Norman Fucking Rockwell!

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From its cascade of opening piano notes—“God damn, man child” are felicitous first words and the national mood— Norman Fucking Rockwell! Bartender and Cinnamon Girl stand out to me as notably lower in calibre than other tracks, and I tend to wonder why she included them given the length of this LP. FLOOD Magazine described the album's sound as "a mellow soft rock" and noted Del Rey's improved lyrics tackle larger themes than her previous work.

At last, we move away from the piano, the acoustic guitar and quiet orchestra take over in Venice Bitch. At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Album of the Year, while the title track received a nomination for Song of the Year. She employs old-school lingo on the one hand (“Catch ya on the flipside”) and a narcotic slur on the other.Bernstein, Jonathan; Blistein, Jon; Dolan, Jon; Doyle, Patrick; Ehrlich, Brenna; Exposito, Suzy; Freeman, Jon; Fricke, David; Grow, Kory; Hermes, Will; Hoard, Christian; Holmes, Charles; Hudak, Joseph; Klinkenberg, Brendan; Leight, Elias; Martoccio, Angie; Shaffer, Claire; Sheffield, Rob; Shteamer, Hank; Spanos, Brittany; Vozick-Levinson, Simon (December 5, 2019).

At first, I listened to what I knew most (pop) and got to explore a lot of releases I wasn’t aware of up to that time, I remember seeing the album cover and recognizing if from one of those songs I arrived to randomly in 2019 (Doin’ Time) and remembered how much I loved Lana’s music back in 2012. On her elegant and complex fifth album, Lana Del Rey sings exquisitely of freedom and transformation and the wreckage of being alive. I remember finishing it and instantly wanting to play it over and over, but I wanted more than that album, I wanted more music at that level of perfection, this was the first time in my life I really wanted to explore music.

The greatest” is a galaxy-brain moment in the pantheon of pop, and it belongs to a generation fully aware we are at risk of being distracted into oblivion, Juuling towards early death while watching Earth burn. She revealed the title of one song, "Bartender", saying that she did not know if it would make the album's tracklist.