Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019)

I suspect Ann Powers will be fine

Yeah, as I said on Twitter, having one of the industry's biggest artists come gunning for you after a review isn't as damaging to an NPR music writer's career as being open about your political beliefs and acting on them.

also I imagine most of the ppl pestering her about it are young women rather than men so at least the tone of the backlash should be less awful than it could have been with some other acts. maybe.

have you been around catty gay men in your life

goddamn manchild imo

she really pwned me in the next line :(

have you been around catty gay men in your life

I can think of worse demos.

About 40 percent of LDR's fan base consists of CGM.

I had forgotten how this all happene before:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jun/20/lana-del-rey-problem-interview-but-why

with the same language, too: "Alexis (sic) was masked as a fan but was hiding sinister ambitions and angles. Maybe he's actually the boring one looking for something interesting to write about."

https://homeofmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/pre/201205091354527153/201205091354527153.jpg

"Problem interview, but why?"

Hmm I like Lana del rey more now ... saying she doesn’t have a persona is a rick Ross level boss move

In that recent Billboard interview, she seemed delighted to be characterized as "disarmingly basic" — so story checks out, I guess?

Adverbs are awful.

awfully awful

pretty bad

pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty.... bad

...those are all intensifying adjectives

pretty can be qualifying or intensifying depending on context

https://twitter.com/i/events/1169745989697036288

I didn't know anything about her or her music but now I know she's a tosser

finally pic.twitter.com/brL6VtTiHy

— everett byram (@rad_milk) September 6, 2019

woo... not following twitter or anything, I just found out about yesterday's drama !
So the album's already dead ?

Fortunately Lana Del Rey has moved on with the generosity of heart that is her most memorable virtue.

lol sorry that was 2017

So, is now the time that I should listen to this and drop my precious hot takes onto the thread or should I continue not being That Guy?

I think you should drop your precious hot takes on Twitter while constantly tagging LDR.

treat her as you would Tony Hadley.

Do it!

I was going to ignore the new Lana Del Rey album but after seeing her lose her mind over a positive review, I decided I should check it out. (For those just tuning in, I don't expect this go well.)

— DJP (@djperry1973) September 6, 2019

this is going well so far but i feel there's scope for more shade

oh god the needless cusses by LDR are def lol

another weird quirk of the sequencing is that it mostly frontloads the f-bombs

I think most uses of profanity in music are pretty needless and lazy, but that's where we're at, so wtf cares about the scattered profanity, especially on an album with profanity in the title.

Looks like DJP is unfamiliar with Sublime deep cuts.

i like that she had many fucks to give

djp otm about "how to disappear," incidentally my favorite song here

it's not just needless and lazy cussing, it doesn't suit this style of music. it sticks out and calls attention to itself and like DJP tweeted comes across as "check out how fucking edgy I am"

I have been bewildered a bit by the love for LDR/this album in this thread. It's been my hate read.

yikes, and so otm about the "the touch, feel of cotton/The fabric of our lives."

I hated this and at points wanted to tear off my skin but... I still liked it more than I thought I would? For starters, I got through the whole thing.

She also, surprisingly, doesn't sound fucking awful on every single goddamned song

I feel like she would make it to the quarterfinals of one of the later The Voice seasons.

I knew "The Greatest" reminded me of something and today I realized it's "Mind Games."

My current take on the album (which I like) is that it's this year's Golden Hour. New Weed America.

xpost So ... as good as bad gets? As bad as good gets?

xpost See? Solo John Lennon! And I was just talking to someone last week about his current currency as a solo artist.

Oh, I thought this was interesting. Neil Finn made a point (to his fans) of dropping off social media a while back, but he has been writing newsletters, hosting radio shows and call-in opportunities from hotels and whatnot while on tour with Fleetwood Mac. He made this pretty innocent observation the other day in a newsletter which, while I have no idea if it has anything to do with LDR, at least indirectly does:

Here’s a thought to consider. I’ve been noticing there’s a few singers out there who sound very tired, are mangling their vowels and even seem to have trouble finishing off their words. I’m wondering whether this has anything to do with the proliferation of pharmaceutical opiates? Perhaps they are just playing to a whole new “stoned” audience. There are some strange affectations around. I may do a review of contemporary singing styles in my next show.

I think I'd really like Lana Del Ray if her songs were all much shorter, like two minutes. They aren't.

yeah this is a good chill summer album for sure. also the cussin is cool with me, it's nothing shocking since she's been doing it for five albums now.

I knew "The Greatest" reminded me of something and today I realized it's "Mind Games."

Read that as "Mind Grimes" for a second.

I feel like she would make it to the quarterfinals of one of the later The Voice seasons.

Remember when Scott Brown's daughter was on American Idol and made the semifinal round? That's LDR.

Calling this this year’s golden hour is very generous