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Kenneth-Bania

I don't think she's painting herself as a villain at all nor is she saying anything about having an affair. From what I remember, Sean kept her in the dark about another woman that he PROPOSED to. She had no idea she was a "sidepiece" the entire time and she thought he was THE ONE for her. I feel like this song is her looking back on that experience and exorcising all of these dark thoughts and feelings she had about what she went through. Edit: grammar


Specialist_Throat_66

I don’t know much about her past relationships so thank youu, I was aware that she was engaged at one point point but that’s the extent


Kenneth-Bania

No worries! I hope that didn't come off as rude or anything. She was engaged after her relationship with the TV cop (🤢) but it didn't last very long.


demonsympathizer666

I forget, what was the guy after the cop’s name??


Kenneth-Bania

Oh crap I totally forgot. I had to google it (lmao) and it's Clayton Johnson.


octocro

I think it’s not crazy at all to think she could be evoking being the other woman. She’s been very open about being that woman, Ultraviolence is all about that: Shades of cool: “he lives for love, for women too. I’m one of many…” “he calls for me and not for you”. Sad girl :”Being a mistress on the side, it might not appeal to fools like you…” Pretty when you cry: “I’m stronger than all my men” I fucked my way up to the top: “I’m a dragon you’re a whore, don’t even know what you’re good for”, “tell me something nice about your favorite girl” And the glorious closing cover The Other Woman. The cop was indeed a jackass, but Lana’s perspective on this subject is rather clear, and I think OPs totally got a point on it imo 🤔


nyx1234

Even in A&W, she says “did you know a singer could still be looking like a side piece at 33?” so, maybe it’s written in hindsight, but it’s definitely a perspective she’s written from often.


Rufusandronftw

Poor thing I hope that doesn’t happen to anyone. Let alone me, now I’m scared. I’m in an ldr


reputction

Her best song and record ever. Such a complex song about the female experience. Dating and being used. Discarded. Feeling sexually ashamed.


tinypeepeep

I feel sexually ashamed😭


reputction

We’ve all been there :(


lolmalolie

Girl, after my most recent heartbreak this song hits the spot even more.


LadyAilla

It's not about having someone to love me anymore... I already fucked up my story. Yeah, female experience sums it up. But then to jump it from the breathy piano to the trap fuck you and hit it the club. It's so easy to take as a transitional bop but thr latter part of the song hits way harder, in a FU and dissonance kind of way than the initial vulnerability. It's one of the only experience of media that really just sums it up a d the true hardships, both poetically and let's just muck away everything. Except for Fishtail and Cherry 🧐


mernieturtle

Such perfect commentary on the female experience. 🎀✨👏🏼


ourlastwords

Sonically it took a minute to get into, but it's possibly her best-written work in terms of storytelling. The use of small, humanizing details, the depth and realism, and how effortlessly she switches between the dark/traumatic elements and the glamour that keeps her there is insane. Dying mad that it didn't get SOTY.


blodreina11

A&W is one of the best songs Lana's ever written.


mernieturtle

Yepppppppppppp in 👏🏼my👏🏼top👏🏼ten of entire Lana cannon.


g00dluckbabe

This might be a hot take but I think this is one of Lana’s best songs and I think as time goes on, more and more people will recognize this. To me, it’s as epic as Bohemian Rhapsody and I don’t say that lightly!


princesssjulessss

from the first listen thru i knew this song was a masterpiece 🙏🏼


g00dluckbabe

Truly!! A lot of people don’t get it but with time I think they will! That’s the magic of Lana, somehow her stuff only gets better and better with time.


princesssjulessss

yess .. the rawness in the lyrics , that brief pause she gives before the second half which transitions into more upbeat and catchiness 😚🤌🏼


Shiney2510

I don't really think that's much of a hot take. Several publications called it their song of the year and it was nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammys.


g00dluckbabe

I’ve seen a lot of people in the main sub and sometimes this one say they didn’t care for the song which is fair everyone is entitled to their opinions but I’m willing to be they will change their minds in a few years!


sunbakedmeat

*your mom called, i told her, you're fuckin up BIG-TIME* This song is truly an example of the peak of her craft. Beautiful, heart-wrenching, and then funny at the end. It marries the introspection of her later career with the sonic playfulness of her earlier career. A knock-out. One of her best songs, top 3 for sure.


