Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[fool 4 luv 172]

26 minutes ago, littleredpartydress said:

Ya I don’t get the hate for that interlude like, at worst it’s just a pleasant passage of music. There’s nothing BAD about it, you can say it’s maybe unnecessary on an 80 minute album but ? Skip it then  

Why is it getting hate?? When there is a full on 4 minute sermon recorded on an iPhone two tracks earlier. THAT is unnecessary lol. It's gorgeous like the emotion is so palpable and Jon Batiste is genuinely one of the most talented bandleaders alive today. I've always found the interludes to be self-indulgent for better or worse but this one is the best one she's ever done point blank period.

[Blue Ribbon 3,559]

the instrumental part between taco truck and vb gives me some video game ost vibes 

[Cherry Blossom 21,577]

1 minute ago, Rocket0212 said:

It's kinda funny how we were ''Pls less piano ballads'' after NFR and now we're on a third album in a row with about 60% of tracks being exactly that.

I'm at peace with it now and I enjoy these albums though.

Idrc about piano ballads when they’re done RIGHT ! and she did that on this album. like Grandfather… is such a spectacular song and shits on the piano ballads of the last 2. the piano ballads on this album are immediate classics 

[SweetHenny 14,579]

I am telling you if this was Taylor or any other pop or indie girlie, the album would have 95+ on Metacritic 

 

[blackestday x tough 5,354]

the mv for candy necklace could be in the french wave movie style

 

manifesting!!!!

[dyktatuob 1,233]

not ocean blvd on track to be her biggest debut on spotify and here i was worried it'll do less than 10m...very impressive considering this is her least accessible album 

[blackestday x tough 5,354]

1 minute ago, Cherry Blossom said:

Idrc about piano ballads when they’re done RIGHT ! and she did that on this album. like Grandfather… is such a spectacular song and shits on the piano ballads of the last 2. the piano ballads on this album are immediate classics 

 

some of the so called piano songs have so much depth. you can never compare candy necklace to beautiful. it is a whole new level.

[yourman 52]

not much there to say but another amazing album

kintsugi “thats how the light gets in”

 

only “negatives” are i feel Peppers and Taco Truck feel unfinished. They’re both absolute GOLD but in Peppers theres such a good build up with “im in loooove” and the chorus lets it down. And Taco truck should have been a full song. The latin production is so sexy and beautiful. VB was totally unnecessary. 

[13beachess 7,619]

top 5, at least for now:

1. A&W

2. Taco Truck x VB

3. The Grants

4. Peppers

5. Did You Know...

 

I think.

[honeymoonboulevard 323]

Also please tell me someone else also caught this (sorry if it was mentioned previously) but anyone else catch the little nod to “love song” in Let the Light In at the end of the second verse. I know it also flows with the song but I hope the nod was intentional 

[Cherry Blossom 21,577]

let the light in just started like that’s such a classic already … 

[blackestday x tough 5,354]

lana vaped into my heart...

2 minutes ago, yourman said:

not much there to say but another amazing album

kintsugi “thats how the light gets in”

 

only “negatives” are i feel Peppers and Taco Truck feel unfinished. They’re both absolute GOLD but in Peppers theres such a good build up with “im in loooove” and the chorus lets it down. And Taco truck should have been a full song. The latin production is so sexy and beautiful. VB was totally unnecessary. 

 

do u think she made first the whole song and it is leaking soon?

[Cherry Blossom 21,577]

the way taylor wrote You are in Love for jack and his ex and lana wrote Margaret for jack and his current flame 

[PARADIXO 32,976]

I finally heard it 

 

All I'm gonna say right now is that I can't believe I was crying like a baby during Fingertips and half an hour later laughing my ass off with Taco Truck. Whew.

[rightofjupiter 16,657]

6 minutes ago, honeymoonave said:

Also please tell me someone else also caught this (sorry if it was mentioned previously) but anyone else catch the little nod to “love song” in Let the Light In at the end of the second verse. I know it also flows with the song but I hope the nod was intentional 

yes of course, clocked it on first listen and love it  all the nods to NFR make so much sense, since it was the record that imo really full scale got her the critical respect she’d deserved since the beginning of her career. Sampling it all over this album, which is full of commentary on her public/media perception, is so clever and classic Lana.

[honeymoon is alive 21,405]

ALL HIS CANDY NECKLACES 

 

i gotta say im in love with the way she sings necklaces 

[Cherry Blossom 21,577]

you wanted me sadder…. AYYYYAAAHHYYYEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[SweetHenny 14,579]

Let the Light In is my kinda bop

[neon palms sway 1,338]

23 minutes ago, 13beachess said:

top 5, at least for now:

1. A&W

2. Taco Truck x VB

3. The Grants

4. Peppers

5. Did You Know...

 

I think.

The TASTE

 

literally my same top 5, except I think candy necklace is going to replace DYK for me

[Unidentified Major Tom 2,137]

This album in its entirity is just...

 SO DAMN GOOD !