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But, as referenced on the closer, she’s still riding her “Ride” of detours and misdirections, and she’s got “a war in mind.” It manifests in the undertow of Born To Die arrangements and songwriting, opposed to the declarations of movement elsewhere. Lana, whose music has retained its lining since she assumed the name, is staring at the same sea, climbing the same stairway.Īs usual, it’s best listened to when you’re in your feelings, and since good news is in short supply, that might be often enough for her gauzy vision of love to feel like a balm, the more wide-eyed the songs the better (“God Bless America - And The Beautiful Girls In It,” “Tomorrow Never Came,” “Get Free”). It’s shining all night long, but it’s not the colorized vision that the “Love” video suggested it could be. It’s heavenly, but it’s not the work of our #1 angel, spinning out of this world. Lust For Life is melodramatic, but this isn’t melodrama and its runaway breakthroughs. A new beginning, Lana in spring, in July forever, under a new moon. This is the first time her lyrics have found summer in herself and not the signs she circled. Where before she had regarded the cruel optimism of 2012 with a ghost’s longing, she’s now ready to make promises at present. Lust For Life is still her, the Best God Bless American Girl, but with her inner well-being coming together just as the United States affective sphere is coming apart, her fixed position feels more a lantern now than a siren. I never expected that Lana Del Rey’s voice would be one of reassurance. – Stevie Nicks, “Dreams Unwind: Lana Del Rey In Conversation with Stevie Nicks” “I could watch, through the songs, my life start to come back to me.”