Norman Fucking Rockwell - Pre-Release Thread

[Peachycream 3,648]

And to say depression is a black narcissist is still racist since you associate the blackness with something bad, evil or dark.

The reach is incredible

[SlowGinFizzzz 15,355]

this.... made me lose brain cells

 

people aren‘t ctitising her for using well-established symbols or allegories (no one has issues with black beauty) the issue is that the line uses poor wording and the current fights and association with k/a don’t help in that case as the line can be terribly misinterpreted

i can’t believe she didn’t realise it herself it’s almost as if she wants people to drag her every album cycle at least once.

I guess she thinks it's easier to get media coverage by creating drama than by actually doing any promo. 

[daytonadeath 3,597]

"if she was"

exactly

but she's not talking about neither

so she's not racist

end of discussion

stop investing your energy in a presumption and just enjoy the song oh my god

god, I've just said that she wasn't being racist bc it's not about anyone, that's it

[Fingertips 72,053]

Let's leave @@daytonadeath alone and at least acknowledge that "black narcissist" is a poor choice of metaphor. 

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[Beautiful Loser 49,868]

I've been busy with work so I haven't been keeping up to date, someone pm me the song because I literally don't know if it's called Sylvia or that acronym inferno lmao

Sylvia and the acronym are the same song.

[Flowerbomb 65,596]

Posted this in the lyric thread:

 

The Black Narcissus line might be referring to the movie Black Narcissus (1942):

 

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean , and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

 

It kinda ties in with the rest of the song I think, but it could be a reach. I don't think she was referring to Kanye or Azealia.

[Cacciatore 19,347]

 

That was my first thought actually but she clearly says narcisist. Anyway depression is in fact a narcisist bitch so you go Lana expose her stinky ass!

[viagra 1,642]

We dont know if its about anyone or just poor metaphor. Do not speak for her. 

[Psychedelic Pussy 30,111]

We dont know if its about anyone or just poor metaphor. Do not speak for her.

 

LMAO. But also don’t go around ASSUMING it is a racist lyric and that our girl is racist. Do NOT speak for her

[Cacciatore 19,347]

We dont know if its about anyone or just poor metaphor. Do not speak for her. 

 

Y'all really want her to be problematic huh

[viagra 1,642]

LMAO. But also don’t go around ASSUMING it is a racist lyric and that our girl is racist. Do NOT speak for her

I wouldnt care less if she was actual racist. Im not sjw.

[poetic jess 2,340]

I wouldnt care less if she was actual racist. Im not sjw.

Umm. What.

[Flowerbomb 65,596]

There's never a dull day on analboards.com

 

[Cacciatore 19,347]

ATRL member FCKNAmbrosia couldn't have put it better so I'm sharing

 

honestly it's the same metaphor as in Florence and the Machine's song "Shake it Out": 

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off. 

vs

Shaking my ass is the only thing that's
Got this black narcissist off my back. 

 

Also "black" generally is a synonim for depression in her music: Black Beauty, Get Free. 

 

And having depression is like facing a narcissist - the more you feed its ego, the more powerful it becomes. 

[Psychedelic Pussy 30,111]

wow I think I just had a stroke

[cherriesinthespring 5,486]

There's never a dull day on analboards.com

 

I actually find this whole discussion dull....anyone who thinks Lana is racist and that the line is referring to a person is an idiot and I wish we could move on and discuss the song

[Peachycream 3,648]

I wouldnt care less if she was actual racist. Im not sjw.

[Amadeus 11,334]

ATRL member FCKNAmbrosia couldn't have put it better so I'm sharing

 

honestly it's the same metaphor as in Florence and the Machine's song "Shake it Out":

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off.

vs

Shaking my ass is the only thing that's

Got this black narcissist off my back.

 

Also "black" generally is a synonim for depression in her music: Black Beauty, Get Free.

 

And having depression is like facing a narcissist - the more you feed its ego, the more powerful it becomes.

 

i don’t think there’s any doubt about what lana meant but... as some people and sis TBD already said

 

Let's [...] at least acknowledge that "black narcissist" is a poor choice of metaphor.

 

[daytonadeath 3,597]

Sylvia and the acronym are the same song.

the acronym is a good way to talk about HIADTAWLMTHI-BIHI