You are legitimately one of the best reviewers of this website. Your videos feel like simultaneously a chill out hang with a friend, a music lesson AND a warm hug. Unbelievable.
I'm so happy we got to see some of the lost shadow puppets collab on here. Thunder and dealer are by far my favourite tracks on the record. Miles kane killed his feature
Yes, I liked Dealer and Thunder the most! I’m disappointed that her album with The Last Shadow Puppets was never released... Who knows how many gems we lost.
Not gonna lie, I'm surprised Dealer didn't click for you. When I heard it I immediately thought it was the type of song you'd adore haha. It's my personal fave btw
"Thunder" is a masterpiece in every respect, but the original demo version is even better! It's just so breathtaking regardless of the production and the lyrics are flawless. It's the BEST
I’m going to recommend everyone who loves Thunder go listen to the tour version, it’s edited but if she ever makes it to perform this album live that’s the best way to do it. The person mixing them is a genius.
Honestly, I feel like Black Bathing Suit is her talking about the scrutiny she's gotten for her "weight gain" and all the awful things she's been called by people for it. If you listen, she says, "the only thing that still fits me is this black bathing suit." And her voice in the end sounds so hurt and powerful at the same time. I'm absolutely obsessed with the song. It's so complex and vulnerable and different.
@@abhiram6536 eh honestly in comment sections and on twitter they are genuinely horrible, people making really horrible tiktoks about her being 'ugly' and 'fat' but if u dont look for it you wont find it so it makes sense
Every Lana song gets better every time you listen to them, every! that's why she's special, that's why born to die is making history to this day, that's why she is so popular even though she doesn't promote her music
TIMESTAMPS ! text book 0:17 blue banisters 1:27 arcadia 2:48 interlude - the trio 4:26 black bathing suit 4:55 if you lie down with me 7:50 beautiful 10:04 violets for roses 11:43 dealer 13:35 thunder 14:42 wildflower wildfire 16:27 nectar of the gods 18:28 living legend 19:30 cherry blossom 20:20 sweet carolina 21:35 final thoughts: 22:58
It's funny that you brought up how the production on "Nectar of the Gods" would've been different on past records because it WAS originally written and recorded for Ultraviolence! The songs "If You Lie Next to Me", "Living Legend", and "Cherry Blossom" were also reworked material from that album era. She said that this album was intended for a lot of her critics, so it makes sense that she revisited a lot of songs from that time in her life where the internet scrutiny around her was seemingly at its peak.
BB is definitely one of those albums where you have to know the backstory behind it to get the full experience. She was leaving Jack Antonoff as her producer so she wanted to have her own signature grandiose sound but she was also sonically experimenting. She was dealing with her breakup with Sean Larkin and then getting engaged to Clayton Johnson and splitting up so she must've had a few things to say about those guys. And she wanted to clap back to her critics that attacked her for how she portrays her relationships and her romances. Also some of the songs were very popular unreleased records that she remastered for this album and I'd like to believe that she did this because she knew how fans love those records and she was once serious about releasing a huge record of her unreleased songs. So when you take all of this into consideration you can understand how beautifully chaotic this album turned out to be.
I think OG fans love Dealer because the raw, imperfect vocal delivery make us nostalgic for Lana’s earlier, experimental live performances like Off to the Races, Born to Die, and Blue Jeans where she just lets loose and goes crazy.
Chemtrails fell a little flat for me so... I'm so happy that this album came out so soon after and it's exactly what I wanted. She's serving quite a bit of Lizzy Grant and I'm living for it.
Honestly same I wanted to like Chemtrails but it fell short for me too. And when she dropped this album, I didn’t listen to it until yesterday because I thought it’d sound like her older work but god I was wrong this album is everything
if you lie down with me, nectar of the gods, living legend and cherry blossom are all ultraviolence outtakes recorded in 2013. also dealer and thunder have uv vibes thanks to the last shadow puppets collaboration
The interlude does make sense to me. It sounds like she is angry and with the hip hop that she always loved but then by the end it fades to just drums (more acoustic) hence commencing a different chapter in the album followed by Black Bathing Suit a subtle reaction to her critiques
I’ve listened a few times now and this album definitely grows and becomes more rewarding with every listen. I feel this is her most honest work though many will probably find it jarring in relation to her other albums. 💖
the minimalism is genius. very similar to frank ocean. when you have the voice and the lyrical talent, the stripped production ends up added more to the music rather than taking away
Very similar to Honeymoon in that sense. I remember Lana called it a “vanity record” at the time because it was much more focuses on almost just her vocals rather than being very heavy on production like Born to Die and Ultraviolence.
Thunder, Living Legend, Cherry Blossom, and Nectar of the Gods have been out for over 5 years but never released officially. Im so happy to finally hear them officially
this is the most personal album she has ever made, and the most indie as well, it’s highly experimental, unpredictable and the poetry in it is the best it’s ever been
This is an extremely emotionally complex album. Its hard to get into, but its pretty rewarding once you start to get it, deep, complex, emotional, sad, happy,also extremely dense, almost a masterpiece, but your brain takes time to get into it, so, i would suggest everyone a few listens.
I was able to hear Lizzy herself in each song of this album, I couldn't be more impressed by Lana. She did a really good job and definitely surpassed my expectations even though they were already high. Blue Banisters is one of my favourite albums from her, I'm sure about it.
