This past Thursday, July 17, Lana Del Rey performed at Festival de Carcassonne in France.
SETLIST:
– Cola (VIDEO)
– Body Electric
– Blue Jeans (VIDEO)
– West Coast
– Born To Die
– Fucked My Way Up To The Top (VIDEO)
– Summertime Sadness
– Ride
– Million Dollar Man
– Money Power Glory (VIDEO)
– Video Games (VIDEO)
– National AnthemPerformances > 2014 > Festival de Carcassonne – France (July 17) x— 39 Pictures were added —x
Lana Del Rey talked to MTV Germany about each track featured on her latest album, “Ultraviolence”. Take a listen below:
‘Lana Del Rey’s latest incarnation is a triumph’ – The Times
‘She’s amongst the best the 21st century has to call its own’ – Clash Music
7 million albums sold to date. 12 million singles sold to date. 1 billion video views on YouTube globally.
Monday 18th August sees the release of ‘Ultraviolence’ the second single and title track from Lana Del Rey’s most successful and critically acclaimed album to date. The album debuted at #1 in 18 countries, including the U.K and the U.S, and in the Top 5 of 10 other countries, selling over 1million copies worldwide so far. ‘ULTRAVIOLENCE’ is her second U.K #1 following ‘BORN TO DIE’ in 2012.
Written by Lana and long-time collaborator Dan Heath ‘Ultraviolence’ was produced by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) and recorded in Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville.
‘Ultraviolence’ is being released on Polydor Records and will be available on digital download on Monday 18th August.
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Before travelling to the UK, Lana Del Rey gave a concert at the Swedish Bråvalla Festival on June 26. Below you can watch lots of photos:
SETLIST:
– Cola (VIDEO)
– Body Electric
– Blue Jeans (VIDEO)
– West Coast (VIDEO)
– Born To Die (VIDEO)
– Ultraviolence (VIDEO)
– Young and Beautiful (VIDEO)
– Summertime Sadness (VIDEO)
– Ride (VIDEO)
– Video Games (VIDEO)
– National Anthem (VIDEO)Performances > 2014 > Bråvalla Festival – Sweden (June 26) x— 63 Pictures were added —x
Lana Del Rey’s ‘Ultraviolence’ (Polydor/Interscope) debuts at #1 in 13 countries including U.K & U.S., plus Top 5 in 9 other countries
Lana Del Rey’s new album ‘Ultraviolence’ debuted this week at #1 on the U.K album charts and is her second UK #1 following ‘BORN TO DIE’ in 2012.
‘Ultraviolence’ has debuted at #1 in 13 countries, including the U.S., and in the Top 5 of 9 other countries, selling over 880,000 copies worldwide so far.
The Times praised ‘Lana Del Rey’s latest incarnation a triumph’ while Clash Music declared ‘She’s amongst the best the 21st century has to call its own’.Further album quotes below.
‘Undeniably crafts a bewitching atmosphere’ – Evening Standard
‘Amazingly triumphal, vengeful and satisfying’ – Digital Spy
‘Stylish and cogent’ – The Observer
‘An accomplished piece of work’ – Huffington Post UK
‘Musically lush’ – Sunday Times Culture
‘A sublime pop album’ – Virgin Media online
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Lana Del Rey was invited to join the lineup of Fête de la Musique, that took place at L’Olympia in Paris, France on the day of her birthday, June 21. Despite having to perform, her family managed to fly from New York City to Paris just to celebrate the birthday of Lana. Find lots of photos below as well as the audio of the the entire concert!
Performances > Fête de la Musique, L’Olympia – Paris, France (June 21) x— 112 Pictures were added —x
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Lana Del Rey sat down with Scott Simon from NPR today to talk about her new album, her influences much more. You can listen and read to it below:
Lana Del Rey is one of the biggest names in music right now. She packs venues around the world, sings in the new Disney movie Maleficent — all of this from a woman who used to be known as Lizzy Grant, and remade herself in part with a viral video sensation called “Video Games.”
Del Rey is about to embark on a European tour, but first, she spoke with NPR’s Scott Simon.
SCOTT SIMON: Allen Ginsberg was an early influence?
LANA DEL REY: Yes, he was an early influence — the whole beat poetry movement, and Vladimir Nabokov, and Walt Whitman.
Do we hear this in your music, do you think?
I think the thing I really got from Ginsberg was that you can tell a story through kind of painting pictures with words. And when I found out that you could have a profession doing that, it was thrilling to me. It just became my passion immediately, playing with words and poetry.
Not everybody has thought it’s a good idea to have lines like “He hit me and it felt a kiss.”
Definitely. But that’s been the theme of my career. The thing about me is, coming from an alternative music background and singing for nine years, being basically invisible, I’m so used to writing for myself — and at the end of the day, I do it because I feel like I have to. So when I’m recording or writing, I don’t have other people in mind. It’s not always comfortable for me, but I don’t not say what I want to.
You’re perfectly entitled to say, “Listen to the song” by way of answering this, but since this is an interview, what are you trying to say in a song like “Ultraviolence”?
There are so many things, really. I guess one of them is a personal experience I had with a person who believed in breaking you down to build you back up again. And although that mindset didn’t really agree with me, there was something freeing in letting go, for me, [with] this particular sort of guru-esque character. It’s a little bit about being in love with the act of surrendering, about being confused whether that’s a good idea.
There are some people who are very uncomfortable with the idea of women surrendering.
I know. It’s just that I don’t feel uncomfortable with it. The act of surrendering sort of puts me in a different mindset that allows me to be more of a channel — because I’m not holding on so tightly to things, I’m letting go, and I find that in letting go I become more of a channel for life to really happen on life’s terms. I mean, maybe that sounds sort of metaphysical, but that’s honestly how I feel.
I want to ask about another song: “Pretty When You Cry.”
The way you heard it recorded is the way I freestyled it. I made it up on the spot with my guitar player and left it as it was with that session drummer, and just called it a day on that song. Like the vocal inflection has its own narrative, it’s not all lyric drive, it’s just kind of moments in time that are meaningful to me left as they were, kind of untouched. The fact that I didn’t go back and try to sing it better is really the story of that song, because that’s sort of me revealing to you a facet of myself: I don’t care that it’s not perfect. That’s why that song is more important in that way than what I’m actually saying.
Is Lana Del Rey a character played by Elizabeth Grant?
No. Lana Del Rey is exactly who she’s supposed to be: Free enough to be her own person, and that’s exactly who I am. I’m not like a persona. I’m not a caricature of myself.
When you have a gift — and even people who can be a little exacting with what they think of as your lyric content, part of it is they believe you have a great gift. Do you feel it’s something you owe to yourself, you owe to the world, to keep in good repair and to give people something?
Not really. I feel a strong relationship with God and I feel my ties are with him. That’s how I honestly feel. Everything I do, I do it for somebody I’ve never met before, something in the great beyond. That’s my primary relationship, really, is with something divine. I feel a connection as real with that as I’ve ever had with anybody on this earth.
A day before her birthday, Lana Del Rey was firstly spotted arriving at Tegel airport in Berlin where she met a few fans, later on she performed at the German festival, Citadel Music in Berlin. Find all the photos below:
SETLIST: – Cola (VIDEO)
– Body Electric (VIDEO)
– Blue Jeans (VIDEO)– West Coast (VIDEO)
– Born To Die (VIDEO)
– Young And Beautiful (VIDEO)
– Ultraviolence (VIDEO)
– Carmen– Gods & Monsters – Summertime Sadness (VIDEO) – Million Dollar Man (VIDEO) – Ride (VIDEO)
– Video Games (VIDEO)
– National Anthem (VIDEO)Candids > Sighting at the Berlin Tegel Airport (June 20) x— 11 Pictures were added —x Performances > Citadel Music Festival – Germany (June 20) x— 56 Pictures were added —x
