it leaks in HQ I'll listen because I already bought it, and if it doesn't then it's coming super soon. I'll just keep listening to The Greatest on repeat until then.

[violets 11,895]

 

yea im still pressed about tnbar lyrics. that iconic explosion after the bridge; YOU DID IT ALLLL FOR FA- wait? whats on tonight? hunny what is dis. i feel like the original bar lyrics go well with the album? a man who thinks hes the shit? nothing i can do ab it but i gotta say it

 

[UltraviolenceBaby 5,014]

Every time I think about how Chuck took pictures of Lana in front of a fucking wooden wall, cropped her and put her in front of that truck and in that gas station all my brain cells go on shut down mode for one hour and I lose all my will to live.

 

 

whenever i remember what chuck did to the album covers i choke into my tears

[Bettie Page 2,084]

True and I get it, I'm not listening to the leaks, partly because I do remember the first time I listened to UV, HM, and LFL in order and don't want my NFR memories to be some child recording the cassette on her iphone 2, and partly because I feel really fucking bad that her album got leaked. I don't think she's going to get the number 1 either way, Taylor is going to hold onto that seat for a while lmao, but I agree that it's sad how many times the leaks got downloaded because the people that downloaded them might not be as eager to play songs on repeat with two weeks to play them.

 

 

Loads of people. I cut so heavily into my rent savings during those two weeks that when I'll have the rents I need to pay paid before my student loan drops was thrown back by like a month lmao. That's not debt but still. People are demolishing their overdrafts. I saw someone on an fb group say their friend / someone they knew is still in debt from getting tickets for a concert years ago (not for Lana). Sometimes being a fan of an artist really is like being in a cult.

yeah youre totally right, for some reason when i heard debt i instently thought like bankrupt haha i wasnt looking at it like actual 'debt' but now i see what they are saying......., to buy a vinyl i had to cut into my rent too :/ hahah and luckily i won tickets to see lana this tour, otherwise i would have gone into even more debt

[ilovetati 15,297]

 

yea im still pressed about tnbar lyrics. that iconic explosion after the bridge; YOU DID IT ALLLL FOR FA- wait? whats on tonight? hunny what is dis. i feel like the original bar lyrics go well with the album? a man who thinks hes the shit? nothing i can do ab it but i gotta say it

 

It’s growing on me a little after someone compared the lyrics to Video Games (chorus vs verse perspectives)

[American Whore 51,224]

honestly i wouldnt mind if she went 2 years without an album/new music announcement like she did between honeymoon and lfl.

but the fact that she released 2 singles, announced the album(!), and kept teasing snippets - made a lot of hype, and instead of keeping the hype going she let it die by not mentioning the album again for nearly a year later. 

 

theres a difference between not releasing music and not having an ongoing era, to starting an era + releasing singles + announcing an album and after that - not releasing and saying anything for long months later.

I’m hoping she gets new ideas again right as this one releases like she did between UV and HM. Just to have a start on the next project with Jack or someone. Especially with how fast LFA came out, I wouldn’t doubt her doing something else at the same time, given such a short “tour” like Endless Summer

[WilshireBoulevard 5,420]

yeah youre totally right, for some reason when i heard debt i instently thought like bankrupt haha i wasnt looking at it like actual 'debt' but now i see what they are saying......., to buy a vinyl i had to cut into my rent too :/ hahah and luckily i won tickets to see lana this tour, otherwise i would have gone into even more debt

 

The struggle is really real lmao. I was shocked when I heard someone was still in debt from tickets they bought years ago before I remembered payday loans. Money is a rare things for a stan like me to have

[ChicaCherryCola 1,393]

why i feel like this album got no aesthetics  

i mean it doesn't seem she had a photoshoot for the album like the way she used to do with the god neil krug 

 

I'm dying to know what's this era's flower

[Vanilla Icy 29,601]

the fact that they photoshopped her head and tilted it to the side 

[Macintosh Manhattan 6,511]

The best part about it is that if she released the album yesterday after the leak she'd probably have more chance of going number 1 then she'll have on the 30th since I don't think there's much competition this week so she might have had enough streams/digital sales as it would only miss 1 day of the tracking week

 

THIS x 100

[amostori 780]

wonder what will happen w the merch, hope it's something cute and wearable.... please not a neon green windbreaker   

[electra 20,642]

The struggle is really real lmao. I was shocked when I heard someone was still in debt from tickets they bought years ago before I remembered payday loans. Money is a rare things for a stan like me to have

i’m like 800 into my paypal credit from these tickets... oop