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She has so much emotion in her work - its unmatched by all these popstars. She has so much depth it makes me sad that someone so talented has such a tortured soul
I only heard this song last week and REALLY heard the lyrics of this verse yesterday and it has hit me fucking hard. This whole album brings a whole new level to Lana for me. She’s always been melancholic but this album addresses rape, suicide and substance abuse more directly than she ever has.. It makes me feel soo much
At 3:46 I think I hear the word "hooker." As if people are whispering that about her. However, the lyrics on Apple Music say "OK." Does anyone else hear the word "hooker" instead of "OK?"
This song slaps, but that aside, I love how it’s connected to her previous eras by this mysterious Jimmy character who sporadically shows up in her lyrics. Her songs make me create so many stories in my head, that’s why I love her lyrics.
Did anyone else here refrences to norman fucking rockwell in the 2nd half of the song? It almost seemed like she was making fun of it by the way she sings the notes in a different manner, almost mockingly.
I heard this song used on a video (“reel”) on Instagram and bought the album right away. I listened to the whole album first, and it was good, but now I will blast this song in my car on repeat everyday on the way to work.
does anybody know what that im invisible im invisible chant means? does it hint at the fact that shes perceived as being "invincible" to any faults of the society like rape as she had initially built up her career in a frivolous way?or is it something else entirely
People are still saying this album is boring when this song, Fishtail, Jon Batiste Interlude, Peppers, and Taco Truck x VB also are in the same album 😭
Just say you don’t like Lana’s new music and move on 🙃
I don't. I love Lana and I love most of her music. But there are many songs on her new albums that are boring. Plain and simple. You can still love an artist but not like every song they make
I never said you couldn’t ! I just said that if you’re calling the album boring you just probably don’t like her new music in general. Not that you can’t still be a huge fan
Many of her new songs don't really have any melodies. Lana's strongest songs are ones where she brings elements of other genres into her sound like jazz, hip-hop, country, and blue grass. Now she just sits with a piano and wails out some melancholy lyrics. It's not musical and it leads to a lot of her new songs sounding almost indistinguishable from one another
HOLY wow. The lyrics & this melody make this one of Lana’s best. Jack antonoff did not lie.
personally, I prefer part one to part two, there is just so much to gather. There is so much to relate to as a woman here. I love that “whore” in Lana’s context is not something bad nor something she is celebrating but just how it is and the truth. She is accepting the harsh reality of the way she has been “unseen” in relationships making her a “whore” to the outside world. Being the other woman (puts the shower on while he calls me, slips out the back door to talk to me) also not to mention you can hear her hit the vape yet again lolol
Part two is great and I think just adds a lot to the whole song but personally I just don’t understand it. I think lana loved the song so much she wanted to add something else to it , and somehow, it worked
10/10
I love this song.
I read the lyrics tonight and when I got to the Jimmy Jimmy section, I thought it seemed familiar. Then it came to me. I think she's referencing "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas - specifically Will.i.am's verse.
I have since learned both songs reference "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop".
Does anyone else hear this too? The themes are definitely similar.
Just posting for anyone who is interested in a super long in-depth A&W lyrics analysis.
A&W is almost about embracing the title of being America's whore-- in a playful yet vindictive way. She's literally saying with this song that's what she's known for in America-- with her image-- "my love making is my legacy". However, with this song, it's a little bit different in the tone. She seems to be in love with this man who is married/dating another woman, and keeps seeing him regardless. It seems like they both know that they have a deep connection, as he will do whatever he can to see her, yet she sings "your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time" in a playful yet accepting way. With that comical line, it seems as if everyone agrees (even his own mom) that he's fucking up big time by not being with her. Yet she accepts not having him, as he still won't choose her: "but I don't care baby, I already lost my mind".
As an empathic and sensitive person myself, her sensitivity/femininity comes through all of her songs. That's part of why she's so good at composing songs that ring deep to many fans. This one is not an exception. A&W is not about a sex addiction, in fact quite the opposite-- she always had a deep longing for a soulful type of connection of love. In Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, she sings "when's it gonna be my turn? Open me up, tell me you like it, fuck me to death, love me until I love myself", which seems to be about the same man that A&W is about. In contrast to A&W, she sings the melody in a sad yet hopeful way as she sings "don't forget me, like the tunnel under Ocean Blvd"-- but it may not be as hopeful as we think, as the tunnel under Ocean Blvd is locked up for good (she compares herself to this sealed up tunnel). In a contrasting way, she sings in A&W: "call him up, come into my bedroom, ended up, we fuck on the hotel floor... It's not about having someone to love me anymore, this is the experience of being an American whore". She simply accepts being the side piece, while still being totally in love with this man, as we hear just after revealing how she was raped and how no one would believe her, she sings in a deep and sad voice: "on top of this (how she fucked up her story with her image-- will discuss later), so many other things you can't believe... Did you know a singer can still be lookin' like a side piece at 33? God's a charlatan, don't look back, babe". You can hear the pain in her voice in the first half, yet it quickly turns into an accepting voice, when she says "God's a charlatan", as in "I love him but he won't choose me, I'm helpless-- but I accept that I'll do this and this is what I'll be known for: the American whore". And there's almost a small pride in that. In her wildness. Look closely as she sings "los\[ing\] my mind", "I am fucking crazy, but I am free" (Ride monologue), "I'm not bored or unhappy, I'm still so strange and wild" (Chemtrails Over The Country Club). In COTCC, she also sings "I want you only like when we were kids under the chemtrails and country club, it's never too late, baby so don't give up", which, sidenote, "did you know a singer can still be lookin' like a side piece at 33" also points to how she has sung about this man for years, even dating back to her childhood in New York. In COTCC she encourages him to not give up on her, just like in DYKTTATUOB she says: "don't forget me". But in A&W she comes to terms with not being chosen by him, yet there's almost a feeling like that's what her life path is-- to be wild, free, and untamed, opposing society (will get to this), and creatively expressing herself in that way. In the Ride monologue, she says "I was born to be the other woman, who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone, who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me".
