Lana Del Rey goes all sad L.A. screen queen in her new video for “West Coast,” off of her upcoming sophomore record, Ultraviolence.
A continuation of a clip that heralded the release of the single, the mostly black-and-white video features Lana swaying on a beach with a long-haired paramour; languidly lying on the shoulder of a shades-sporting older man in a convertible (perhaps that Humbert Humbert “my old man” from “Off to the Races”?); and, finally, engulfed in flames and a livid red dress, her form superimposed on a highway full of palm trees.
It’s like if David Lynch and Francesca Lia Block got together and dropped acid with a movie camera. Check it below:
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Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book “Stuff Hipsters Hate.” She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.
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