Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Pre-Release Thread: OUT March 24th, 2023

[Fingertips 72,034]

24 minutes ago, honeymoonwhore said:

She’s punishing us for pretty much discovering the tracklist on our own  like I think she made it as random as possible so it would come as a surprise but we managed to discover even the weird long acronym 

My bad 

[SuperMegaStan 9,985]

it'd be nice just to say the album is postponed to 24 March and new merch is up for pre-order for god's sake 

[Fingertips 72,034]

What song do we think will be more of a bop: Fishtail or Peppers? 

[Blossom 8,976]

Just now, Fingertips said:

What song do we think will be more of a bop: Fishtail or Peppers? 

peppers

[Lanaparadiserey 23,549]

Can someone give me the links to the samples and which songs they are for??? I forget and I want to put it in my notes app

[pin up galore 18,997]

it’s crazy how many samples are being used on this album  and i’m assuming their use is more in length than like the samples used on BTD so we haven’t really heard her do this style of music before  and for there to be so many of them like who/what made her get so into it? was it jack donoghue? 

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1 minute ago, pin up galore said:

it’s crazy how many samples are being used on this album  and i’m assuming their use is more in length than like the samples used on BTD so we haven’t really heard her do this style of music before  and for there to be so many of them like who/what made her get so into it? was it jack donoghue? 

I think her being with Jack and being so hurt by Sean created the spark in her we've seen in UV, Honeymoon, Norman, etc

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54 minutes ago, pin up galore said:

it’s crazy how many samples are being used on this album  and i’m assuming their use is more in length than like the samples used on BTD so we haven’t really heard her do this style of music before  and for there to be so many of them like who/what made her get so into it? was it jack donoghue? 

i don’t believe the samples besides maybe the Tommy one are like classic samples when you think of them (like the Emile Haynie ones); my biggest problem with Blue Banisters in my opinion was that the piano compositions were too simple with how far into her career she is and how many resources she has, and i was wishing she would work with actual pianists to give the arrangements some more flair, and i think she actually might’ve been in the same boat as me… i can see her listening to piano music and just deciding to write over the tracks she loved, or even intentionally seeking out tracks to write over

 

i’ve seen people complaining that the album has so many samples but they really aren’t different than any other producer or co-writer laying down chords and lana writing on top of them, like there’s not much of a difference from what Rick and Jack would do for her besides the fact that these piano compositions already existed

 

i am really curious if Taco Track just interpolates Venice Bitch similarly to how Wild at Heart interpolates How to Disappear and how High By the Beach interpolates Put Me in a Movie, or if she actually used the original vocal take from Venice Bitch in the song and just played around with it again

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the way i manifested it  not just jazz musicians but bringing actual pianists on board too

 

it reminds me of how Joni Mitchell started working with jazz artists in the mid-70s because their musical way of thinking was the only way her songs were brought to life how she wanted them and she was frustrated with the normal session musicians who couldn’t figure out how to make the chords she had written actually work in a song

[LifeOnMars 7,911]

59 minutes ago, Fingertips said:

I think her being with Jack and being so hurt by Sean created the spark in her we've seen in UV, Honeymoon, Norman, etc

I actually think her relationship with Mike was really important for this album. Sean also seems to have inspired at least some of it, but Mike helped with like 5 of the songs. His involvement on this album in general is really interesting, since Mike has never had any songwriting or producing credits that I could find. He seems to mainly work as a movie director. 

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watch Frank Ocean release his album on 3/24 too  it’s actually a likely possibility considering he’s headlining Coachella less than a month later

[LifeOnMars 7,911]

Not sure if someone already pointed this out but I just noticed that on the Apple Music and iTunes album covers RIOPY is actually listed with the other features now. I wonder why the initial album cover that Lana posted didn’t have him listed. 
 

[Mariners Apt 540]

1 minute ago, LifeOnMars said:

Not sure if someone already pointed this out but I just noticed that on the Apple Music and iTunes album covers RIOPY is actually listed with the other features now. I wonder why the initial album cover that Lana posted didn’t have him listed. 

i was just going to post this but i couldn't figure out how to insert a photo lol. considering gpsots seems to be a pivotal moment in the album, i'm it was updated to credit riopy

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1 minute ago, Mariners Apt said:

i was just going to post this but i couldn't figure out how to insert a photo lol. considering gpsots seems to be a pivotal moment in the album, i'm it was updated to credit riopy

Just edited my post to include a photo. Poor AK just got left out lol. 

[the ocean 67,601]

i have a slight feeling that either RIOPY or someone from RIOPY's team wanted additional recognition but AK never asked for that

[The Stargirl Pinky 71,658]

2 minutes ago, Mariners Apt said:

i was just going to post this but i couldn't figure out how to insert a photo lol. considering gpsots seems to be a pivotal moment in the album, i'm it was updated to credit riopy

I keep reading this as g-spots which only adds to the heightened sexually liberating themes of this record and it fits so perfectly

[Make me your Dream Life 87,798]

i hope we'll get another demo version of a song on vinyl like fiily on nfr. 

[Rust Dress 40,200]

4 minutes ago, Fever said:

i hope we'll get another demo version of a song on vinyl like fiily on nfr. 

every single vinyl since lfl we’ve gotten a demo/alt version (i count cocc because natwwal was listed as wanderlust and for all we know the version that we got is the same as the nfr version) so it’s likely that we can get a diff version on the album!

[Make me your Dream Life 87,798]

3 minutes ago, cinnamongirI said:

every single vinyl since lfl we’ve gotten a demo/alt version (i count cocc because natwwal was listed as wanderlust and for all we know the version that we got is the same as the nfr version) so it’s likely that we can get a diff version on the album!

it's like getting two versions of a song on a release love it 

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15 minutes ago, paris texas said:

i have a slight feeling that either RIOPY or someone from RIOPY's team wanted additional recognition but AK never asked for that

my first instinct was that ak's sample is considerably less prominent than the others but the insiders gave the impression they're all subtle so i think you're probably right