Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019)

Any takers

I'm not anybody's mom or anything, but one generic LDR thread seemed to be handling the discussion of this not yet released album just fine, and will do fine after it comes out as well.

Don't people find those mega-threads unwieldy? The "pitchfork is dumb" thread crashes my browser if I try to expand it. Granted, LDR only has 3000 posts or so, but still, I'm not sure I totally get the anti-proliferation mentality.

I was so bowled over by "Venice Bitch" I didn't properly appreciate the new, down-to-earth Lana on "Mariners Apartment Complex"

They mistook my kindness for weakness
I fucked up, I know that, but Jesus
Can't a girl just do the best she can?

i also like threads for new albums because it alerts me to something new from an artist i don't care enough about to check their one thread whenever it's updated.

The other thread had a lot of hate tbh

this album is terrible

Who hurt u

If the consensus is to shut it down, Ok

i like the deluxe version with all the tracks in reverse order that costs twice as much and came out a year later

i also like the deluxe version of this thread that has all the posts in reverse order and came out in 2025

album of the year

I'm not anybody's mom or anything, but one generic LDR thread seemed to be handling the discussion of this not yet released album just fine, and will do fine after it comes out as well.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 8:55 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes. I don't see why we need a new thread suddenly just because she has a new album. The beauty of the Lana thread was that it occurred and flowed just like her career, following her twists and turns. I don't get the need for a new thread at all.

it's a bit nice that the other thread had all the hate, most of which has dwindled because why the fuck would anyone hate lana

Don't people find those mega-threads unwieldy? The "pitchfork is dumb" thread crashes my browser if I try to expand it. Granted, LDR only has 3000 posts or so, but still, I'm not sure I totally get the anti-proliferation mentality.

― enochroot, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:05 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Either use bookmarks or get a better browser. It's not complicated. If ilx-threads (of all things online) crash your browser, it's you, not ilx.

The other thread had a lot of hate tbh

― Ross, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:40 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is such a lame take.

Alright, keep it to the other thread. I’m just a nerd

Dude lbi you now.....

Lock thread mod please

et tu, Bateau?

There was love, there was hate, and now there was love again. a) who cares and reads back to the hate, when b) there is love now?

idgi

Lbi being harsh itt for real

Assuming we all have the same internet plan.

Lbi I don’t even have the internet

Chill on assumptions. I’m out of this thread

No need to talk to Enochroot like that

Ross, <3 u man but this doesn't seem worthy to brawl about. Use a bookmark and the thread won't load all 1000s of messages.

Okay cool no sweat

In my defence I created a thread for the new Florence album after ceremonials thread seemed irrelevant. Didn’t know that there are some Ilx rules I didn’t understand about general threads for artists.

et tu, Bateau?

― imago, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 10:05 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://i.giphy.com/media/9RNapaMXnaZhK/200.gif

Imagine there's only one Radiohead thread
I wonder if you cann

If there was only Radiohead thread, then I assume it would be this one:
Radiohead LP9 Anticipation, Fangirling and random Cheesecake Thread (Do not read if you hate Radiohead or us)

well, i actually didn't know about bookmarks until just now, so i guess thanks bateau for being a jerk?

(but seriously, expand all the posts on the "pitchfork is dumb" thread, scroll to the bottom, and tell me your browser doesn't crash)

I'm not anybody's mom or anything, but one generic LDR thread seemed to be handling the discussion of this not yet released album just fine, and will do fine after it comes out as well.

It's a good idea for the album to have a thread after it's been released or there are more tracks to discuss, this thread launch is maybe a bit premature, that's all.

I'm p sure I wasn't a jerk, Enochroot. It was just a tip. Beyond that, I feel the original Lana thread served all our Lana purposes, and I didn't and don't see the need for anew thread. Also because the original Lana thread tracks her evolution - and ours, reaction to it - so succinctly.

album title alone deserves its own thread

gay album title imo

picturing mr roper bangin the dude who sang somebody's watching me

Dammit. I was just about to make that same joke.

gay album title imo

― rip van wanko, Wednesday, September 19, 2018

It's not called Get Thee Behind Me, Sailor

Except with the guy from Psycho instead of Three's Company.

lmao that she has another (very nice) new one called "How to Disappear" -- she really wants to keep baiting Radiohead huh

where'd that slip out to? youtube?

played live at some apple thing

https://youtu.be/m3tkGiOx85k

it's a tiresome and rockist observation, but still! seeing artists you like performing and corporate events is just depressing. it being apple she probably got $150k for an afternoon's work and I don't begrudge here

oops sorry, "at"/"her"

why? take the money and run

the majority of venues she performs at are owned by corporations, what is the difference?

audience

i feel like this and the 1975 record are never coming out

take the money and run

^^Her next slowcore cover.

this has been happening for ages, no? just more commonly recorded/broadcast online now

wasn't this supposed to drop today? where is it????

that was never officially confirmed and i'm not sure where that date came from to begin with

💔💔💔@LanaDelRey just tweeted out in a series of screenshoted notes that in an unexpected accident in the studio she lost the song files from her new album that was ready for release in the next few months. She says she doesn’t know if she can even promise a new record by 2021 pic.twitter.com/zfcVK4BuPk

— PopCrave (@PopDrave) March 30, 2019

So she's saying all the work was saved on a single Apple computer that could not be salvaged after one drop on the studio floor? Ok.

