TeenageDream

Hyperpop has always provided commentary on commofidiation within late stage capitalism, stressing how even authenticity becomes a pricey commodity. Essentially this album is a testament that it has fulfilled that objective of confounding the lines between high and low brow art. Whether that means the genre has crashed upon itself or is simply embracing the inevitable i don't know but the songs bop.

There's a nostalgia to this record, while most Lana albums are introspective this one simultaneously becomes a reflection. There's a delight in artists releasing music not to prove something but just for the hell of it: a culmination and a wonderous release. While she retreated from social media for a more quiet release, the sounds speak for themselves - This is Lana Del Rey's victory lap album. At it's softest the songs are sweet lullabies, and at it's hardest the tracks descend into wailing ... read more

Chemtrails is a delicate experience. A gentle outpouring of emotions that could only come from a grown and fully realized songstress. The songs are woven together by a sense of intimacy wherein Lana holds the listener close like a a baby and loves them like a woman. Chemtrails doesn't hold the epics of Ultraviolence nor the tongue-in-cheek pop of Born To Die, instead the album wanders gently through one's head. It's softness and reservation amount to an everlasting work and what I can only ... read more

those heavy depression chest pains are what i feel deathconciousness is in music form. A fog of noise so submerging and sharp but still so enduring. Listening is equivalent to facing a void and contemplating if there's solace in falling in.