Manson 1,142 Posted March 30, 2023 Someone posted on insta about the Tropico album that turned into UV. I never knew that Tropico was supposed to be more than the EP we got. There's also a notepad tracklist for that scrapped record? Is that true and can someone post? Do we have a tracklist? 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thunder Revenant 20,943 Posted March 30, 2023 Pretry sure that is entirely made up. We know Lana worked on an album that contained thr original Black Beauty version before moving to UV it Tdopico was never an album 0 Quote Just do it. Just do it - don't wait! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evalionisameme 13,889 Posted March 30, 2023 There’s the cover 37 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrashMagiq 58,574 Posted March 30, 2023 My Tropico could mean anything 18 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bored 7,938 Posted March 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, Manson said: Someone posted on insta about the Tropico album that turned into UV. I never knew that Tropico was supposed to be more than the EP we got. There's also a notepad tracklist for that scrapped record? Is that true and can someone post? Do we have a tracklist? There's a thread called LDR Album Process Discussion which explains the background of Tropico. 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PARADIXO 32,942 Posted March 30, 2023 Did you know that... 1 minute ago, bored said: There's a thread called LDR Album Process Discussion which explains the background of Tropico? 27 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cranekiss 9,728 Posted March 30, 2023 17 minutes ago, Thunder Revenant said: Pretry sure that is entirely made up. We know Lana worked on an album that contained thr original Black Beauty version before moving to UV it Tdopico was never an album it wasn’t made up lana literally wrote a tracklist draft inside of a notebook dhshdhs 14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coloringbooks 14,015 Posted March 30, 2023 Tropico was the original title of Ultraviolence (album) before she renamed it 3 Quote wanna get to heaven, so let's get high Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Husband Thief 3,904 Posted March 30, 2023 If the LDR Album Process Discussion thread is too long for you: In January 2013 Lana was photographed with Rick Nowels while recording songs for her sophomore album. Her notebook had a list of songs on the side of it with an underlined working title, "Tropico" at the top. During an interview in November 2012 she mentioned that Cola would be the second single from Paradise and that she really hopes to release short films for Gods & Monsters and Bel Air. What's weird is, that the visualizer for Bel Air released in November 2012 had this in the description: "i lost my reputation, i forgot my truth. But i have my beauty and i have my youth. Tropico the film, coming next year." That leads us to conclude that TROPICO was really just a placeholder name for the then unnamed project but it might be linked conceptually to the stuff she was recording at that time, knowing how Tropico had strong biblical and spiritual imagery. This is the track list: Tropico Old Money Black Beauty Guns & Roses Lake Placid Summertime Melancholia Jesus Pink Champagne Elvis Earthquakes ? Axl Rose ? Spoiler 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Husband Thief 3,904 Posted March 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, cranekiss said: it wasn’t made up lana literally wrote a tracklist draft inside of a notebook dhshdhs 11 minutes ago, Coloringbooks said: Tropico was the original title of Ultraviolence (album) before she renamed it Most likely not. We know she uses "working titles" for albums that, in her mind, capture the vibe or the meaning of the project at that time. White Hot Forever, Rock Candy Sweet, etc. Tropico was never going to be the album's title, because she had already decided to give that name to the short film she was preparing for 2013. She just used it because she felt the concept she had in mind at that time matched the project she was working on. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manson 1,142 Posted March 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Crazy Husband Stealer said: If the LDR Album Process Discussion thread is too long for you: In January 2013 Lana was photographed with Rick Nowels while recording songs for her sophomore album. Her notebook had a list of songs on the side of it with an underlined working title, "Tropico" at the top. During an interview in November 2012 she mentioned that Cola would be the second single from Paradise and that she really hopes to release short films for Gods & Monsters and Bel Air. What's weird is, that the visualizer for Bel Air released in November 2012 had this in the description: "i lost my reputation, i forgot my truth. But i have my beauty and i have my youth. Tropico the film, coming next year." That leads us to conclude that TROPICO was really just a placeholder name for the then unnamed project but it might be linked conceptually to the stuff she was recording at that time, knowing how Tropico had strong biblical and spiritual imagery. This is the track list: Tropico Old Money Black Beauty Guns & Roses Lake Placid Summertime Melancholia Jesus Pink Champagne Elvis Earthquakes ? Axl Rose ? Hide contents Thanks a lot! I appreciate the summary Damn I can't read shit on that photo. Crazy to think that people would consider it a tracklist. