Summertime (The Gershwin Version) - Single: OUT NOW - November 19th, 2020

[takeitdoen]

The PRODUCTION IS OUT OF THIS WORLD AMAZING. 

 

The band on the track is incredible!! I literally can't write any intelligent critique because I just love it all!!!

 

[HighbytheSea]

1 minute ago, takeitdoen said:

The PRODUCTION IS OUT OF THIS WORLD AMAZING. 

 

The band on the track is incredible!! I literally can't write any intelligent critique because I just love it all!!!

This. This is exactly how I feel. Not that I've ever been eloquent on here, but words escape me. I forgot that this woman is a sorceress of atmosphere. The band and especially her backup singers make this such an ace.

 

Totally random in terms of its feel-anyone ever seen or heard of Over The Garden Wall? I get that vibe from this version.

[whitelungswhitepalms]

If she’s gonna be serving like this, then the American classics album itself will be a classic sheeeesh 

[West Coast]

So much depth and soul in this amazing cover. I was left starved after NFR, but now I'm full to the brim. Can't wait to hear the whole record. 

[softcore babyface]

I have been DYING for Lana to sing with real back up vocalist for so long...now she needs to bring them on tour

[xxmissdaytonaxx]

my absolute favorite line from her version is when she sings "oh my daddy he's rich". just the way she says it is so enticing. i love it. 

[bluefiona]

She sounds incredible. 

[ArtDecoDelRey]

she's otherwordly

[pin up galore]

HER VOICE.  HER FUCKING VOICE. 

This sounds straight out of 2014 she really outdid herself my expectations were so low lol

 

[Icecream Icequeen]

Amazing, just amazing 

 

If this is the quality that she'll be serving for that American Classics, I'm even more excited for that cover album now. 

[Doll Harlow]

this exceeded all of my expectations jesus

this covers album is going to slap. her voice is outstanding on this song. i agree that it definitely seems like she had vocal classes or something because wow.

[HighbytheSea]

Took a song i usually associate with August, gave it an October vibe and said "make it sexy"...then released it while the airwaves begin prepping the Christmas onslaught. Fuckin love to see it. 

[Nobody]

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

[Terrence Loves Me]

well it was just as i expected, that's all i'll say 

[bel air rose]

my first listen it didn’t totally sink in but now i’m obsessed. her voice sounds so sultry and powerful 

 

even though I absolutely love the visuals like she looked AMAZING i think listening to the song alone is a whole other experience. i imagine lizzy grant/ young lana with her strawberry blonde curls singing to a small group of people like she used to, somewhere in nyc

 

i know lana can pull off any genre but we need a full jazz album 

[White Dress]

Her vocals sound AMAZING. This sort of made me realize that as much as I love Norman, it doesn’t have too many big vocal moments. This is ecstasy 

[GeminiLanaFan]

The background vocals other than hers really aren’t that frequent in her discography and it’s a nice touch.

[ivy]

Love it. 
 

The vocals (the notes and the vibrato in particular) remind me of The Man I Love:

Especially the parts where she sings “I wanna fly”

[LimelightDelight]

Does anyone think the Daddy and Mammy line was kind of weird? Is that the original lyric? Is Mammy an offensive term? I could be completely wrong. I have heard the term used offensively, but that doesn't necessarily make it offensive. Just wondering, I genuinely don't know. 

[The Greatest]

12 minutes ago, LimelightDelight said:

Does anyone think the Daddy and Mammy line was kind of weird? Is that the original lyric? Is Mammy an offensive term? I could be completely wrong. I have heard the term used offensively, but that doesn't necessarily make it offensive. Just wondering, I genuinely don't know. 

I see what you’re saying, and it could be. I think mammy is either an offensive stereotype or it refers to a mother, but I’m not sure what it means here. But I also don’t imagine the philharmonic would have asked her to cover this song if it was going to be a bad look.