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Song of the Day #5,395: ‘Fishtail’ – Lana Del Rey

Continuing my track-by-track appreciation of Lana Del Rey’s newest album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd…

Track 14: ‘Fishtail’

After two rather earnest love songs, ‘Fishtail’ describes a souring relationship, one in which Del Rey’s eyes have been opened to the fact that her partner doesn’t have her best interests in mind.

This song has the trippiest production on the album, and the first digital beats since fourth track ‘A&W.’ I love the modern sound of this one in contrast to the classicism of most of the album.

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Song of the Day #5,394: ‘Margaret’ – Lana Del Rey feat. Bleachers

Continuing my track-by-track appreciation of Lana Del Rey’s newest album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd…

Track 13: ‘Margaret’

Yesterday’s track was the first love song on this album, and it’s quickly followed up by an even more overtly romantic one.

‘Margaret’ is about the relationship between producer Jack Antonoff and actress Margaret Qualley. Antonoff (under his Bleachers moniker) even sings one of the verses, making this the most meta song on Ocean Blvd.

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Song of the Day #5,393: ‘Let the Light In’ – Lana Del Rey feat. Father John Misty

Continuing my track-by-track appreciation of Lana Del Rey’s newest album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd…

Track 12: ‘Let the Light In’

Entering the final third of Del Rey’s latest epic, things take a turn both thematically and sonically.

On ‘Let the Light In,’ the piano/strings sound dominating most of the album is eclipsed by an acoustic guitar (though we still get piano and strings) and the overall tone is romantic country rock. This feels to me like a lost John Lennon tune, and indeed Del Rey drops a reference to The Beatles as she is wont to do.

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Song of the Day #5,390: ‘Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing’ – Lana Del Rey

Continuing my track-by-track appreciation of Lana Del Rey’s newest album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd…

Track 11: ‘Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing’

Between the album title and this song’s moniker, rest assured that Lana Del Rey satisfied any word count requirements for this project. She’s actually showing some restraint, as the line that gives today’s track its name adds the phrase “for sharks in the Pacific.”

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Song of the Day #5,389: ‘Paris, Texas’ – Lana Del Rey feat. SYML

Continuing my track-by-track appreciation of Lana Del Rey’s newest album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd…

Track 10: ‘Paris, Texas’

Del Rey teamed up with pianist Jon Batiste earlier on the album, and here she looks to indie pop artist SYML, whose instrumental piano ballad ‘I Wanted to Leave’ forms the background of this lovely song.

‘Paris, Texas’ is a song about knowing when you need to get away and knowing when it’s time to go back home. It’s one of the simplest songs on Ocean Blvd and one of the prettiest.

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