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cranekiss 9,728 Posted March 30, 2023 Just now, Crazy Husband Stealer said: Most likely not. We know she uses "working titles" for albums that, in her mind, capture the vibe or the meaning of the project at that time. White Hot Forever, Rock Candy Sweet, etc. Tropico was never going to be the album's title, because she had already decided to give that name to the short film she was preparing for 2013. She just used it because she felt the concept she had in mind at that time matched the project she was working on. the notebook picture is from january 2013 and production on the film didnt start until summer 2013, at one point the film and the album were going to go together but the music wasnt ready so lana decided to sit on the music metaphorically for a while and now we have ultraviolence at one point I Talk to Jesus was going to be on the Tropico EP but was left out for unknown reasons 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manson 1,142 Posted March 30, 2023 Just now, cranekiss said: the notebook picture is from january 2013 and production on the film didnt start until summer 2013, at one point the film and the album were going to go together but the music wasnt ready so lana decided to sit on the music metaphorically for a while and now we have ultraviolence at one point I Talk to Jesus was going to be on the Tropico EP but was left out for unknown reasons Well "Jesus" on that notepad is likely "I Talk To Jesus" or not? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evalionisameme 13,889 Posted March 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Manson said: Well "Jesus" on that notepad is likely "I Talk To Jesus" or not? The tropico EP was released-it just didn’t contain I talk to Jesus 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cranekiss 9,728 Posted March 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Manson said: Well "Jesus" on that notepad is likely "I Talk To Jesus" or not? it is! it was the only tropico album song she was trying to release after realizing the music wasnt ready of course it was reconsidered for UV but she really wanted to release it within the tropico extended play and film 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Husband Thief 3,904 Posted March 30, 2023 18 minutes ago, cranekiss said: the notebook picture is from january 2013 and production on the film didnt start until summer 2013, at one point the film and the album were going to go together but the music wasnt ready so lana decided to sit on the music metaphorically for a while and now we have ultraviolence at one point I Talk to Jesus was going to be on the Tropico EP but was left out for unknown reasons I don’t believe that to be honest. I think most of the TROPICO tea is inferred from that one picture and song metadata, so nothing that is ACTUALLY confirmed. It definitely wasn’t a coincidence that Lana posted a Bel Air visualizer with a Tropico film teaser in the description AND talked about a Bel Air and Gods & Monsters video both in November 2012 (before the studio notes picture was taken). 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Husband Thief 3,904 Posted March 30, 2023 Another theory: She listed songs for possible inclusion in the film and the EP that she thought would fit with Bel Air and Gods & Monsters before settling with I Talk to Jesus before scrapping it from the tracklist. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manson 1,142 Posted March 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Crazy Husband Stealer said: Another theory: She listed songs for possible inclusion in the film and the EP that she thought would fit with Bel Air and Gods & Monsters before settling with I Talk to Jesus before scrapping it from the tracklist. Ah you mean the "tracklist" on that paper might be a list of tracks for the short film not for an album? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Husband Thief 3,904 Posted March 30, 2023 Just now, Manson said: Ah you mean the "tracklist" on that paper might be a list of tracks for the short film not for an album? yup Many of those songs weren't even ready by the time that photo was taken. She probably listed those songs to further work on them and see what would come out of it. She then settled with I Talk to Jesus (at first) and then scrapped it again. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Husband Thief 3,904 Posted March 30, 2023 She privatized the video shortly after that recording session in January. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites