The Right Person Will Stay - Pre-Release Thread (OUT: May 21st, 2025)

[marcodelrey 1,806]

51 minutes ago, Evergreen said:

The Grants is perfect as an opener for an album like Ocean Blvd. It captures its atmosphere and storytelling perfectly. Lana said this album is "super stripped back" so I don't expect a big opening song. Some of you already have unrealistic expectations.

“The songs I have, I love, so I don't want to turn it into something that's half cooked, even if it's super stripped back. I want it to be what it was supposed to be.”

If anything, I want this album to just sound beautiful and truly "light" in its atmosphere, more in the style of Let The Light In rather than Not All Who Wander Are Lost.

I still cry when I listen to The Grants 

Why am I so sensitive 

[Americen Whore 10,286]

The only thing I wish for this album, is to have crystal clear vocals,

Spoiler

+ no interludes

ocean blvd’s was full of muffled songs, that henry snippet sounded so clear, so I hope the other songs sounds as clear

[ChaoticLipster 24,678]

17 minutes ago, marcodelrey said:

I still cry when I listen to The Grants 

Why am I so sensitive 

Yeah it is a powerful song

[never2heaven 6,787]

how the fuck was i away for the most eventful week we’ve had in months 

[Vertimus 9,639]

On 11/30/2024 at 8:18 AM, marcodelrey said:

I still cry when I listen to The Grants 

Why am I so sensitive 

Some people are just sensitive--it may be in your DNA, or some might attribute it to astrology, Myers-Briggs, or something along those lines-- there are people who are extremely emotionally sensitive, and there are people who are intuitively or physically sensitive. Some are all. I am intuitively sensitive but not emotionally sensitive. As we know, some people are insensitive--not sensitive at all. 

 

The only Lana song that has made me cry--multiple times--is Old Money. The Greatest has come close to making me cry--how can a brilliant song about the end of the world not? And Swan Song too. 

But if you've been a member here a while, then you've seen how many members have reported crying to Lana songs, especially on first hearing. I recall a member saying they were crying so hard they had to pull their car off the road on their first listen to Fingertips. I recall a member saying that the title song of Blue Banisters made them cry. 

 

Crying is good. It's good to have a release, to get it out. For me, that's one of the uses of music and art--to counter our natural repression response to hurt and life's many other unpleasantnesses. 

 

I don't know what to expect from TRPWS at all--musically, thematically, or lyrically, as Lana has said so many varied things about it and we know it's been reconceived, and maybe more than once a la Lust for Life--but that also makes it more exciting. For me, almost every one of Lana's albums has had a Lana Classic on it, one or more. Will TRPWS make us cry? Maybe. 

[Venice Peach 54,339]

She wasn't sure about the production of the album in August but she allegedly finished and mastered it in September so I guess she went for the folky and acoustic route 

I kinda want another guitar (non country) album from her so I'm happy 

 

There are probably some beautiful orchestral arrangements too since Drew is there 

[Embach 43,743]

i have a bad feeling about past present future song's fate on the album because it seems to be a super lush 'banger' and then there's also henry which is an acoustic song. like they don't seem to mesh together sonically but i still have hope because it's the same woman who put peppers and fingertips, cherry and change, the trio and beautiful on the same album.

[ionut 9,528]

release it NOW

[Vertimus 9,639]

1 minute ago, Embach said:

i have a bad feeling about past present future song's fate on the album because it seems to be a super lush 'banger' and then there's also henry which is an acoustic song. like they don't seem to mesh together sonically but i still have hope because it's the same woman who put peppers and fingertips, cherry and change, the trio and beautiful on the same album.

Could Past, Present, Future be a cover of the song made famous by the the Shangri-Las and brilliantly covered by Marianne Faithfull about 15 years ago?

We know Lana is a fan of the Shangri-Las. 

The Past, well now let me tell you about the past
The past is filled with silent joys and broken toys,
laughing girls and teasing boys,
Was I ever in love? I called it love- I mean, it felt like love,
There were moments when, well, there were moments when

The Present, Go out with you? Why not
Do I like to dance? Of course,
Take a walk along the beach tonight? I'd love to,
But don't try to touch me, don't try to touch me
'Because that will never happen again,
Shall we dance? 
 

