Promo Single: "SHADES OF COOL" (May 26)

[Summersault 822]

To be honest I'm more excited for this song than Cruel World, so that she's putting this out a a promo already is...*puts on sunglasses* several shades of cool /dies

[wraith 7,276]

another picture from that shoot i would of preferred as an album cover smh

 

anyway yeah this is cool! and so soon as well

[ConeyIslandQueen262 1,067]

wow I didn't expect a new song before the album release !

that shit better be out on Monday, so I have something to do when I wait for Miley to enter the stage   

 

I don't really feel the cover yet... am I the only one who thinks that her position looks kinda strange and that her body proportions are wrong (look at those big boops and compare them to her thin arms   )

 

 

conclusion: Lana had plastic surgery again

 

 

 

[Tammy 2,291]

 

wow I didn't expect a new song before the album release !

that shit better be out on Monday, so I have something to do when I wait for Miley to enter the stage

 

 (look at those big boops and compare them to her thin arms   )

 

 

 

Looks like a push up bra to me.

 

PS: Can we listen together then, please?

[Creyk 11,495]

LoL

We get to hear my most anticipated track in advance

I am so blessed y'all

Thank you Lana for considering me

[kingadam 662]

EPIC, now that we know Rick Nowels is involved in this, it better slay the fuck out of my fucking life!

5+ minutes of Lana is coming, they better premiere it on iTunes and not just her freaking vevo, Interscope needs to get their shit together, a lot of people are anticipating and it could sell good.

 

[Lirazel 700]

omg, I LOVE THE COVER. Lana looks so dark and angry and beautiful <3

[ConeyIslandQueen262 1,067]

Looks like a push up bra to me.

 

PS: Can we listen together then, please?

 

no push up bra... it's the same ugly white one again 

 

of course we can 

[larina 682]

@@Creyk, you and I are the same (P.S. sorry, I couldn't quote for some reason, it won't let me, no matter how many times I refresh the page)

 

 

And I just realised the twenty-sixth is in two freaking dayss!!!!! I never thought I'd say this, but: I WANT THE WEEKEND TO END! Well, no, I'm excited for tomorrow because I am getting my microphone fixed so I can finally practise Million Dollar Man again, but not long ago I was thinking that I don't want to go on to Monday... I just wish I didn't have school. Maybe I can somehow manage to stay home...

[Dazed 94]

Shades Of Cool starts off with lonely sounding guitars that builds up an eerie and intense atmosphere. Lana’s voice breaks through the mist with a fragile “My baby lives in… shades of blue.”

 

The song is written with a 6/8 time signature so just like Million Dollar Man there’s jazz/waltz influences, however much slower and stripped back with only guitars and her one layer of vocals during the verses.

 

The song slowly builds up during the pre-chorus. The guitar picking is then replaced with slow shimmering chords as Lana sings “he lives for love, he loves his drugs.” The pre-chorus flows slowly until she ends the section with “his strange weather….” and then a moment of silence.

 

The song breaks into a beautiful flowery 70s-inspired indie rock merry-go-round-esque chorus. The drums come in and the iconic Born To Die strings make a triumphant return. It’s hard not to imagine Lana spinning Stevie Nicks-style in a flower garden or on the beach when listening to this chorus. Piano notes twinkle in the background layers as Lana sings over the live instruments: “but you are invincible. I can’t break through your world.”

 

The music carries on into the second verse and pre-chorus. The electric guitars are even more present in the second chorus. The old school ‘wub wub wub’ of the guitar strings embellish the already beautiful vintage sounding chorus.

 

The song intensifies even further during the bridge. The song turns into a thunderous mass of electric guitar and loud drums. The chaotic bridge is wild enough to transport anyone back to the live rock concerts of the 70s. The fantastic guitar solo is sexy enough to have Lana grinding during her performance.

 

The music dies down at the end as Lana songs ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ as it fades into silence, presumably the solemn conclusion to the calm, wild, calm narrative of the song. This song is a great choice as a promotional single and is arguably many times better than West Coast.

[Sebastian 327]

Snippet: http://lanashadesofcool.tumblr.com/post/86690622877/my-baby-lives-in-shades-of-blue-blue-eyes-and#notes

[ZeroZero 2,223]

Snippet: http://lanashadesofcool.tumblr.com/post/86690622877/my-baby-lives-in-shades-of-blue-blue-eyes-and#notes

OMGHHHHHFJDIDKS

[Wryta Thinkpiece 3,342]

Omfg I'm gonna die. I NEED this in full.

[rdp 1,240]

Me after reading that review 

 

[Bae 564]

is that review real? 

 

I hope interscope doesn't fuck up again. They better put the right versions up. 

[wraith 7,276]

there is like 5 people out there who have it and so far like 60% of the lyrics have leaked

[Rem 2,392]

That review!!! T.T

[plush 655]

Inb4 1,000 versions of Shades Of Cool get released at once

[Just Cherry 3,717]

My baby lives in shades of blue

Blue eyes and jazz and attitude

He lives in California too

He drives a Chevy Malibu

Ha ha ha.

Sounds like terrible fan made lyrics.

Like, they're shitty if they're real even.

[Sebastian 327]

I can feel this leak coming very soon...