0:17 - text book 1:26 - blue banisters 2:50 - arcadia 4:27 - interlude the trio 4:55 - bathing suit 7:51 - if you lie down with me 10:00 - beautiful 11:43 - violets for roses 13:35 - dealer 14:42 - thunder 16:22 - wildfire wildflower 18:29 - nectar of the gods 19:30 - living legend 20:17 - cherry blossom 21:35 sweet carolina
@@donnybuoy it’s truly a master piece! I relate so much to nfr it’s like she wrote what i couldn’t express how i was feeling and going through i think that’s probably why it’ll take a lot for it to not be my #1, but blue banisters and wildflower wildfire are amazingggg
@@castawayonthemoon I feel. When I first heard NFR and Chemtrails, I didn't immediately love them, outside of a handful of songs. They both really had to grow on me because they were much more stripped back and slow. But I knew kind of what to expect with this one, so it was easier to appreciate it!
As a lana fan since the beginning this album was really like homecoming, a compilation of new stories and old classics from her unreleased collection, I’m so glad she didn’t over produce them in the studio and kept them the same as all her fans would remember
I thought he'd enjoy this album a lot more. Not that I'm disappointed, just left with a completely different impression of BB, enjoying the "odd" songs a lot - maybe even more than the most simple ones. Also, at least 4 of the songs were recorded for older albums (much older, like Ultraviolence, for instance) and the demos sounded almost exactly the same. So, no, the songs wouldn't have had a bigger production in certain parts, they were really meant to sound the way they do.
This album is so different from all her previous albums and she chose the unreleased ones perfectly they fit to the album so much Definitely better than cocc and thanks Jon for being such an understanding Lana fan when I first listened to black bathing suit I was sure you'd like it you really get it❤️
i’m honestly glad that she went different from NFR and Chemtrails, i loved both the production. but it’s nice to see Lana move forward with a different sound
Sweet Carolina is my favorite track, reminds me a lot of beautiful moments with my family and friends, what true love means, just living the moment with your people, it makes me so emotional to think that Lana is in a better place right now because after all of her ups and downs she’s finally in peace with her life and the people around her, the true love, so well deserved ❤️🩹
It's really interesting how many of the songs are from 2013-2014, Nectar of the Gods and Cherry Blossom are both outtakes from the Ultraviolence sessions. Overall this album is so tender and delicate. It feels like she is really wanting to connect with us on this record. She said this album would tell her story, and I think it does. And what's interesting to me is she hyped it up as a response to the critics, but she doesn't really fixate on the negative press attention she's received in the way that, say, Taylor Swift did on Reputation. It isn't really about clapping back at her critics, there are only a couple of places in the lyrics where she references it (in Arcadia and Black Bathing Suit). Instead she's just intent on telling her story, perhaps more directly than ever before. And in a way she's proving the critics wrong by doing that, because people have accused her for a long time of being 'inauthentic' (whatever that means) and this record is probably the most 'authentic' and the most nakedly honest she's ever made.
Whew. Where does one begin? I sobbed on my first listen. This album is personal and raw. Dealer and Black Bathing Suit are my favorite thus far. After dropping NFR, then Chemtrails, one wonders what she will do next.. then she comes out with this perfect, sentimental body of work.
it's interesting to see how thunder has progressed as it was originally created during ultraviolence era, the unreleased version's production and instrumentals are so different from this new one and i think it just shows how she's grew and how her sound has changed! dealer is my favourite! ive loved cherry blossom, thunder and nectar because they were some of my favourite unreleased of hers. i enjoyed black bathing suit and wildflower wildifire the most as new songs. definitely a more personal album and though i wished for some more instrumentals, i find myself loving each song more with every listen!
Living Legend and Cherry Blossom are the most beautiful tracks she has ever written. They make me so sad in a happy way..I just can’t explain the feeling she makes me feel with her music.
I loved your reactions, especially to black bathing suit. It is a challenging song and I had such a similar reaction. Lana never disappoints honestly I found Arcadia boring on first listen until it was stuck in my head for three days. Also super surprised and (also made me lol) that you didn’t like Dealer. Definitely give it another chance. I guess I was ready for it because she mentioned this song months ago and said she “screamed her head off” in it. I love her different vocal styles and raw emotion Such a masterpiece
Im was so happy to see you did this reaction! To me chemtrails was little bit of a let down. I think this album is her best work. You can feel the balance between giving her fans what they want and the styles she enjoys. Such a tug of war and so powerful considering she left social media .
I am a big Lana fan and this was the most underwhelmed I’ve been on a first listen to one of her albums since honeymoon. Thankfully I had a four hour train journey to take home today and I listened to this album the whole way and never has an album grown on me quicker
I don't get why people are going nuts over this album. It's just merely "okay" if that... Most of the songs are just completely boring and drag on (akin to listening to some doom metal albums). It lacks the emotion, hope and seems to be pretentious at times. Chemtrails has better song writing and song structure in my opinion, and there will be nothing that beats NFR or Ultraviolence... Idk, maybe it will grow on me, but I doubt it...
