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Found some great videos from the Vegas show: Also, Bonnie announced a second pressing of the Hot City vinyl, available through her webstore. Now that the tour with Kiesza is over, hopefully we'll get an update on Hot City deluxe soon! She did tease that a Halloween surprise was coming as well.

Vinyl is already sold out! Hopefully everyone here who wanted one was able to get one!

Vinyl (pre-order, I'm assuming) coming tomorrow at 8am PT / 11am ET!

I'd love to see "Everything But You" get the single treatment. It makes me irrationally upset that it's the least streamed song on the album (on Spotify anyway). I'm sure it's a result of it being towards the end of the tracklist. It deserves it's moment in the sun! Otherwise I think "Rewind Your Heart" would be a perfect final single in the fall. I don't know why, but that song has always given me a breezy autumn vibe.

SOS! Vinyl coming in the fall, and deluxe edition confirmed!

MERCH!! https://bonniemckee.rosecityworks.com/ (Damn, those are some expensive t-shirts lol)

I can't believe the album is finally here. 😭 What a moment. It's hard to put into words how it feels to finally have these songs officially released and available to stream/buy legally – and Bonnie finally getting the coins she deserves! From watching all of the live performances of these songs on loop back in 2013/14, being distraught finding out that the album was shelved, stumbling upon this forum years later and finding other people so tied to these songs, the wild ride of having many of the demos finally leak and refreshing this forum like a madman, Bonnie finally changing her tune about the songs sounding "dated" and embracing them again, her announcing that she'd be re-recording / releasing this project, SLAY finally being released officially (what a moment 😭), the endless delays, microbop gate, the insanely polished visuals and concepts, that album cover (!!!) and now – after all of this time – an official release. The journey to Hot City was truly been WILD, and there is a huge sense of relief / closure finally having finished versions of these songs, as Bonnie meant for us to hear them. What a time to be alive! I can't wait to play the hell out of this album. A few of my thoughts on first listen... - "Don't Get Mad" is lightyears better as a full song with a second verse / bridge. (I just wish it were Bonnie singing the second verse and not whoever Sophie Powers is...) - "Show You Mine" is a BANGER. The lyrics and vibe take me right back to 2013, and it fits in so perfectly with the songs we already knew. - I find the track sequencing of the album kind of odd. Maybe I'm just used to hearing the songs in a certain order, but I can't believe she didn't take advantage of the obvious Forever 21 > Hot City transition. I also feel like a lot of the "heavy hitter" tracks are in the middle of the album when they should be up front imo. - "Snatched" is... something. I get what she was going for in creating a drag / gay anthem, but it sticks out like a sore thumb. It should have been a stand alone single. - "Electric Heaven" is a religious experience. - "Just a Kiss" is stunning. And I think "Stars in Your Heart" is the perfect album closer. I'm happy that it and "Sleepwalker" found a home here, because I've always considered them to be a part of this project. - WTF did she do to "I Wanna Call You"? 😭 I'm not a fan of the new lyrics in "Everything But You" either, but as someone mentioned above... I wonder if she had to change them for legal reasons? I could be wrong, but I think I remember her saying in her TikTok comments that it would be "expensive" to include this song because of Max Martin's involvement. Anyway, overall this is a near-perfect album for me (I would have changed the track sequencing and cut "Snatched") and we are truly BLESSED on this day. 😇 Can't wait to buy the hell outta the merch / physical copies!

5 DAYS until our wigs go on vacation to Hot City! PS... now that we know it was scrapped, does anyone wanna leak "Soundtrack to the End" to keep us fed until Friday?

I'm sooo ready for the new version of "Electric Heaven" to bless our ears!

Fingers crossed for an album artwork / tracklist reveal today. 🤞 T-minus 3 weeks until release day! It's so weird that she hasn't officially announced it on social media / dropped a pre-save link yet. Right before DGMGF dropped she talked about how important pre-saves were for unlocking a budget. You'd think she'd want to allow herself as much time as possible to gather pre-saves...

The whiteboard list is: ✓ American Girl ✓ Forever 21 ✓ Somebody’s Gonna Get Hurt ✓ Waking Up Diagonal ✓ I Wanna Fucking Call You ✓ Outlaw ✓ Electric Heaven ✓ Everything But You ✓ Rewind Your Heart ✓ Jenny’s Got a Boyfriend ✓ Show Me Your Love Worst In Me Hit Man Wild Card Mirage Hot City I assume the songs with checkmarks next to them were the top contenders for the album. It's weird that "Hot City" was so far down the list back in the day, and now it's the title track! Maybe it was a very early / different version of the song as we now know it. She did say she originally pitched it to Cher for her "Closer to the Truth" album.

I know we're all anxiously awaiting the final tracklist, but is anyone else super excited for the album cover reveal? TBH I thought the "Hot City" single cover would have been a PERFECT album cover. It really captures the '80s vibe and the summery energy of so many of the tracks. It's also incredibly eye catching and I could really see it standing out on the shelf in a record shop. It's literally like staring at a sunset... so gorgeous you can't take your eyes off it. We all know how meticulous Bonnie is when it comes to visuals, so if the album cover is better than THIS I think we're all in for a real treat.

Y'alllllll! I may be jumping the gun here, but Bonnie has started tweeting lyrics from the album. Knowing that she just recently turned it in, I wonder if this is the start of a tracklist reveal? Don't Get Mad Get Famous SLAY I think I remember her saying somewhere that "Don't Get Mad" was intended to be the album opener, no? It'll be interesting to see what happens next...

Genuinely curious how it takes months to edit a 3 minute music video?