Formation

Songs like Princess of Power and Butterfly lean trite with the idea that love is the answer but good lord I need music like this more than ever. I’ve spent the past several years feeling extra bruised from the anti-immigrant, anti-so-many-of-my-identities narratives in the U.S. that it’s hard for my motivation to not take a hit. Marina’s reflections on belonging and success have always resonated deeply with me, so moments like “I’m gonna fly like you’ve never seen” or “I’ve been hurt by those who were suppose to treat me right” —as straight forward as they are—are coming to me at the right time. Her melodies and use of strings here really pull things together in a way Love and Fear couldn’t despite similar lyrical themes (or maybe wrong time for me to have received that record) Anyway, as always feeling very grateful for the emotions and optimism pop music spurs up 🩵💛

First ranking and review after full high quality listen

I assume it's been a bit in the negotiations that she got the sense things were going well, which would've only decreased her motivation to try and finish Rep. Glad she owns her stuff and we'll still get self-titled (next year would be good, even if not in October--just nice to do it on the 20th anniversary year).

Sorry for the double post but WKOM’s dialogue at the beginning is so fitting as an intro to the album’s narrative “so you just let me suffer?” Absolutely perfect video and song

The breakup album of the century if we’re honest! MOTHER! MAKE ME, MAKE ME A BIG GRAY CLOUD, so I can rain on you…things I can’t say out loud

The 10th year anniversary edition of Carrie & Lowell comes out this Friday, and this new interview with NPR is quite revealing and bittersweet: Do you regret making the album? You certainly sound like you feel bad. Yeah, I do. I feel bad. It's just a bummer that my mother's not alive and can't speak for herself. What would she say about all this? Maybe she would be proud. I'll never know. His reflections on grief and narrative only strengthen my wish that he and Lana would collaborate one day. Alas, it seems he's also not going to release another lyric-focused album anytime soon. I hope he keeps finding peace and is constantly reminded what a profound impact his work has had.

The strings on everything are just

I'm stronger than all my men Except for you -LDR summing up her (and my) entire ethos

I don't think there were any snippets or indications that Froot would leak when it did in Feb. but I vividly remember thinking before leaving the house that day, "I can totally wait til April, the wait will be worth it" and literally eight hours later I was listening to the full album on the ride back home lmao Ten years later and I'm still not in a patient phase

So far for me it's Cuntissimo > PoP > Cupid's Girl > Butterfly

This far into her career and can't get a good sound engineer why is the volume of her mic quite literally always a problem

The segment about Uncle Johnny in the film always got to me, and so does this I belive this is the first time we've known that he passed away on July 29, making the release date of the album quite intentional Stories like this are why I've always been keen on playing my favorite music to my younger sibling, even if they don't quite love it like I do--so one day it can serve as a connection to who I was at this time. Very "The Grants" of me

In a 2015 interview, she said "You can just tell if something doesn't really sound at home. 'Savages' for ages didn't feel right. David [Kosten, producer] had done these really heavy, dark drums and I wasn't happy with it and so it took a while. That was the only song where we were at loggerheads, but it got there in the end." I've always wondered if anyone has those (or that, if only one) darker demos

Oh yeah this is it (also can't belive the new anniversary mix hasn't l-worded yet. and while i'm begging, does anyone have the dark Savages demo we know they worked on initially?)