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==Promotion==
==Promotion==
''Ultraviolence'' was unveiled at the premiere of Lana Del Rey's short film ''[[Tropico (film)|Tropico]]'' on December 4, 2013.<ref name="Grow">{{cite journal|last=Grow|first=Kory|title=Lana Del Rey's New Album Is Called 'Ultraviolence'|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lana-del-reys-new-album-is-called-ultra-violence-20131205|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|issn=0035-791X|date=December 5, 2013|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> On April 3, 2014, Del Rey announced that the [[lead single]] of the record was entitled "[[West Coast (song)|West Coast]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|title=Lana Del Rey confirms new single 'West Coast'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a562333/lana-del-rey-confirms-new-single-west-coast.html#~oAsRJNaesqxTw4|work=Digital Spy|accessdate=April 4, 2014|date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> The artwork for the single was shared via Twitter on April 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Down on the West Coast, they have a sayin'...|url=https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/454336456753156097|work=Twitter|accessdate=April 11, 2014|date=April 10, 2014}}</ref> The singer sang two verses of the song a cappella at [[Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas|The Cosmopolitan]]<nowiki/> in [[Las Vegas]] on April 11, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pollard|first=Alexandra|title=Watch: Lana Del Rey performs 'West Coast' a cappela at Vegas Gig|url=http://www.gigwise.com/newmusic/90135/watch-lana-del-rey-performs-west-coast-a-cappella-at-vegas-gig|work=Gigwise|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 12, 2014}}</ref> The song was performed live for the first time during the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] on April 13.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|title=Coachella 2014: Lana Del Rey Debuts 'West Coast' Single In Star-Making Performance|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6052253/coachella-2014-lana-del-rey-debuts-west-coast-single-in|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> It was officially premiered on [[Fearne Cotton]]'s show on [[BBC Radio 1]] on April 14,<ref>{{cite web|last=Whitehill|first=Gaby|title=Lana Del Rey's 'West Coast' Premiere Due on Monday|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/90118/lana-del-reys-west-coast-to-be-premiered-on-radio-1-on-monday|work=Gigwise|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> followed by Del Rey tweeting a link to the single's official audio on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Del Rey|first=Lana|title=WEST COAST|url=https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/455646835697545216|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> The single was later released to [[ITunes Store|iTunes]] in the United States the same day.<ref>{{cite web|title=West Coast&nbsp;– Single|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/west-coast-single/id859340306|work=[[iTunes Store]]|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref> "[[Shades of Cool]]" was released as the album's second single on May 26, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KHDLDBA |title=Shades Of Cool: Lana Del Rey: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref> The title track, "Ultraviolence", was premiered on June 4, after first having been performed live by Del Rey on May 25.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frydenlund|first1=Zach|title=Listen to Lana Del Rey's "Ultraviolence"|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/listen-to-lana-del-reys-ultraviolence|website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|accessdate=June 4, 2014|date=June 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Frydenlund|first1=Zach|title=Watch Lana Del Rey Debut "Ultraviolence" at Her Show in Vancouver|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/lana-del-rey-debuts-ultraviolence|website=Complex|accessdate=June 4, 2014|date=May 27, 2014}}</ref>
''Ultraviolence'' was unveiled at the premiere of Lana Del Rey's short film ''[[Tropico (film)|Tropico]]'' on December 4, 2013.<ref name="Grow">{{cite journal|last=Grow|first=Kory|title=Lana Del Rey's New Album Is Called 'Ultraviolence'|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lana-del-reys-new-album-is-called-ultra-violence-20131205|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|issn=0035-791X|date=December 5, 2013|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> On April 3, 2014, Del Rey announced that the [[lead single]] of the record was entitled "[[West Coast (song)|West Coast]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|title=Lana Del Rey confirms new single 'West Coast'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a562333/lana-del-rey-confirms-new-single-west-coast.html#~oAsRJNaesqxTw4|work=Digital Spy|accessdate=April 4, 2014|date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> The artwork for the single was shared via Twitter on April 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Down on the West Coast, they have a sayin'...|url=https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/454336456753156097|work=Twitter|accessdate=April 11, 2014|date=April 10, 2014}}</ref> The singer sang two verses of the song a cappella at [[Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas|The Cosmopolitan]]<nowiki/> in [[Las Vegas]] on April 11, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pollard|first=Alexandra|title=Watch: Lana Del Rey performs 'West Coast' a cappela at Vegas Gig|url=http://www.gigwise.com/newmusic/90135/watch-lana-del-rey-performs-west-coast-a-cappella-at-vegas-gig|work=Gigwise|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 12, 2014}}</ref> The song was performed live for the first time during the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] on April 13.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|title=Coachella 2014: Lana Del Rey Debuts 'West Coast' Single In Star-Making Performance|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6052253/coachella-2014-lana-del-rey-debuts-west-coast-single-in|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> It was officially premiered on [[Fearne Cotton]]'s show on [[BBC Radio 1]] on April 14,<ref>{{cite web|last=Whitehill|first=Gaby|title=Lana Del Rey's 'West Coast' Premiere Due on Monday|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/90118/lana-del-reys-west-coast-to-be-premiered-on-radio-1-on-monday|work=Gigwise|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> followed by Del Rey tweeting a link to the single's official audio on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Del Rey|first=Lana|title=WEST COAST|url=https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/455646835697545216|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> The single was later released to [[ITunes Store|iTunes]] in the United States the same day.<ref>{{cite web|title=West Coast&nbsp;– Single|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/west-coast-single/id859340306|work=[[iTunes Store]]|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref> "[[Shades of Cool]]" was released as a promo single on May 26, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KHDLDBA |title=Shades Of Cool: Lana Del Rey: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref> The title track, "Ultraviolence", was released to iTunes on June 4 2014 as the second official single, after first having been performed live by Del Rey on May 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frydenlund|first1=Zach|title=Listen to Lana Del Rey's "Ultraviolence"|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/listen-to-lana-del-reys-ultraviolence|website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|accessdate=June 4, 2014|date=June 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Frydenlund|first1=Zach|title=Watch Lana Del Rey Debut "Ultraviolence" at Her Show in Vancouver|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/lana-del-rey-debuts-ultraviolence|website=Complex|accessdate=June 4, 2014|date=May 27, 2014}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 02:37, 5 June 2014

Untitled

Ultraviolence is the upcoming third studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It is scheduled to be released on June 13, 2014, by Polydor and Interscope Records.

Development

In February 2013, Del Rey described the album saying, "It's a little more stripped down but still cinematic and dark. I've been working on it really slowly but I love everything I've done. I've been writing in Santa Monica and I know what the record sounds like. Now I just have to finish it. Musically I've worked with the same three guys."[1] She mentioned that one of the songs off the album would be called "Black Beauty".[1] The demo version leaked in July, Del Rey: "I do feel discouraged, yeah. I don't really know what to put on the record. But I guess I could just put them on and see what happens. Each time I write... I'll never write a song if I don't think it's going to be perfect for the record."[2] She also stated that she was writing "low-key and stripped back" songs and was working with Dan Heath, her boyfriend Barrie-James O'Neill and that she wanted to work with Lou Reed.[2]

In October, Del Rey said about the prospect of a new album, "When people ask me about it, I just have to be honest — I really don't know. I don't want to say, 'Yeah, definitely — the next one's better than this one,' because I don't really hear a next one. My muse is very fickle. She only comes to me sometimes, which is annoying."[3][4]

On February 20, Del Rey posted a picture of herself and Dan Auerbach on Twitter with the caption "Me and Dan Auerbach are excited to present you Ultraviolence".[5] Del Rey and Auerbach were rumoured to be working together at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee in January and he was said to be producing her upcoming album.[6]

Del Rey and Auerbach were initially scheduled to work together for three days but ended up spending two weeks on recording a full album. About working with Del Rey, Auerbach said "She impressed me every day. There were moments when she was fighting me. I could sense that maybe she didn't want to have anybody think she wasn't in control because I'm sure it's really hard to be a woman in the music business. So we bumped heads a little bit, but at the end of the day we were dancing to the songs."[7] The artist stated that the album draws inspiration from the West Coast, as well as from Brooklyn, New York. In addition, it also features heavy guitars and jazz tones. Del Rey also stated that the inclusion of Auerbach was last-minute. The two met in New York when she believed that the record was finished.[8]

