Lana Del Rey Has Come to Confess

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( album review [Lana Del Rey Has Come to Confess]( On Ocean Blvd, the singer sets her fears on fire. Photo: Lana Del Rey/Universal Music [Lana Del Rey]( is a colorful study in contrasts: She’s a quintessentially West Coast presence who spent her formative years in Lake Placid, a Catholic-school kid who blossomed into a songwriter with a flair for the salacious and the macabre, and a pop star whose work evokes not sunny seaside shindigs but harrowing, deadening inertia. Lana is not your chipper, reserved celebrity, either — the kind whose gift for avoiding controversy and unpleasantness should be studied in a lab. In December, she shared photos of a billboard announcing her ninth album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, on her private Instagram account. “There’s only one and it’s in Tulsa,” the caption explained. Her ex, police officer Sean Larkin, lives there. But Ocean Blvd isn’t a breakup record. It’s about healing, opening a new chapter in the oeuvre of an artist who fixates on troubles hiding in plain sight, and the fears and sorrows swirling behind our public masks of contentment. Where past releases pulled you into a world of cinematic ennui and seedy Americana, offering the thrill of a sightseeing tour of Hollywood horrors, this one pierces the enshrouding darkness, seeking solace from pain through companionship and spirituality. [Read More]( [Spring Sale:]( For a limited time, save over 70% on unlimited access to Vulture and get a [free tote]( with any annual plan. The Latest TV Recaps • Yellowjackets: [Cornflake Girls]( • Succession: [The Biggest Number]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [How Bret Hart Wrestled Back Into the Story The WWF icon had his legacy buried for years — until he decided to play Vince McMahon’s game.]( By Abraham Josephine Riesman [RuPaul, Pedro Pascal, and More Speak Out in Defense of Trans Rights Madonna has added a tour date in Nashville with part of the proceeds going toward trans-rights organizations.]( By Bethy Squires [Everything You Need to Know About Gwyneth Paltrow’s Ski Collision Trial Citizen-procured chat-room screenshots are entered as evidence.]( [Molly Shannon and Ana de Armas Will Be Superstar SNL Hosts With musical hosts the JoBros and Karol G, respectively.]( By Jason P. Frank [What’s Tom’s Deal in This Week’s Succession? Let’s assess, on the fuck-or-get-fucked spectrum, exactly how things are going for Tom at the end of season-four premiere ‘The Munsters.’]( [Grimes Renames Her Second Child? Y in Latin-alphabet-letter form or Why in word form.]( By Zoe Guy [Join Succession Club A newsletter exclusively for New York subscribers obsessively covering the show’s final season.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 25-Down, Three Letters: Ally McBeal’s field. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Getty Images Pretty Major at Union Hall Photo: Vulture Tomorrow, March 28, at Union Hall at 7 p.m., Vulture’s comedy show, Pretty Major, will be hosted by Zach Zimmerman and Jay Jurden, featuring comedy from Nataly Aukar, Drew Michael, Raina Morris, and Roy Wood Jr. [Buy tickets here.]( [Read more from Vulture]( A weekly newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-vulture?email={EMAIL}&hash=39357a76f6d08b16239fd2ffa65e9c6f¶m=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved