Single: Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" - Page 550

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Originally posted by ElleDriver

Honestly, I believe Lana's biggest concern this era is the reception of her music by the critics. Fame is not her main priority anymore.

Exactly. She's more interested in being an artist and expressing herself through the music and WC was universally acclaimed.

Her team is just making things difficult with release dates and the crappy re-upload of WC.

Aciid

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Originally posted by ontherocks

Accidently revealing tour dates before it's offcial
Uploading a still of the single artwork with wrong premiere dates
Removing the song from iTunes after a week and then uploading a unsatisfying version of it
Gettin another two versions floating around
Not sending it out for adds, having no plan what to send out, not even in time
Obviously not getting enough budget to film a video worth for an artist who has made brilliant videos so far
Not saying anything about a release date of the album so far

I like that she is heading sowhere else with this record and the West Coast is a great song (although unsual for a first single), but when you release the first single from an artist who has sold 5 million records and over 12 million singles worldwide, you could at least expect that they can handle the releases with enough professionalism and respect towards the artist who has been one of the biggest selling acts the last 2,5 years worldwide.

Interscope is just the pits lately.

ontherocks

All I can say is, that I am really pissed when people post "it's not about the charts". Well, yeah, f*** the charts since sales are really the pits right now, so I could not care less about charts and sales, but at least be organized and professional. This is not Lana's fault at all. She has not disappointed with the music which is her part, I just don't know what the hell the people on her team are doing.

Tuxedo

Ultraviolence will sell enough to be not considered as a flop. It will be mostly frontloaded sales, but still.
Lana was always about the music. Her team doesn't care about charts, hence why it's all so messed up.

The best way would be pushing back the album for like 2 months and release the proper lead single.

KK_Lover

i liked the video…

ontherocks

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Originally posted by Tuxedo

Ultraviolence will sell enough to be not considered as a flop. It will be mostly frontloaded sales, but still.
Lana was always about the music. Her team doesn't care about charts, hence why it's all so messed up.

This is actually not really true. Everything was perfect till the Paradise release.
I think, at least if I remeber correctly, her team has changed last year.

ElleDriver

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Originally posted by highwayuni

Hipsters who don't buy music anyway are going to hate her.

Everyone else will love her.

That's how it worked out last era. There's no point trying to appeal to the Pitchfork crowd

And you know that how? Her sound has changed drastically (for the better) and so has her image.
I can see why these people threw her under the bus when she first came to the scene. She seemed too perfect, too pretty to be a good artist. Her current state as an artist comes across as more genuine and less manufactured than her previous one so I'm sure she still has a chance to become more liked among that crowd.

Mad respect to her for staying true to herself and not selling out.

highwayuni

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Originally posted by ontherocks

All I can say is, that I am really pissed when people post "it's not about the charts". Well, yeah, f*** the charts since sales are really the pits right now, so I could not care less about charts and sales, but at least be organized and professional. This is not Lana's fault at all. She has not disappointed with the music which is her part, I just don't know what the hell the people on her team are doing.

Yes, yes and yes!

babyboy44

im watching the video non stop!

rbautz

But why is it messy? Because of us.

We have 3 stakeholders. The production (Lana, Dan etc.) The management and the label.

And they all don't trust each other.

Hello everyone, Beyonce 4, it leaked 4 weeks before release date and it was a disaster.

So the production won't give anything out until the last possible date and when the label got it they realized they have a great album but they want to polish this product a little bit and this is now the status.

ontherocks

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Originally posted by ElleDriver

I'm aware that this era has been messy marketing wise but Lana seems unbothered. I can deal with the mess as long as the artist doesn't care either tbh.

How do you know? Have you talked to her? Don't you think that she is bothered when she sees that her hard work, crafting an album gets treated this way? Do you expect her to adress this?
An artist will hardly discuss this in public, especially not before the record is out, unless they have some major meltdowns.

highwayuni

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Originally posted by ElleDriver

And you know that how? Her sound has changed drastically (for the better) and so has her image.
I can see why these people threw her under the bus when she first came to the scene. She seemed too perfect, too pretty to be a good artist. Her current state as an artist comes across as more genuine and less manufactured than her previous one so I'm sure she still has a chance to become more liked among that crowd.

Mad respect to her for staying true to herself and not selling out.

Like I said, it's good that she's doing her own thing. I like West Coast, it's a good song.

But have you read the blogs? They still HATE her. Even after West Coast. They're never going to take her back.

She's evolving purely on her own terms and she's not doing it for anyone in particular.

Azealia Banks

the video is great im fine

, i want an avi out of it

ontherocks

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Originally posted by highwayuni

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I don't even care about the video. If that's the visual she wants then that's fine. I don't like it but it doesn't matter.

But her team has been so incompetent lately. From the beginning they couldn't even put up the banners on her site correctly. They got leaked and the dates didn't match up with each other. Even the iTunes banner came out too late. Then the video release date has been all over the place

I am convinced that they have completely forgotten about Europe too.

Interscope needs to crack that whip and give them deadlines.

Did I mention that after they removed West Coast from the UK iTunes during the second week all the pre-orders are gone and everybody has to re-buy the song again? Of course, hardly anybody will do that. Another thing that can be added to the list of mess ups I have posted previously.

Yassin512

I seriously think somebody doesn't like her success and is trying to do some damage!

Superbitch

https://soundcloud.com/lanaismofficial/ldr-wc-radio-mix

THIS IS FLAWLESS. This is the one that should've replaced the one they removed. This is the one that could be a hit, even in US radio

WTF? her team/label is really messy

zach

I swear, instead of trying to continue her success, they are trying to sabotage it.

BadKidBrodie

What happened?

YR.

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Originally posted by zach

I swear, instead of trying to continue her success, they are trying to sabotage it.

Mte. Such a shady label...

Arcosmusic

You guys are dramatic. I swear, all the negativity surrounding any artist always stems from the fanbase. Some people obsess over her success as if it was their own. Every artist is marketed differently and there is no right or wrong way of doing anything in the music industry. Lana doesn't need the label to pimp her album. The music will sell itself to the people interested, just like it did with Born To Die and Paradise.