@@b.entranceperium ultraviolence and nfr are two of my favourite albums from any artist ever I don’t expect her to even equal them again never mind top them. I think she’s always been a bit pretentious in her song writing but that’s part of why I like her. I’m enjoying this album much more than chemtrails but hey to each their own
@@seanfitz1001 I understand music is subjective, but how in the HELL can you like this better than Chemtrails?!?😅 I'm a pretty decent LDR fan, and this album is the only time I skipped songs (besides on Lust for Life and Honeymoon). "Dealer" is actually unlistenable...
@@b.entranceperium I think that this album has higher high points than chemtrails which is why I prefer it at the moment and I’m also not that big of a fan of the last three songs on chemtrails I usually stop listening after Yosemite but hey that might change and I’ll agree with you about dealer it’s terrible and whoever the male singer sucks as well
I felt this album on my soul on my bones! Dealer, Acadia, Thunder are magnificent. I’m getting Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino By AM vibes almost. Can we please get Lana and Alex in a song pls.
@@matteorusso6271 completely agree !! bb, then uv and nfr 3rd for me. I understand why for many nfr is the best but I don't get why they can't comprehend other people preferring her other albums.
Blue Banisters, Beautiful, Thunder, Sweet Carolina, and especially Cherry Blossom were my favorites. Great album to listen front to back while driving.
I feel like this is such a mature album for Lana, lyrically and vocally , but the instrumentals show the chaos that will always be apart of her. How some of the songs change up in tempo and go back and forth from fast to slow, but her lyrics are so profound. That's her. She's just wild. And it's so beautiful
Not even close to NFR, but still an amazing album, close to Chemtrails I would say. Me being Lana fanboy will listen to this album like 20 more times in the following 3/4 days. Also, first half of the album completely different than the second, due to unreleased songs being recorded much before. 8/10 on a Lana scale :D Jon, love you, but you are allowed to say that you don't like certain track
Arcadia is so emotional for me. It’s actually my hometown in California. The Hilton that she sings about, sits where my old house was right across from the train tracks in the video that say ARCADIA. Those are tracks. She nailed the nostalgia I actually feel for my hometown that I left at 23. It’s wild every time I hear it….it hurts in the best way.
I totally agree about Wildflower Wildfire... which was my least favorite song when Lana put it out... until... and this only happen with Miss Del Rey... until the moment i listen to her singing " I've been runnin' on stardust Alone for so long" how lonely she sings it... i have now 352 scrobbles of the song in Last.fm account! Black Bathing Suit is one of my favorites. Agree that Miles Kane Kill (Kill) Dealer! i need more time with this album, it will grow on me like a Cherry Blossom :) Thank you Mr. Denton
I am not mad at all that like one third of the songs in this album are actually unreleased songs. I know they have been leaked but I also believe her unreleased songs are beautiful and deserves to be recognized. Tbh, out of all of them, Cherry Blossom is the only song I've heard before and not gonna lie I've always wish she would release it. Then months before the release I learned Nectar of the Gods, Living Legend, Dealer has been leaked before too. And listening to them now made me grateful she released them.
I think I read a while back that several songs on the album were initially written for ultraviolence. I imagine the production on them would have been more similar to what we saw on that album if she's recorded them back then.
please please listen to the very first ever version of thunder! also i’m pretty sure some tracks were meant for an album her, miles kane, and alex turner worked out which explains why miles kane had such a big part on dealer and which explains why thunder literally screams alex turner/ the last shadow puppets
just so you know if you lie down with me, nectar of the gods, living legend and cherry blossom were all recorded during the ultraviolence sessions but didn’t make their way onto the album. These weren’t re-recorded from 2013, I love them so much.
I think the main impressive point of this album is the lyricisms. It’s definitely her most honest work, however I was slightly let down by the repetitive piano and how all the songs were quite samey sounding. It’s better than COTCC but I don’t think it’s in the hall of fame with her other albums. It’s a grower for sure, but I don’t see myself religiously loving any of the songs on this in the future, and I’m a huge Lana fan
Thank you for appreciating music that means so much to certain people. Lana stans will love you forever, so often people don’t see the magic we see, but you do. Thank you. Honestly. ❤️
A STUNNING reaction! Thank you for understanding the conceptual side of the album! About Cherry Blossom which always makes me cry, I reckon that in times when she recorded it it was kind of a conversation to a younger her but now after thoughts and desires for her own children it feels like a lullaby for her future kids. And this makes me so tearful like she lets us to be a part of her family. This is her most personal album.
I've been listening for a while now. It's definitely a grower. It's majestic really. For me it'll stay along NFR, UV, HM as one of her best work. I absolutely love every single layer of it ♡
Nice reaction. I loved your video, as always. I’m surprised by how much you didn’t like Dealer at first listen! It’s in my Top 3. I do think that my favorite track is Thunder, though. 😁 Very full song, I agree. My other faves: If You Lie Down With Me, Sweet Carolina, and Wildflower Wildfire
Just like all your Lana reactions, sublime. Isn’t it crazy how she said all of her songs are done in one take now?! Also as beautiful as Thunder is, you should’ve heard the original production, much more guitar and drums oriented. But it’s pretty cool that Thunder, Living Legend, Cherry Blossom and Nectar of the Gods are all unreleased songs that were previously leaked (so most of her fans heard them) and that she decided to include them on this album. Just like Dealer and California (from Norman), Thunder was worked on with Miles and Alex Turner from the Last Shadow Puppets. Apparently they have a whole album of songs they did together. Hope we get more of those in the future lol. Lana and Alex on a track would be spectacular.
