LISTEN: Lana Del Rey - "West Coast"

"Down on the West Coast, they got a sayin', if you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'"

The new single, "West Coast"

Lana Del Rey gave BBC's Radio 1 the permission to play her new single, "West Coast" for the first time. DJ Fearne Cottono described it as "quite beautiful" and who am I to say that she's wrong?

This is definitely a little different for Lana, a small (perhaps uncertain) step ahead. It doesn't really represent an artistic evolution but this could be interpreted as Lana staying true to herself. Her biggest hit, after all, was a remix of one of her songs, so it's good to see she didn't go down that route for her comeback. That would have been bizarre.

The music changes almost dramatically right before the chorus, it slows down and turns the song into a classic Lana Del Rey track, taking us back to "Summertime Sadness" and "Gods And Monsters".

Listen to the track below and see what you make of it!


Buy "West Coast" here.