Third appointment dedicated to Lana del Rey: today we talk about "Norman Fucking Rockwell!".

The sixth studio album, "Norman Fucking Rockwell!" (2019) marks the culmination of Lana del Rey's artistic maturity. Produced in collaboration with Jack Antonoff, with contributions from Zach Dawes and Rick Nowels, the album mixes soft-rock, psychedelic, and folk influences, creating a mosaic of fourteen perfectly embedded tracks. On the album cover, we see Lana del Rey and Duke Nicholson (nephew of actor Jack Nicholson) on a sailboat, while in the background the coast appears hit by fires, a metaphor for the disintegration of the American dream. The flames also return in "The Greatest," a soul/folk-flavored track from the '70s where nostalgia gives way to prophetic phrases like “L.A. is in flames, it's getting hot” or “Life on Mars? ain't just a song.” Despite everything, Lana does not lose hope and reiterates it in "Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman like Me to Have - but I Have It," a piano ballad full of emotion in which the singer compares herself to poet Sylvia Plath, as she drags herself in her nightgown and writes her lyrics with blood on the walls. Equally beautiful is "Happiness is a Butterfly," a track that in its simplicity is nevertheless extremely effective. The refined romanticism typical of the singer is certainly not lacking in this album, which we find in tracks like "Love Song," "The Next Best American Record," or "Venice Bitch." The latter stands out for its delicate yet overwhelming psychedelic instrumental tail, undoubtedly one of the singer's examples of maximum artistic expressiveness. Tracks like "Doin' Time," a reinterpretation of a Sublime piece, or "Bartender," which sounds almost onomatopoeic in reproducing the noise of clinking glass, further embellish the soundscape of "Norman Fucking Rockwell!", of which it is necessary to mention the enchanting title track, also splendidly arranged by Jack Antonoff. The album is praised by critics, who define it as the singer-songwriter's "pop classic." In addition to reaching the third position in the American chart, "Norman Fucking Rockwell!" debuts at the top of the UK chart, with a total of almost 800,000 copies sold to date.

To conclude this journey into Lana del Rey's music, we recommend listening to "Venice Bitch" today, with the invitation to let yourself be carried away by the magic of one of the iconic voices of our time.