Blue Banisters - Pre-Release Thread: OUT October 22nd, 2021

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  On 10/17/2021 at 12:26 PM, mlittle11 said:

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after listening to the new songs multiple times…. i have to say that these songs dont reflect lanas best writing. i think the melodys n production are absolutely genius but “grenadine quarantine i like you a lot…. if this is the end i want a boyfriend to eat ice cream with and watch television” and “the girls are running round in summer dresses with their masks off and it makes me so happy” and “dont tell me to be glad when im sad i really hate that” and “babe lilac heaven after your iphone 11, crypto forever screams your stupid boyfriend” …. idk if its just me but it sounds so “beginner” lana is an amazing writer so this is disappointing to me. dont get me wrong, its not ALL the lyrics, there really are some amazing lyrics on the new songs we got but i find myself cringing quite a lot n its upsetting. 

about the lyrics on the new songs:

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I’ll preface this by saying I think a decent chunk of the record contains some of her best songwriting, but..

 

Minus the crypto lyric (it feels so intentionally ridiculous that I love it now lol), I completely agree with you. 
 

While there’s nothing inherently wrong with direct or cliche lyrics, I think the quantity and repetition of them was a bit off-putting at times. While a lot of this is subjective, a constant barrage of “[feeling] happy/sad/glad” can feel a bit disengaging and vague after a while. That’s why I find myself loving the melodies & production of some songs while also feeling disconnected from the lyrics (such as in Beautiful, for example). 
 

Again, I find some of her best lyrics are on this record, but some of my least favorite uses of lyricism from the past 4-ish years are on it as well. 

[Hannus 1,618]

  On 10/17/2021 at 6:25 PM, wildflowerwildfire said:

the amount of tiktoks i’ve seen today where people are calling ppl who listened to the leaks fake fans and that they’re the real fans for not listening

IVE SEEN SO MANY 

 

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i preordered 3 vinyl variants so if i want to listen to the leak i will and  i will not feel guilty about it 

 

[Doll Harlow 12,375]

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her voice in Sweet Carolina holy fuck

[Gothicula 1,160]

  On 10/17/2021 at 6:35 PM, bigspender said:

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it’s pretty chaotic and it’s noir pt 2

 

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best song ever.mp3 IM SO EXCITED

 

[PatentLeatherDoOver 25,783]

Which song’s production is everyone’s favorite/most interesting track? 

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  On 10/17/2021 at 6:29 PM, RainbowEyes said:

Why can't you be good for SOMETHINNNNN?!

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NOT ONE (1) SHIRT OFF UR BAAAAACK….

 

  On 10/17/2021 at 6:46 PM, PatentLeatherDoOver said:

Which song’s soundscape is everyone’s favorite/most interesting track? 

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Black Bathing Suit, definitely 

 

[DLT 7,595]

Current track ranking, obv will change w/listens.

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Love all the songs but the ones in top half will remain in the top but may shuffle around a bit.

 

Blue Banisters

If You Lie Down With Me

Thunder

Text Book

Dealer

Beautiful

Black Bathing Suit

Arcadia

Sweet Carolina

Cherry Blossom

Nectar of the Gods

Living Legend

Violet for Roses

Wildflower Wildfire

 

 

[Furor Poeticus 16,568]

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The sudden tempo change in BBS was very unexpected and sorta out of place at first, but it's better and better with each listen 

 

[wildflowerwildfire 7,159]

saw someone on insta saying we’re getting a blue banisters music video, is this true???

[clementines 9,986]

violets for roses is really that bitch huh

here’s my rank 

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If You Lie Down With Me

Violets For Roses

Wildflower Wildfire

Black Bathing Suit

Blue Banisters

Living Legend

Text Book

Arcadia

Thunder

Sweet Carolina

Nectar if the Gods

Dealer

Beautiful

Cherry Blossom (would’ve been higher if she re recorded it)

 

 

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  On 10/17/2021 at 6:46 PM, PatentLeatherDoOver said:

Which song’s production is everyone’s favorite/most interesting track? 

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The ambiance of Blue Banisters, the way the piano carefully constructs Sweet Carolina into a mesmerizing  and meandering lullaby, and the build up of Thunder

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Okay….

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BBS is fucking MASTERPIECE!!! 
 

I mean how she even thought about making, recording it???? How she even got the ideaaaaa!!!!! Idk wow 

 

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And yes…

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To people who say BBS sucks… I mean it’s too much for your brain to comprehend and process 

 

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  On 10/17/2021 at 6:43 PM, Hannus said:

 

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i preordered 3 vinyl variants so if i want to listen to the leak i will and  i will not feel guilty about it 

 

Literally! Like kudos to you if you want to wait out of respect, I get that, but if you bought even one vinyl it's the equivalent of something like 200 hours of streaming revenue for the artist and their team. Anyone dragging others cannot physically stream that much next week. If you bought physicals, then hearing the album a week early is going to make so little difference, at least from a monetary standpoint. Plus if you're on this site, then you're probably still going to stream this several times a day once it's out lol  

 

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Out of every song on the album, I think that Thunder and VFR have the best single potential commercially. I'd really love a video for Black Bathing Suit, though, so I'm hoping that Lana gives us that (as well as a Thunder video, that would be spectacular)

 

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  On 10/17/2021 at 6:21 PM, Vertimus said:

So is The Trio LDR and her two siblings? Someone has probably suggested this. 

It’s interesting that people are interpreting the trio as people who are working together in partnership, but in the movie they’re actually racing and dueling against each other… I interpreted her use of the song as her in a stand-off with the media, but then idk who the third entity could be (if “trio” is supposed to be taken literally)

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Most anticipated tracks for me based off everyone’s leak review is BBS, If you lie down with me, beautiful. I feel like these will be iconic favs 

 

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Beautiful…

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Has the intro none of ya’ll wanted, piano asf 

Beautiful has the high ass vocals reminiscent of Narwhal that are chef’s kiss 

 

Beautiful has a melody that haunts my dreams, leaving me wanting more 

 

Beautiful isn’t a cultural reset, it’s a supernatural phenomenon that transcends space and time 

 

Beautiful is beautiful asf 

 

[Doll Harlow 12,375]

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This is definitely one of her best albums. Critics are going to look dumb as hell if they give this a low score.

[alittleparty 2,282]

Revisiting the STUNNING alternate Arcadia video now with the whole album in mind. 

 

It's such a glorious statement of honesty, openness, reflection, surrender, transcendence. Golden sunlight evoking truth and clarity, magic hour evoking an ending or transition, as she floats in the clouds over her beloved Topanga mountains, in all white like a high priestess, an ascended deity. The emotions in her face dancing from sentimental reflection to penetrating wisdom to pure joy and irreverence.

 

Always present, straight to the camera, inviting you in, asking you to accept her exactly as she is. She is in her power, released by singing her truth. This describes the album as well. The video embodies it perfectly.