The Future, Tomorrow? well tomorrow's a long way off
Maybe someday I'll have somebody's hand
Maybe somewhere someone will understand
You know I used to sing- a tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket
I'm all packed up and I'm on my way and I'm gonna fall in love,
But at the moment it doesn't look good
At the moment it will never happen again
I don't think it will ever happen again.

[laurita 3,347]

4 minutes ago, Embach said:

i have a bad feeling about past present future song's fate on the album because it seems to be a super lush 'banger' and then there's also henry which is an acoustic song. like they don't seem to mesh together sonically but i still have hope because it's the same woman who put peppers and fingertips, cherry and change, the trio and beautiful on the same album.

I still don't think that Henry is going to be an acoustic song in the end. I mean, if it's acoustic I'm fine with it, but I think we'll be surprised with Henry

[Embach 43,743]

9 minutes ago, Vertimus said:

Could Past, Present, Future be a cover of the song made famous by the the Shangri-Las and brilliantly covered by Marianne Faithfull about 15 years ago?

We know Lana is a fan of the Shangri-Las. 

The Past, well now let me tell you about the past
The past is filled with silent joys and broken toys,
laughing girls and teasing boys,
Was I ever in love? I called it love- I mean, it felt like love,
There were moments when, well, there were moments when

The Present, Go out with you? Why not
Do I like to dance? Of course,
Take a walk along the beach tonight? I'd love to,
But don't try to touch me, don't try to touch me
'Because that will never happen again,
Shall we dance? 
 

The Future, Tomorrow? well tomorrow's a long way off
Maybe someday I'll have somebody's hand
Maybe somewhere someone will understand
You know I used to sing- a tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket
I'm all packed up and I'm on my way and I'm gonna fall in love,
But at the moment it doesn't look good
At the moment it will never happen again
I don't think it will ever happen again.

it's an original song but who knows maybe she will reference it.

[Vertimus 9,639]

1 minute ago, Embach said:

it's an original song but who knows maybe she will reference it.

Have I missed something? We do we know Lana's PPF is an original song? 

 

The Shangri-Las song is pretty grim, and while I can see Lana covering it, it doesn't seem to fit with the theme of the album title or her marriage. 

[Embach 43,743]

1 minute ago, Vertimus said:

Have I missed something? We do we know Lana's PPF is an original song? 

 

The Shangri-Las song is pretty grim, and while I can see Lana covering it, it doesn't seem to fit with the theme of the album title or her marriage. 

She opened the Fenway Stadium show with this song. Here's a clip of it from the show:

https://x.com/LDRCRAVE/status/1804004857709318601

 

But about The Shangri-Las, I do remember that Lana or Jack Antonoff said that the original direction for the NFR album was the sound of 1960s girl group songs like The Shangri-Las, so maybe, it's just a theory that the song originated from those earlier NFR! sessions.

[Vertimus 9,639]

1 minute ago, Embach said:

She opened the Fenway Stadium show with this song. Here's a clip of it from the show:

https://x.com/LDRCRAVE/status/1804004857709318601

 

But about The Shangri-Las, I do remember that Lana or Jack Antonoff said that the original direction for the NFR album was the sound of 1960s girl group songs like The Shangri-Las, so maybe, it's just a theory that the song originated from those earlier NFR! sessions.

Thanks for the clip--I had heard it but didn't realize that was Past, Present, Future. 

 

I thought it was Lust For Life that had the acknowledged the Shangri-Las influence, on Cherry for example, and Get Free. Maybe it carried over to NRF!? 

[Embach 43,743]

1 minute ago, Vertimus said:

Thanks for the clip--I had heard it but didn't realize that was Past, Present, Future. 

 

I thought it was Lust For Life that had the acknowledged the Shangri-Las influence, on Cherry for example, and Get Free. Maybe it carried over to NRF!? 

The group also influenced the songs in Lust For Life but I remember it was said the same about the original direction of NFR as well. Many of her album's first written tracks are influenced by the previous release, for example the sound of the Lust For Life demo is very similar to Honeymoon but also Old Money's production (the earliest Ultraviolence song) is very similar to the sound of Paradise.

 

That also makes me wonder how similar will The Right Person Will Stay be to Ocean Blvd

[barttttender 5,132]

1 hour ago, Vertimus said:

Some people are just sensitive--it may be in your DNA, or some might attribute it to astrology, Myers-Briggs, or something along those lines-- there are people who are extremely emotionally sensitive, and there are people who are intuitively or physically sensitive. Some are all. I am intuitively sensitive but not emotionally sensitive.