As someone who knew almost 90% of this albums tracks before it dropped Black bathing suit really stands out to me it’s so experimental and catchy at the same time wich is such an unusual combination Dealer is in my head 24/7 and I also really like sweet Carolina the other (previously unreleased) tracks living legend, thunder nectar of the gods and cherry blossom are all stable favorites for me Especially living legend might be my all time favorite song All in all this album really has my heart and has the potential to become my favorite of her!
When I heard Dealer, my soul left my body, went to heaven, chatted with God for a bit and then returned to my body.
Mine went to hell real quick and had a blast
SAME
Mein too🙈💗💗💗
It went to God to thanks him directly face to face for giving us Lana
TRUE THAT
Jon : "her voice sounds gentle"
Me knowing that Dealer will come up soon 😂
omg literally my thought!!!!
She went pretty hard on black bathing suit too - LOVED IT!!!
Dealer and black bathing suit hit so different in the best way! 🙌🙌
You are legitimately one of the best reviewers of this website. Your videos feel like simultaneously a chill out hang with a friend, a music lesson AND a warm hug. Unbelievable.
i agree. he’s actually respectful unlike a certain fruit we know
This album blew me away. She must be getting her melodies from the angels. No one can write like this...
100% agree!
I'm so happy we got to see some of the lost shadow puppets collab on here. Thunder and dealer are by far my favourite tracks on the record. Miles kane killed his feature
california is also from that album. they are like her best sings
Yes, I liked Dealer and Thunder the most! I’m disappointed that her album with The Last Shadow Puppets was never released... Who knows how many gems we lost.
@@myriadsofstarstarot9287 you never know, maybe the 2024 shadow puppets album will have some more of the collab
Definitely Stand out
Love those two!
Not gonna lie, I'm surprised Dealer didn't click for you. When I heard it I immediately thought it was the type of song you'd adore haha. It's my personal fave btw
Righttt it’s amazing
me too !!!
I definitely agree I thought he was going to eat that one up
On the other hand, 'beautiful' was unexpectedly one of his favorites haha
Same
This is her most emotional album
Yes emotional but not sad.. more like nostalgic
Me talking about ultraviolence
@@johnkkin9230 gives me like if Video Games had a album. Like Violets for Roses would be number two right after video games
@@clairelane9968 yes I can see that. And violets for roses will be so underrated I feel it.
You haven't heard honeymoon than
"Thunder" is a masterpiece in every respect, but the original demo version is even better! It's just so breathtaking regardless of the production and the lyrics are flawless. It's the BEST
I agree that the demo is even better!
i definitely prefer the released version
It's similar to the released one tbh. Just with softer intro, but the rest is just similar
I’m going to recommend everyone who loves Thunder go listen to the tour version, it’s edited but if she ever makes it to perform this album live that’s the best way to do it. The person mixing them is a genius.
Honestly, I feel like Black Bathing Suit is her talking about the scrutiny she's gotten for her "weight gain" and all the awful things she's been called by people for it. If you listen, she says, "the only thing that still fits me is this black bathing suit." And her voice in the end sounds so hurt and powerful at the same time. I'm absolutely obsessed with the song. It's so complex and vulnerable and different.
yea!!
I think she gets way less scrutiny as compared to some other celeb... Coz her fans love her no matter what... 😅
@@abhiram6536 eh honestly in comment sections and on twitter they are genuinely horrible, people making really horrible tiktoks about her being 'ugly' and 'fat' but if u dont look for it you wont find it so it makes sense
Every Lana song gets better every time you listen to them, every! that's why she's special, that's why born to die is making history to this day, that's why she is so popular even though she doesn't promote her music
💯true
I agree with you here
Factsssss
You couldn’t say it better, even a few songs that I didn’t like will ends up my favourite!
TIMESTAMPS !
text book 0:17
blue banisters 1:27
arcadia 2:48
interlude - the trio 4:26
black bathing suit 4:55
if you lie down with me 7:50
beautiful 10:04
violets for roses 11:43
dealer 13:35
thunder 14:42
wildflower wildfire 16:27
nectar of the gods 18:28
living legend 19:30
cherry blossom 20:20
sweet carolina 21:35
final thoughts: 22:58
Damn bestie ur fast
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It's funny that you brought up how the production on "Nectar of the Gods" would've been different on past records because it WAS originally written and recorded for Ultraviolence! The songs "If You Lie Next to Me", "Living Legend", and "Cherry Blossom" were also reworked material from that album era. She said that this album was intended for a lot of her critics, so it makes sense that she revisited a lot of songs from that time in her life where the internet scrutiny around her was seemingly at its peak.
Not really a lot of rework done though. We have access to the demos and they sound the same.
@@Matthew-ij3zm Yeah lol she didn't touch the demos, the ones on the album are even worse quality than the leaks
Wha wait whaut! wut a review. :)
If You Lie Next To Me also? I’m pretty sure you mean Thunder.
@@dumbox33 'if you lie down with me' was written in 2013 with her ex-boyfriend Barrie James O'Neill and intended for Ultraviolence.
BB is definitely one of those albums where you have to know the backstory behind it to get the full experience.
She was leaving Jack Antonoff as her producer so she wanted to have her own signature grandiose sound but she was also sonically experimenting.