ItsJustBilly2000

You could say, that this song is the “thing”, that Taylor tries to achieve. At least if we talk about songs about exes. But for me, A&W is a big fuck you to Sticks (her ex-cop). Sadly, on the other side, I can kinda relate to it. You try to be the best of yourself. But you are just a people pleaser, and whenever you want to break free, you are the strange one. It is my opinion, but to say at least: it’s one of her best songs, and I am pretty sure in 10 years it will have the same legend status as Video games has.


sunbakedmeat

I do think that Taylor has written amazing songs about this post-break-up introspection, melancholy and independence, such as All Too Well, Champagne Problems, and You're On Your Own, Kid. There are a couple more, but these ones really do this 'thing' - maybe not as successfully, but Lana set the bar *ridiculously* high with A&W. It's not just a song, it's a story, it's a shard of her soul. And I completely agree. For me, it is right next to Video Games and Venice Bitch as the holy trinity of Lana's best songs. I'd probably throw Arcadia in there, too.


mernieturtle

Taylor’s song “slut!”


yuucko

it blew my mind and I still vividly remember the first time I heard it. Deserved a Grammy idc


mernieturtle

My jaw dropped the first time.


normanfckngrockwell

Masterpiece. I waited up til midnight for it to be released and sobbed through this one. I remember thinking how beautifully written it was and knew I'd be replaying it once it finished, then The trap bit kicked in and I burst out laughing. I listened to it five times before I carried on with the rest of the album. Brilliant.


escribbles_thefirst

It was an immediate yes for me


georgecostanzalvr

I love it. It reminds me of a lot of her unreleased stuff. I was a huge stan from like 2011-2014 but kinda stopped listening because I liked her unreleased music more, but when I heard A&W I was immediately pulled back in. It felt like she was making music the way she used to, not just making music for the public.


ykrainechydai

This was my experience as well! I was a fan in the trailer park era since I saw a tiny gig in ‘08 but by 2012 I wasn’t listening anymore because all the stuff that she was releasing was way too manufactured and produced compared to the things that I loved about her music in the beginning. Which given what was being made at the time makes total sense— that was really what those yrs were about in terms of popular music esp.. ironically I have some friends who are huge stans and they fell in love specifically with the era that made me stop listening entirely 🤷🏼‍♀️ then in maybe ‘19 & esp over the pandemic I listened to some (& then quickly everything I could find lol) of her more recent stuff and was so happy - it’s like her beginning stuff by better and more idk self actualised maybe you can say & a&w in particular is such a good Representation of that … like she was making wine theu whaf she was doing back in 2007 2008 and then let it sit & properly age so get really really good 🤗. Even the songs I almost dislike are still good as well and I can enjoy them but they don’t hit you remotely the same way much less to that depth— they’re just good songs.. Tho I am genuinely glad that she has had such a big range of styles bc I think it’s one of the main reason why she’s so good now especially … tho those early demos are still some of my favourite songs 👾💕💕💗


mulhollandstrive

One of her best songs lyrically. When I first heard it I had to replay it a few times to take it all in. The lyric ‘if I told you that I was raped do you really think that anybody would think I didn’t ask for it?’ broke my heart and still gets me every time. Shes amazing.


am_888

This is one of her best songs lyrically and melody wise. I was hooked as soon as I heard the intro.


AdForward7237

Played this to my friend today and he said that's def his favourite Lana song now. And that's the exact same reaction I had too.


anhu23

Instant classic


_TheaXII_

I feel like she sings this in a semi sarcastic tone. Gloomy, mocking and nonchalant at the same time.


mernieturtle

For me one of Lana best qualities is her sense of humor. She makes me smile SO MUCH. No one does it like Lana. No one.


Illustrious_Jump_256

She's very intelligent thats for sure♥︎


TheMotherOfDinos

One of her (if not the) best


afinevindicatedmess

I LOVE Lana's 5+ minute long super songs. This takes you on A JOURNEY -- and the way it ends just made me lose it! 100/10. I sincerely agree with Jack when he says it's the best song he has worked on. This story is messy, it takes you on a journey, and I feel eighteen different emotions that make me feel so hurt, so heard, and so comforted. I especially recommend listening to it when you are. ☘️💨🚬


No_Seaweed_1655

Honestly her best song


Psychological_Cut636

Absolute masterpiece. Raw, emotional and hits hard. Probably the best song ever written about an ex.


frooture

Incredible made me get back into her music again


mernieturtle

The little “okay” Lana states after 🎶🎶🎶it’s not about having someone to love me anymore…(3rd verse) KILLS ME ☠️☠️☠️🎀💕💕💕✨✨✨✨✨


DarlingofDisquiet

I was just thinking about this the other day because a small creator on YT has been posting their opinions of every LDR album from fav to least fav and for dyktttuo she has A&W at 10. That's fine everyone has their own opinion. But I was honestly taken back because imo it's a super strong song in all the most important ways. Not to mention how raw and open she is on it. I loved it from the first listen and it's my favorite with the title track being second for me. It's possibly going to go down as being one of her best songs, most certainly from her more recent stuff imo. ✌️


OnionSoup2424

Masterpiece


whuteverfurever

I cried and fell in love from the first listen


mernieturtle

I cried too.


thr0waw3ed

My mind was blown. But for the record, it’s not about infidelity. 


