#so we only have the outtro for overlap

[arbitrarygreay]

I am fully aware that the lyrical content of the Nick Jonas song is hilariously opposed to the spirit of the other two songs, but the Olivia Rodrigo song lacks a pre-chorus entirely, on top of being short already, so I needed another song with title meme value as filler.

Believe me, if I could have gone with only Olivia seething over the rich young girly hosoi I would have, but alas unlike 24K Seishun this isn't a case where I could leave most of the arrangement on the cutting room floor.

[la-paritalienne]

well???? where my song by song review of nfr??? I wanna knooow

aaahhhhh wowwww! i wasn’t expecting this but i’d looove to do it so thank you for giving me the opportunity. this is how i feel right now of course, some songs could grow on me even more, but in general i feel like this his her best work and the quality is just over the top, so my grades are going to be veeeery high.

norman fucking rockwell: i adore this as an album opener, it just sets the mood perfectly, lyrically it’s genius and vocally it’s mind-blowing but like, in a soft way? (when she goes bluuuuue). however, it’s not a song i’d listen to on repeat or ‘on its own’, like personally it makes sense within the album but it’s probably my least fave on its own. my fave lyrics: why wait for the best when i could have you?

8/10

mariners apartment complex: look… this song came out so long ago that i almost would forget how beautiful it is, but it is truly a masterpiece, from the first line to… well, the outro?? it’s been a long since i’ve truly listened to it but in redoing it, i’m amazed, and i feel like in the context of the whole album, it acquires even more depth and beauty. fave lyrics: they mistook my kindness for weakness, i fucked up i know that but jesus, can’t a girl just do the best she can? 

9/10

venice bitch: i can’t simply say this is a work of art��because all of the songs in this album are. but this is like. THE masterpiece, the statement piece. a ten minute dreamy trip, so layered and when you think ‘that’s it, this is my favourite part’ another one comes in – for me it’s the outtro that really does it. fave lyrics: fresh out of fucks forever

10/10

fuck it i love you: sounds like one of the chillest, ‘easiest’ ones, but the lyrics are so poignant and her voice really does things (dream a little dream of me)….. overall it’s just one of my faves. again, strong outtro game, when everything overlaps uuughhhh it gives me chills. fave lyrics: it turns out everywhere you go you take yourself, that’s not a lie

9,5/10

doin’ time: this isn’t technically lana’s song but it’s already an amazing song + her covering it? a 10. fave lyrics: me and my girl, we got this relationship. i love her so bad, but she treats me like shit (mainly bc hearing lana sing ‘me and my girl’… bye) but also the tension is getting hotter, i’d like to hold her…head underwater

10/10

love song: gorgeous. romantic yet sexy and gritty in just the right way. the refrain is heavenly… fave lyrics: oh, be my once in a life time (and the rest of the refrain too tbh, but these words just pierce through my soul)

9,5/10

cinnamon girl: i haven’t even pressed play and i’m already teary eyed. this should say everything. fave fave fave. lyrics, piano, voice, mood… i can’t formulate a proper review bc it’s just the way this song gets under your skin and makes you feel… it’s unexplainable like i could only keysmash and shiver and cry. fave lyrics: if you hold me without hurting me, you’ll be the first who ever did

100/10

how to disappear: chills. the sound is so old school it transports you far away and the lyrics are genius bc they’re like… situational (is this a word?) and descriptive and then she goes ‘and this is how to disappear’ like how exactly??? genius i tell you. fave lyrics: i’m always going to be right here, no one’s going anywhere

9+/10

california: i mean… born to die / paradise vibes!!!!!!! we’ll do whatever you want, travel wherever etc >>>>>>>> the only thing i can say is i like this part better than the ‘rest’, not that the rest isn’t great, but this is what truly makes the song to me. fave lyrics: you don’t ever have to be stronger than you really are, when you’re lying in my arms baby

9,5/10

the next best american record: it’s a good song but then the refrain comes!!!!!! and it’s a great song. not my fave overall but still. the glass shattering is a plus! fave lyrics: it’s you, all the roads lead to you 

8,5/10

the greatest: it’s poetic, nostalgic and slightly depressing but it has current affair references which make the whole song more meaningful and iconic, to me. and the guitarrrrrrr. not a song i’d listen to on repeat tho, compared to others in the album. fave lyrics: the culture is lit and i’ve had a ball, i guess i’m signing off after all

8,5/10

bartender: i feel like my review is kind of boring bc i’m always like ‘the lyrics!!! genius!!!’ but this is it. all the ladies… the pre-chorus and the chorus remind me of another lana era, maybe even the honeymoon one (which is the closest to my heart maybe?) and i feel like this song is full of tiny gems that make it unforgettable, even though it sounds like one of the lighter ones of the album… girls just want to have fun, cherry coke, ‘ha ha ha ha’, baby remember… love love love. fave lyrics: the poetry inside of me is warm like a gun

9,5/10

happiness is a butterfly: when it starts is so metaphorical and gloomy but then she goes don’t be a jerk don’t call me a taxi and i get chills in my brain. her voice is particularly magical here, i feel. the imagery is a+, the mix of surreal and everyday life, existential questions and i just wanna dance with you. a fave! aaaand fave lyrics: happiness is a butterfly, try to catch it like every night, it escapes from my hands into moonlight. every day is a lullab, i hum it on the phone like every night

10/10

hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but i have it: to me this is the second statement piece of the album, after venice bitch. the title is already like… taking a stand. amazing closer. the lyrics are like… incomprehensible yet you’re like yes… i get you and you get me, thank you for this piece queen. it’s got sylvia plath, ‘hi dad’, ipad, revolution… i feel like there’s so much to unlock in here that i don’t even want to unlock it, just sit back and enjoy the ride. plus it ends the album with a beautiful glint of hope for which, again, thank you queen. bonus for the broken falsetto. fave lyrics: i’ve been tearing up town in my fucking white gown like a goddamn near sociopath

10/10

feel free to let me know what you think! ♡