Lana Del Rey Debuts “Ultraviolence”

 

 

“He used to call me DN. That stood for deadly nightshade,” begins Lana in her new release “Ultraviolence”. Slow, and completely engulfing like a hot and humid summer afternoon, “Ultraviolence” unfolds with a skanking and idiosyncratic rhythm. The song flows like the beach water. I could almost imagine her singing on a hazy boardwalk in skinny dark-blue jeans and a crisp white T-shirt drenched in perspiration while rocking kohl-dipped lashes and a cherry pout. The track is slightly denser then “West Coast” but still punches with her signature melancholic subservient edge. Sit back and listen below.