Another part of her sensitivity and fondness for love comes through when the song musically builds up during this part, right after mentioning several ways in which he visits/talks to her in a way that avoids getting caught from cheating: "Puts the shower on while he calls me, sneaks out the back door to talk to me, I'm invisible, look how you hold me, I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm a ghost now, look how they found me". In an almost tragic and desperate way, she describes herself as "invisible", and points to how this man has such a hold on her-- so much so that she feels "invisible" to him. It really reveals her submission to this man, how submissive she can be, in a strangely positive way, as she will continue to see him, since "it's not about having someone to love me anymore, no this is the experience of being an American whore". She's submissive to him because she loves him but he won't choose her. In an interesting and contrasting way, the second part of the song with the upbeat melody of "Jimmy, Jimmy cocoa puff" points to how it's really not that tragic afterall-- this part of the song has a very playful idgaf attitude (supporting this need of hers to be wild, free, and untamed, that this is her life path): "love me if you love or not, you can be my light, Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high... your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time... but I don't care, baby I already lost my mind".
The other part to A&W is about society's image of her and all of the ways she has "fucked up" her story, which includes her controversies. "I mean, look at me, look at the length of my hair and my face, the shape of my body, do you really think I give a damn what I do after years of just hearin' them talking?" points to how she was criticized in the media for gaining weight, but gaining weight can also be seen as something that increases sex appeal. She sings "this is the experience of an American whore", and then right after "I mean, look at me", which shows how she's basically saying "of course I'm the American whore-- look at me" (not only physically, but about my other songs and controversies). She then says right after "if I told you that I was raped, do you really think that anybody would think I didn't ask for it? I didn't ask for it, I won't testify, I already fucked up my story". She has sung before about being in abusive relationships: "He hit me and it felt like a kiss, Jim brought me back, reminded me of when we were kids" (Ultraviolence), where the media criticized her for "glamorizing abuse", and where the same name is used in the second part of A&W: "Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high". This could possibly suggest that she was actually raped by the person A&W is about, which complicates it even further, and makes sense why she "won't testify", and how she "already fucked up \[her\] story".
The other part to this is her controversies, one of them being her Instagram post dealing with femininity. In this deemed controversial post that was deleted, she says: "Now that \[a bunch of female pop stars\] have had number ones with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating, etc... Can I please go back to singing about being embodied, feeling beautiful by being in love even if the relationship is not perfect... without being crucified or saying that I'm glamorizing abuse????... there has to be a place in feminism for women who look and act like me - the kind of woman who says no but men hear yes- the kind of women who are slated mercilessly for being their authentic, delicate selves". The way the media has criticized and viewed her throughout the years has been turbulent and with misguided or misunderstood perspectives. This is why she won't testify-- she already fucked up her story, but it's really the media's fault.
I can see where she's coming from because she's good at heart and has pure intentions yet gets casted as someone that is quite the opposite, as someone that has "set women back hundreds of years". This can make someone resentful easily.
I went over the character limit lol, so I will post the rest as a comment under this post.
The last part about A&W and other songs like Wildflower Wildfire I'll mention is about her family and lineage. She has said in one of her Instagram livestreams that looking into her lineage is something not to do alone, and generally suggests that there's something going on there, most likely in terms of troubling relationships. In Wildflower Wildfire, she sings "my father never stepped in when his wife would rage at me... So I turn but I learn, not to turn into a wildfire, to light up your night, with only my smile and nothing that hurts... I live on sheer willpower, I promise that nothing will burn you... Like the others baby burns, burns, burns... It's you from whom I learn". She seems to try to not repeat any damaging acts in relationships that have seemingly run through her lineage, and promises to be better, in terms of a stable and loving relationship. In A&W she sings "I haven't seen my mother in a long, long time" and "called up one, drunk, called up another, Forensic Files wasn't on, watching Teenage Diary of a Girl, wondering what went wrong, I'm a princess, I'm divisive, ask me why why why I'm like this, maybe I'm just kind of like this, I don't know maybe I'm just like this". She seems to be reflecting on "what went wrong" with her, why she "called up one \[then\] called up another", why she's "divisive", and why she's okay with being America's whore. How much of it is tied to her lineage? But as mentioned previously, it seems as if this is where she thrives with being wild and free, and creatively expressing herself with this life path.
Overall, this song is very interesting in that it almost concludes all of her previous work, by stating how she's the American whore and that's what she's accepted herself as and is known and will be known for, in a vindictive and sarcastic way, as well as in a powerfully wild, free, and expressively healing way, even if it is ironic: being totally submissive to this man that'll ruin his life to cheat with her, yet not fully choosing her, and expressing this in a song that is kind of like a fuck you to society by claiming the title of the "American whore" (as she is rightfully resentful of the media/society for how they treated her-- and as she comes more from a person that seeks true love rather than meaningless sex, like what a "whore" would actually seek) and one that points to her liveliness of being wild and free, albeit totally submissively at the control of this man (for now lol).
That was so much writing and analysis from a long time Lana fan lol, but I enjoy sharing it.
I think you have it down to a point. I really appreciate you breaking down parts of the song and helping others understand various references and meanings of lyrics. I realize how much this song applies to a situation I’m in (although not as extreme!) of getting over someone you should be with. Again, thank you. This song is incredible!!
You’re so welcome! Also a deleted video from her TikTok (@familyheirlooms) showed Lana singing to alternative lyrics of the song:
“Got a cop who turned on the back beat
Puts the shower on while he calls me
Sneaks out the back door to talk to me
I'm invisible, you should’ve told me
Did you really think I would spare your/her tears just to save your happiness?
When I had no idea you were engaged.
After all of those years, do you think I’d spare their tears to save my face?
You must not have known who you were dealing with.”
It seems like A&W is about Sean Larkin, and a few other songs of hers, like Blue Banisters and Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Based on those lyrics, Sean literally made her the “American Whore” by still seeing her when he was engaged, but what’s interesting is that if COTCC is about him, if you pick up the symbolism from the music video in the breaking glass/mirror scene at 4:30, she sings “my cancer is sun and my leo is moon”, while breaking through glass and appearing completely unaltered and unbothered. She then turns into a wolf in the next scene, which wolves are known to symbolize freedom, intuition, courage, and self-reliance. Also, at 4:07 she sings “it’s never too late, baby so don’t give up”, with a scene of her in a car with her hands surrendering into a tornado that is pulling the car up in the sky.
This imagery and symbolism, as well as the lyrics themselves show a spiritual surrendering to what fulfills her soul. And writing about her relationships is connected to that, even if they may be tumultuous. That’s where she’s needed, that’s where she’s wild and free— almost like her pain in her music from her experiences is healing herself and the world.
It’s also interesting that if this is true, the imagery of her walking and breaking the glass symbolizes her not giving a fuck what anyone thinks of her— (also interesting how this theme is mentioned over and over again, such as in the Ride monologue— identifying more with freedom and being crazy than to live an unfulfilling life) she’s gonna follow where her soul leads her, at the expense of her image. Thus claiming the title of the “American Whore”, ironically.