She was dealing with her breakup with Sean Larkin and then getting engaged to Clayton Johnson and splitting up so she must've had a few things to say about those guys.
And she wanted to clap back to her critics that attacked her for how she portrays her relationships and her romances.
Also some of the songs were very popular unreleased records that she remastered for this album and I'd like to believe that she did this because she knew how fans love those records and she was once serious about releasing a huge record of her unreleased songs.
So when you take all of this into consideration you can understand how beautifully chaotic this album turned out to be.
she was never engaged with Clay... that was a false rumour
@@groupie8773 literally untrue
@@joshs7160 what is?
@@groupie8773 Quem disse isso??? Nunca teve nada com ele?? Tá louca
She cheated on Clay
GIVE DEALER ANOTHER CHANCE I SWEAR I CANNOT STOP LISTENING PLSSS
it's on my top 3 on bb
It's so camp most ppl don't get it the first time
it’s one of her best songs tbh….
@@piscesbeam3622 agreed!!!
No..it’s not good compared to the others
SO HAPPY U LIKE IT IN GENERAL BUT PLS GIVE DEALER ANOTHER CHANCE!! definitely not for everyone but on second/third lesson it became my top 3
My favorite on the entire record, from first listen as well
I think OG fans love Dealer because the raw, imperfect vocal delivery make us nostalgic for Lana’s earlier, experimental live performances like Off to the Races, Born to Die, and Blue Jeans where she just lets loose and goes crazy.
no it’s just good lmao
Her lyrics on this album remind me of Leonard Cohen. She really is setting herself up to be a legend.
That’s what it is!!!! Well put
she is a legend already! since born to die!
Yess!! Had the same reflection!
haha i’m pretty sure she loves leonard cohen so she would love to hear that
@@paolaflores8074 yes, remember she has already covered chelsea hotel no.2
Chemtrails fell a little flat for me so... I'm so happy that this album came out so soon after and it's exactly what I wanted. She's serving quite a bit of Lizzy Grant and I'm living for it.
100 this is the album we needed and Lana never disappoints 🙌❤️
chemtrails isn't for everyone and it's understandable. i love chemtrails more than BB but this album is great too
Honestly same I wanted to like Chemtrails but it fell short for me too. And when she dropped this album, I didn’t listen to it until yesterday because I thought it’d sound like her older work but god I was wrong this album is everything
chemtrails is better than bb, yall didn't like it because it did not sound like nfr
@@popeyes_chicken_n_bitches or maybe its just not her best work lmao
I love how this album has some moments that sound like ultraviolnce
if you lie down with me, nectar of the gods, living legend and cherry blossom are all ultraviolence outtakes recorded in 2013. also dealer and thunder have uv vibes thanks to the last shadow puppets collaboration
The interlude does make sense to me. It sounds like she is angry and with the hip hop that she always loved but then by the end it fades to just drums (more acoustic) hence commencing a different chapter in the album followed by Black Bathing Suit a subtle reaction to her critiques
"Subtle"
Apple used it to promote apple 13 maybe she just included it because of that
@@ldrfan6359 where?
@@ldrfan6359 DID THEY
I’ve listened a few times now and this album definitely grows and becomes more rewarding with every listen. I feel this is her most honest work though many will probably find it jarring in relation to her other albums. 💖
the minimalism is genius. very similar to frank ocean. when you have the voice and the lyrical talent, the stripped production ends up added more to the music rather than taking away
EXACTLY
@B true. i’m not trying to generalize his music, he’s my favorite artist. but it’s hard to find a better example than Higgs, Self Control, Siegfried
Very similar to Honeymoon in that sense. I remember Lana called it a “vanity record” at the time because it was much more focuses on almost just her vocals rather than being very heavy on production like Born to Die and Ultraviolence.
It’s nothing like Frank Ocean
I think it‘s like a Frank Sinatra Album. Minimal instruments, just the voice and lyrics.
Thunder, Living Legend, Cherry Blossom, and Nectar of the Gods have been out for over 5 years but never released officially. Im so happy to finally hear them officially
“Fuck you kevin” sung in the most graceful voice possible really sent me
but who is Kevin?
@@thevilkids chuck’s boyfriend. Honestly a power move for Lana to call out her sister’s boyfriend in a song like that lmao
@@o_o-lj1ym Was she still with him at that time ?
"Is she talking to her younger self? "
Your actually right. Cherry Blossoms Is for Lizzie Grant
I thought she was talking to her future daughter, but yeah that makes sense
@@youcallmelavender3864 living legend is about a friend of hers. She posted on Facebook saying she had written a song for this specific person
It's for Angelina (a name she said she would call her daughter, along with Clementine)
I think it's about Chuck, her sister.
@@MrsGiovanellaAline Sweet Carolina is what she dedicated for Chuck
Its a strange yet so beautiful album. I love it and it will continue to grow on me.
A LANA ALBUM WITHOUT JON’S REACTION IS INCOMPLETE!!
Yesssss
this is the most personal album she has ever made, and the most indie as well, it’s highly experimental, unpredictable and the poetry in it is the best it’s ever been
This is an extremely emotionally complex album. Its hard to get into, but its pretty rewarding once you start to get it, deep, complex, emotional, sad, happy,also extremely dense, almost a masterpiece, but your brain takes time to get into it, so, i would suggest everyone a few listens.
