Review: Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life: 'For the first time she seems at ease in her stardom'
Lana Del Rey smiles tentatively on the cover of her fourth album, her hair adorned with bright daisies. That’s a change from her default mode of waifish inscrutability. The subtle reinvention extends to the music. Lust For Life isn’t quite the sound of an artist ripping it up and starting over — it does, however, see the ‘Video Games’ singer stepping outside her well-worn persona of Laura Palmer-esque lost soul. For the first time she seems at ease in her stardom — and curious about the creative possibilities it offers.
The makeover is especially vivid on the title track, a sinewy hook-up with The Weeknd, and co-written by pop provocateur Max Martin.