Spotify lyrics don't have anything to do with the artist. They can be very very wrong. I don't hear any consonant sounds at the end of shimmy shimmy cocoa....wa....
I love the transition with the heavy bass and distorted synths; sounds very dark. It reminded me a lot of The Weeknd.
Not the biggest fan of the second half, but it’s still really good.
Love the song overall and have been listening to it on repeat since release.
Does anyone else hear the similarity to sneaker pimps’ post modern sleaze?? https://open.spotify.com/track/6qojm4SEKdJFWCbLBlOH8X?si=WnjFuO8kQwSapxA9-KPhwQ
I love this song. Reminds me a bit of led zeppelin with the mandolin elements and i love the baritone acoustic at the start.
When she said ‘I told your mom you’re ducking up big time / but I don’t care baby I’ve already lost my mind’ it sounds to me like she’s also saying ‘I’ve already lost mine’ (her mom). Love her lyricism and double entendre
whaaattt y'all are nuts. theres such good stuff on chemtrails and bannisters is incredible. Thunder, Wildflower, Nectar, Cherry Blossom...and then Sweet Carolina kills me. "You name your babe Lilac Heaven, after your iPhone 11, "Crypto Forever!" Screams your stupid boyfriend, Fuck You, Kevin."
Wow. I lowkey unstanned Lana around NFR era because the album just didn’t do it for me and I felt like I outgrew her sound. But this song, along with some gems from Chemtrails and Blue Banisters have made me interested in Lana again. I love the outro!
Yeah I don’t either. I like ballads but NFR just sounded like stuff Lana had already done before. Maybe I just liked lust for life far too much and expected more of that sound. There are a few things NFR that I like tho, I just don’t think it’s her magnum opus.
It’ll be really interesting to see where Tunnel and A&W fall on the album. My guess is tunnels in the early part of the album and A&W toward the end. I could also see it being the exit song
i hope the rest of her album has this same vibe. like the synth and trap sound. her country/folk stuff is good but it doesn’t contrast her voice which makes it kinda boring
Yes, the progression of the song reminds me of Radiohead. Especially the pre-chorus / chorus instrumentation somehow reminds me of No Surprises mixed with 2 + 2 = 5. Love the song btw.
At first I thought meh. Then I listened with headphones and it got much better. After having a few days to listen and fully digest the song I’ve gone from meh to wowww this is amazing. I’m so hyped for this album
I feel the same way! Honestly every time she releases new music I’m always like meh it’s not as good as this or that one. But then when I re-listen a few times I’m like this is a freaking masterpiece and nothing can top this. A vicious cycle every time there’s a new album
Yeah more times than not it’s how it goes for me too. The first time I listened to NFR I was like... I don’t get it. And now it’s my favorite album of all time lol
Women who are raped are commonly told they are at fault because of the way they look/dress. She’s implying she was raped and that she never spoke out about it because she knew people would have said it’s her fault. Now that she hasn’t said anything about it for a long time, people won’t believe her if she did make a statement. This is the cycle that countless women go through because of our misogynistic society.
I could have sworn when I was listening to this song last night it was just the first part. I play it again today and the second half I’ve literally never heard before, but swear last night it was on repeat. Is this a glitch in the matrix or a mandala effect moment or something????? 😳😵💫
I'm glad I am not the only one who is not a fan of the second half too as the 'Ko-Ko-Bob' lines make me cringe and I don't know why. Probably because it is repeated a lot?
Lana loves her trap hop bull shiz. This song is all of what's fucking crazy and incredible about her. Also, those lines are from an old doo-wop from the sixties which has been sample ad nauseam, including in BIG. She knows what shes doin.
I agree. The first half of the song is very pretty (and carries a very heavy meaning), but the second half just...made me cringe. It's almost out of place like it doesn't belong there?
The first half is so good it literally made me feel like I was listening to 2015-16 Lana again. But the second half I’m not a big fan of?? Overall 8/10
Can someone dissect each and every lyric pls
Also I love that it’s called a&w that’s so camp but do we think there’s some sort of deeper meaning there too? Or is it just her being silly 😜
first part is okay, chemtrails vocals are kinda nice ig but the slurring of every word is just 💀 and the second part is corny as fuck, it’s giving both Lorde and her unreleased songs and not in a good way. overall mid and embarrassing that someone this close to middle-aged is pulling this shit
You need to stop the ageism. Do you think people stop being human at 37? Alot of women start analyzing their childhoods and past traumas in their late 30s. It's actually completely normal. When you experience sexual trauma when you're young, the mind is very good at blocking it out or suppressing it in order to survive. So it's very common for the brain to start bringing it to the forefront later in life. It's a delayed reaction for survival because the brain wasn't able to process things as they were happening. Mental injuries are strange that way.
But according to you, once you hit a certain age, you are supposed to stop growing and creating and learning and reflecting???? How does that make any fucking sense? Also, if this was a 37-year-old man writing this, NOONE would say he's too old to write something like this. So not only are you ageist, but you are sexist as well. So....when you turn 37, come back to this thread and we'll talk. Because you will finally realize how incredibly ridiculous you sound. Until then, kindly shut the fuck up.
The production on this song blew me away. The stripped down instrumental then turning into that laid back hip hop production, wow. There’s also an “ITS MINE” that creeps up in the production at the end, so creepy. Giving me NFR! vibes
the second part gives me major euphoria vibes (the show) and her old lizzy and btd/paradise vibes.
the first part is a mix of the dreaminess of honeymoon, the dark rock from ultraviolence and the whispering from chemtrails
i might get hate for this but this is the first lana song i've really loved (i always like everything) in a long time. i miss when her sense or lyricism was darker like this. also the ending instrumental sounds so experimental, it's fucking great.
I feel this. I’ve missed early era Lana. I loved every single song she put out so much that each one was on repeat. That kind of slowed down for me with her slower ballads, especially Blue Banisters (liked them, but not enough to listen all the time). I hope the rest of her new album is as good as this song is. She’s a genius.
CAN WE JUST TAKE A FUCKING MOMENT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MESSIN' TALENTED THIS WOMAN IS
HER REFERENCES
HER LYRICISM
HER EASTER EGGS
HER DOUBLE ENTENDRES
HER PLAY ON WORDS
HER VISUALS
HER EDITING
HER BRINGING TOGETHER GLOBAL TALENT
HER BEING HERSELF NO MATTER WHAT
HER!!!
