For all its shortcomings, вЂњBlue BanistersвЂќ excels at this. In the 2012 music video for вЂњRide,вЂќ she blatantly confesses a (dubiously authentic) coming-of-age backstory of riding through the American west, saying she and her biker daddies desired nothing more вЂњthan to make our lives into a work of art.вЂќДЄfter nearly a decade, Del Rey has mastered the craft of inviting her listeners to experience a sort of catharsis through aesthetic detachment from the mundanity of daily life. In her 2012 song вЂњGods and Monsters,вЂќ she quotes Walt Whitman, saying вЂњlife imitates art,вЂќ and she has embraced theatricality throughout her career. Of course, when one listens to Del Rey, they do so not for her lyrical mastery or technical ]perfection but for her incredible capacity to cultivate an immersive atmosphere.

Instead, it failed to integrate its multiple complex emotional narratives, isolating them with generic Del Rey imagery вЂњSwisher Sweet, magazinesвЂќ and jarring pacing. вЂњBlack Bathing SuitвЂќ with its frank discussion of her aging body being scrutinized the press had the potential to be the spiritual successor to 2012вЂ™s вЂњBlue Jeans,вЂќ the music video of which featured a moderately pornographic Del Rey wearing a notably white bathing suit. On the slapdash saccharine production вЂњBeautiful,вЂќ Lana asks tough questions fundamental to the nature of the human experience: вЂњWhat if someone had asked Picasso not to be sad/ Never known who he was or the man heвЂ™d become/ There would be no blue period.вЂќ She delivers these lyrics in the same intensely punctuated rhythm as Reese WitherspoonвЂ™s recitation of the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance in her role as Elle Woods in вЂњLegally BlondeвЂќ (2001), to a far less satisfying result. Other tracks are less successful, however. Meanwhile, the albumвЂ™s titular track manages to sound like Kate BushвЂ™s вЂњRunning Up that HillвЂќ played at half speed, while still packing an incredible emotional force maintained by the floating ambient synths pierced by razor-sharp vocals. вЂњWildflower WildfireвЂќ features Del Rey showing off a rich contrast between the husky velvet of her low murmurs and the dizzying shimmer of her upper range. The most successful songs on the album were released as singles and stand more or less independently. Unusually for Del Rey, вЂњBlue BanistersвЂќ isnвЂ™t sonically cohesive or thematically consistent. Tracks like вЂњNectar of the GodsвЂќ sound like her early unreleased demos, such as вЂњOn Our WayвЂќ with intense voice breaks and unpolished guitars. Still, outside of a few breakout tracks, the production as a whole feels rushed. Meanwhile, the albumвЂ™s titular track manages to sound like Kate BushвЂ™s вЂњRunning Up that HillвЂќ played at half speed, while still packing an incredible emotional force maintained by the floating ambient synths pierced by razor-sharp vocals The most successful songs on the album were released as singles and stand more or less independently of each other. On вЂњBanisters,вЂќ Del Rey leans into a more relaxed, raw vocal style than much of her earlier work, as if reclaiming the atonality of her infamous Saturday Night Live performance of вЂњBlue Jeans.вЂќ This new style acts to her detriment on вЂњBlack Bathing Suit,вЂќ but I grew to like it on other tracks like вЂњBlue BanistersвЂќ and вЂњDealer.вЂќ On вЂњThunder,вЂќ Del Rey perfects this more authentic, emotional sound with a confrontational country twang that addresses the listener in a more direct way than her typical detached croons.

22, comes fresh on the heels of her March release вЂњChemtrails Over the Country Club.вЂќ Perhaps that is why the album feels so rushed and unpolished. Lana Del ReyвЂ™s newest album вЂњBlue Banisters,вЂќ released Oct.

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