Release

Before naming the album, she told the audience, "I really just wanted us all to be together so I could try and visually close out my chapter before [Born To Die/Paradise] I release the new record."[9][10] Journalists identified the phrase from Anthony Burgess' dystopian novella A Clockwork Orange (1962), but reports were conflicting as to whether or not the title was stylized as one or two words.[10][11] In December, during the Hollywood premiere of her short film Tropico, Del Rey announced the title of the album, but no other details.[9]

In early February 2014, Del Rey said the album might be released on May 1 but a representative for Del Rey later said that a release date had yet to be confirmed.[12][13] On May 5, 2014, at a concert of hers in Montreal, Canada, Del Rey said Ultraviolence would be released "next month".[14] The track listing and album cover were unveiled on May 9, 2014.[15][16] During a radio interview on May 8, Del Rey said that the album would be released in the second week of June.[8] On May 14, Del Rey announced via Twitter that her album would be released June 16.[17] As a part of the same announcement, Del Rey revealed information about a deluxe box set version of the album made available for pre-order, stating that it would contain four 12" x 12" art prints, a deluxe CD digipak (including the bonus tracks disclosed in the official tracklisting), a deluxe two-LP picture disc set, and a special box with the album title printed in black foil.[18][19]

Promotion

Ultraviolence was unveiled at the premiere of Lana Del Rey's short film Tropico on December 4, 2013.[3] On April 3, 2014, Del Rey announced that the lead single of the record was entitled "West Coast".[20] The artwork for the single was shared via Twitter on April 10, 2014.[21] The singer sang two verses of the song a cappella at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on April 11, 2014.[22] The song was performed live for the first time during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 13.[23] It was officially premiered on Fearne Cotton's show on BBC Radio 1 on April 14,[24] followed by Del Rey tweeting a link to the single's official audio on YouTube.[25] The single was later released to iTunes in the United States the same day.[26] "Shades of Cool" was released as a promo single on May 26, 2014.[27] The title track, "Ultraviolence", was released to iTunes on June 4 2014 as the second official single, after first having been performed live by Del Rey on May 25, 2014.[28][29]

Track listing

Ultraviolence – Standard version[30]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cruel World"
6:39
2."Ultraviolence"
  • Del Rey
  • Daniel Heath
4:11
3."Shades of Cool"
5:42
4."Brooklyn Baby"
  • Del Rey
  • Barrie O'Neill
5:51
5."West Coast"
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
4:16
6."Sad Girl"
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
5:17
7."Pretty When You Cry"
  • Del Rey
  • Stranathan
3:54
8."Money Power Glory"
4:30
9."Fucked My Way Up to the Top"
  • Del Rey
  • Heath
3:32
10."Old Money"
4:31
11."The Other Woman"Jessie Mae Robinson3:01
Total length:51:24
Ultraviolence – Austria, Switzerland, and Germany bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."West Coast" (Radio Mix)
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
3:47
Total length:55:11
Ultraviolence – Deluxe version bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Black Beauty"
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
5:14
13."Guns and Roses"
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
4:30
14."Florida Kilos"
  • Del Rey
  • Auerbach
  • Korine
4:14
Total length:65:22
Ultraviolence – iTunes Store bonus track[31]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Is This Happiness"
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
3:44
Total length:69:06
Ultraviolence – Target/Fnac bonus track[32][33]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Flipside"
  • Del Rey
  • Stranathan
5:10
Total length:70:32
Ultraviolence – Japan bonus tracks[34]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Is This Happiness"
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
3:44
16."Flipside"
  • Del Rey
  • Stranathan
5:10
Total length:74:16

Release history

Country Date Edition Format(s) Label
Austria[35] June 13, 2014
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
 Universal
Germany[36][37]
Netherlands[38][39] Polydor
Switzerland[40] Universal
France[41][42] June 16, 2014
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
  • Super deluxe
United Kingdom[43]
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
 Polydor
Italy[44]
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
  • Super deluxe
Canada[45] June 17, 2014
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
 Universal
Spain[46]
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
  • Super deluxe
United States[47]
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
 Interscope
Japan[48] June 18, 2014

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