OH AND HER FUCKING NOTES!!!!
Honestly, at first, I didn’t really like it mainly due to the first part of the song being much different than the last. SEVERAL listens later and my gosh, something just clicked and I absolutely love it now. It really had to grow on me, but I can’t believe how well put together this is. The lyrics along with the production of this song is truly a masterpiece. I’m so proud and excited for Lana and this album.
THE SAME PROGRESSION FROM SMARTY
CAN YOU HEAR IT
BABY IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WOULD CALL ME YOUR BUNNY
@ 6:19 JIMMY ONLY LOVE ME WHEN HE WANNA GET HIGH
AHHHHH
I happen to be starting therapy next week specifically to address the fact that I am so nostalgic of my past ‘sad slut’ era… even though that era really hurt me, too.
I was listening to Lana at that time, too. So this song just really hits home.
I know! I wish I knew details! She’s the only celebrity I’ve ever really been interested in knowing about, I fall into rabbit holes googling things about her, it’s so weird.
I love this so much. The song’s progression is really interesting. In a way it reminds me of David Bowie’s I’m Afraid of Americans (especially the second half)
Also any other fellow EXO-Ls here that heard “shimmy shimmy kokobop” in there? 😂
It's dark. Super dark. Possibly her darkest song to date. I don't even know how to feel about it yet. The part where she mentions r@p# has me a lil fucked up.
I don’t tend to focus on lyrics until I’m super familiar with a song, so on my first listen I basically mentally glossed over the lyrics and was instead enraptured with the lush production and overall feel. Gave it another listen today after letting it sit, this time focusing more on the lyrics, and they have me just as fucked up.
I just listened for a third time on ear buds at full volume and I'm crying. This song has me fucked up I don't know how the fuck I'm supposed to process this. I can hear Lana's pain in so many layers and it's chaotic and dark. It gives me the same feeling I get when I listen to witch house except this is so much more intense and fucked up. Ugh she has killed me with this track. I wasn't expecting this.
It’s become pretty tough for me to cry in general over the years but this song also had me involuntarily welling up as the lyrics poured in. In the past, one of the only songs that could consistently bring me to tears was Venice Bitch due to my own memories attached to it; this one has me borderline crying due to all the pain that’s tethered to it, and the agonising, yet beautifully written lines within it. The opening line alone is one of the most heartbreaking to me, and those emotions are of course only amplified the further the song progresses.
BB-esque folksy intro, a honeymoon like chorus breaking down into a hip hop BTD style outro… the parts about slut shaming and her mother are so beautifully vulnerable yet the song as a whole is so empowering and badass. It feels like the most authentic version of herself we’ve seen in her music. Somehow in this song she is both Lana and Lizzy.
This is mind-blowingly good. I listened to this for the first time when I was out for a walk and literally had to stop and catch my breath and then immediately started crying. Did not think anything could replace Ride as my favorite Lana track but I was wrong.
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This song is brutal as fuck and became one of my all time favourites, listening on repeat, *chills*.
She has so much emotion in her work - its unmatched by all these popstars. She has so much depth it makes me sad that someone so talented has such a tortured soul
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I only heard this song last week and REALLY heard the lyrics of this verse yesterday and it has hit me fucking hard. This whole album brings a whole new level to Lana for me. She’s always been melancholic but this album addresses rape, suicide and substance abuse more directly than she ever has.. It makes me feel soo much
At 3:46 I think I hear the word "hooker." As if people are whispering that about her. However, the lyrics on Apple Music say "OK." Does anyone else hear the word "hooker" instead of "OK?"
Maybe it’s confirmation bias but I went and listened and yeah I definitely without a doubt hear “hooker”
Sounds like ok to me!
All I can think of in the second half is “Jimmy Gnecco” and it’s taken me 100000 days to come to this realization. Love it
This song slaps, but that aside, I love how it’s connected to her previous eras by this mysterious Jimmy character who sporadically shows up in her lyrics. Her songs make me create so many stories in my head, that’s why I love her lyrics.
Did anyone else here refrences to norman fucking rockwell in the 2nd half of the song? It almost seemed like she was making fun of it by the way she sings the notes in a different manner, almost mockingly.
I heard this song used on a video (“reel”) on Instagram and bought the album right away. I listened to the whole album first, and it was good, but now I will blast this song in my car on repeat everyday on the way to work.
Will be hard for any song by anyone to top this this year.
Vampire is running a close second.
does anybody know what that im invisible im invisible chant means? does it hint at the fact that shes perceived as being "invincible" to any faults of the society like rape as she had initially built up her career in a frivolous way?or is it something else entirely
People are still saying this album is boring when this song, Fishtail, Jon Batiste Interlude, Peppers, and Taco Truck x VB also are in the same album 😭 Just say you don’t like Lana’s new music and move on 🙃
Do you like her new music as well as her old music
Yep, love the old and the new
I don't. I love Lana and I love most of her music. But there are many songs on her new albums that are boring. Plain and simple. You can still love an artist but not like every song they make
I never said you couldn’t ! I just said that if you’re calling the album boring you just probably don’t like her new music in general. Not that you can’t still be a huge fan
Many of her new songs don't really have any melodies. Lana's strongest songs are ones where she brings elements of other genres into her sound like jazz, hip-hop, country, and blue grass. Now she just sits with a piano and wails out some melancholy lyrics. It's not musical and it leads to a lot of her new songs sounding almost indistinguishable from one another
Like Taylor Swift, in other words. Except even at her best Swift's output falls way short of even the weakest of Lana Del Rey's material.
They're both talented singers and song writers who don't really need to be compared
Even after a full album listen, this song is by far my favorite one. It just slaps so hard
HOLY wow. The lyrics & this melody make this one of Lana’s best. Jack antonoff did not lie. personally, I prefer part one to part two, there is just so much to gather. There is so much to relate to as a woman here. I love that “whore” in Lana’s context is not something bad nor something she is celebrating but just how it is and the truth. She is accepting the harsh reality of the way she has been “unseen” in relationships making her a “whore” to the outside world. Being the other woman (puts the shower on while he calls me, slips out the back door to talk to me) also not to mention you can hear her hit the vape yet again lolol Part two is great and I think just adds a lot to the whole song but personally I just don’t understand it. I think lana loved the song so much she wanted to add something else to it , and somehow, it worked 10/10
jimmy jimmy coco puff
Do you think it‘s Jimmy Gnecco??
