Listen to lana del rey beautiful people beautiful problems

#Listen to lana del rey beautiful people beautiful problems mac#

And while no one would accuse the album of making any bold political statements, thereР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s a quiet deftness to the way it mixes the twin turmoils of the outside and inward worlds into something that seems of a piece. Del Rey literally invokes his dad, in a lyrical shout-out to John and Yoko, but the song isnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t meant to recall the dreamy John Lennon of Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўTomorrow Never KnowsР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ but rather represents an attempt to come up with something more in the maudlin vein of Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўBeautiful Boy.Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ Completely chipper adorableness is a stretch Del Rey doesnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t yet have in her, though her guileless fandom almost renders it forgivable.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В®ven with a misstep or two, Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўLust for LifeР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ is sequenced effectively to tell a story about wallowing and awakening, without getting too heavy-handed. Del ReyР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s collaboration with Sean Lennon, Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўTomorrow Never Came,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ is the one outright clunker.

#Listen to lana del rey beautiful people beautiful problems mac#

Producer Nowels may have had the right idea when he brought his longtime collaborator Nicks onto Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўBeautiful People Beautiful Problems,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ but the Fleetwood Mac singer is saddled with the most wan melody on the album. Not everyone makes as fitting an addition as A$AP. The lure of bad boys keeps Del Rey in her tranquilized state in the entrancingly dysfunctional stretch of the album that runs from Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўCherryР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ and Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўWhite MustangР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ through Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўIn My Feelings.Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ A$AP RockyР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s conflictedly macho rap is a particularly smart turn on Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўSummer Bummer,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ an irresistible mixture of dread and sensuality (although there are diminishing returns when Rocky shows up again on the very next number, Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўGroupie LoveР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™). (Okay, maybe making Coachella sound like HQ for the modern hippie vibe isnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t the best idea she ever had.)Р В РІР‚СњР В РІР‚С›ll this positivity is balanced with a healthy, or unhealthy, dose of depressive Del Rey - the old Lana whoР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s chronically prone to sleeping with neР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›er-do-wells and maybe dreaming of sleeping with the fishes, too. And woe unto you if you imagine that Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўCoachella - Woodstock in My MindР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ intends to make any unfavorable comparisons between the modern festival and the historic one. (Del Rey agrees with Ray Stevens that everything is beautiful, in its own way.) SheР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s also quite sincere in invoking that B-word in Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўGod Bless America - And All the Beautiful Women In It,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ an ode to feminism in the Trump era that sounds like it might have been inspired by the January womenР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s march. Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўBeautiful People Beautiful Problems,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ her ballad-y duet with Stevie Nicks, really is about beautiful people with beautiful problems. Go further down the track list, and you keep coming across other titles you imagine might be meant to be sarcastic, but arenР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t.

ItР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s not actually a dance track - Del Rey is still bereft of those (though remixers have long found her material ripe for reinterpretation) - but with her voice gradually drifting to the uppermost end of her register, it is startlingly beautiful. Del Rey has a song title on her album that seems to promise the same theme: Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўWhen the World Was at War We Kept Dancing.Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ Except here, after asking Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўIs it the end of America?,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ the diva in question is actually endorsing our way of hoofing through the present hysteria, suggesting that if we got through a world war or two by ballroom dancing, then cutting a rug can get us through this. Give her credit for creating the Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўpurposeful popР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ album Katy Perry thought she was making, then gave up on after one song, Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўChained to the Rhythm.Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ In that single, Perry chided Americans for dancing through what she saw as the political apocalypse, a scolding that didnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t really seem to fit with the blithe escapism of the rest of her album.

But she wears the more hopeful songs that bookend Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўLust for LifeР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ surprisingly well, considering that she and producer/co-writer Rick Nowels havenР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t made too many adjustments to a musical thermostat that earlier lent itself to icier material about drugs and death wishes. The idea of a Del Rey whoР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s suddenly committed to personal growth will inevitably lead to some Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўLittle Lana, happy at lastР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ chortling.