I was able to hear Lizzy herself in each song of this album, I couldn't be more impressed by Lana. She did a really good job and definitely surpassed my expectations even though they were already high. Blue Banisters is one of my favourite albums from her, I'm sure about it.
0:17 - text book
1:26 - blue banisters
2:50 - arcadia
4:27 - interlude the trio
4:55 - bathing suit
7:51 - if you lie down with me
10:00 - beautiful
11:43 - violets for roses
13:35 - dealer
14:42 - thunder
16:22 - wildfire wildflower
18:29 - nectar of the gods
19:30 - living legend
20:17 - cherry blossom
21:35 sweet carolina
I'm in love with this album. I listened to it in one sitting, while high, and it was an experience. It might just be my favorite, beating out NFR...
omg how did i not take a hit when i listened to it 💔 lol also, wow, for it to beat out NFR is major… it is still my top album
@@ybur576 I still need to give it a few more listens to be sure, but I loved it so much aaaa! NFR is still top tier tho, that album is perfect
@@donnybuoy it’s truly a master piece! I relate so much to nfr it’s like she wrote what i couldn’t express how i was feeling and going through i think that’s probably why it’ll take a lot for it to not be my #1, but blue banisters and wildflower wildfire are amazingggg
Yes yes I can relate. But the last songs need to sink on me more.
@@castawayonthemoon I feel. When I first heard NFR and Chemtrails, I didn't immediately love them, outside of a handful of songs. They both really had to grow on me because they were much more stripped back and slow. But I knew kind of what to expect with this one, so it was easier to appreciate it!
As a lana fan since the beginning this album was really like homecoming, a compilation of new stories and old classics from her unreleased collection, I’m so glad she didn’t over produce them in the studio and kept them the same as all her fans would remember
I thought he'd enjoy this album a lot more. Not that I'm disappointed, just left with a completely different impression of BB, enjoying the "odd" songs a lot - maybe even more than the most simple ones. Also, at least 4 of the songs were recorded for older albums (much older, like Ultraviolence, for instance) and the demos sounded almost exactly the same. So, no, the songs wouldn't have had a bigger production in certain parts, they were really meant to sound the way they do.
One of her best album if not her best for sure
her 2nd best album after NFR
@@venicewitchhh nfr is after uv so
i think it's actually better than NFR! but in my opinion my ranking is uv > hm > bb > nfr > lfl > btd > cotcc > pd
NFR has higher highs but its so close
@@modernmanifesto1295 Honeymoon & UV are but I actually love this album even more than NFR
JON!!!!!! Can we get an album review on this in a week or two?? Would be amazing to hear your thoughts after a couple of listens
I’d love this too! There’s so much to unpack.
Yess!!
Yes agree
Yes!! Give dealer another shot! Lana's part is so passionate and poignant.
This album is so different from all her previous albums and she chose the unreleased ones perfectly they fit to the album so much
Definitely better than cocc and thanks Jon for being such an understanding Lana fan when I first listened to black bathing suit I was sure you'd like it you really get it❤️
*COCC*
IMO Thunder is one of her top 5 greatest songs of all time
BLUE BANISTERS TOP 3 IN HER DISCOGRAPHY FOR SURE!!!!
This album IS A MASTERPIECE. Period.
I just finished listening to the album and open UA-cam and this is the first video at the top 🙌🏽
This album is honestly just 🥵
Excuse me?
@@filipanusic625 ?
Rude
@@filipanusic625 I don’t get it??? Im complementing the album??
@@filipanusic625 right
i’m honestly glad that she went different from NFR and Chemtrails, i loved both the production. but it’s nice to see Lana move forward with a different sound
Sweet Carolina is my favorite track, reminds me a lot of beautiful moments with my family and friends, what true love means, just living the moment with your people, it makes me so emotional to think that Lana is in a better place right now because after all of her ups and downs she’s finally in peace with her life and the people around her, the true love, so well deserved ❤️🩹
It's really interesting how many of the songs are from 2013-2014, Nectar of the Gods and Cherry Blossom are both outtakes from the Ultraviolence sessions. Overall this album is so tender and delicate. It feels like she is really wanting to connect with us on this record. She said this album would tell her story, and I think it does. And what's interesting to me is she hyped it up as a response to the critics, but she doesn't really fixate on the negative press attention she's received in the way that, say, Taylor Swift did on Reputation. It isn't really about clapping back at her critics, there are only a couple of places in the lyrics where she references it (in Arcadia and Black Bathing Suit). Instead she's just intent on telling her story, perhaps more directly than ever before. And in a way she's proving the critics wrong by doing that, because people have accused her for a long time of being 'inauthentic' (whatever that means) and this record is probably the most 'authentic' and the most nakedly honest she's ever made.
Honestly, dealer is the best track on the album. it's pure raw emotions. I wish people didn't slept on it
Whew. Where does one begin? I sobbed on my first listen. This album is personal and raw. Dealer and Black Bathing Suit are my favorite thus far. After dropping NFR, then Chemtrails, one wonders what she will do next.. then she comes out with this perfect, sentimental body of work.
Sweet Carolina is for her sister. It was also co-written by her sister and father.
