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At first I thought the article said that - but after reading it twice the article says that the interviewer is drinking a beer with his colleague at the bar and Lana came by and made an ironic remark about their drinking. I don't think she drank a beer with him. But the title of the article is clearly misleading!

At first I thought the article said that - but after reading it twice the article says that the interviewer is drinking a beer with his colleague at the bar and Lana came by and made an ironic remark about their drinking. I don't think she drank a beer with him. But the title of the article is clearly misleading!

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http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/rockbjornen/article19123254.ab
 
She puts her cigarette out, just little bit too hard.
– Yes, sometimes I fucking wish I was dead, but I don't glamorize death or people killing themselves.
        Markus Larsson and Lana Del Rey. Lana Del Ray excuses herself, gets up and starts fiddling with the espresso machine in her hotel suite.
– Sorry, I can't do interviews without my coffee. Keep talking. I'm listening.
I've always wondered, why did you create the persona Lana Del Ray?
– Well, it's not a persona. It's a different name. I've always thought that the way you're kind of born into a name, a geographic location, a family makes it hard to choose for yourself who you want to be. By having a different name I felt more free to be exactly who I am. People seem to think sometimes that I am somebody on stage and then you get off and you're another person, but I have a more alternative way of thinking.
I thought it was some kind of art project, like a Ziggy Stardust character?
– Yeah, people think that but actually for me it was just a different name. It has made it easier for me to express a very clear aesthetic that I love.
So what was the inspiration for your aesthetic?
– All things dark and beautiful. Everything I love, everything I've been through, everything I've wanted to do. My history and my songs.
You seem rather interested in the beauty of darkness and despair.
– I've had despair and grief in my life. In the past four years journalists have always asked me about death, icons and my persona. My own depressions and experiences has gotten miscommunicated as this need to be dark. Actually it's not my preferred way of being. I love when things go really well. Anyone who knows me knows this.
But what about the interview in The Guardian…
– I'm not fucking happy about the interview, to start with.
Well, I know that, and you've made that clear on Twitter. But what did you mean when you said ”I wish I was dead already”?
– Well, first of all… the questions… Sometimes I do feel like I wish I was dead. I've been through a lot. And yes, sometimes I feel like I fucking wish I was dead. But The Guardian made it sound like I was obsessed with dying because it's glamourous. Me being depressed sometimes has nothing to do with other people wanting to kill themselves.
It must have been surreal when the daughter of your idol Kurt Cobain, Frances Bean Cobain, critcised you on Twitter?
– She was saying to me ”don't glamorize death” and I wrote back, and I never write to anyone, but I wrote back and said I didn't glamorize death. I don't even sing about death, except on the title track on ”Born to die”. I sing about relationships. The fact that the headline in The Guardian affected people that way feels unfair. That's the problem with the article.
You're computer got hacked a couple of years ago and 211 songs got stolen among other things.
– Yeah, someone remotely accessed my hard drive when I was staying in a hotel. The songs are one of a thousand things that was stolen.
I would have been devastated.
– Yeah, the fact that someone is watching you. Knowing that you never gonna have the luxury of discretion. These type of crimes won't ever stop.
Isn't there some legal action you can take, sue someone?
– Even if he people that started it got caught, they gave it to 40 other people, so the information is still out there.
Your life is always turned into headlines Like the recent rumours about your recent relationship. It was said you had broken up, but now I heard that your boyfriend Barrien-James O'Neill told TMZ that it's complete bullshit.
– I mean… I… I didn't use to talk publicly about my relationships. Because things change all the time. But after not seeing him for several months and people still asking me about him I just said no we're not together right now. And when he got to Los Angeles today and he ran into TMZ I don't think he knew what to say. Sometimes it's not real until you're faced with a camera and somebody asking you.
Ok, it all seems a bit confused. Well, about the music…
– It's ok. I get it.
Back to the music. So… are you together?
– Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. (Lana basically rolls over laughing out loud)
– Oh my god, that's so funny.
I'm sorry, I'm just joking. Why do you mention The Crystal's controversial song ”He hit me (and it felt like a kiss)” in the title track on your new album?
– I know that people have different opinions about that song. And they're entitled to. I always use autobiographical elements. Mixed with anything I can use as an innuendo instead of saying something super directly. For me the writing comes first. I never felt the need to edit myself.
Hmm. What are you actually saying? That you have been in abusive relationships?
– It's a good question. I have trouble talking about that song, I didn't think I would. I don't know what to say.
Why did you choose to cover ”The other woman”?
– Firstly it's a jazz song, covered by Nina Simone, she's my favourite. I feel like ”Ultraviolence” has a jazzy feel to it, shades of blue, shades of cool. I'm a huge jazz fan. Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, the singers, you know.
What have you stolen from them, as a song writer?
To start with I was just a fan. But I realized early on that I had an inclination to sing songs in a minor key with a touch of a blue note. They are my influences. Alongside The Eagles and The Beach Boys.
Beautiful music with a dark heart.
Yeah, ”Dark heart”. That's the follow up album. (Laughs).
 

