Still, it’d be wrong to overlook the many things Ultraviolence does well, and how sui generis Lana Del Rey is. She’s a pop music original full-stop, and there are not nearly enough of those around.
The first section of the album is so gorgeous and rich, Ultraviolence at first seems better than it is.
The album grows tiresome somewhere during the stretch where “Pretty When You Cry” leads to “Money Power Glory” and then on to “****ed My Way Up to the Top”. The melodies are a little less interesting and, instead of melodramatic fables, she settles for button-pushing. It’s also wearying to spend this much time in the presence of this particular character. The masochism, the self-hatred, the drugs, the emotional world filtered through the tragic figures American teenagers are drawn to gets old.
Pitchfork pretty much nailed the review. Though the biggest sin the second half commits is being sonically unexciting.
As much as I love Lana, there are a lot of amazing indie artists.
Of course but Lana is unique because she's the only artist I can think of that's in a fine line between underground and mainstream.
That's why she's so polarizing. And that's why there are a billion different think pieces dissecting every aspect of her "persona" "career" and "music". No one is like her.
Not even. She chose to go on vacation a week after her album came out, chose to follow Future around the US, chose to go to Milan Fashion Week, and chose to get pregnant, instead of promoting her album.
Especially after Body Party.
I saw her there, but there were more important people so I almost didn't even realize it was her
You know when you bashed someone so hard and then he/she comes with such an album that you're afraid to praise it more because you'll lose your indie cred. Poor them.
You know when you bashed someone so hard and then he/she comes with such an album that you're afraid to praise it more because you'll lose your indie cred. Poor them.
I have to say now that it's been a few weeks I am happy I didn't buy UV