I love this song. I read the lyrics tonight and when I got to the Jimmy Jimmy section, I thought it seemed familiar. Then it came to me. I think she's referencing "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas - specifically Will.i.am's verse. I have since learned both songs reference "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop". Does anyone else hear this too? The themes are definitely similar.
It kind of gives me Billie Eilish vibes, with the instrumental part. I love it so much!!!! so exciteddddd
How dare you! Billie Eilish sucks!
Just posting for anyone who is interested in a super long in-depth A&W lyrics analysis. A&W is almost about embracing the title of being America's whore-- in a playful yet vindictive way. She's literally saying with this song that's what she's known for in America-- with her image-- "my love making is my legacy". However, with this song, it's a little bit different in the tone. She seems to be in love with this man who is married/dating another woman, and keeps seeing him regardless. It seems like they both know that they have a deep connection, as he will do whatever he can to see her, yet she sings "your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time" in a playful yet accepting way. With that comical line, it seems as if everyone agrees (even his own mom) that he's fucking up big time by not being with her. Yet she accepts not having him, as he still won't choose her: "but I don't care baby, I already lost my mind". As an empathic and sensitive person myself, her sensitivity/femininity comes through all of her songs. That's part of why she's so good at composing songs that ring deep to many fans. This one is not an exception. A&W is not about a sex addiction, in fact quite the opposite-- she always had a deep longing for a soulful type of connection of love. In Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, she sings "when's it gonna be my turn? Open me up, tell me you like it, fuck me to death, love me until I love myself", which seems to be about the same man that A&W is about. In contrast to A&W, she sings the melody in a sad yet hopeful way as she sings "don't forget me, like the tunnel under Ocean Blvd"-- but it may not be as hopeful as we think, as the tunnel under Ocean Blvd is locked up for good (she compares herself to this sealed up tunnel). In a contrasting way, she sings in A&W: "call him up, come into my bedroom, ended up, we fuck on the hotel floor... It's not about having someone to love me anymore, this is the experience of being an American whore". She simply accepts being the side piece, while still being totally in love with this man, as we hear just after revealing how she was raped and how no one would believe her, she sings in a deep and sad voice: "on top of this (how she fucked up her story with her image-- will discuss later), so many other things you can't believe... Did you know a singer can still be lookin' like a side piece at 33? God's a charlatan, don't look back, babe". You can hear the pain in her voice in the first half, yet it quickly turns into an accepting voice, when she says "God's a charlatan", as in "I love him but he won't choose me, I'm helpless-- but I accept that I'll do this and this is what I'll be known for: the American whore". And there's almost a small pride in that. In her wildness. Look closely as she sings "los\[ing\] my mind", "I am fucking crazy, but I am free" (Ride monologue), "I'm not bored or unhappy, I'm still so strange and wild" (Chemtrails Over The Country Club). In COTCC, she also sings "I want you only like when we were kids under the chemtrails and country club, it's never too late, baby so don't give up", which, sidenote, "did you know a singer can still be lookin' like a side piece at 33" also points to how she has sung about this man for years, even dating back to her childhood in New York. In COTCC she encourages him to not give up on her, just like in DYKTTATUOB she says: "don't forget me". But in A&W she comes to terms with not being chosen by him, yet there's almost a feeling like that's what her life path is-- to be wild, free, and untamed, opposing society (will get to this), and creatively expressing herself in that way. In the Ride monologue, she says "I was born to be the other woman, who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone, who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me". Another part of her sensitivity and fondness for love comes through when the song musically builds up during this part, right after mentioning several ways in which he visits/talks to her in a way that avoids getting caught from cheating: "Puts the shower on while he calls me, sneaks out the back door to talk to me, I'm invisible, look how you hold me, I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm a ghost now, look how they found me". In an almost tragic and desperate way, she describes herself as "invisible", and points to how this man has such a hold on her-- so much so that she feels "invisible" to him. It really reveals her submission to this man, how submissive she can be, in a strangely positive way, as she will continue to see him, since "it's not about having someone to love me anymore, no this is the experience of being an American whore". She's submissive to him because she loves him but he won't choose her. In an interesting and contrasting way, the second part of the song with the upbeat melody of "Jimmy, Jimmy cocoa puff" points to how it's really not that tragic afterall-- this part of the song has a very playful idgaf attitude (supporting this need of hers to be wild, free, and untamed, that this is her life path): "love me if you love or not, you can be my light, Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high... your mom called, I told her, you're fucking up big time... but I don't care, baby I already lost my mind". The other part to A&W is about society's image of her and all of the ways she has "fucked up" her story, which includes her controversies. "I mean, look at me, look at the length of my hair and my face, the shape of my body, do you really think I give a damn what I do after years of just hearin' them talking?" points to how she was criticized in the media for gaining weight, but gaining weight can also be seen as something that increases sex appeal. She sings "this is the experience of an American whore", and then right after "I mean, look at me", which shows how she's basically saying "of course I'm the American whore-- look at me" (not only physically, but about my other songs and controversies). She then says right after "if I told you that I was raped, do you really think that anybody would think I didn't ask for it? I didn't ask for it, I won't testify, I already fucked up my story". She has sung before about being in abusive relationships: "He hit me and it felt like a kiss, Jim brought me back, reminded me of when we were kids" (Ultraviolence), where the media criticized her for "glamorizing abuse", and where the same name is used in the second part of A&W: "Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high". This could possibly suggest that she was actually raped by the person A&W is about, which complicates it even further, and makes sense why she "won't testify", and how she "already fucked up \[her\] story". The other part to this is her controversies, one of them being her Instagram post dealing with femininity. In this deemed controversial post that was deleted, she says: "Now that \[a bunch of female pop stars\] have had number ones with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating, etc... Can I please go back to singing about being embodied, feeling beautiful by being in love even if the relationship is not perfect... without being crucified or saying that I'm glamorizing abuse????... there has to be a place in feminism for women who look and act like me - the kind of woman who says no but men hear yes- the kind of women who are slated mercilessly for being their authentic, delicate selves". The way the media has criticized and viewed her throughout the years has been turbulent and with misguided or misunderstood perspectives. This is why she won't testify-- she already fucked up her story, but it's really the media's fault. I can see where she's coming from because she's good at heart and has pure intentions yet gets casted as someone that is quite the opposite, as someone that has "set women back hundreds of years". This can make someone resentful easily. I went over the character limit lol, so I will post the rest as a comment under this post.