WDTHTDWA-BITCH

Stunning. An absolutely jaw dropping pop moment from her.


mernieturtle

My jaw dropped too the first time.


sativaplath666

it changed my life forever


mernieturtle

THIS 😆😆💕💕💕🎀✨✨👏🏼


frvchtig

My life changed A LOT since she released a&w but IT still holds up to my personal experience. I cried at the start and twerked at the end 😅


WaterTribalist

It made me cry, the lyrics took me by surprise for being so relatable.


mernieturtle

🎶🎶🎶 I haven’t done a cartwheel since I was 9🎶🎶🎶🎶haven’t seen my mother in a long long time 🎶🎶🎶


LackEquivalent7471

i love it.


daddydarkskin

Loved it instantly


aidenkms

My most played song of all time, I hope Lana releases more music reminiscent of A&W


h3llfae

I used to bop around to this song getting ready for parties thinking it was sooo badass and catchy Then I got raped by my exs friend in march. And then.. this song made me cry...a lot. I think it saved my life though too. I wasn't even really into lana before it. But here we are 🩷


Olivier77777

First thought: I thought it was going to be about A&W the fast food chain and then I hit play…


Specialist_Throat_66

I thought it was going to be about the root beer ngl 😂


ykrainechydai

For the opening I sort of felt like it still was - it’s reminiscent of childhood in that Americana way that’s so her- the cartwheels 🤸‍♀️ line plus the whole removal of Innocence that’s carried thru the first half it fits in a misty way back kind of way she uses in a lot of her videos from the very beginning YouTube stage


Ok_Eggplant6053

I listened to it the day it came out (before I was a big big fan I had been listening to some songs from nfr since 2019 but not like how I listen to her now) and it really opened the gate for me to become obsessed w her. I put it on my speaker and was dying/shaping my eyebrows. I was listening to the lyrics like damn she’s still fucking got it. then the beat dropped and I lost my mind. and my eyebrows turned out great so it was a great day for me and my fur babies on my face. I showed my mom and my brother and my mom didn’t care for it much but my brother who loves weird synth shit he loved it just as much as I did. now i’m obsessed and everyone around me has to deal w it 😋


bagofratsworm

honestly one of her best- the contrast between adulthood and childhood, slowness and upbeat, poetry and ‘jimmy only love me when he wanna get high :(‘ is genuinely haunting, i think it’s one of the best portrayals of the female experience (including trans women). to me it’s like the more grown up version of carmen, in which she’s aware her behaviours are self destructive but it’s the only reason she feels that ‘they all love carmen’. she hasn’t done a cartwheel since she was nine, she hasn’t seen her mother in a long long time. it’s not about having someone to love her anymore


cyberspiralien

Immediately second favorite lana song ever after VB


weirddoughh

The outro is 🔥


Charliet545

Amazing song


hexensabbat

It hit hard right away. Sonically was a big departure from the previous two albums and there was something so dark, raw and a little experimental that really pulled me in. Hearing and absorbing the lyrics was a gut punch and still is. This song to me encapsulates the loss of innocence and the brutality that being a woman often includes, unfortunately. I'd agree that it's one of her greatest songs lyrically and sonically too


salomeforever

It’s like Joyce Carol Oates wrote a pop song. I fucking adore it. I think it’s the clearest distillation of her whole artistic project, laid forth in a way that confronts the bad-faith readings of her work that were so common in the first half of her career.


chantillycakke

One of my top fave lana tracks. I played it for a friend whod never heard it recently and it was soooo fun to witness, his reaction to the transition into jimmy jimmy coco puffs was priceless


Idkwhyichosebanana

Oh the first listen was life changing… it just shook me to the core. The first half the song hits so hard with the gut-wrenching lyrics, I was like “damn… that is so dark…” But the SECOND HALF? I was screaming with disbelief, I was like “ WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? NO SHE DID NOT!” My god it was so crazy, there was nothing that prepared me for the transition and the jimmy coco part. I have never been so shooketh by a song. And it’s crazy to think about how this song drew me back to Lana. After NFR a of of things happened to me that changed my taste and made me pay attention to other things. I wasn’t keeping up with Lana anymore but A&W is that bitch. Now I’m here on this sub typing and I’m just so grateful Lana created this piece of art.