We are so lucky to have people like you who actually understand Lana ugh
it's interesting to see how thunder has progressed as it was originally created during ultraviolence era, the unreleased version's production and instrumentals are so different from this new one and i think it just shows how she's grew and how her sound has changed!
dealer is my favourite! ive loved cherry blossom, thunder and nectar because they were some of my favourite unreleased of hers. i enjoyed black bathing suit and wildflower wildifire the most as new songs. definitely a more personal album and though i wished for some more instrumentals, i find myself loving each song more with every listen!
Living Legend and Cherry Blossom are the most beautiful tracks she has ever written. They make me so sad in a happy way..I just can’t explain the feeling she makes me feel with her music.
I am in love with the album. The whole damn thing. I’ve been listening all day
My favorites are Nectar of the Gods and Living Legend.
Always one of the first with the Lana reactions 🙃 the best
@vica... 💕💕 Why thank you, rlly appreciate the hentai 💀💀😭
La reseña que toda Latinoamérica unida esperaba ❤️❤️
Ay siiiii !!!!
Sí, re contra sí!!
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QUÉ HERMOSO que haya gente de latinoamerica viendo este tipo de videos. 🥺🥰
Just finished listening this album and came to your channel to see your reaction
I loved your reactions, especially to black bathing suit. It is a challenging song and I had such a similar reaction. Lana never disappoints honestly
I found Arcadia boring on first listen until it was stuck in my head for three days.
Also super surprised and (also made me lol) that you didn’t like Dealer. Definitely give it another chance. I guess I was ready for it because she mentioned this song months ago and said she “screamed her head off” in it. I love her different vocal styles and raw emotion
Such a masterpiece
Im was so happy to see you did this reaction! To me chemtrails was little bit of a let down. I think this album is her best work. You can feel the balance between giving her fans what they want and the styles she enjoys. Such a tug of war and so powerful considering she left social media .
I am a big Lana fan and this was the most underwhelmed I’ve been on a first listen to one of her albums since honeymoon. Thankfully I had a four hour train journey to take home today and I listened to this album the whole way and never has an album grown on me quicker
Same.same.same
I don't get why people are going nuts over this album. It's just merely "okay" if that... Most of the songs are just completely boring and drag on (akin to listening to some doom metal albums). It lacks the emotion, hope and seems to be pretentious at times. Chemtrails has better song writing and song structure in my opinion, and there will be nothing that beats NFR or Ultraviolence...
Idk, maybe it will grow on me, but I doubt it...
@@b.entranceperium ultraviolence and nfr are two of my favourite albums from any artist ever I don’t expect her to even equal them again never mind top them. I think she’s always been a bit pretentious in her song writing but that’s part of why I like her. I’m enjoying this album much more than chemtrails but hey to each their own
@@seanfitz1001 I understand music is subjective, but how in the HELL can you like this better than Chemtrails?!?😅
I'm a pretty decent LDR fan, and this album is the only time I skipped songs (besides on Lust for Life and Honeymoon). "Dealer" is actually unlistenable...
@@b.entranceperium I think that this album has higher high points than chemtrails which is why I prefer it at the moment and I’m also not that big of a fan of the last three songs on chemtrails I usually stop listening after Yosemite but hey that might change and I’ll agree with you about dealer it’s terrible and whoever the male singer sucks as well
Lana’s 2nd best after NFR!, I thought the highs were sky high on NFR but this album was amazing as well and thats just on the first listen
I felt this album on my soul on my bones! Dealer, Acadia, Thunder are magnificent. I’m getting Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino By AM vibes almost. Can we please get Lana and Alex in a song pls.
Nfr made me fall back in love with her music since ultraviolence.. this album just solidified it
Her best album for sure, i love it
After NFR.
@@emin5488 nope is 3rd in my ranking
Is NFR! wbk
@@jens2049 i dont feel contected to it
@@matteorusso6271 completely agree !! bb, then uv and nfr 3rd for me. I understand why for many nfr is the best but I don't get why they can't comprehend other people preferring her other albums.
Blue Banisters, Beautiful, Thunder, Sweet Carolina, and especially Cherry Blossom were my favorites. Great album to listen front to back while driving.
Thunder is a masterpiece
Been waiting for this reaction all day. Thank you
I feel like this is such a mature album for Lana, lyrically and vocally , but the instrumentals show the chaos that will always be apart of her. How some of the songs change up in tempo and go back and forth from fast to slow, but her lyrics are so profound. That's her. She's just wild. And it's so beautiful
Honestly this album completely blew me away. I thought Ultraviolence Lana was gone but she is still here.
Absolutely beautiful
I've waited for this reaction since the album came out.🙌
You waited 3 hours?
@@brandoncordy733 yes
@vica... 💕💕 Wtf
this album is definitely very intense and deep. only after some listens i started to understand and connect with it and i LOVE it 💙💙
such a bop, love your reactionssss
Not even close to NFR, but still an amazing album, close to Chemtrails I would say. Me being Lana fanboy will listen to this album like 20 more times in the following 3/4 days. Also, first half of the album completely different than the second, due to unreleased songs being recorded much before. 8/10 on a Lana scale :D Jon, love you, but you are allowed to say that you don't like certain track
Arcadia is so emotional for me. It’s actually my hometown in California. The Hilton that she sings about, sits where my old house was right across from the train tracks in the video that say ARCADIA. Those are tracks. She nailed the nostalgia I actually feel for my hometown that I left at 23. It’s wild every time I hear it….it hurts in the best way.