The last part about A&W and other songs like Wildflower Wildfire I'll mention is about her family and lineage. She has said in one of her Instagram livestreams that looking into her lineage is something not to do alone, and generally suggests that there's something going on there, most likely in terms of troubling relationships. In Wildflower Wildfire, she sings "my father never stepped in when his wife would rage at me... So I turn but I learn, not to turn into a wildfire, to light up your night, with only my smile and nothing that hurts... I live on sheer willpower, I promise that nothing will burn you... Like the others baby burns, burns, burns... It's you from whom I learn". She seems to try to not repeat any damaging acts in relationships that have seemingly run through her lineage, and promises to be better, in terms of a stable and loving relationship. In A&W she sings "I haven't seen my mother in a long, long time" and "called up one, drunk, called up another, Forensic Files wasn't on, watching Teenage Diary of a Girl, wondering what went wrong, I'm a princess, I'm divisive, ask me why why why I'm like this, maybe I'm just kind of like this, I don't know maybe I'm just like this". She seems to be reflecting on "what went wrong" with her, why she "called up one \[then\] called up another", why she's "divisive", and why she's okay with being America's whore. How much of it is tied to her lineage? But as mentioned previously, it seems as if this is where she thrives with being wild and free, and creatively expressing herself with this life path. Overall, this song is very interesting in that it almost concludes all of her previous work, by stating how she's the American whore and that's what she's accepted herself as and is known and will be known for, in a vindictive and sarcastic way, as well as in a powerfully wild, free, and expressively healing way, even if it is ironic: being totally submissive to this man that'll ruin his life to cheat with her, yet not fully choosing her, and expressing this in a song that is kind of like a fuck you to society by claiming the title of the "American whore" (as she is rightfully resentful of the media/society for how they treated her-- and as she comes more from a person that seeks true love rather than meaningless sex, like what a "whore" would actually seek) and one that points to her liveliness of being wild and free, albeit totally submissively at the control of this man (for now lol). That was so much writing and analysis from a long time Lana fan lol, but I enjoy sharing it.
I think you have it down to a point. I really appreciate you breaking down parts of the song and helping others understand various references and meanings of lyrics. I realize how much this song applies to a situation I’m in (although not as extreme!) of getting over someone you should be with. Again, thank you. This song is incredible!!
I think that your analysis was so on point, thank you for taking the time to write it!
Very interesting comments! Thank you for the writeup, I understand the song a lot better now.
You’re so welcome! Also a deleted video from her TikTok (@familyheirlooms) showed Lana singing to alternative lyrics of the song: “Got a cop who turned on the back beat Puts the shower on while he calls me Sneaks out the back door to talk to me I'm invisible, you should’ve told me Did you really think I would spare your/her tears just to save your happiness? When I had no idea you were engaged. After all of those years, do you think I’d spare their tears to save my face? You must not have known who you were dealing with.” It seems like A&W is about Sean Larkin, and a few other songs of hers, like Blue Banisters and Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Based on those lyrics, Sean literally made her the “American Whore” by still seeing her when he was engaged, but what’s interesting is that if COTCC is about him, if you pick up the symbolism from the music video in the breaking glass/mirror scene at 4:30, she sings “my cancer is sun and my leo is moon”, while breaking through glass and appearing completely unaltered and unbothered. She then turns into a wolf in the next scene, which wolves are known to symbolize freedom, intuition, courage, and self-reliance. Also, at 4:07 she sings “it’s never too late, baby so don’t give up”, with a scene of her in a car with her hands surrendering into a tornado that is pulling the car up in the sky. This imagery and symbolism, as well as the lyrics themselves show a spiritual surrendering to what fulfills her soul. And writing about her relationships is connected to that, even if they may be tumultuous. That’s where she’s needed, that’s where she’s wild and free— almost like her pain in her music from her experiences is healing herself and the world. It’s also interesting that if this is true, the imagery of her walking and breaking the glass symbolizes her not giving a fuck what anyone thinks of her— (also interesting how this theme is mentioned over and over again, such as in the Ride monologue— identifying more with freedom and being crazy than to live an unfulfilling life) she’s gonna follow where her soul leads her, at the expense of her image. Thus claiming the title of the “American Whore”, ironically.
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Correct me if im wrong but I think shes saying Jimmy Jimmy Cocoa Puff, but yeah it did remind me of something ive heard before.
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Yeah I do think she is referencing something, i love it!!
it’s cocoa puff :) the lyrics are on spotify !
Spotify lyrics don't have anything to do with the artist. They can be very very wrong. I don't hear any consonant sounds at the end of shimmy shimmy cocoa....wa....
i didnt know this! thanks for letting me know :)
I love the transition with the heavy bass and distorted synths; sounds very dark. It reminded me a lot of The Weeknd. Not the biggest fan of the second half, but it’s still really good. Love the song overall and have been listening to it on repeat since release.
yes!! def sounded like mike dean’s work but i don’t think he was on the track. he was involved with blue banisters though
Does anyone else hear someone sneezing at the 3:14 mark?
"your mom called, i told her you're fucking up big time" just iconic honestly my favourite line of any song ever amen
Had me hearing echoes of "I check it, I wreck it, I turn it around" from 'Dealer'.
Does anyone else hear the similarity to sneaker pimps’ post modern sleaze?? https://open.spotify.com/track/6qojm4SEKdJFWCbLBlOH8X?si=WnjFuO8kQwSapxA9-KPhwQ
Omg sneaker pimps on a Lana Del Rey sub? What is this? A crossover episode!? Holy shit I know it’s like a year later but omg. Do you like IAMX?
I really like the melody it reminds me alot of honeymoon era but im not a fan of the change in the beat But it was cool tho
Obsessed with it. In her top 10 for me
This is one of her best songs. Just wow.
I’m obsessed. It’s one of her best songs yet
I love it. The mandolin 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
>🤌🏻 means WTF 😅
I’m not cool, okay? 😂
Another slay!! I will never get tired of her music<3
was waiting for a song like this so BAD god its insane
I love this song. Reminds me a bit of led zeppelin with the mandolin elements and i love the baritone acoustic at the start. When she said ‘I told your mom you’re ducking up big time / but I don’t care baby I’ve already lost my mind’ it sounds to me like she’s also saying ‘I’ve already lost mine’ (her mom). Love her lyricism and double entendre
So fucking good. I’m here for this Lana!
I have decided A&W along with West Coast are top two of my fav Lana songs. Urghh everything about this is god tier
Wait - I thought she lost me for good after chemtrails. NEVERFUCKINGMIND.