A new, not very serious cover of a very old, very serious song

It's my first post, and I'm happy it's in this thread. I've listened to UV 2-3 times a day every day since my CD arrived (about 9 days ago), and think it's an amazing record. I haven't been this excited about a record that has a chance of going to #1 worldwide since Kurt Cobain was still alive, 
 
Here's my track by track rundown, with the disclaimer that I'm a crazy fan of Lana's voice, so I'm far from objective. It's long too. Hey - it's a long record.
 
 
 
 
tl;dr - it's a great record, I'd give it 9/10 overall on the usual scale of rating records, but 10/10 as value for my money, because I've already spent more time enjoying it than other great records I've had for years.

Darkness Falls - Night will be dawn (has a slight UV vibe to it)
 

It doesn't count on MC but is bad-ass
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/lana-del-rey-feminist??src=rss

Cute video but nothing beats Ride.

Just read a great review here:  http://www.muumuse.com/2014/06/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence-black-blue-beauty-album-review.html/
 
It seems like they really get it

"Musik Express" (one of the better known music mags in Germany) gave UV a 4/5:
http://www.musikexpress.de/reviews/alben/article592222/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence.html
 
Quite a lot of the German reviews (which are mostly positive) are critizising the lyrics which according to them are too repetitive.

Attitude Magazine - 4,5/5:
 
https://attitude.co.uk/lana-del-reys-ultraviolence-track-track/
 
"It might be morally complicated, emotionally destructive and cripplingly sad, but Ultraviolence is total class."

"Musik Express" (one of the better known music mags in Germany) gave UV a 4/5:
http://www.musikexpress.de/reviews/alben/article592222/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence.html
 
Quite a lot of the German reviews (which are mostly positive) are critizising the lyrics which according to them are too repetitive.

I wish this song had been on the standard edition of Ultraviolence, it's so good! It's very alternative and the instrumental is GREAT.

Flipside is amazing.

I really don't understand why they let G&R & Florida Kilos on standards deluxe instead of Flipside.
It's one of the greatest song from the era ! Happy it's on Fnac edition.

Attitude Magazine - 4,5/5:
 
https://attitude.co.uk/lana-del-reys-ultraviolence-track-track/
 
"It might be morally complicated, emotionally destructive and cripplingly sad, but Ultraviolence is total class."

Flipside is damn epic, who the hell decided to keep it iTunes Exclusive?

https://soundcloud.com/iadam4/lana-del-rey-flipside-full

I love everything about Born To Die and Paradise - the trip hop beats, the heavy violens, the voices which are used as instruments, this tiny little snarring-sound which is often used, the glamour, the personas of the vintage upper class beauty queen, the softdrink drinking, drug addicted trailerpark lolita and the motorbike riding pole dancer chasing the american dream.
 
I also like UV a lot, the sound of it is more chilled and relaxing, I like the rock-take on and the e-guitars,I like the "narcotic swing". But somehow, when i listen to BTD and Paradise, I have a very satisfied feeling. Even tough they are not super-story-telling, they feel like a complete thing. With UV i have the feeling of getting a look on some kind of situation and atmosphere, but it ends as fast as it started, although the tracklist is longer and there are longer songs. But maybe that's the reason: some of the songs are very long while others are very short, or at least appear short in comparison to the long ones. When i listen to Cola, at the end of the song I feel like i just listend to my fav paradise-Track. When I listen to PWYC, I feel like i want more to come. On UV i always have the feeling that, by being more experimental, she did less work on the lyrics and concept of the tracks.
 
So in the end I like both albums, with a slight preference for BtD and Paradise, but I guess this could change because I only heard UV  twice as a complete album
But like someone said above, BtD made me a fan, I'm not sure if i would be adoring her so much if her first one was UV.
 
But I really look forward to driving to UV, I loved it with Paradise too (BtD was not the best driving music in my opinion) and UV seems like it's really good for this.

Yes: http://www.gigwise.com/news/91745/album-review-lana-del-rey---ultraviolence

Yes: http://www.gigwise.com/news/91745/album-review-lana-del-rey---ultraviolence

Hm, well, "Brooklyn Baby" is nice but I'm a bit underwhelmed - "Ultraviolence" is my favorite of the new songs so far. And I'm asking myself if the entire UV-album will contain only slow(er) songs like the once we know yet? I'm still hoping for at least some faster tracks!

Ahhh, the VEVO version sounds so good. Or it sounds great on second listen. 

Download my Radio Rip made 5 minutes ago :
 
http://www72.zippyshare.com/v/70554926/file.html
 
A MASTERPIECE ! Lana all my respects !!!

I also bought the physical Japanese edition including "Flipside" + "In This Hapiness" !
 
So, I will have ALL bonus tracks
And I will share it to you when available...stay tuned !
 
1. West Coast (German Radio Mix)
2. Flipside
3. In This Hapiness
 
You will have all those 3 tracks Promess !