Sorry, my fault for not reading the replies. This is fake.

Two days early.

i hate stan twitter

PopDrave

So is this album ever going to happen?

She's gotta finish her Cherry Poppin' Daddies cover first.

lol damn

Doin Time is great it works so well as an idea.

seems increasingly albums are announced a few days before release or five tracks are doled out over a sic month period

i missed this sublime thing. jesus lana.

Ha I loved the sublime cover and would probably love a cherry poppin daddies cover if she actually made one.

I barely knew or cared about the sublime original; so that probably affects my feelings towards it.

Yeah I’d never heard of them, turns out they had one song in the charts, at number 71 for one week, in the UK.

ok cherry poppin daddies are fucking terrible we're not going to do revisionism on that bullshit. at least have enough self respect to say squirrel nut zippers

even if you are a "we stan a legend" Twitter weirdos there is a limit

She could do a 90s EP of "What It's Like" and a slow ethereal "All Star" and...

Can totally see her doing a sultry cover of Flagpole Sitta.

Fingertips have memories
Mine can't forget the curves of your body
And when I feel a bit naughty
I run it up the flagpole and see who salutes (But no one ever does)

Lana Del Rey announced ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell’ comes out in 2 months pic.twitter.com/XZyWZjSHLI

— Lana Del Rey Mafia (@delreyxmafia) June 22, 2019

album 'out in two months'!

glad to have some news at last

I was beginning to get concerned that the record company was squashing it or something.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EA0O9gtVUAA2jh-?format=jpg

Out August 30th

oh man, that cover is dumb. first dumb album art from her too

I love that they probably spent a ton of time making it look like it was done in 10 minutes in Photoshop.

fucked her way to the shop

her best album cover by a long shot imo

is Cinnamon Girl a cover?

also doing a Charlie's Angels thing w Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, which.....sure

Needs a bit more Lichtenstein.

I'm so glad that Mariners Apartment Complex and Venice Bitch made the album.

the twist in the tile is that Norman and Rockwell are two different people

Doin Time was a surprise.. a cover as the 4th song on an album seems kinda haphazard but whatevs.

That's Jack Nicholson's *grandson* btw..

the twist in the tile is that Norman and Rockwell are two different people

― flappy bird, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:19 AM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ramming speed, starring lee as speed

the hand on the cover has the vibe of 3D posters and comics

http://premiumblend.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Amazin_3D_Comics.jpg

is Cinnamon Girl a cover?

nah, she's posted some snippets of it to her instagram already

a cover as the 4th song on an album seems kinda haphazard but whatevs.

her albums are mostly v haphazardly sequenced, it bugs me every time!

lol the cover art is pretty bad

interesting that "best american record" is on there, hasn't a demo of that been floating around forever?

extremely excited to hear the lana del rey song entitled "california"

oh good, tour dates popping up and she's playing Berkeley. the last time I saw her down at the shoreline it was a fucking disaster as it always is (traffic, overcrowding).

extremely excited to hear the lana del rey song entitled "california"

i was recently mentioning to someone how i thought "venice bitch" is the most ldr song title ever without crossing into self-parody territory. "california" on the other hand...

As much as I love her, she seems like kind of a terrible live act, not a lot of gravity, and tons of canned vocals.

she was better than I expected when I saw her.

Very tempted to go, assuming she makes it out here.

Jack Antonoff has tweeted to say 'The Greatest' is his favorite of the new songs, adding 'just wait'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Q7FmcCqSTMc

I guess the Sublime song is on the album after all.

I like the album cover, it’s weird and fun

oh good, tour dates popping up and she's playing Berkeley. the last time I saw her down at the shoreline it was a fucking disaster as it always is (traffic, overcrowding).

― akm, Thursday, August 1, 2019 9:41 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

thinking about going to this show!

New song written and recorded over the past day:

https://www.stereogum.com/2053762/lana-del-rey-new-song-looking-for-america-mass-shootings/video/

song was released yesterday, along with her cover of season of the witch from a soundtrack; both are really good! also: her tickets for her show in Berkeley mysteriously sold out on ticketmaster within 5 seconds but were plentiful on stubhub with a 10% markup. Why isn't anyone investigating Ticketmaster after that Metallica leak?