Take ‘ Ultraviolence’ single ‘West Coast’, an international hit that blends trip-hop, postpunk, dark soul and woozy psychedelia to deliver an effortlessly catchy tune that fucks with chart-pop like Picasso fucks with facial features. What Lana’s critics tend to overlook is how weird her songs are. “ Doesn’t matter cos it’s enough/To be young and in love.” 5. “ You get ready, you get all dressed up/To go nowhere in particular/Back to work or the coffee shop,” she sang before dropping a dreamy, doe-eyed pay-off. Like an astronaut watching over Earth from space, she narrated scenes of young people gliding through life in a romantic daze. Just as she could be seen smiling on the record’s cover, so she could be heard singing happily on its lead single, ‘Love’.
‘Love’īest known for her elegantly sad songs, Lana switched things up on her fifth album, ‘ Lust For Life’.
Her answer? To hit the road and “ just ride”, where she can clear her head, feel the breeze on her skin, and escape her problems, at least for a little bit. “ Been trying hard not to get into trouble, but I got a war in my mind,” Lana croons on the cinematic beauty that is ‘Ride’.
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