Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,829]

2 minutes ago, IanadeIrey said:

PSA: when people bring up the fact that “she’s 35 years old” it’s not to say that 35 is an “old” age (just saying because there have been countless times where people interpret that argument as ageist), but rather, there is a natural evolution that we’ve been socialized to undergo as we approach our thirties.
 

I see what both sides are saying - but I personally think that the music is going to continue to get deeper and more vulnerable, and that may be reflected in the production. It’s not inherently “better” than her previous records but it’s more mature (I’m using that term objectively) and representative of who Lana is at this moment in time. 
 

I’m always here for wherever Lana takes us and that seems to be the majority, which is amazing.  I get the qualms about comparing an album she wrote when she was 25 compared to an album she wrote at 35, but there is naturally going to be a shift there. It would be weird if there wasn’t.

yeah. it's like new wine vs a vintage bottle. they're going to be different and people are going to have their preference but neither is inherently better.

[IanadeIrey 62,137]

Just now, Mike Dean is a god said:

yeah. it's like new wine vs a vintage bottle. they're going to be different and people are going to have their preference but neither is inherently better.

Yes. And I also avoid comparing her records because I know they truly are manifestations of her soul. Comparing them kind of defeats the whole purpose. You can have a favourite of course, but to say that one is “better” than the other in a way that puts down a body of work is really going against Lana’s whole essence as an artist. 

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Just now, IanadeIrey said:

Yes. And I also avoid comparing her records because I know they truly are manifestations of her soul. Comparing them kind of defeats the whole purpose. You can have a favourite of course, but to say that one is “better” than the other in a way that puts down a body of work is really going against Lana’s whole essence as an artist. 

I see lana records as chapters in a novel. There are some that are my favorite parts, but the other chapters set up and develop those stellar moments. You can't have the whole great book without the slower parts that are important in the later payoff.

Like I'm not crazy about NFR but it is now clearly a plot point that had to be hit for us to end up here at BB which might just be my favorite chapter, and WW my favorite scene.

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Sooo BB, quite a song, huh? Did you hear it? 

[GeminiLanaFan 49,354]

43 minutes ago, Nikogo said:

TIME TO BE DELULU

 

if the preorder is coming in the next few weeks maybe she’s dropping RCS with the video and preorder June 1st

Lol June 1 is almost around the corner, I don’t it’s coming this close (I don’t believe July 4 is still the release date).

[IanadeIrey 62,137]

Just now, Mike Dean is a god said:

I see lana records as chapters in a novel. There are some that are my favorite parts, but the other chapters set up and develop those stellar moments. You can't have the whole great book without the slower parts that are important in the later payoff.

Like I'm not crazy about NFR but it is now clearly a plot point that had to be hit for us to end up here at BB which might just be my favorite chapter, and WW my favorite scene.

Yes, exactly - her life story is wrapped up in all of those records, so all of them serve a purpose, ultimately!

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47 minutes ago, Tropico Angel said:

The way that some people actually believed in these song titles ?

wait what is this

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I don't know quite what it is, but i feel like there's a distinct vibe to these songs which feels striking in a way i'm not sure her release have been for me since LFL singles - not that i haven't loved her music since then at all, it's just a feeling which is hard to express.. perhaps the vulnerability and breeziness of the tracks? but yeah they just feel really deeply emotional to me atm lol

[prettywhenimhigh 49,440]

blue banisters mv out june 1st please lana

[Lustformoney 41,499]

2 hrs ago i was unstanning n now WW is on repeat

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1 minute ago, Lustformoney said:

2 hrs ago i was unstanning n now WW is on repeat

Omg! I knew it! Welcome back   now change your pfp back to Mike

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even though the tracks we got yesterday didn't change my world and yes i was a bit disappointed because we didn't get something majestic i still love her so much that i'd probably just listen to her sneeze 

regardless i think the tracks, especially lyrics are beautiful and i love how she stays true to herself and her art. she becomes even more vulnerable with her lyrics, and hell who would've known it would be even possible???

 

she truly is a poet at heart and even though i now think that i would love some different kinds of sounds, i'm sure that listening to her newer stuff will open even more doors. maybe i'm not madly in love with the tracks right now but that doesn't mean i'll never be. who knows maybe those and some new artists' songs that i will find because they sound similar to her new stuff will be my favourite songs in the next couple of years 

 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,440]

I'm so obsessed with these tracks wtf did she do did she lace them with weed what's going on 

[Dark Angel 203,398]

i know we're getting off-topic at this point, but while i agree with the sentiment that we shouldn't expect "the old lana" back after almost a decade since her debut album, i really dislike the narrative that all she sang about was sugar daddies, depression, and cocaine, her music from that era was a lot more melodramatic in a way and it did talk about troubled love, sadness, and drugs, but she wasn't just a depressed sad girl doing drugs with older men and nothing else, i'll never understand why people view her music that way

[Lustformoney 41,499]

3 minutes ago, COCC said:

Omg! I knew it! Welcome back   now change your pfp back to Mike

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2 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

i know we're getting off-topic at this point, but while i agree with the sentiment that we shouldn't expect "the old lana" back after almost a decade since her debut album, i really dislike the narrative that all she sang about was sugar daddies, depression, and cocaine, her music from that era was a lot more melodramatic in a way and it did talk about troubled love, sadness, and drugs, but she wasn't just a depressed sad girl doing drugs with older men and nothing else, i'll never understand why people view her music that way

exactly, those fans are no better than the critics who criticized her that era 

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3 minutes ago, prettywhenimhigh said:

I'm so obsessed with these tracks wtf did she do did she lace them with weed what's going on 

seriously these songs are like crack... it's weird, the melodies and production are very meandering, but I can't stop re-listening

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2 minutes ago, Lustformoney said:

 

And how do you feel about Miss TB and Miss BB now? 

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5 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

i know we're getting off-topic at this point, but while i agree with the sentiment that we shouldn't expect "the old lana" back after almost a decade since her debut album, i really dislike the narrative that all she sang about was sugar daddies, depression, and cocaine, her music from that era was a lot more melodramatic in a way and it did talk about troubled love, sadness, and drugs, but she wasn't just a depressed sad girl doing drugs with older men and nothing else, i'll never understand why people view her music that way

i agree with you but i do want to clarify that when i mentioned those themes in her early music it's because she sang and wrote about those things because they were relevant in her life at that moment. born to die slaps and it makes my soul orgasm but what i'm just trying to say is that certain sounds and styles lana had went with the themes of her music, it would be disingenuous for her to force something like that when she just doesn't feel it anymore! 

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10 minutes ago, Diamantes WILD said:

wait what is this

Some obvious fake ass tracklist made by someone on twitter idk, Eclipse has to clear this up on ig story