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That's cool! Please bring us news on this talk for those of us who can't attend. This snippet reminded me of something celestial from the end of How Big How Blue How Beautiful, but now that you mentioned Welcome to My Island I can see a connection too. I'm wondering if she's not going to release this song this Wednesday, she's been releasing a lot of snippets, and so far we've only had two singles. And all the singles were released a week before the month ended.

Some fans are receiving postcards with track titles: - The Old Religion - Perfume and Milk -And Love - You Can Have It All - Sympathy Magic - Music By Men - Everybody Scream - One Of The Greats

Hey @sam.teas is the name of track 3 the old religion?

sza too

I think the connection is the fact that in Everybody Scream she ends up dead, and in One Of The Greats she starts the song about coming back from the dead, and the song itself is about resurrection.

Exactly, even the critics loved Dance Fever, so any argument against it is irrelevant.

Because 1:30pm will be US time, and 6:30pm for those who live in the UK

Is OOTG coming this week? Do you have any info?

Oh, poor little boy 😭 can't read a text because their ego was hurt........ Okay, my dear, don't even try, even if you wanted to you wouldn't understand what I mean, because apparently you only understand what you want to. Live your life in ignorance, it is a blessing!

If out of everything I wrote this was the only thing you managed to pay attention to, okay, maybe I'm right! LOL

You're all simply pathetic because if these recent eras were truly just 'fan service,' Florence would have gone back to working with Mark Dravs or Paul Epworth and released another album like How Big or Ceremonials. The truth is, you're stuck in an idealized past, unable to accept that an artist, especially a woman, can mature in ways that don't fit your narrow, preconceived boundaries. It seems the only path you recognize as legitimate for her is the one you can comprehend, and any attempt at innovation or change is dismissed as "caricature" 'cringe", or "pastiche" The thing is, Florence doesn't need your validation of outdated standards, she never did, and the aesthetic, whether it's bat wings, a cape, or a witch's dress, has never diminished the artistic value of her work, and it shouldn't. Nothing you say will ever change the relevance of a woman who's been in the game for almost 20 years, challenging expectations and reinventing herself along the way, while you remain stuck, criticizing her evolution simply because you can't see past what you once knew. Art doesn't have to reflect your own limited concepts of what's "serious" or "legitimate", Florence has always been more than a caricature, and that's exactly what makes her unique.

Autumn?? Autumn is just the artistic director, not someone actively involved in the songwriting process. And honestly, this idea that Florence needs the "trusty old machine" is laughable Isa is doing her own thing now, and she's not going to drop everything to fill a gap you think Florence can't manage herself. The whole critique about her lyricism being "repetitive" is exactly the kind of thing that gets thrown out before even hearing the full song. It's all a bit pathetic, don't you think?

Oh, but all the criticism of Heaven is Here was because of the short time, it was fair, the song is good, everyone liked it, they just hated it because it was too short.

on the genius website, there are only florence and bowen's names

florence posted several frames of movie scenes on instagram. could this be a reference to her next single? or will there be an announcement in the coming days?

I think she will only reveal it in the week of the album's release

More than five minutes? Around how many minutes could you say?

The video Florence posted had the following caption: "Show me the way, this feeling leads. The ache, the kick, the need 🪡" Probably the lyrics for the next song, should come in the next few weeks, I believe.

I also found the production spectacular, I saw a lot of people comparing it to Dance fever, more specifically to Daffodil, but Daffodil seems almost like an apathetic DEMO compared to it

And honestly it won't have the substance of How Big because it's not HBHBHB, as long as you keep waiting for HBHBHB, ceremonials and lungs, you'll never be able to appreciate anything new that Florence does, because you will always be comparing it to the previous one.

I also don't want her to go back to lungs, every previous album she mentioned lungs in some way as a reference, it's kind of time for her to move on lol.

I'm really rooting for this, because everything so far has been giving me a Dance Fever energy. Even more so now that there are rumors that Dave Bayley might be one of the producers.

King was also released on a Wednesday, maybe she is planning to do the same release.

I think it was the same guy, but he said it on Twitter, he didn't say anything special, he just said at the time that Florence had a new song, and that she mentioned Britney Spears in the song.

How come he didn't listen to the songs? Was the information he gave from third parties? Was it just things he heard there? LOL crazy I remember he gave very accurate descriptions of the dance fever and the latest single "mermaids"