Random Lana Discussion Thread

[CinnamonGay 10,527]

Her voice sounds great in YOULL NEVER WALK ALONE acapella she posted. In fact she is getting her tone back. It was too breathy in between due to the vaping .

[Bonita 12,535]

23 minutes ago, barttttender said:

I saw her in Abu Dhabi for NFR and she sounded perfect.

 

miss that day so much :c

[Thunder Revenant 20,943]

23 minutes ago, Max said:

Everyday someone comes on LanaBoards and wax poetic about music genres and it makes absolutely no sense in any way whatsoever 

HM is a Portishead-level trip hop record, UV was a jazz-rock-fusion album and Venice Bitch is the raw psychodelic essence of the hippie movement

I don't know why some people on here are so scared of the fact she still mostly does alt-pop and have to put fancy genre labels on things where they obviously do not fit ?

[West Coast 45,795]

1 minute ago, Thunder Corpse said:

HM is a Portishead-level trip hop record, UV was a jazz-rock-fusion album and Venice Bitch is the raw psychodelic essence of the hippie movement

I don't know why some people on here are so scared of the fact she still mostly does alt-pop and have to put fancy genre labels on things where they obviously do not fit ?

The way UV was lowkey that though 

[anwdelrey 9,270]

I’m losing interest in Lana sadly. I’ll always listen to the work she puts out but I just feel such a disconnect lately, idk why. I hope the new album surprises me but if not I’ll probably revert to casual listener status.

 

Up till NFR I felt like I could relate to her music but as it becomes more mature and stripped back I think I’m just losing interest. It could be because I’m still relatively young but I just miss the fire she brought to her albums. NFR was obviously more folky but the fire was still there in songs like Mariners, Venice and The Greatest. I like Chemtrails but it aged really poorly for me and I only go back to White Dress. Idk.

 

As cheesy as it sounds and idc if it makes me a “local” I loved and appreciated the little things (teasers, effort put into artwork, effort put into shows and visuals). I get what she’s going for with this nonchalant approach but for me what drew me to Lana was her attention to detail in regard to those aspects. And I definitely miss the more theatrical, dramatic elements to the songs. I guess I’m just not as into this more mature sound.

[Bonita 12,535]

11 hours ago, May said:

 

he is the moment, come on now

 

the way he ate Lana up

[evalionisameme 13,889]

1 hour ago, Thunder Corpse said:

HM is a Portishead-level trip hop record, UV was a jazz-rock-fusion album and Venice Bitch is the raw psychodelic essence of the hippie movement

I don't know why some people on here are so scared of the fact she still mostly does alt-pop and have to put fancy genre labels on things where they obviously do not fit ?

Well tbf I’d say these descriptions match more than alt pop-wtf does that even mean, the only record that actually can be put in this category is BtD, paradise and lust for life 

Alt pop is just lazy terminology mostly tbf 

[Thunder Revenant 20,943]

1 minute ago, evalionisameme said:

Well tbf I’d say these descriptions match more than alt pop-wtf does that even mean, the only record that actually can be put in this category is BtD, paradise and lust for life 

Alt pop is just lazy terminology mostly tbf 

Sorry but just because that is a very broad and undefined category, that does not justify slapping genres on albums which obviously don't fit. There is no shame in using descriptions like saying MTWBT has a jazz-y vocal melody or Shades Of Cool has a psychedelic bridge. But  most of the time the members obviously have no idea of what they are talking about and just pump out genres and comparances, because they for some reason believe that this makes the music more exciting or artistic or whatever.

[lover 2,207]

7 hours ago, GrenadineGrass said:

Still wanna know what was that for??

 

for majestic and expensive album photoshoot by neil krug of course 

Spoiler

of course she will just choose a random behind the scenes photo where valerie steals the show for the cover but a girl can dream right

 

[Hundred Dollar Bill 21,804]

2 hours ago, anwdelrey said:

I’m losing interest in Lana sadly. I’ll always listen to the work she puts out but I just feel such a disconnect lately, idk why. I hope the new album surprises me but if not I’ll probably revert to casual listener status.

 

Up till NFR I felt like I could relate to her music but as it becomes more mature and stripped back I think I’m just losing interest. It could be because I’m still relatively young but I just miss the fire she brought to her albums. NFR was obviously more folky but the fire was still there in songs like Mariners, Venice and The Greatest. I like Chemtrails but it aged really poorly for me and I only go back to White Dress. Idk.

 

As cheesy as it sounds and idc if it makes me a “local” I loved and appreciated the little things (teasers, effort put into artwork, effort put into shows and visuals). I get what she’s going for with this nonchalant approach but for me what drew me to Lana was her attention to detail in regard to those aspects. And I definitely miss the more theatrical, dramatic elements to the songs. I guess I’m just not as into this more mature sound.

 

I kinda agree with you, but I just- chemtrails "aged really poorly" ????????

it's been out for like a month  

[Charlottexseax 7,943]

3 hours ago, anwdelrey said:

I’m losing interest in Lana sadly. I’ll always listen to the work she puts out but I just feel such a disconnect lately, idk why. I hope the new album surprises me but if not I’ll probably revert to casual listener status.

