Jeanne Dielman

Isn't the Sunday drop much much softer than the Saturday drop, though? If Lana decides to release Bluebird next Friday, it'll definitely boost Henry, come on's streams a lot. Anyway, Henry, come on Partial - 161,561 Day 1 - 3,632,623 [3,794,184] Day 2 - 1,885,626 [5,679,810]

- Bluebird on Friday, April 18. - Bluebird & Henry, come on double MV on the same day (think of Fuck it I love you/The greatest // NFR/Bartender/Happiness is a butterfly). - Live performance of both songs at Stagecoach. - Album title announcement at Stagecoach - simultaneous official announcement of the album pre-order - Release date: July. or - Henry, come on MV next week. - Bluebird released on Friday, 25 before the Stagecoach performance. - Live performance of both songs at Stagecoach. - Album title announcement + album pre-order sometime in May (release date: July), along with Bluebird's MV or a third single accompanied by its own MV.

Very steep drop, but the song might have been front-loaded. Lana hasn't properly promoted this at all + no radio + no MV, so I'm not surprised. And I certainly expected heavier playlisting. I did expect around 2,1 million streams though. I suppose the unfiltered streams should be around 1,9 million. Anyway, I'm very curious about the Sunday numbers. Hopefully the drop will be small.

Track 3 It really doesn't feel like the opening track. If she continues the trend (title tracks being #2 on the tracklist: UV, LFL, COCC, BB, DYKTTATUOB), then it'll be track 3 or track 4. If the opening track is the title track (BTD, HM, NFR), then I could see this being track 2. Definitely Side A, though, given that Lana said that while she wouldn't call it her favourite track off the album, it's the one the album kind of hinges on, so it feels like a song that introduces us to the new project, so putting it early on the record makes a lot of sense.

True! And all her second singles (VB, COCC, A&W) end up being more acclaimed than the first ones. Which is interesting because Henry, come on is her most acclaimed lead in years. Could miss Bluebird meet our already pretty high expectations? On the other hand, I feel that Lana has picked these two specific songs to release before Stagecoach so that she get to perform them live there, so they may be "atypical" choices (for example, I won't be surprised if Bluebird is similar to Henry, or if it's a shorter track with a more immediate country flair, so that the Stagecoach crowd get to vibe with it, who knows). Anyway, I love this simple but very evocative title!

This is amazing! Elle, you're a legend!

She looks absolutely stunning. Divine hairstyling and makeup by Anna and Etienne. Can't wait for this! I wonder if this Alana video is just something random and the actual MV is directed by someone else, or if Lana is going for the whole homemade vintage look again. We might get a Bluebird MV, too. Everything about these two songs reminds me of the MAC/VB release, ngl.

Henry, come on (unfiltered streams) Day 1 - 3,794,184 (3,632,623 on its first full day + 161,561 partial)

TOUGH Day 1 - 2,342,094 (partial) Day 2 - 4,043,475 Day 3 - 3,689,022 Day 4 - 3,269,890 Day 5 - 2,962,217 Day 6 - 3,519,464 Day 7 - 3,390,492 Day 8 - 3,252,307 And I have (some) first-week numbers of all the post-LMLYLAW singles here:

She might have mixed the dates/weeks, lol, because releasing Bluebird on the day she performs at Stagecoach kinda makes more sense marketing-wise, because the hype and promo will be much bigger that weekend.

#10 in the USA is kinda huge, isn't it? I hope that the Saturday drop won't be big. Imagine the numbers had she released a MV and properly promoted it, lmao. And, yes, the song has been overperforming both critically and commercially!

The song has debuted at #16 on Global Spotify. 3,366,346 filtered streams. Her second biggest solo debut to date.

It doesn't work like that. The Pitchfork music critics don't have to give BNT to a song every week. There have been one-month gaps, too. They can also give BNT to more than one track in a single week. Take a look at these stats: BEST NEW TRACK "SPANK!" (September 23) - one month gap - "Legs in the Air" (October 23) "JRJRJR" (January 3) "Lo que le pasó a Hawaii" (January 9) "It's Mirror" (January 15) "pop" (January 31) "Reframing" (February 7) "Sickle Walk" (February 10) "Easter Pink" (February 13) "Cinderella" (February 25) "To Be A Rose" (February 25) - two tracks getting BNT on the same day - "Bring It" (February 27) "Special Request to All Nice and Decent Real Niggaz" (March 10) "This Is Real" (March 12) "Dancing in the Club" (March 25) - 17-day gap between "Dancing in the Club" and "Henry, come on" - "Henry, come on" (April 11)