I totally agree about Wildflower Wildfire... which was my least favorite song when Lana put it out... until... and this only happen with Miss Del Rey... until the moment i listen to her singing " I've been runnin' on stardust Alone for so long" how lonely she sings it... i have now 352 scrobbles of the song in Last.fm account! Black Bathing Suit is one of my favorites. Agree that Miles Kane Kill (Kill) Dealer! i need more time with this album, it will grow on me like a Cherry Blossom :) Thank you Mr. Denton
2nd! I agree this album needs times. It grows on every listen
Jon... you do be the fastest, thankfully, the greatest too. Much love, brother
I am not mad at all that like one third of the songs in this album are actually unreleased songs. I know they have been leaked but I also believe her unreleased songs are beautiful and deserves to be recognized. Tbh, out of all of them, Cherry Blossom is the only song I've heard before and not gonna lie I've always wish she would release it. Then months before the release I learned Nectar of the Gods, Living Legend, Dealer has been leaked before too. And listening to them now made me grateful she released them.
Tbf, her unreleased collection is a treasure trove of bangers
Exactly this, I'm so happy Thunder got officially released and now more people can appreciate it.
Oh man, thanks for being so quick on making this vid
omg nooooo i really thought you would like dealer, i was so excited for this reaction for that exactly 😭😭
The 'riot girl screaming' comment on the " black bathing suit" track😁😁lol I love it!
been waiting for this❤ Dealer is my fav ❤❤❤
The guitar bridge on Living Legend is actually Lana's voice through a vocoder
I've been waiting for this video so
I'm always waiting for your reactions, because we feel Lana's songs in the same way!
I think I read a while back that several songs on the album were initially written for ultraviolence. I imagine the production on them would have been more similar to what we saw on that album if she's recorded them back then.
I like how he finished the whole album and I'm sitting here, still processing interlude the trio
please please listen to the very first ever version of thunder! also i’m pretty sure some tracks were meant for an album her, miles kane, and alex turner worked out which explains why miles kane had such a big part on dealer and which explains why thunder literally screams alex turner/ the last shadow puppets
THE INTERLUDE WAS SO RANDOM I LAUGHED SO HARD. IT WENT HARD THO
just so you know if you lie down with me, nectar of the gods, living legend and cherry blossom were all recorded during the ultraviolence sessions but didn’t make their way onto the album. These weren’t re-recorded from 2013, I love them so much.
I think the main impressive point of this album is the lyricisms. It’s definitely her most honest work, however I was slightly let down by the repetitive piano and how all the songs were quite samey sounding. It’s better than COTCC but I don’t think it’s in the hall of fame with her other albums. It’s a grower for sure, but I don’t see myself religiously loving any of the songs on this in the future, and I’m a huge Lana fan
honestly same i love her but when i heard she turned thunder into ANOTHER piano ballad i just gave up 😩
Thank you for appreciating music that means so much to certain people. Lana stans will love you forever, so often people don’t see the magic we see, but you do. Thank you. Honestly. ❤️
this album has so much nuance and since it spans her entire life we will have to listen to it again and again to enjoy and grasp it
OMG!! I was waiting for this!!!♥️♥️♥️
A STUNNING reaction! Thank you for understanding the conceptual side of the album! About Cherry Blossom which always makes me cry, I reckon that in times when she recorded it it was kind of a conversation to a younger her but now after thoughts and desires for her own children it feels like a lullaby for her future kids. And this makes me so tearful like she lets us to be a part of her family. This is her most personal album.
I've been listening for a while now. It's definitely a grower. It's majestic really. For me it'll stay along NFR, UV, HM as one of her best work. I absolutely love every single layer of it ♡
The thing with Dealer is you either love it or you don't. I personally love the song, but I can understand if it's not for you.
Nice reaction. I loved your video, as always. I’m surprised by how much you didn’t like Dealer at first listen! It’s in my Top 3. I do think that my favorite track is Thunder, though. 😁 Very full song, I agree. My other faves: If You Lie Down With Me, Sweet Carolina, and Wildflower Wildfire
Just like all your Lana reactions, sublime.
Isn’t it crazy how she said all of her songs are done in one take now?!
Also as beautiful as Thunder is, you should’ve heard the original production, much more guitar and drums oriented. But it’s pretty cool that Thunder, Living Legend, Cherry Blossom and Nectar of the Gods are all unreleased songs that were previously leaked (so most of her fans heard them) and that she decided to include them on this album.
Just like Dealer and California (from Norman), Thunder was worked on with Miles and Alex Turner from the Last Shadow Puppets. Apparently they have a whole album of songs they did together. Hope we get more of those in the future lol. Lana and Alex on a track would be spectacular.
My favs are Thunder, Living Legend, Black Bathing Suit
been amazing to see the progression of this channel from the start. My favorite reactor by far, puts exactly how i feel into words, Keep it up Jon!
As someone who knew almost 90% of this albums tracks before it dropped
Black bathing suit really stands out to me it’s so experimental and catchy at the same time wich is such an unusual combination
Dealer is in my head 24/7 and I also really like sweet Carolina
the other (previously unreleased) tracks living legend, thunder nectar of the gods and cherry blossom are all stable favorites for me
Especially living legend might be my all time favorite song
All in all this album really has my heart and has the potential to become my favorite of her!