Jared

''Love'' sticks out like a sore thumb, quality-wise. Easily the best song on the album.
 
''13 Beaches'', ''Cherry'', ''Summer Bummer'' are solid.
 
''White Mustang'', "Tomorrow Never Came", ''Groupie Love'' are listenable.
 
''Political'' cuts are god-awful, with "When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing" leading the charge. Just awful.
 
Biggest disappointment is "Beautiful People Beautiful Problems". Awful writing, awful chorus.
 
The most interesting stuff happens very early on, and then things fall apart. Easily her worst album. 

Love is magical and timeless - one of her best singles. Lust For Life is vapid, bland, flat, dull, boring, uninspiring. Still have high hopes for the album.

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Pitchfork: Do you want to be a pop star?
 
Caroline Polachek: If you mean pop star in the sense of playing ball with radio formats, no. But if you mean it in the sense of building a compelling world that I’m at the center of, that a lot of people are tuned into, then yes. Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I’m amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that’s so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention. Lana Del Rey is a perfect example.
 
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/10065-finished-business-an-exit-interview-with-chairlift/

Mixed? review from Pitchfork.
 
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In some ways, Lana Del Rey and the Weeknd are perfect opposites. She’s the willing paramour and sucker for tragic romance. He’s the epitome of the shadowy men she chases, —drugged up, bad, broken, and emotionally unavailable. The Weeknd even admitted to these roles in an interview with Pitchfork, calling Del Rey “the girl in my music, and I am the guy in her music.” Their third collaboration, “Lust for Life,” goes just as the others have: They play tangled apparitions reliving a Hollywood daydream that’s more Sunset Boulevard than La La Land. Even more than the others, this song—the title track from Del Rey’s upcoming record—is the auditory equivalent of a perfume commercial, all wisps of sensations and hints of feeling.
 
Unlike Del Rey’s last single, "Love," which used young romance as a time machine linking eras, "Lust for Life" is outside of time, lacking the same empathy and resonance. This song’s ideas are hollow in comparison—there’s talk of being masters of fate, captains of our own souls, and having, of course, a lust for life, but these are all empty signifiers amid all the whimpers, coos, and listless falsettos. That isn’t to say Del Rey and the Weeknd don’t thrive in these spaces. There is a certain charm each possess that’s magnified when they’re together; they’re silhouettes moving through a fame diorama of their own making, where the rules bend to their whims. So naturally, they’re the coolest people there. When Lana whispers, “In these stolen moments/The world is mine,” it feels all but a certainty, but she’s hardly lusting after it.
 
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/19012-lana-del-rey-lust-for-life-ft-the-weeknd/

Mixed? review from Pitchfork.
 
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In some ways, Lana Del Rey and the Weeknd are perfect opposites. She’s the willing paramour and sucker for tragic romance. He’s the epitome of the shadowy men she chases, —drugged up, bad, broken, and emotionally unavailable. The Weeknd even admitted to these roles in an interview with Pitchfork, calling Del Rey “the girl in my music, and I am the guy in her music.” Their third collaboration, “Lust for Life,” goes just as the others have: They play tangled apparitions reliving a Hollywood daydream that’s more Sunset Boulevard than La La Land. Even more than the others, this song—the title track from Del Rey’s upcoming record—is the auditory equivalent of a perfume commercial, all wisps of sensations and hints of feeling.
 
Unlike Del Rey’s last single, "Love," which used young romance as a time machine linking eras, "Lust for Life" is outside of time, lacking the same empathy and resonance. This song’s ideas are hollow in comparison—there’s talk of being masters of fate, captains of our own souls, and having, of course, a lust for life, but these are all empty signifiers amid all the whimpers, coos, and listless falsettos. That isn’t to say Del Rey and the Weeknd don’t thrive in these spaces. There is a certain charm each possess that’s magnified when they’re together; they’re silhouettes moving through a fame diorama of their own making, where the rules bend to their whims. So naturally, they’re the coolest people there. When Lana whispers, “In these stolen moments/The world is mine,” it feels all but a certainty, but she’s hardly lusting after it.
 
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/19012-lana-del-rey-lust-for-life-ft-the-weeknd/

Lana was never ''singles artist'', not even at height of her success (Born To Die days). Especially not in the US. So I don't know why some of you are so bothered by it.
 
I think the song is beautiful and it will get quite a lot of people interested in listening to the new album, no matter what it does on charts.

Lana was never ''singles artist'', not even at height of her success (Born To Die days). Especially not in the US. So I don't know why some of you are so bothered by it.
 
I think the song is beautiful and it will get quite a lot of people interested in listening to the new album, no matter what it does on charts.

Lana was never ''singles artist'', not even at height of her success (Born To Die days). Especially not in the US. So I don't know why some of you are so bothered by it.
 
I think the song is beautiful and it will get quite a lot of people interested in listening to the new album, no matter what it does on charts.

Lana was never ''singles artist'', not even at height of her success (Born To Die days). Especially not in the US. So I don't know why some of you are so bothered by it.
 
I think the song is beautiful and it will get quite a lot of people interested in listening to the new album, no matter what it does on charts.

Lana was never ''singles artist'', not even at height of her success (Born To Die days). Especially not in the US. So I don't know why some of you are so bothered by it.
 
I think the song is beautiful and it will get quite a lot of people interested in listening to the new album, no matter what it does on charts.

Lana was never ''singles artist'', not even at height of her success (Born To Die days). Especially not in the US. So I don't know why some of you are so bothered by it.
 
I think the song is beautiful and it will get quite a lot of people interested in listening to the new album, no matter what it does on charts.