 

Up till NFR I felt like I could relate to her music but as it becomes more mature and stripped back I think I’m just losing interest. It could be because I’m still relatively young but I just miss the fire she brought to her albums. NFR was obviously more folky but the fire was still there in songs like Mariners, Venice and The Greatest. I like Chemtrails but it aged really poorly for me and I only go back to White Dress. Idk.

 

As cheesy as it sounds and idc if it makes me a “local” I loved and appreciated the little things (teasers, effort put into artwork, effort put into shows and visuals). I get what she’s going for with this nonchalant approach but for me what drew me to Lana was her attention to detail in regard to those aspects. And I definitely miss the more theatrical, dramatic elements to the songs. I guess I’m just not as into this more mature sound.

I will never stop saying this but:

 

Not liking an album ≠ “it aged poorly”

 

Like that’s literally not what the word aging means

 

Aging refers to how the production/instrumentals/lyrics sound to a modern audience compared to a previous time which wasn’t as technically advanced/socially aware

 

Example: Dumbo aged poorly cause it contains a lot of racist stereotypes

 

Another example: 1940s live shows aged poorly cause the sound technology wasn’t advanced and compared to now they sound bad

 

Counter example: COCC did not age poorly just because you don’t love it

[ChaoticLipster 24,618]

3 hours ago, Charlottexseax said:

I will never stop saying this but:

 

Not liking an album ≠ “it aged poorly”

 

Like that’s literally not what the word aging means

 

Aging refers to how the production/instrumentals/lyrics sound to a modern audience compared to a previous time which wasn’t as technically advanced/socially aware

 

Example: Dumbo aged poorly cause it contains a lot of racist stereotypes

 

Another example: 1940s live shows aged poorly cause the sound technology wasn’t advanced and compared to now they sound bad

 

Counter example: COCC did not age poorly just because you don’t love it

I usually say ‘It got stale or boring fast’ I don’t think COCC is bad but with most albums there is a washout period where a break is required before you can enjoy the music again. 

[anwdelrey 9,270]

7 hours ago, Charlottexseax said:

I will never stop saying this but:

 

Not liking an album ≠ “it aged poorly”

 

Like that’s literally not what the word aging means

 

Aging refers to how the production/instrumentals/lyrics sound to a modern audience compared to a previous time which wasn’t as technically advanced/socially aware

 

Example: Dumbo aged poorly cause it contains a lot of racist stereotypes

 

Another example: 1940s live shows aged poorly cause the sound technology wasn’t advanced and compared to now they sound bad

 

Counter example: COCC did not age poorly just because you don’t love it

I literally said it aged poorly for me... 

[Charlottexseax 7,943]

1 hour ago, anwdelrey said:

I literally said it aged poorly for me... 

 

I don’t have an issue with what you said or you not liking COCC (I don’t particularly love it either) just with how you said it... saying an album “ages” makes no sense especially cause you just meant to say you got bored of it/don’t listen to it as much as you did when it came out

 

5 hours ago, ChaoticLipster said:

I usually say ‘It got stale or boring fast’ I don’t think COCC is bad but with most albums there is a washout period where a break is required before you can enjoy the music again. 

I mean IDK everybody’s experience is different and it’s fine I just don’t like how people express their distaste cause saying a piece of music aged is kind of insulting at least IMO 

[GrenadineGrass 4,118]

11 hours ago, lover said:

 

for majestic and expensive album photoshoot by neil krug of course 

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of course she will just choose a random behind the scenes photo where valerie steals the show for the cover but a girl can dream right

 

i wonder if this was for cruella soundtrack 

Spoiler

yes im manifesting that she is the alternative artist who might have a song for the movie

 

[clementines 9,892]

15 hours ago, GrenadineGrass said:

i saw her on lolla when she was touring this tour, and i watched alot of videos of la to the moon in different cities, when you look in, Spain, Belgium her voice was amazing

 

15 hours ago, COCC said:

I saw her in Madrid on her last concert for the la to the moon tour. She sang perfectly and her voice was so confident and strong.

Idk maybe the mixing was off at my show, don't get me wrong i would still 1000% go see her live again.

[GrenadineGrass 4,118]

51 minutes ago, Peace said:

 

Idk maybe the mixing was off at my show, don't get me wrong i would still 1000% go see her live again.

No worries! I think that every artist deal with some voice inconsistencies, just a lil cold can ruin everything so something might happened.

[evalionisameme 13,889]

Her voice has always had some issues technical wise and I’m sure the smoking hasn’t helped, breathiness is something throughout the range but now you cannot understand the lyrics at times? Maybe this is because of her not using reverb anymore but she also doesn’t use the dark thick tone for low notes its almost like constant falsetto.

I won’t be too harsh though because her head voice is still gorgeous and operatic.

[clementines 9,892]

34 minutes ago, GrenadineGrass said:

No worries! I think that every artist deal with some voice inconsistencies, just a lil cold can ruin everything so something might happened.

yeah i’m very understanding about my show because i think it was the second show after the knife man in florida so i wouldn’t be surprised if she was nervous

[GrenadineGrass 4,118]

1 minute ago, Peace said:

yeah i’m very understanding about my show because i think it was the second show after the knife man in florida so i wouldn’t be surprised if she was nervous

wow that was a moment, i remember her crying on stage