 

The only Lana song that has made me cry--multiple times--is Old Money. The Greatest has come close to making me cry--how can a brilliant song about the end of the world not? And Swan Song too. 

But if you've been a member here a while, then you've seen how many members have reported crying to Lana songs, especially on first hearing. I recall a member saying they were crying so hard they had to pull their car off the road on their first listen to Fingertips. I recall a member saying that the title song of Blue Banisters made them cry. 

 

Crying is good. It's good to have a release, to get it out. For me, that's one of the uses of music and art--to counter our natural repression response to hurt and life's many other unpleasantnesses. 

 

I don't know what to expect from TRPWS at all--musically, thematically, or lyrically, as Lana has said so many varied things about it and we know it's been reconceived, and maybe more than once a la Lust for Life--but that also makes it more exciting. For me, almost every one of Lana's albums has had a Lana Classic on it, one or more. Will TRPWS make us cry? Maybe. 

 

 

 

I for one love to cry while watching a good movie or listening to music.

 

LDR song that made me cry, that I remember: Tomorrow Never Came

 

I just thought the lyrics are so fucking moving.

 

I waited for you
In the spot you said to wait
In the city, on the park bench
In the middle of the pourin' rain
'Cause I adored you
I just wanted things to be the same
You said to meet me up there tomorrow
But tomorrow never came

 

 

[Vertimus 9,639]

17 minutes ago, Embach said:

The group also influenced the songs in Lust For Life but I remember it was said the same about the original direction of NFR as well. Many of her album's first written tracks are influenced by the previous release, for example the sound of the Lust For Life demo is very similar to Honeymoon but also Old Money's production (the earliest Ultraviolence song) is very similar to the sound of Paradise.

 

That also makes me wonder how similar will The Right Person Will Stay be to Ocean Blvd

I can buy that theory, but I don't subscribe to the theory, mentioned many times here, that the last song on every Lana album predicts the thematic, lyrical, and musical direction of the next album. 

 

Since TRPWS was put together over some four years, I don't see how OB's colorings could influence it in a major way. Since I'm not an OB fan for the most part, I hope it doesn't. 

[Stoned Mary in the Garden 6,816]

3 hours ago, Summerain said:

I want the mirror in the album

Wait what’s the mirror? What have I misseddd 

[Ice Cream Ice Queen 2,951]

36 minutes ago, Embach said:

That also makes me wonder how similar will The Right Person Will Stay be to Ocean Blvd

I wouldn’t be mad at this as Ocean Blvd is my fav album of all time. But also I really want something new a fresh and OB did it’s job I don’t rlly need more of it

3 minutes ago, Stoned Mary in the Garden said:

Wait what’s the mirror? What have I misseddd 

Fenway intro

[ChaoticLipster 24,678]

1 hour ago, Vertimus said:

Some people are just sensitive--it may be in your DNA, or some might attribute it to astrology, Myers-Briggs, or something along those lines-- there are people who are extremely emotionally sensitive, and there are people who are intuitively or physically sensitive. Some are all. I am intuitively sensitive but not emotionally sensitive.

 

The only Lana song that has made me cry--multiple times--is Old Money. The Greatest has come close to making me cry--how can a brilliant song about the end of the world not? And Swan Song too. 

But if you've been a member here a while, then you've seen how many members have reported crying to Lana songs, especially on first hearing. I recall a member saying they were crying so hard they had to pull their car off the road on their first listen to Fingertips. I recall a member saying that the title song of Blue Banisters made them cry. 

 

Crying is good. It's good to have a release, to get it out. For me, that's one of the uses of music and art--to counter our natural repression response to hurt and life's many other unpleasantnesses. 

 

I don't know what to expect from TRPWS at all--musically, thematically, or lyrically, as Lana has said so many varied things about it and we know it's been reconceived, and maybe more than once a la Lust for Life--but that also makes it more exciting. For me, almost every one of Lana's albums has had a Lana Classic on it, one or more. Will TRPWS make us cry? Maybe. 

Definitely old money for me also,  in The Grants the lyrics ‘My grandmother's last smile, I'm gonna take that too with me’ made me bawl I won’t lie, I had recently lost my grandmother too so it hit too close.  I have a feeling TRPWS will probably have a few tear-jerkers, hopefully more the happy sad kind.