"Tropico" (Scrapped) Album Recording/Writing Timeline and Creative Process Discussion

[gucciovermybody 2,768]

On 1/7/2024 at 1:52 AM, ivory almond said:

 

i figured it out

 

Full Tracklist:
1. Old Money (?) - Based on the other photo and the fact that Old Money made it to UV's final tracklist, it is likely that she kept it on this draft as well

2. Money Power Glory

3. Guns N Roses (?)

4. Black Beauty

5. Lake Placid

6. Melancholia

7. Earthquakes

8. Summertime

9. Dragonslayer

10. Trans Am

11. Queen Of Hearts (?) - last track looks like it has "of" in the middle, and QoH was recorded feb 2nd, and this photo was taken in January so it could've been considered/first written here

oh found it

[ivory almond 11,731]

 

and just like that... the years long mystery has been solved

 

Tropico Tracklist Draft #1:

1. Old Money

2. Black Beauty

3. Guns n Roses

4. Lake Placid

5. Summertime

6. Melancholia

7. Jesus

8. Pink Champagne

9. Elvis

10. Earthquakes

11. Venus

12. Fake Roses

13. Preacher

[Dark City 1,517]

Instead of torturing myself to death, while trying to figure out the actual tracklist, I’ve  been trying for the past year, but with no results.

 

I’ve come to a simple conclusion:

Use the tracks, that we know for sure to have been considered for Tropico

 

Old Money

Black Beauty

Guns and Roses

Lake Placid

Summertime 

Melancholia

(I talk to) Jesus

Earthquakes

Pink Champagne

Hollywood

Dragonslayer

Ave Maria

Angels Forever 

Money Power Glory 

 

Now the “Tracklist” is not in order, but uses tracks that we sure Know to have been considered for the project. I did not put Elvis in this tracklist because it is too raw (don’t misunderstand me, i love that song) 

 

[YourGirl666 12,134]

On 6/9/2024 at 3:03 PM, Dark City said:

Instead of torturing myself to death, while trying to figure out the actual tracklist, I’ve  been trying for the past year, but with no results.

 

I’ve come to a simple conclusion:

Use the tracks, that we know for sure to have been considered for Tropico

 

Old Money

Black Beauty

Guns and Roses

Lake Placid

Summertime 

Melancholia

(I talk to) Jesus

Earthquakes

Pink Champagne

Hollywood

Dragonslayer

Ave Maria

Angels Forever 

Money Power Glory 

 

Now the “Tracklist” is not in order, but uses tracks that we sure Know to have been considered for the project. I did not put Elvis in this tracklist because it is too raw (don’t misunderstand me, i love that song) 

 

 

Something like this wouldn't be that bad of a record:

1. Ave Maria (Intro)

2. Angels Forever Forever Angels

3. Melancholia

4. Pink Champaigne

5. Dragonslayer

6. Earthquakes

7. Summertime

8. Hollywood

9. Money Power Glory

10. Guns and Roses

11. Old Money

12. Lake Placid

13. Black Beauty

14. I Talk to Jesus

 

Singles:  1st Black Beauty, 2nd AFFA, 3rd MPG remix feat. The Weeknd, 4th I Talk to Jesus or Earthquakes (with cheap phone recorded Lizzy Grant inspired video like UV or HM title tracks) 5th Summertime (with cute homemade video with Barrie a la Summer Wine).

[gucciovermybody 2,768]

On 6/3/2024 at 7:03 PM, ivory almond said:

 

and just like that... the years long mystery has been solved

 

Tropico Tracklist Draft #1:

1. Old Money

2. Black Beauty

3. Guns n Roses

4. Lake Placid

5. Summertime

6. Melancholia

7. Jesus

8. Pink Champagne

9. Elvis

10. Earthquakes

11. Venus

12. Fake Roses

13. Preacher

i can see fake roses existing tbh

[ivory almond 11,731]

On 6/3/2024 at 6:03 PM, ivory almond said:

 

 

why do i lowk see "Hotel" next to "Venus" now...

maybe the track is actually "Vegas Hotel"?

[ComebacktoCalifornia 4,390]

I'm confident in it being

Money & Power

Fake Rolex/Roses

Preacher

[Brooklyn Fetus 2,462]

2 minutes ago, ComebacktoCalifornia said:

I'm confident in it being

Money & Power

Fake Rolex/Roses

Preacher

i been a fake rolex supporter since day 1

[Summertime Saddest 295]

ok i think the 2nd last one is callled "Fuck me Raw" like seriously maybe demo for fmwuttt or something

[Embach 26,486]

On 6/24/2024 at 11:54 AM, Summertime Saddest said:

ok i think the 2nd last one is callled "Fuck me Raw" like seriously maybe demo for fmwuttt or something

Maybe it's Fuck My Way bc I can see "y" there as well

[Rust Dress 38,784]

On 6/24/2024 at 4:54 AM, Summertime Saddest said:

ok i think the 2nd last one is callled "Fuck me Raw" like seriously maybe demo for fmwuttt or something

 

[violettiaras 3,324]

On 6/3/2024 at 6:03 PM, ivory almond said:

 

 

back to the rauseuer? what does that one say yall

 

this thread still being active is cracking me up but yes lets get to the bottom of this

[That Venice Bitch 24,917]

7 hours ago, violettiaras said:

back to the rauseuer? what does that one say yall

 

this thread still being active is cracking me up but yes lets get to the bottom of this

The rest of the page is mostly just lyrics from Guns and Roses

 

”We could go back to Detroit”

”Back to the promised land”

[That Venice Bitch 24,917]

https://lanadelrey.fandom.com/wiki/2013/January#Recording

 

For those who are sick of looking at those pics with the filters and digital tracing, here is the full unedited studio shoot with the pages in the background 

[Billie 1,069]

waiting for the day when someone meets lana irl and asks her about tropico and she spills all the tea about it 

[gucciovermybody 2,768]

33 minutes ago, Billie said:

waiting for the day when someone meets lana irl and asks her about tropico and she spills all the tea about it 

she would prob giggle and go away or smth

[Daytona Beach Sparkler 3,650]

Lana probably doesn't know that we know abt Tropico 

[Brooklyn Fetus 2,462]

On 6/10/2024 at 6:29 PM, ivory almond said:

 

 

why do i lowk see "Hotel" next to "Venus" now...

maybe the track is actually "Vegas Hotel"?

i believe venus bc of kali uchis. pink champagne by ldr shares lyrics with arianas song pink champagne… and the lyrics are “pink champagne on the purple rain”. so if ariana who HAS contact with lana and kali who ALSO has, why venus cant be an existing track? + aris pink champagne was made before pink champagne by ldr (2011)

[ComebacktoCalifornia 4,390]

Since the tracklist is from January 2013 that means Earthquakes logically has tk be recorded before then. That would place it several months before the main barrie sessions we know of which makes me wonder if summer wine and riverside were recorded around the same time.Especially riverside since we know that's from 2012 and summer wine was before mid April which is still a month before the main session and I doubt it was recorded in april

[Lanaparadiserey 20,775]

What songs from the original tracklist do we have? I’m just not sure what versions we have of each song, like do we have the Black Beauty demo that would theoretically be on this tracklist? Do we have any final versions because like I know it is said we only have the Earthquakes demo