Not even that far off from "Chemtrails Over The Country Club" being released this past March, Lana Del Rey dropped three new singles off her upcoming project, "Blue Banisters." They include the title track, "Text Book," and "Wildflower Wildfire." All three songs seem to merge the worlds of "COCC" with "Norman Fucking Rockwell," specifically Lana's mouthful of a track "Hope is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me To Have But I Have It." They also seem uncharacteristically more confessional than most of Lana's catalog to date, specifically "Wildflower Wildfire," which alludes to a conflict with her mother. She even starts the track with "Here's the deal," readying to show more of her backstory than she ever has in her decade-plus-long career. The three songs are gorgeous - especially "Text Book," which has a haunting quality to it (she mentions "Black Lives Matter" i
the way I first fell in love with Ms. G was by her starring role in a 90's version of Jane Eyre, with William Hurt. Yeah. I loved Jane Eyre so much, and was so into her performance that I spent hours on the still-lame internet (bored.com was the highlight of my webz experience) looking for pictures of her in 19th century bonnets. When she showed up again, over 10 years later, on your blog...it makes me want to read gothic novels again.
ReplyDeleteI am in love with her. fyi.
ReplyDeleteI really want to see her new movie but I keep forgetting the title.