Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey Finds Grace While Searching For ‘Arcadia’
“My body is a map of L.A./ And my heart is like paper, I hate ya,” Lana Del Rey sings in the second verse “Arcadia,” the fourth single from her eighth studio album, Blue Banisters, out October 22nd via UMG. If we as a society have learned anything in the 10-odd years since “Video Games,” it’s that nobody does breakup songs quite like Lana Del Rey. Though just about everyone since has tried. “Arcadia” is both elegant and elegiac. Over a muted piano, Del Rey sings her origin story with an innocence that recalls Daniel Johnston’s compact masterpiece, “Story Of An Artist.” The way she lets us hear just enough of a quiver feels like an act of surrender for Del Rey. Without the old Hollywood glamor, Del Rey sounds liberated, clear-eyed, and mournful. Del Rey, like her folk forbears Patty Griffin...
Lana Del Rey Pushes Back Blue Banisters, Teases New Song
Lana Del Rey fans are going to have to find another soundtrack for their 4th of July festivities this year. After revealing that her upcoming album, Blue Banisters, was slated for a July 4 release, the singer-songwriter took to Instagram on Saturday night to break the news that it’s now “TBD.” But it wasn’t all bad news. Del Rey let fans down easy by also unveiling the album’s cover art: a photo of her in a yellow dress, sitting barefoot on a deck alongside her two German Shepherds Tex and Mex. She also teased a new single off the album in a separate post. “Album out later later… Single out soonish. Have a good fourth x” she captioned the video, which sees her singing along to a slow piano-led song. This will be the fourth offering off Blue Banisters. In May, Del Rey shared its title ...
Lana Del Rey Releases Three Songs From Blue Banisters
If nothing else, 2021 has been quite busy for Lana Del Rey. She released Chemtrails Over the Country Club in March and since then has teased several other new releases this year. Now, we can hear what she’s been up to. Del Rey released three new songs on Thursday, including the previously teased “Blue Banisters,” “Text Book” and “Wildflower Wildfire.” You can hear the tunes below. While it’s not certain whether the promised June 1 release date of “Rock Candy Sweet” is an album or part of Blue Banisters, which is slated for July 4, but either way, this is all part of what would be Del Rey’s eighth studio effort. The album, however, seems to indicate that the album will be Blue Banisters. Late last year, Del Rey made her first TV performance in the U.S. in nearly a d...
Lana Del Rey Announces Third Album of 2021 With Blue Banisters
Lana Del Rey isn’t slowing down. Last month, Del Rey released Chemtrails Over the Country Club (you can read our review here) and the next day, announced plans for the June 1 release of its follow-up, Rock Candy Sweet. As if that wasn’t enough, Del Rey announced on Tuesday night that she is going to drop a third album in 2021, this one titled Blue Banisters. In a tweet, Del Rey revealed that the album will be out on the 4th of July. Prior to this prolific output, Del Rey last released an album (Norman Fucking Rockwell) in 2019. You can read our review of that album here. Late last year, Del Rey made her first TV performance in the U.S. in nearly a decade when she stopped by The Tonight Show. She was also lauded by Bruce Springsteen as one of the...
Foo Fighters, Tame Impala, Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator Highlight Bonnaroo Lineup
As the country grapples with what the re-start of the live music industry will look like, Bonnaroo 2021 has shared a lineup that includes the Foo Fighters, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, Tame Impala, Tyler, the Creator, Lana Del Rey and more will take place down on The Farm in Manchester, Tennessee from Sept. 2 through Sept. 5. Strict COVID protocols will be in place, in accordance with local health and safety regulations, according to the festival’s website. The “safety of its fans, artists, and staff [are] a top priority,” according to the Bonnaroo press materials. “Organizers as always will be in regular communication with local health and public safety officials and will continue to abide by relevant recommendations.” The fest promises that “Bonnaroovians will receive regular updates with...
Lana Del Rey to Release New Album Rock Candy Sweet in June
Well, that was fast. A day after the release of Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Lana Del Rey has another release ready to roll. In an Instagram post (which you can see below), the singer-songwriter announced that more music is on the way. Titled Rock Candy Sweet, Del Rey says that it’s due out on June 1. It would be her eighth studio album. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Additionally, in an Instagram Story (which you can see below, but is a bit hard to ...