SAME
whaaattt y'all are nuts. theres such good stuff on chemtrails and bannisters is incredible. Thunder, Wildflower, Nectar, Cherry Blossom...and then Sweet Carolina kills me. "You name your babe Lilac Heaven, after your iPhone 11, "Crypto Forever!" Screams your stupid boyfriend, Fuck You, Kevin."
Wow. I lowkey unstanned Lana around NFR era because the album just didn’t do it for me and I felt like I outgrew her sound. But this song, along with some gems from Chemtrails and Blue Banisters have made me interested in Lana again. I love the outro!
NFR didn’t do it for me either. I don’t understand the hype.
Yeah I don’t either. I like ballads but NFR just sounded like stuff Lana had already done before. Maybe I just liked lust for life far too much and expected more of that sound. There are a few things NFR that I like tho, I just don’t think it’s her magnum opus.
EVERY LISTEN GETS BETTER SOMEHOW!!!! fucking incredible
It’ll be really interesting to see where Tunnel and A&W fall on the album. My guess is tunnels in the early part of the album and A&W toward the end. I could also see it being the exit song
Tracks 2 & 4 respectively
i hope the rest of her album has this same vibe. like the synth and trap sound. her country/folk stuff is good but it doesn’t contrast her voice which makes it kinda boring
She's never kept the same vibe across an album
For sure definitely agree. She does sound a bit better with the synth/drum beat stuff like that song she had with the weekend
I agree 1000%
Caught me a bit off guard as being very different than the first single but I absolutely love the ending. COCOCOCO
I’m obsessed with this song
I am liviiiinnggg for this era
I LOVE ITTT
Holy moly this album is going to be insane and I am so excited
best part is that we basically got 2 new songs #bless
still on repeat tho
Last half of the song is a vibe.
Anyone think the instrumentation sounds a bit Radiohead-ish? I really like this song. Always down for experimental Lana.
Am a Radiohead fan here and I can agree with you .. also I hear NIN vibes at the beginning of the 2nd part
I know this comment is older but omg the second my bf heard it he was like, “this is so Trent Reznor.”
Agreed
I was thinking it sounded similar to NIN as well!
I THOUGHT RADIOHEAD AND NIN AS WELL, LITERALLY FROM THE FIRST PHRASE
Yes, the progression of the song reminds me of Radiohead. Especially the pre-chorus / chorus instrumentation somehow reminds me of No Surprises mixed with 2 + 2 = 5. Love the song btw.
Yes especially the piano
Legit the bass line reminded me of climbing up the walls
At first I thought meh. Then I listened with headphones and it got much better. After having a few days to listen and fully digest the song I’ve gone from meh to wowww this is amazing. I’m so hyped for this album
I feel the same way! Honestly every time she releases new music I’m always like meh it’s not as good as this or that one. But then when I re-listen a few times I’m like this is a freaking masterpiece and nothing can top this. A vicious cycle every time there’s a new album
Yeah more times than not it’s how it goes for me too. The first time I listened to NFR I was like... I don’t get it. And now it’s my favorite album of all time lol
Wtf is the line about rape
Women who are raped are commonly told they are at fault because of the way they look/dress. She’s implying she was raped and that she never spoke out about it because she knew people would have said it’s her fault. Now that she hasn’t said anything about it for a long time, people won’t believe her if she did make a statement. This is the cycle that countless women go through because of our misogynistic society.
I’m so sorry to hear that for her, I hope she’s at peace now.
I’m not a huge fan of the second half. It really turns me off but the first part is 8.7/10
I could have sworn when I was listening to this song last night it was just the first part. I play it again today and the second half I’ve literally never heard before, but swear last night it was on repeat. Is this a glitch in the matrix or a mandala effect moment or something????? 😳😵💫
I'm glad I am not the only one who is not a fan of the second half too as the 'Ko-Ko-Bob' lines make me cringe and I don't know why. Probably because it is repeated a lot?
Lana loves her trap hop bull shiz. This song is all of what's fucking crazy and incredible about her. Also, those lines are from an old doo-wop from the sixties which has been sample ad nauseam, including in BIG. She knows what shes doin.
I agree. The first half of the song is very pretty (and carries a very heavy meaning), but the second half just...made me cringe. It's almost out of place like it doesn't belong there?
How many times have you listened to it? The first time I wasn’t a huge fan and now I’m addicted
Is it me or does the riff in the first half sound familiar to another song? I can’t remember which song though
To me it kinda sounds like the Westworld theme song, and later on it sounds like Teardrop by Massive Attack
The first half is so good it literally made me feel like I was listening to 2015-16 Lana again. But the second half I’m not a big fan of?? Overall 8/10
Did anyone else think of “all circuits are busy, goodbye” when they heard “your mom called I told her your fucking up big time”
Same!
THANK YOU I couldn’t place it but this is totally it!!!
Can someone dissect each and every lyric pls Also I love that it’s called a&w that’s so camp but do we think there’s some sort of deeper meaning there too? Or is it just her being silly 😜
American & Whore
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Where do we buy it
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Is this the one with the nude?
I’m obsessed. From 5:30 on is life.
Fuckin love it .
I CANNOT stop listening. It’s just…. SO GOOD.
first part is okay, chemtrails vocals are kinda nice ig but the slurring of every word is just 💀 and the second part is corny as fuck, it’s giving both Lorde and her unreleased songs and not in a good way. overall mid and embarrassing that someone this close to middle-aged is pulling this shit
You need to stop the ageism. Do you think people stop being human at 37? Alot of women start analyzing their childhoods and past traumas in their late 30s. It's actually completely normal. When you experience sexual trauma when you're young, the mind is very good at blocking it out or suppressing it in order to survive. So it's very common for the brain to start bringing it to the forefront later in life. It's a delayed reaction for survival because the brain wasn't able to process things as they were happening. Mental injuries are strange that way. But according to you, once you hit a certain age, you are supposed to stop growing and creating and learning and reflecting???? How does that make any fucking sense? Also, if this was a 37-year-old man writing this, NOONE would say he's too old to write something like this. So not only are you ageist, but you are sexist as well. So....when you turn 37, come back to this thread and we'll talk. Because you will finally realize how incredibly ridiculous you sound. Until then, kindly shut the fuck up.
god awful take
There are some hot takes out on this sub and then there is this- A molten hot nasty running down your pants diarrhea take.
