Songs that disappointed you when they first leaked/released

[Eternal Sunshine]

Title, if there's another similar thread feel free to delete
 

My answer: Jada by Ari or star lux

[ultrablvd]

candy necklace tbh. i then grew to love it

 

same with ultraviolence (album). i used to be indifferent about it and think it was boring but as my frontal lobe developed i realised it was the best work of art ever created

[jimmyjimmycocoapuff]

taste by sabrina carpenter

 

it sounded v generic to me, but then it really clicked and it's now one of my top played songs on Short n Sweet

[Demonmic03]

Honeymoon was one of my least favorites at first, it's now where I listen to Lana the most

STAN SALVATORE

[Embach]

when architecture/best american record leaked in 2017 i did not understand the love for the song at all, i was like it's so long and boring ughh but now i have been obsessed with the song for 2 years. when the nfr version was released i really really liked it but i didn't really listen to it often. youtube recommended me randomly the demo version one day and i wanted to recall how it sounded like and fell in love.

 

i remember when everyone called ultraviolence her best album and when i listened to it for the first time i thought it was too slow and tiresome (EXCEPT for west coast) and i did not understand the hype at all until a year after i fell in love with it although it didn't really click with me until 2019. that's when i truly became obsessed with the album and it didn't feel slow and tiresome at all. it really is one of her best works.

[bluechemtrails]

Expectations for Lana releases are always high, but I've never experienced any real disappointments (since 2021). And with leaks, you never know what quality the song has, whether it's still at demo stage or absolutely ready for a release. If you don't like the song, it's usually because the song is not finished and there's something wrong with the production. So no, I can't really remember any disappointment.

[X8vinylScratchX]

The interludes on Ocean Blvd. Nothing like the interlude on Honeymoon

[shadesofblue]

I didn’t hate it when it was released, but COTCC the album. It just didn’t click for me until about 2 years ago and now I’ve grown to love it

[Nightcall]

Don’t Stop and Queen of Hearts just being hooks 

[Brooklyn Fetus]

21 minutes ago, Nightcall said:

Don’t Stop and Queen of Hearts just being hooks 

never had faith in dont stop and i was correct …

[Candy Necklace]

Dance Til We Die, I expected a little more action from a title like that. Yeah the bridge redeems it but I was expecting MORE on first listen 

[ionut]

dark city

[jaesana]

I remember being on tumblr and I have a vivid memory of UV snippets being released and I didn’t like Brooklyn baby and a couple others? Literally within a week of the album dropping I became obsessed with all the songs lmao so I never trust my first instinct on a song

 

i desperately wish I could go back and look at those old tumblr threads to see what people had said 

 

edit: not me going into the pre-release thread to see if i can find them omg

[Lindsay Lohan]

The trio of singles: Blue Banisters / Text Book / Wildflower

 

I listened to them a total of one time each and never again till the album was released... Genuinely thought they were the worst songs of her career.

 

I still think Text Book is a god awful song. BB is just okay. Wildflower is the best out of the trio but the verses are still not it to me...

 

Long story short BB is the worst album ever made

 

5 hours ago, White Hot 4Ever said:

My answer: Jada by Ari 

 

Pop excellence... instantly gagged when I heard it

[Karolll]

When Say Yes To Heaven was released and it was Rick's version instead of a remastered version of the James Ford rework 

[Veinsineon]

the 3 bb singles, yeah. totally killed any hype i had

[ultrablvd]

ntm on the career highlight that is bb now...

[Crimson and Clover]

I remember being confused and disappointed with West Coast when it came out Tbf I was literally 14 lol and I simply had no idea what dream pop was but I’m thankful for that whole era ppening me up to new genres and ways of thinking about music. 

[Crimson and Clover]

16 minutes ago, jaesana said:

I remember being on tumblr and I have a vivid memory of UV snippets being released and I didn’t like Brooklyn baby and a couple others? Literally within a week of the album dropping I became obsessed with all the songs lmao so I never trust my first instinct on a song

 

I remember thinking the Brooklyn Baby snippet sounded so messy  I really did not think it was going to be good 

[jaesana]

1 minute ago, Crimson and Clover said:

I remember Brooklyn Baby snippet sounding so messy  I really did not think it was going to be good 

It might have been lanashadesofcool on Tumblr