Ultraviolence - Pre-Release Thread

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How long till "LANA CUM TO BRAZIL, PLZ" tweets again?

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How long till "LANA CUM TO BRAZIL, PLZ" tweets again?

they are EVERYWHERE 

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Coachella seems like the perfect time to debut a new song. 

No! Tomorrow is the perfect time! 

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Didn't Juliette hate Lana way back?

she had done before she met her, I suppose

To be fair to Juliette, who I don't really like, didn't she later tweet in the following days that she looked up Lana's music and changed her mind on her?

No, Juliette met Lana way before that negative tweet when they were both guest performers during Mando Diao's MTV Unplugged performance. That's partly why it was so awkward. I talked about it starting at about 7:40 in Part 2 of my Lana Del Reydio podcast.

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Just WAIT till Juliette is in ha new video. Juliette finally getting some relevance in music, I guess. 

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So weird how things change, now she's at Lana's feet 

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Oh yeah, one more thing: BITE ME SCIENTOLOGY!

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Guys, Lana performance at SNL wasn't that great, right? Maybe Juliette saw some performances at the paradise tour and changed her mind about Lana

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I don't think the Lollapalooza performance would've had new songs. At the time we were waiting for Tropico and had no idea about Ultraviolence. I wouldn't be suprised if she debuted a new song at Cochella because I think that the reason she is perfoming is to be seen in the public eye.

 

I know, Ultraviolence didn't even exist for us at that time haha, but I think some people (myself included) were expecting a new song, like that snippet that was on instagram or something--since it was a huge show and nothing new had been out since Paradise. Or that maybe she'd play a never before live song. I guess not necessarily new. 

 

But yes, I agree, Coachella would be good to debut because she'd be in the public eye. Only a few months now!

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Coachella is in may right? Ddd 5 months of wait but it's the perfect timing

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Lana Del Rey ft. Juliette Lewis - Twisted Sisters

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Coachella is in may right? Ddd 5 months of wait but it's the perfect timing

The first week of it is April 11-13th, so about 3 months

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fuck, I don't wanna wait!!!

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Is this Juliette Lewis a well known person or do we just know about her because of Lana? I have no idea who she is and I keep seeing her mentioned on here 

 

 

o i just googled her she's an actress ok  still don't see the connection with Lana except that Lana seems to hang out with her randomly

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"Majestic cinematic epic" ULTRAVIOLENCE

 

Yasss Black Beautyyyy ahhhhhhAHHHH

 

Commit to your vision, Lanz, commit

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She must be pretty much high priority this year for Interscope, right? I mean the only female this year releasing as well is Madonna and Madonna isn't really a huge album seller these days. She could totally benefit from that. 

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Juliette Lewis was pretty famous at least.  She's more than just an actress, she does music too.  In the early-mid 90s (when Seinfeld still aired and Daft Punk did Gap commercials...), she was pretty well-known.  Don't read too much into it, they probably just met by chance somewhere and briefly hung out.  Lana might have a few songs on her phone or something and let Juliette listen. 

 

Madonna runs her own show enough that I think a lot of Interscope input will be put into UV.  I think they were initially going to write her off or keep her as a foreign market act but with Summertime Sadness and Young and Beautiful, they've got good momentum building.  I'd expect a single in April to keep her in the public consciousness.   Lana is a big gamble for them, but definitely less so after BTD.  They kind of paid the price of the backlash but now I think enough people are okay with her as casual listeners of Top 40 music.   It's the summer of Lana baby.

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Juliette Lewis was pretty famous at least.  She's more than just an actress, she does music too.  In the early-mid 90s (when Seinfeld still aired and Daft Punk did Gap commercials...), she was pretty well-known.  Don't read too much into it, they probably just met by chance somewhere and briefly hung out.  Lana might have a few songs on her phone or something and let Juliette listen. 

 

Madonna runs her own show enough that I think a lot of Interscope input will be put into UV.  I think they were initially going to write her off or keep her as a foreign market act but with Summertime Sadness and Young and Beautiful, they've got good momentum building.  I'd expect a single in April to keep her in the public consciousness.   Lana is a big gamble for them, but definitely less so after BTD.  They kind of paid the price of the backlash but now I think enough people are okay with her as casual listeners of Top 40 music.   It's the summer of Lana baby.

I am really here to see her having even more success for the next era than with BTD. On the other hand, you can never predict success. If she and Interscope want huge success with this era, she will need the help of airplay this time, which doesn't mean she has to come up with something generic. They just have to push the single big time on radio. And touring of course. 

If you wanna be heard in America, press isn't that effective. You need radio support and tour the country.

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Yeah, that's why I expect some collaborations.  It's a classic big label move to prop up anything with another successful artist.  I fully expect a large US tour at medium-sized venues (she's not going to be doing the Staples Center but Madison Square Garden is a possibility). 

 

I honestly wouldn't be surprised with some EDM-influenced tracks.  I only have anecdotal evidence, but a lot of people seem to say "she's okay, her electronic stuff is cool" which basically means the remixes.  It'd be interesting how Black Beauty plays into that, but honestly I like Black Beauty more than the EDM stuff.  For non-fans but casual people who know who she is -- it falls into two camps:  people who like "Video Games" and "Blue Jeans" ("Black Beauty" plays to this sensibility) and then "Summertime Sadness" and the remixes.  The slow songs by nature just aren't good for radio, especially sad ones like Lana writes unfortunately.  I don't expect something like "Black Beauty" or AFFA to be a single or anything, but they'll have a place on the album.

 

I hate analyzing this merely as business because I'm sure there's some creative leeway Lana has.  If anything, there will be more unreleased stuff at least whatever the label decides to do.  But you're absolutely right, airplay is the name of the game and Interscope is going to try very hard to push it.

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Yeah, that's why I expect some collaborations.  It's a classic big label move to prop up anything with another successful artist.  I fully expect a large US tour at medium-sized venues (she's not going to be doing the Staples Center but Madison Square Garden is a possibility). 

 

I honestly wouldn't be surprised with some EDM-influenced tracks.  I only have anecdotal evidence, but a lot of people seem to say "she's okay, her electronic stuff is cool" which basically means the remixes.  It'd be interesting how Black Beauty plays into that, but honestly I like Black Beauty more than the EDM stuff.  For non-fans but casual people who know who she is -- it falls into two camps:  people who like "Video Games" and "Blue Jeans" ("Black Beauty" plays to this sensibility) and then "Summertime Sadness" and the remixes.  The slow songs by nature just aren't good for radio, especially sad ones like Lana writes unfortunately.  I don't expect something like "Black Beauty" or AFFA to be a single or anything, but they'll have a place on the album.

 

I hate analyzing this merely as business because I'm sure there's some creative leeway Lana has.  If anything, there will be more unreleased stuff at least whatever the label decides to do.  But you're absolutely right, airplay is the name of the game and Interscope is going to try very hard to push it.

I think you're overestimating Interscope's influence on Lana's music. With a lot of musicians, the labels do have a lot of influence and tend to push their opinion but Lana seems to be pretty good at getting her way with them. She said they didn't like Paradise but she managed to release that, barely any singles, she got them to finance Tropico which probably isn't making them a lot of money (I mean the tickets were free and I doubt too many people are buying songs we already have) and she has never toured the US properly. I actually think it's quite impressive how much power Lana seems to have, she just does whatever she wants and I think she'll do the same with Ultraviolence. And I really wouldn't expect a US tour, I mean it would be cool if she does it and she may surprise everyone but if you expect it you'll just be let down.