Unpopular Lana Opinions

[Super Movie 51,869]

I'm sorry, but I just cannot get into Dark Paradise, it's one of my least favorite Lana songs ever. I never have and most likely never will be able to. Something about it puts me off and I don't even know why. I can't get into the demos either. 

 

Also, Swan Song is incredible. It's personally my favorite song on Honeymoon. I'll never understand why that one is always so low in people's rankings 

[Future Jazz 9,245]

I can't believe people often quote NFR as part of their holy trinity. I view it as the worst album she ever put out, after Lust For Life.

 

The production on this album has such a strong watered-down feel to it that it feels like there is a veil between sound and listener that hinders communication between both on literally every song, making her voice sound distant. The electric guitars that are used sound nothing like those on Ultraviolence or even on songs like Heroin, they sound like weird keyboards, which makes it hard for me to give any credit to the rock feel she was going for on songs like Venice Bitch and The Greatest. Same for the violins. It's crazy how good the violons on Violets for Roses or Thunder sound compared to the cheap violins Jack used on Love Song or Venice Bitch. I don't buy the more upbeat side of it either, because it's like she threw in a few 'urban' elements or lyrics without ever making an actual bop. The piano ballads are forgettable. The album has some good songs, but as a whole, I see it as bland and watered down. It's still good, because it's Lana's voice and melodies, but it's really bland. Apart from Hope and How To Disappear, I find the lyrics to be extremely poor and uninspired, which is why I have a hard time seeing this album as a commentary on the state of America. I just can't consider "I miss X and I miss Y and I miss Z" to be relevant and serious enough to be even a bit of a social or political commentary. I mean, I know she said in interviews that the title was supposed to evoke what Norman Rockwell, or America from the fifties in general, would say about today's society. But I just can't derive from

the album any idea or conception regarding that commentary. It's like she said she made a commentary on America on this album without actually making any of it. The critics - and, in my opinion, the fans - made it way deeper than it is.

 

Not to mention how painful the era was. Waiting for a year between the single and the album was the worst she put us through. I loathed the whole baddie aesthetic she had going on. I hated the way her managers interacted with us. I hated Don't Call Me Angel. And by the time the album came out, there were only two songs we had heard nothing of, because she posted countless snippets. The music videos were dreadful.

 

Chemtrails, although suffering from the same flaws linked with Jack's production, was at least much more humble a project, and created more of a pleasant atmosphere. It also had better lyrics and a better rollout.

[bluechemtrails 27,342]

13 minutes ago, May said:

Swan Song is SO filler has anybody here actually deliberately listened to it in the past few years ?  Ive not played it since like 2016

At first I didn't even notice it, but now it's my top three song on HM.

[Pico Ocean Boulevard 41,454]

Just now, Super Movie said:

I'm sorry, but I just cannot get into Dark Paradise, it's one of my least favorite Lana songs ever. I never have and most likely never will be able to. Something about it puts me off and I don't even know why. I can't get into the demos either. 

 

Also, Swan Song is incredible. It's personally my favorite song on Honeymoon. I'll never understand why that one is always so low in people's rankings 

For me Dark Paradise hits different because I can relate to the lyrics a lot.  But I can see why some ppl can't get into it.

 

Agree with what you said about Swan Song. You spilled !! It's incredible, it has such an atmosphere!! 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,452]

18 minutes ago, Super Movie said:

I'm sorry, but I just cannot get into Dark Paradise, it's one of my least favorite Lana songs ever. I never have and most likely never will be able to. Something about it puts me off and I don't even know why. I can't get into the demos either. 

 

Also, Swan Song is incredible. It's personally my favorite song on Honeymoon. I'll never understand why that one is always so low in people's rankings 

 

agree with both

 

title track is my fav song but swan song is fucking amazing

[ShadesOfViolence 6,694]

arcadia is my least favorite song of the album 

 

and I live for Arcadia slander🔪🔪

[Ultra Violet 19,063]

8 minutes ago, ShadesOfViolence said:

arcadia is my least favorite song of the album 

 

and I live for Arcadia slander🔪🔪

I like it less with every listen 

[ShadesOfViolence 6,694]

9 minutes ago, Ultra Violet said:

I like it less with every listen 

i even made arcadia hidden in spotify, i just play it when i want to suffer my ears

[wildheart 904]

15 minutes ago, ShadesOfViolence said:

arcadia is my least favorite song of the album 

 

and I live for Arcadia slander🔪🔪

I think I can appreciate it for Lana’s vocals and music but it’s just kinda there. Lyrics aren’t that interesting.

[Ultra Violet 19,063]

4 minutes ago, ShadesOfViolence said:

i even made arcadia hidden in spotify, i just play it when i want to suffer my ears

Thanks for the tip 

[ShadesOfViolence 6,694]

Just now, Ultra Violet said:

Thanks for the tip 

you're welcome <3  

[honeydanscalling 26]

honestly the SNIPPET of Arcadia was giving tho. I was excited 

[ShadesOfViolence 6,694]

2 minutes ago, honeydanscalling said:

honestly the SNIPPET of Arcadia was giving tho. I was excited 

the snippet of COCC was giving that too tho but...

[americangothic 1,727]

Truly unpopular opinion: I really LOVE Arcadia . The melody of the chorus made me cry the first time I listened to it, but then again, I'm a sensitive-as-hell cancer dude.

[Alison by Slowdive 26,156]

fucked my way up to the top is ultraviolence's climax followed closely by florida kilos 

[bigspender 8,368]

i never come to this thread bc it makes me mad

[IanadeIrey 62,141]

7 hours ago, americangothic said:

Truly unpopular opinion: I really LOVE Arcadia . The melody of the chorus made me cry the first time I listened to it, but then again, I'm a sensitive-as-hell cancer dude.

Me too  for me, there’s always something to love about every Lana song (if not everything!)

[Cherry Blossom 21,673]

9 hours ago, Super Movie said:

I'm sorry, but I just cannot get into Dark Paradise, it's one of my least favorite Lana songs ever. I never have and most likely never will be able to. Something about it puts me off and I don't even know why. I can't get into the demos either. 

oh my god same 

[Venice 6,933]

I just can't get into CoCC  The only song I adore from it is White Dress. Every other album, there are always a bunch of songs I love, sometimes every single one, so it was a really strange exp. I think the country vibes were off putting for me to begin with and kinda ruined things some more (like I already didn't like the CoCC aesthetic, official album cover, album title, even her main CoCC hairstyle and idek), sigh. It's my least fave era and album by her, like at the very bottom, which is sorta shocking. My dark lil heart was pleased to see her skip over that era with barely any acknowledgement as I just wanted it to all end  (omg I'm rly going off lmfao) anyway I can't see it growing on me in the future either, buuuut who knows - I wasn't into NFR when it came out but then fell deep in love after and now I'm mad at myself that I didn't enjoy the era as much as I could have, so...!

 

What makes me feel better is that I like and use the CoCC theme on LB, so like, I can't be that cold 

[Thunder Revenant 20,977]

Black Bathing Suit is overrated. I mean, it's not bad, it has it's moment but people just glorify it as some experimental, lyrical masterpiece when most of all it's just a big mess