New lana del rey ultraviolence6/20/2023 ![]() “Cruel World”: Lana goes Mazzy Star on this woozy, bluesy slow-burner about a self-professed crazy girl who’s just removed herself from a destructive relationship. Read on to get our track-by-track take of this sublime summer bum-out. It’s a delicious contrast that makes for a surprisingly great album. ![]() Auerbach offers a more sedate take on the “Born to Die” template, lightening the orchestrations, ditching the hip-hop beats, and presenting Lana as a perpetually scorned pop-noir fugitive - part Neko Case, part Katy Perry. Instead, she hands the bulk of the production duties to Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, whose back-to-basics rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic serves these tracks well. ![]() Lana Del Rey Debuts ‘West Coast’ in Star-Making Coachella Set She sings about drugs, cars, money, and the bad boys she’s always falling for, and while there remains a sepia-toned mid-century flavor to many of these songs, LDR is no longer fronting like a thugged-out Bettie Davis. On “Ultraviolence” - her third studio LP and second since transforming herself from mild-mannered retro songstress Lizzie Grant into the hyper-stylized post-modern glamour queen we’ve all come to love and/or hate - Del Rey once again dives into the depravity of American culture. ‘Ultraviolence’ Poll: What’s Your Favorite New Lana Del Rey Song?
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