Lana Del Rey Delivers Her Most Delicate Music Yet on Chemtrails Over the Country Club
By moniker alone, Chemtrails Over the Country Club would be considered a worthy new chapter in Lana Del Rey’s ongoing subversion of classic (see: myopic) American fantasies. Chemtrails spell conspiracy and doubt; country clubs conjure our obsession with wealth, status and all things Instagram braggadocio. One looms above the other, further threatening the golden-era glamor Del Rey has spent a decade both romanticizing and dissecting. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –...
Lana Del Rey Teases ‘White Dress’ Single; Country Covers Album Also Completed
In an Instagram post, Lana Del Rey shared a 20-second video of her rollerblading down an empty, sunny highway as a tease to her next single, “White Dress,” off her upcoming Chemtrails Over the Country Club LP that’s out this month. In an interview clip in the same post, Del Rey answers an off-camera question about videos, saying, “I don’t know what I”m going for, but I do hope one day, I can work with somebody who actually knows how to make videos like John Waters or David Lynch.” Del Rey also revealed she has also recorded a country covers album, telling Contact Music, “I went back and listened to ‘Ride’ and ‘Video Games’ and thought, you know they’re kind of country. I mean, they’re definitely not pop. “Maybe the way ‘Video Games’ got remastered, they’re pop,” she continued, “b...
Lana Del Rey Doubles Down on Chemtrails Cover Defense, Says Trump Presidency ‘Needed to Happen’ in Order to Address ‘Problems’
Lana Del Rey might want to be a bit more careful as she promotes her upcoming album, Chemtrails Over the Country Club. The “Summertime Sadness” singer took to Instagram yesterday to awkwardly point out that the newly released album cover features people of color (including “My best friends are rappers my boyfriends have been rappers” and “I’m not the one storming the capital, I’m literally changing the world by putting my life and thoughts and love out there on the table 24 seven”). Del Rey then went on BBC Radio 1 to further discuss the album, which quickly devolved into a rambling discussion about her post, politics, and the state of the nation in general. “Before I even put the album cover up, I knew what people were going to say,” Del Rey said. “So when they actually started ...
Lana Del Rey Shares Chemtrails Over the County Club Title Track
Nearly eight months after originally announcing her album Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Lana Del Rey is sharing its title track. The new single is the second offering off the upcoming album, following “Let Me Love You Like a Woman” and is a tender piano ballad that was produced by Jack Antonoff. You can listen to it below. [embedded content] There’s also a video “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” arriving, which can you check out below. [embedded content] In addition to the new track, Del Rey also shared the album’s artwork and tracklist via social media over the weekend, which you can see below along with a few other posts describing the album. The singer detailed the new project back in September during a feature in Interview Magazine. “I’ve been really stressed about ...
Hayley Williams, St. Vincent and Lana Del Rey Perform Covers for Jack Antonoff’s Charity
Bleachers frontman and prolific producer Jack Antonoff, along with his sister Rachel Antonoff, took their 7th annual Ally Coalition Talent Show that supports LGBTQ+ youth virtual this year. Even though it was streamed on Twitch, that didn’t make it any less impressive. This year’s lineup included St. Vincent, Hayley Williams, Sleater-Kinney, Lana Del Rey, Spoon, The Chicks among many more. St. Vincent’s Annie Clark sang The Beatles’ 1968 ditty about Paul McCartney’s sheepdog, “Martha My Dear,” Lana Del Rey delivered “Silent Night” while sitting in front of her Christmas tree and Hayley Williams, with her hair up in a towel, did Massive Attack’s “Teardrop.” Other highlights included performances by Maggie Rogers, Brittany Howard and Antonoff performing “This is Me Trying” by&...
Lana Del Rey Performs on The Tonight Show in First TV Appearance in Eight Years
Lana Del Rey performed “Let Me Love You Like A Woman” for the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But that wasn’t the most noteworthy element of her socially-distanced performance. The Tonight Show’s Twitter account wrote that the singer was “Making her first U.S. TV appearance in 9 years.” Though the math doesn’t technically check out (Del Rey performed on SNL in January 2012), it has been a long time since the singer-songwriter appeared since that critically-panned performance. As for the song itself, it had a full complement of back-up singers along with Del Rey’s band and was filmed on an old-timey bar-themed set. Check out Del Rey’s performance of “Let Me Love You Like a Woman on the Tonight Show below. [embedded content] “Let Me Love You Like A Woman,” will appear on D...
