Jeanne Dielman

Oh, I just know that if we start spamming Jeremy with alligator gifs, he’ll spill everything about the album.

The announcement being “57.5 coming soon” (and she releases it in December)

I was listening to Neil Young’s Harvest Moon the other day, and when I heard the harmonica, Bluebird immediately came to mind. What a beautiful song. She should be very proud of it, and it’s a shame that she hasn’t (properly) performed it live yet. All five new songs have so many interesting elements about them, and while they do belong in the same world sonically, they’re also very different to each other, and this makes me even more excited about the record. I fear that she may be overthinking this due to perfectionism and pressure to deliver a timeless Americana classic, but I’m glad that she’s taking her time and hasn’t rushed a project that might have ended up feeling like a half-baked/filler album in her discography. My only wish is that we get more than 15-16 songs, especially in case she decides to include two covers on the tracklist.

Luke said that she kept coming back for more sessions, so if they started working in November 2023, I suppose that they must have kept recording stuff until mid 2024. She also had many sessions with Jack during that period (I wonder if Jack and Luke have co-produced/co-written a few songs). Stars Fell on Alabama must be a Zach Dawes & Drew Erickson song like The Grants. Quiet in the South might be an Antonoff song, though. But it could be a Zach Dawes track. It’s so funny that I’ve listened to all five new songs only twice because I didn’t want to spoil my first listening experience of the album assuming that it’d be released this summer.

This is so getting released in Spring 2026, lol.

The fact that she isn’t releasing 57.5 tomorrow when the timing couldn’t have been better is sending me.

Being a piano ballad is not the major issue, although it'd definitely feel out of place given that all the new songs have rich instrumentation. It's just that it is so...catatonic. It's not as lifeless as the For Free cover, but instead of being euphoric (the way the tour production feels), it's more like a whimper. Plus, the cover is available everywhere. Why waste a spot on a song that we already have?

Did he say this again despite evidence that the tracklist hasn't been finalized yet?

She sounds quite sure about this album every time she mentions it on the tour, so I'd like to think that she's close to finishing it. Hopefully she's currently in the process of writing/recording the last few tracks. I'm wondering if the reason why she mentioned that Country Roads *might* be the closer is simply because it's just the current placeholder until it gets replaced by a newer song. Jack might have been unavailable - didn't Sabrina say they worked together in the first few months of the year for her next album? - and, if the Electric Lady Studios sessions rumours are to be believed, she might have started recording with him again a few weeks ago. I find it interesting that the person who allegedly works next door to the Electric Lady Studios said that Lana is "remastering" the album. Why not simply record songs? And how would he know this detail? If this is true, what if she's currently "remastering"/"reworking" the Jack Antonoff section, while Drew Erickson is the one who has already done the "reworking" of the Luke Laird tracks by adding strings etc., given that they were supposed to be mostly acoustic and stipped-down in the 2024 version of the album? It's obvious that there must have been a photoshoot in New York, and if she is the cover of a magazine, she must be their fall cover. It would be really foolish to do that promo - along with releasing 57.5 as a single in a couple of months according to Lana herself - and then backtracking again.

spill squiddy or maybe not

Let The Light In has surpassed 400,000,000 streams on Spotify.

What the actual fuck? Bomb threats?! These people are absolutely fucking insane.

Lana just confirmed that Stand By Your Man is on the album. Pretty much expected at this point. Thematically it makes a lot of sense. She also sings it beautifully so I'm not complaining. Hopefully this means that this will be the (obligatory) cover on the album, not Take Me Home, Country Roads.

It was also titled Stars Fell on Alabama when someone posted the Cardiff setlist. What's interesting is that both times it was actually titled (New Intro) Stars fell on Alabama. I wonder if this means that the song wasn't originally planned to be the opener (or even be performed), or that it had a different (orchestral or not) intro but it was eventually changed to the one we currently have.

Based on what exactly? Because Bluebird and (especially) Henry, come on have more critical acclaim than any NFR single except for Venice Bitch. The fact that you're not vibing with this era doesn't mean that there is a lack of quality. It's just a matter of personal taste.