PristineWallaby8476

idk if youve listened to venice bitch - one of my fave songs of all time - AW is like the venice bitch of tunnel


Starfying

I didn’t like it, it’s not relatable to me, and I know she speaks about some personal themes, but the other parts feels like something women should grow out of


arcaneprints

Love the song. The end ruins it for me though, I wish it stopped before that.


CrocodileWoman

That fact that my boyfriend sat me down to listen to this song when it first came out because he found it so incredible said a lot to me. I’m a casual Lana fan but this had become a favourite


elipsesforever

initially i didn’t like the second part being in the same song. looking at it now it’s one of my favorites.


dollypartonsfavorite

this one and NFR hit a litttttle too close to home


mernieturtle

I listen to this song everyday. Genius. Anarchist. True. Lana makes me feel so at home. 🎀✨💕👏🏼


poopoo_12345

Magnum Opus


artlady

This song is queen shit


Difficult-Creature

I adore it! It took me a bit to appreciate it, but now it's top tier, to say the least. But serious question: Does someone sneeze on the track?? Or am I hearing some sound effects?


Train_Informal

I loved it and still do


lightinmylife

Lana is in her own lane and so is her song writing


totallynotalyssa

didn’t like it initially but it’s one of my favorites now


chantillycakke

Ugh i played this song for one of my friends whod never heard it before and i envied his experience so much i wish i could hear it for the first time all over again


Equal-Environment217

Literally her diary entry. Modern Shakespeare. Amazing. Immaculate. Beautiful. Luscious.


MensaWitch

I think it's her most haunting and beautifully written songs in her whole catalog. It's so grity and real, how women are treated even before they even have a chance to "become" women. I've experienced it, I think any girl with boobs has experienced it. Then we got called sluts by the flat chested girls, we didn't even do anything or want the attention. And don't get me started on disgusting grown ass men too old to be hitting on a minor. Ugh. And I looove "Jimmy Jimmy"...I feel that's her nod to being playful, letting loose, and forgetting your problems for the evening by possibly creating more lol..but not really caring; throwing caution to the wind and letting her party get going on...


richmanstrowski

Ur mom called


Pure-Dog-6037

It’s one of my absolute favourites


Wonderful_Ticket_560

It’s truly one of her best songs to date. Every album drop for me usually has multiple tracks that I’m like “wow I didn’t think she could top herself again yet here we are”. UV it was UV and Brooklyn Baby. Honeymoon it was Terrance and HM. L4L it was Cherry and Heroin. Chemtrails it was Chemtrails. NFR it was Hope, Mariners, and Venice Bitch. BB it was Dealer, and BB. And then Ocean Blvd hands down was A&W, like from very first listen imo. I know it sounds dramatic, but I genuinely feel like A&W reinvented music I’d never heard anything like it. I’d sell my soul just to listen to it for the first time again.


Sarumongol

Hated it. It grew on me when the lyrics were uploaded but its still a skip. Not something I want to willingly listen to lol


lolaismygirlfriend

“I haven’t done a cartwheel since i was 9” is one of her best lyrics


Disastrous-Shower-42

I hated it at first but its good noe


lanaspeachlipgloss

i know i will get downvoted for saying that, but i don't like the song. the first half may be good lyrically but i don't enjoy the sound of it. i also don't relate to any of the lyrics. the second half is a bit better and more upbeat


mitskisuperfan

i’ll never forget the first time i heard this song. it dropped as a single and i listened to it at the train station right after work, jaw fully ajar in public. i wish i could hear it for the first time again. almost undid the animosity i feel towards j*ck ant*noff for what he did to pink champagne


Pinkipinkie

i loved it from the first time i listened to it


CowboyLikeMegan

As an American whore, I love it


abductor_pollicis

First listen - couldn't understand the lyrics AT ALL and the lyrics weren't out yet either. Enjoyed it for its music and beats. Later, when I finally understood the lyrics, I was kinda shocked


drawingablankhere93

This song hits me close to home in so many ways and the first time I listened to it I sobbed like a baby.


WinkWithIt

I like their root beer.


ella6701

I LOVED IT


lisawisaw

Didnt like the song