Ultra-Violence (album)

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Ultraviolence
Studio album by Lana Del Rey
Released 2014
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Ultraviolence is the upcoming third studio album by American recording artist Lana Del Rey. The album was announced at the premiere of Lana Del Rey's short film Tropico.[1]

Background

In February 2013, she stated about the new album: "It's a little more stripped down but still cinematic and dark. I've been working on it really slowly but I love everything I've done. I've been writing in Santa Monica and I know what the record sounds like. Now I just have to finish it. Musically I've worked with the same three guys."[2] She mentioned that one of the songs off the album would be called "Black Beauty", and she already knows what the music video for it is going to look like.[2] "Black Beauty" leaked in August, about which Del Rey said: "I do feel discouraged, yeah. I don't really know what to put on the record. But I guess I could just put them on and see what happens. Each time I write… I'll never write a song if I don't think it's going to be perfect for the record."[3] She also stated that she was writing "low-key and stripped back" songs and was working with Dan Heath, her boyfriend Barrie-James O'Neill and that she wanted to work with Lou Reed.[3]

In October, Del Rey said about the prospect of a new album: "When people ask me about it, I just have to be honest — I really don't know. I don't want to say, 'Yeah, definitely — the next one's better than this one,' because I don't really hear a next one. My muse is very fickle. She only comes to me sometimes, which is annoying."[1][4] In December, during the Hollywood premiere of her short film Tropico, Del Rey announced the title of the album, but no other details.[5] Before naming the album, she told the audience, "I really just wanted us all to be together so I could try and visually close out my chapter before I release the new record."[5][6] Journalists identified the phrase from the Anthony Burgess' dystopian novella A Clockwork Orange (1962), but reports were conflicting as to whether or not the title was stylized as one or two words.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grow, Kory (December 5, 2013). "Lana Del Rey's New Album Is Called 'Ultraviolence'". Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved December 24, 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lana Del Rey says her second album will be 'spiritual'". bbc.co.uk. BBC. February 27, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mapes, Jillian (August 16, 2013). "Interview: Lana Del Rey on the Leaks, the Imitators & the Haters". Radio.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014. 
  4. ↑ "December 5, 2013 12:02 Lana Del Rey names new album 'Ultraviolence'". NME. IPC Media. December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lana Del Rey's 'Ultra-Violence' Album Announced at 'Tropico' Premiere". The Huffington Post. Retrieved December 24, 2013. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Lana Del Rey announces new album title: Ultraviolence". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom: Guardian Media Group. December 5, 2013. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved December 24, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Hogan, Marc (December 5, 2013). "Lana Del Rey Titles 2014 Album: Ready for a Bit of the Old 'Ultraviolence'?". New York City, New York: Spin Media. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved December 24, 2013. 
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