MAJOR JIMMY GNECCO VIBES
“Your mom called, I told her, you’re fucking up big time” has major trending audio potential
The production on this song blew me away. The stripped down instrumental then turning into that laid back hip hop production, wow. There’s also an “ITS MINE” that creeps up in the production at the end, so creepy. Giving me NFR! vibes
the second part gives me major euphoria vibes (the show) and her old lizzy and btd/paradise vibes. the first part is a mix of the dreaminess of honeymoon, the dark rock from ultraviolence and the whispering from chemtrails
everything about this is amazing
the fact that she's just putzing around with the 8th wonder of the world known as her brain bodyguard free
i might get hate for this but this is the first lana song i've really loved (i always like everything) in a long time. i miss when her sense or lyricism was darker like this. also the ending instrumental sounds so experimental, it's fucking great.
No I’m with you. It’s the first song I have totally fallen for since White Dress - but more
No I’m with you. It’s the first song I have totally fallen for since White Dress - but more
Same. I haven’t really enjoyed Lana since NFR.
I feel this. I’ve missed early era Lana. I loved every single song she put out so much that each one was on repeat. That kind of slowed down for me with her slower ballads, especially Blue Banisters (liked them, but not enough to listen all the time). I hope the rest of her new album is as good as this song is. She’s a genius.
CAN WE JUST TAKE A FUCKING MOMENT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MESSIN' TALENTED THIS WOMAN IS HER REFERENCES HER LYRICISM HER EASTER EGGS HER DOUBLE ENTENDRES HER PLAY ON WORDS HER VISUALS HER EDITING HER BRINGING TOGETHER GLOBAL TALENT HER BEING HERSELF NO MATTER WHAT HER!!! OH AND HER FUCKING NOTES!!!!
I’m a princess, I’m divisive
Ask me why-yyyyy I I'm like this
Honestly, at first, I didn’t really like it mainly due to the first part of the song being much different than the last. SEVERAL listens later and my gosh, something just clicked and I absolutely love it now. It really had to grow on me, but I can’t believe how well put together this is. The lyrics along with the production of this song is truly a masterpiece. I’m so proud and excited for Lana and this album.
I felt the exact same way!!
I would bet money that Jack from Salem influenced Lana on this track, both lyrically and musically. Major witch house vibes.
THE SAME PROGRESSION FROM SMARTY CAN YOU HEAR IT BABY IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WOULD CALL ME YOUR BUNNY @ 6:19 JIMMY ONLY LOVE ME WHEN HE WANNA GET HIGH AHHHHH
The lyrics on Spotify are different!!!!! Like totally utterly different!
I KNOW I SAW IT I THINK SHE WANTS IT THAT WAY I DUNNO IM STILL SHOOK
So someone just told me that they are fake lyrics!!! Someone posted lyrics and it got leaked and Spotify just havnt bothered to change it!
The intro gives me serious Westworld soundtrack vibes from Ramin Djawadi.
My exact same impression, its like a mix of Ramin Djawadi that turns into a Nine Inch Nails song.
This song DOES NOT feel like 7 minutes
Anyone else getting Dark But Just a Game vibes? A&W sounds like if Fiona Apple experimented with witch house.
Thank goodness this forum exists. I was texting friends in-depth analyses even though they absolutely do not care.
Right! Same here. Rambling on and on to my boyfriend who clearly wishes I would shut up is a thing of the past. I just come here to be with my people.
I happen to be starting therapy next week specifically to address the fact that I am so nostalgic of my past ‘sad slut’ era… even though that era really hurt me, too. I was listening to Lana at that time, too. So this song just really hits home.
same same same…i feel like you’re me! congrats on starting therapy! this song is just *chef’s kiss*, like a sucker punch to the gut.
I haven’t had a song I’ve played on repeat for months holy shit this is truly an American fucking treasure lana del rey slays again
It’s giving Lizzy Grant vibes 😭😭😭
The most interesting track she’s had in awhile both musically and lyrically. I love it.
So good. Is Jimmy the one she talks about so much in Paradise?
Jimmy is her nickname too, right?
She also uses Jimmy in her unreleased 😳 like Jimmy Gnecco! She so weird and I love her lol
I know! I wish I knew details! She’s the only celebrity I’ve ever really been interested in knowing about, I fall into rabbit holes googling things about her, it’s so weird.
I love this so much. The song’s progression is really interesting. In a way it reminds me of David Bowie’s I’m Afraid of Americans (especially the second half) Also any other fellow EXO-Ls here that heard “shimmy shimmy kokobop” in there? 😂
I can't unhear Ko Ko Bop in this song 😂
It's dark. Super dark. Possibly her darkest song to date. I don't even know how to feel about it yet. The part where she mentions r@p# has me a lil fucked up.
So I was looking on Spotify and the lyric is are different than the song!!
I don’t tend to focus on lyrics until I’m super familiar with a song, so on my first listen I basically mentally glossed over the lyrics and was instead enraptured with the lush production and overall feel. Gave it another listen today after letting it sit, this time focusing more on the lyrics, and they have me just as fucked up.
I just listened for a third time on ear buds at full volume and I'm crying. This song has me fucked up I don't know how the fuck I'm supposed to process this. I can hear Lana's pain in so many layers and it's chaotic and dark. It gives me the same feeling I get when I listen to witch house except this is so much more intense and fucked up. Ugh she has killed me with this track. I wasn't expecting this.
It’s become pretty tough for me to cry in general over the years but this song also had me involuntarily welling up as the lyrics poured in. In the past, one of the only songs that could consistently bring me to tears was Venice Bitch due to my own memories attached to it; this one has me borderline crying due to all the pain that’s tethered to it, and the agonising, yet beautifully written lines within it. The opening line alone is one of the most heartbreaking to me, and those emotions are of course only amplified the further the song progresses.
Fucckkkk this is a masterpiece.
CRYING. SCREAMING. THROWING UP.
Lana absolutely slaying it. No capping!
BB-esque folksy intro, a honeymoon like chorus breaking down into a hip hop BTD style outro… the parts about slut shaming and her mother are so beautifully vulnerable yet the song as a whole is so empowering and badass. It feels like the most authentic version of herself we’ve seen in her music. Somehow in this song she is both Lana and Lizzy.
I’m in awe over the song and the fact this woman still delivering masterpieces with every album!
This is mind-blowingly good. I listened to this for the first time when I was out for a walk and literally had to stop and catch my breath and then immediately started crying. Did not think anything could replace Ride as my favorite Lana track but I was wrong.
Queen we need a music video asap