Yeah I think that the title track might be a new song that she recorded after the November announcement, and I won’t be surprised if she has recorded a few more songs, too. Very curious to see if she has changed the tracklist in general. Are we still getting 13 tracks? Are we possibly getting more? (I’m inclined to say yes, lol). This album’s progress is quite fascinating. Insiders have only listened to demo/early versions of some songs that were supposed to be on the first version of this album, apparently in that very stripped-back form (or maybe not, Lana must have fooled them all, lol); Pantene has confirmed that they haven’t listened to some stuff at all, though, due to last-minute changes and that was during the November announcement; and now there’s a real possibility that newer tracks were written after the November announcement, including the (new/current) title track. It doesn’t get more Lana than this. She seems very happy with the final results, and Ed just described it as a “stunning record”, so I guess the album must be officially done at this point!

The TikTok and Reddit girls are in shambles, I fear.

She's so fucking funny. I can't. A few thoughts on her IG video and the new developments: The new title: I'm not surprised that she changed it again, lol. I was low-key expecting it? "The right person will stay" is simple and direct, but it lacks the oomph or the curiosity that surrounds most Lana album titles, even the less popular ones. "Lasso" feels way more cinematic, yes, but also too limiting and specific (and slightly predictable when it comes to playing with the country genre, too). Anyway, R.I.P. Lasso, R.I.P. The right person will stay. Henry, come on: It's interesting that she mentions that the song isn't really her favourite song on the album, but kind of encapsulates the themes and overall soundscape and style of it. Like Mariners Apartment Complex and Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Henry, come on feels like a proper introduction to this new chapter. And judging from the critical response so far, it is performing remarkably well. Lana mentioning the demo feels very intentional, by the way. Is she reading LanaBoards? Because it almost feels like shade to all those insiders who had only gotten access to the early version of the track, lol. I love her process, though. And, yeah, Erickson did a wonderful job with the instrumentals. The album release date: It's pretty obvious that the November post about "The right person will stay" (13 tracks, to be released on May 21) was another lie, lol. Every time she isn't active on social media, she usually writes or records stuff, so I wonder if she has been in a very creative process during the last 5 months - didn't she say that she basically recorded the vast majority of the Ocean Blvd tracks in a period of 6 months? -, she found her muse, shifted the album's direction, and finally got what she was looking for all this time. She seems very very excited and happy about the album - a far cry from her disappointment during the COCC era or her defeatism during the BB era or even her slight uncertainty about DYKTTATUOB's critical reception. She said that she's very happy for the album "moving along", so I guess she means that it must be finished, right? She's happy that the era has finally started. Or at least this how I prefer to interpret her words, because if she's still working on it, we aren't getting it before October. Assuming the album is officially mastered or close to being mastered, a late July-late August timeframe is absolutely doable. Bluebird: Now, this is a very straight-forward and simple title, but it's also very evocative and poetic. I'm very curious about the lyrics - it could be a Bluebird Café reference or something metaphorical. This release reminds me of the Mariners Apartment Complex / Venice Bitch release; I wonder if the "hey" in the final moments of "Henry, come on" is a transition to "Bluebird". I guess that this one might have a more country flair, but we'll see. I'm excited! Hopefully it'll take everyone's breath away, and Pitchfork won't be able to resist naming this Best New Track merely a week after "Henry, come on". Bring it on, Lana!

Bluebird is a beautiful title. Apparently it has strings, too!

Oh, wow, the flat-out rave by Pitchfork: Lana's 6th Best New Track following Video Games (2011), Love (2017), Venice Bitch (2018), The greatest (2019), and A&W (2023). She's coming for her 3rd Best New Music seal of approval, isn't she? And hopefully for her 3rd AOTY nomination, too. Oh, BOZ, lol. Poor thing...

Wait...so @111 you guys hadn't heard this final version, right? So all this talk about the song being a snoozefest was based on the original version/demo with Luke just playing the guitar. Oh, mama really means business, lol! I'm so tempted to listen to this but I'll wait until it's officially released in my country. I'm very happy that everyone likes it a lot, though. I knew that she wouldn't disappoint us.

2020 when she released Let Me Love You Like A Woman, if I remember correctly.

I can’t believe that we’re finally getting to listen to this. I’m very excited! I know that this is supposedly a very stripped-back and slow-burning ballad — and an atypical lead single, assuming it’s not just a “promo” single of course, because this might not even be added on playlists or be accompanied by a MV, lol —, but every time Zack and Drew worked together, they gave us great tracks (Black Bathing Suit, If You Lie Down With Me, Ocean Blvd, The Grants) so I’m being cautiously optimistic about this in terms of quality.