Suddenly, in 2017, she engaged with the world as it was, endorsing Wiccan moves to place a binding spell on the then new president. Del Rey has drawn on old Hollywood, summer time and a half-debutante, half-gangster’s moll alter ego. Rockwell specialised in highly stylised scenes from American 20th-century life, reflecting myths back to an adoring public before later becoming more politically aware. Rarely has the offer of a party, with “your favourite alcohol off the top shelf”, seemed so unenticing, compared with everything else that’s going on here.įirst, there are the Rockwell parallels Del Rey is clearly angling for, despite the fact that the title track actually concerns a “self-loving” and “resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all”, rather than Rockwell himself. What’s odd, however, is that while California is technically one of the strongest songs (there are actual beats it’s about something tangible) it’s also one of the least interesting tracks on this unorthodox, involving album, named after a devotee of lived American iconography, the 20th-century illustrator Norman Rockwell. “Crazy love,” muses Del Rey, audibly shaking her head at the memory, yet nursing some unspecified guilt. Having often set her tunes in specific locales – Brooklyn Baby, West Coast and Venice Bitch are just three previous stops on the open-top Del Rey bus tour – it comes as little surprise that at the heart of Norman Fucking Rockwell, the fifth of her acknowledged studio albums, Del Rey should be throwing a party for some hot guy, if he’s ever in California again. "I already feel kinda bad for however his younger sister turns out.I t was probably inevitable that Lana Del Rey would one day write a song called California. " Norm is really having a year," she quipped last year on Instagram. Her sixth studio album found itself at the top of many best-of-the-year lists across music publications, and even has Del Rey herself wondering what the reaction to her next record will receive. NFR! winning Best Album In The World is a major accolade for Del Rey, but one that's also not that surprising. You've continued to support me through all of the madness, and I'm just super grateful to you guys." "You've supported me since 2011, put me on my first cover in London… Honestly, I was thinking about it, and without you guys I don't even know how much music I'd be making.
I cannot tell you how much this award means to me," she said in the acceptance video. Yes, it's a real award and it now belongs to Del Rey.ĭel Rey graciously accepted the title via video clip, taking time to thank the longstanding British music magazine for their early support in her career. Del Rey and NFR! won big at the NME Awards in London on Wednesday, taking home the coveted Best Album In The World award. If you ever felt like Norman Fucking Rockwell! was not only Lana Del Rey's best work, but also one of the best records to simply ever exist, now, you're technically right.
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