Cremey

I'm not crying, you are 😭 What an awful year he's had 💔

This is incredible. It's like all my favourite things about Sufjan's music all rolled into one :heart: I can already see it being one of my absolute favourites of his, and so many of these will be Sufjan classics – Shit Talk is the standout for me on first listen. That one really stopped me in my tracks. Absolutely gorgeous. The news of his health really shocked me, it looks like he's out of hospital now so hopefully over the worst of it. So scary though, and it sounds like it's something that doesn't necessarily have a quick recovery time.

I’m not sure what the purpose of it was either really! I guess just making the most of her being here after the radio 2 show, and to rehearse ahead of the Vegas residency? Strange that it was so under-promoted though, I was totally sure it was even legit until the day, I’d hardly seen anyone talking about it online and even the venue itself only posted about it on the day :’)

I somehow managed to win tickets for last night’s gig – was my first time seeing her and she was great! Just the absolute sweetest too, you can tell the success of this album has meant a lot to her. All the new songs sounded amazing live, especially Hold On to Now. Story isn’t my favourite from the album, but she sounded great doing that. I was hoping for the original version of Slow (my absolute favourite :heart:) rather than the arrangement she’s been doing for a while, but it was still good to hear that live in any form. The crowd was oddly dead during Padam Padam, but I guess that’s what happens when it’s a room mostly full of competition winners and celebs rather than proper fans :lol:

Gorgeous. This album is going to destroy me 😭

This is so beautiful :heart: So good to have him back already, he really does spoil us with how prolific he is.

Must’ve been the most stressful pre-sale experience of all time. Staggering it has made it even worse than trying for Glastonbury tickets Finally got some just now too, the seats are awful but like you say Ultra, just being there at all will be amazing! I can now breathe

I can’t get enough of this, it’s so impressive. Not many artists could get away with a 20-track, 90+ minute album – with this, I’m ready to start it all over again by the time it’s finished, it’s that good. SO many highlights but that 1-2-3-4 punch of Tears can be so soft/Marvin descending/A day in the water/Full of life is really something. What a way to start an album. Up there with the best of the year for me, might even be my favourite overall so far. What a star, I’m desperate to see him live again.

01 Slow :heart: 02 Confide In Me 03 All The Lovers 04 Better The Devil You Know 05 Can't Get You Out Of My Head 06 I Believe In You 07 Padam Padam 08 Say Something 09 Into The Blue 10 Spinning Around 11 Some Kind of Bliss 12 Dancing 13 2 Hearts 14 Word Is Out 15 What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before) 16 Hand On Your Heart 17 I Should Be So Lucky

Tell me you haven’t listened to the album without telling me you haven’t listened to the album 🤡 Genuinely don’t understand how anyone can still think Born to Die is her best work after the numerous masterpieces she’s released since…but there you go. Her songwriting just gets stronger and stronger. The Grants, Kintsugi, Grandfather and the title track are some of her strongest lyrically for me ever. Kintsugi :heart: Couldn’t wait to hear Taco Truck x VB as soon as I heard about the Venice Bitch sample, and it didn’t disappoint. What a way to close an album 🤯 Never know how a new Lana album fits in with my album ranking as they always reveal themselves so much with further listens, but it’s another great album from her, and one I’m looking forward to really delving into more.

I also thought it was Diana at first (and must’ve read the same review as you Jade haha), but I thought it didn’t quite sound like her, and saw about it being Yves’ bass player, Kidä, which would make sense. Can’t get enough of this, there aren’t any duds for me. Definitely need to get my hands on the yellow vinyl version, that goes so well with the artwork (which reminds me a bit of Björk’s Vulnicura, colour palette and composition-wise 😅)

That 1-2-3 hit of God Is a Circle/Lovely Sewer/Meteora Blues! What a way to start an album 🤩 Absolutely loving this, had loved the songs I’d heard from it already and the rest of it is just as strong. I can see this being one of my favourites of the year, they’re such an exciting artist to be following :heart:

3/3. I ended up loving all the pre-release Blue Banisters songs (and the album is one of my favourites of hers now), but they took a while to grow on me. These three have all been instant love, it’s shaping up to be a gorgeous album. (lol forgot Arcadia was released before the album too, but these have all been more instant than that too)

10 Drowned World / Substitute for Love 09 Swim 09 Ray of Light 07 Candy Perfume Girl 09 Skin 10 Nothing Really Matters 09 Sky Fits Heaven 06 Shanti / Ashtangi 10 Frozen 11 The Power of Goodbye 08 To Have and Not to Hold 08 Little Star 07 Mer Girl :heart:

Can’t get enough of this, what an album! :heart: Do you mean Mutya? I think she sounds really Mutya in quite a few places, especially on the title track (one of my absolute favourites), not really getting Keisha though!

Wow. Absolutely adore this, 2/2 now and can’t wait for the rest of the album. This and Desire, I Want to Turn Into You coming out on the same day, and Raven only a few days ago should not be allowed. Too much good new music at the moment 🥹

Completely agree, it’s an incredible album. Can tell it’ll be one I’ll constantly return to, it’s one you feel so immersed in. The singles already feel like classics and everything else is just as strong. I’m love with the seamless transitions. Sorbet :heart:

She never misses. This is so good :heart: The chorus has been stuck in my head ever since hearing the clip, love it.

Can’t wait for this. Love the sound of it, and she can do no wrong for me so far. Glad she’s not waiting too long to release new material, Motomami has been on constant repeat since its release and I’m even more obsessed after finally seeing her at her O2 date. Such a star :heart:

Haha well, obviously… I’m not expecting anything like that at all, I just meant he’s quite hit and miss for me.

I’m not too bothered about the Bleachers collab either. I really liked a few from Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night though, so I’m hopeful that it’ll be more in that vein and less like the Anti-Hero remix 😅 Can’t wait for the Father John Misty one though, adore his latest album and Lana would fit that more jazzy sound so well (as proven on Buddy’s Rendezvous). Really intrigued by the Tommy Genesis one too, can’t really imagine them together but I have a feeling I’ll love it.

I’ve gone for the amazon one, just love that green/pink combination so much, and the photo’s stunning I’ll probably get that standard one on release week as well, that’s my second favourite Can’t believe we’ve got a title, release date, pre-orders, gorgeous variants, single… I’m so proud of her :’) Adore the song already, it’s another Lana classic in the making

The Amazon one is gorgeous :heart:

Pre-order links up on her site now, the artwork is stunning for all the variants 😭

Haha it wouldn’t be a new Lana era without a messy start to it. Just hoping they get the artwork right this time, I don’t want another Chemtrails mess 😭 I’m so ready for this, she’s been on constant repeat for me for the last couple of years, she just gets better and better. Her three most recent albums are my favourites of hers (along with Honeymoon, unpopular option I know ha), so can’t wait to see where she goes with this one.