Lana Del Rey

(i like this a lot)

The way she sings, "take off, take off, take off all your clothes" reminds me so much of the, "hello hello" bit in Without You from Born To Die. That's also the bit that Taylor Swift borrowed for Wildest Dreams.

This new album is shaping up very nicely. Really hope that rumoured May 26th release date is right.

I like both new songs. Reading that she's really into the mixing process and is very particular about it was cool, maybe more women (musicians or otherwise) should interview female musicians

Does the song survives besides that weeknd collaboration?

Any artist who cites Shangri-Las as an influence on their new record is cool with me

i dunno if i'm supposed to be thinking of mandela when quoting invictus, but i always think of tim mcveigh

re: the font, I don't recognize that specific one, but it's very reminiscent of Bookman Swash Italic which was all over the place in the '70s.

I was skeptical of the Weeknd collab, but I think it works well. They share that decadent, sleazy vibe -- a more natural fit than him w/Beyonce, e.g.

yea Im not sure yet I love this but it is v earwormy, been stuck in my head a few days

plus this image is gorg

http://popcrush.com/files/2017/04/lana-del-rey-lust-for-life.png?w=630&h=630&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89

This song is incredible.

Hate the Weeknd collaboration, and the fact that the album also includes collaborations with Sean Lennon and Stevie Nicks has me basically running the other way.

ideologically she has more in common w/Nicks han with the Weeknd

"Tin Weekned and Nicks han coming
When will Lana record on her own?"

sean lennon is fine
stevie nicks is fine
weeknd is fine

she hasn't done an album of collabs before like this, so I'm fine with it as long as that's not what she does from now all the time

larry Clayton is fine

mmm he sure is

ideologically she has more in common w/Nicks han with the Weeknd

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, April 28, 2017 9:24 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what 'ideology' is that?

Worshiping beautiful young men while dancing with them in cowboy boots.

Maybe one of these days I'll see what you're all seeing in her but it's still not the time.

It's taken several years; I started cracking in January after prolonged exposure to "West Coast" in my work environment.

I kinda suspect she's like Antony/ANOHNI for me -- someone a lot of people I know go "GAH" over (not to mention open Marc Almond fandom, usually a good sign for me) that makes me go "I guess the trappings are okay?" because the songs aren't much. I can see why the fandom exists, but I have no need.

That's always the way I've felt until this title track.

I kinda suspect she's like Antony/ANOHNI for me -- someone a lot of people I know go "GAH" over (not to mention open Marc Almond fandom, usually a good sign for me) that makes me go "I guess the trappings are okay?" because the songs aren't much. I can see why the fandom exists, but I have no need.

Interesting; ANOHNI is definitely a "you've got to be fucking kidding me" artist for me, but I have basically loved everything LDR's done since the Paradise EP (I liked a lot of Born To Die, but it's patchy and definitely her weakest album).

her songwriting chops have grown so much since that album. "Honeymoon" and "God Knows I Tried" sound like standards.

......no, Lana, no.

OK, "political" LDR is the funniest LDR yet. Reminds me of when Christina Applegate's character on Married...With Children started a cable access show called Vital Social Issues 'n' Stuff - With Kelly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjDfD_RtYiA

lana's capitalism fetish has always been political whether she knows it or not. this song is outrageous po-faced self-parody just when you'd think she couldn't do any more of that. she rhymes coachella with hella. i love her.

also only just finally bothered to listen to "love" and uh i love that too. the cash register on the chorus absolutely kills me.

What a strange song. I read that she only wrote and recorded it a few weeks ago.

Is the album still supposed to be coming on May 26th? Seems weird that she hasn't officially announced it yet.

Her tone is appropriate to the material. I laughed a couple times.

I'm hoping it's just a tossed-off thing and isn't actually on the record tbh

That is the dumbest song title of all time. I don't understand the appeal of this singer at all.

she rhymes coachella with hella. i love her.

poptimism lives!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBwoRviPvVw

the full album tracklist does not fill me with hope

1. "Love"
2. "Lust for Life" (featuring The Weeknd)
3. "13 Beaches"
4. "Cherry"
5. "White Mustang"
6. "Summer Bummer" (featuring ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti)
7. "Groupie Love" (featuring ASAP Rocky)
8. "In My Feelings"
9. "Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind"
10. "God Bless America – And All the Beautiful Women in It"
11. "When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing"
12. "Beautiful People Beautiful Problems" (featuring Stevie Nicks)
13. "Tomorrow Never Came" (featuring Sean Ono Lennon)
14. "Heroin"
15. "Change"
16. "Get Free"

#'s 10 & 11 are great "I've Got My Own Album To Do"-style song titles.

And is #14 a cover of you-know-what?

was wondering that.

still no sign of Driving In Cars With Boys i see.

or any of the other classic unreleased tracks

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7655020/lana-del-rey-best-non-album-songs-lizzy-grant-listen

queen of disaster of those unreleased is nice, never heard that 1

summer bummer is also out there, don't love it

tho now already i have 'high-tops in the summer babe..' stuck in my head so hm

re: "Heroin", no, acc to the credits it's a Grant/Nowels original

13. "Tomorrow Never Came" (featuring Sean Ono Lennon)

hard pass

also like many of you I was worried that the new LDR would have a song with ASAP Rocky, which clearly isn't enough. I'm happy to report there are two.

back to back, no less. that and the fact that all the long songs are stacked together at the end of the record already tells me this is going to beg for an edit and resequence

maybe they're all doom metal jams

Stevie Nicks collab inevitable imo

damn it now I need an LDR/doom band collab album

("The Blackest Day" is pretty close to that, actually)

In That Warm California SunnO)))

yeah definitely not stoked about the sound of these two new collaborations, seems like she's broadening the net for more cross over appeal

Yeah, I'm not digging either of these new songs. It seems like she's overthought the album at this point. It was supposed to come out in May but then she's added new songs and gotten rid of some others because they were "too happy". I never heard Best American Record but people on Popjustice have been going crazy about it since it appeared online in March. Now it's not on the final track list (along with Yosmite which is another demo Lana was mentioning a lot). Seems like she was expecting Love and Lust For Life to be hits and when they weren't she changed the direction of the album. Adding Coachella wasn't a good move either. Most of her stuff ends up growing on me so I hope I'm wrong about this. I've ended loving almost everything she's put out.

I have a feeling this is going to sound especially flabby coming after Melodrama