Yesterday, the 27-year-old singer revealed to fans on social media what looks to be artwork for 'Ultraviolence,' although she didn't explicitly call it that. The black and white retro-chic feel of the ...

Is pop music's somber sweetheart Lana Del Rey about to pull a Beyonce? Her sophomore set, 'Ultraviolence,' feels like it is shrouded in secrecy. With a new billboard featuring Del Rey's pretty face ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. More than 10 years after its debut, Ultraviolence returns to the ...

Lana Del Rey has come a long way from her debut “Born to Die.” New “Ultraviolence” is legions more cohesive, conceptually stronger and packaged better than her scarlet starlets of 2011. The ...

Given the language, it sounds like Auerbach is producing the album. As Pitchfork points out, that's pretty funny considering remarks Auerbach made to MTV in 2012: On some level, we've seen that Lana ...

“There was a lot of bullshit I’m not used to,” Auerbach tells senior writer Brian Hiatt. “The label says, ‘We’re not going to give you the budget to extend this session unless we hear something.’ And ...

An artist known for songs titled “Video Games,” “Diet Mountain Dew,” and “I F… My Way Up to the Top” may not appear to be well-read, but Lana Del Rey is trying hard to prove you wrong. With the ...

Since the birth of Elizabeth Grant’s musical persona Lana Del Rey, her music has been defined by a certain melancholia. Not surprisingly, her new album “Ultraviolence” is similarly steeped in despair, ...

With a title like Ultraviolence, you’d expect the upcoming Lana Del Rey album’s cover to feature the singer brandishing machines guns or dodging explosions or clutching a knife or something besides ...

Now it all makes sense: She simply needed time to develop, time for the music to catch up with her vision. When Lana Del Rey catapulted to pop stardom in the summer of 2011 with the song “Video Games, ...