Lana Del Rey's 2014 tour dates brought her to Boston last night, where she happily greeted an excited crowd. Lana Del Rey also recently confirmed the leaked cover art for her new album "Ultraviolence," as well as released a new music video for her song "West Coast."
According to the Boston Globe, the "Summertime Sadness" singer was happy to be performing on her tour, asking the excited crowd, "How amazing is it to finally [expletive] be in Boston?"
Boston Globe writer James Reed, said Lana Del Rey gave an adequate but not amazing performance on her tour stop in Boston, as the 'Ultraviolence' singer struggled to shine on stage. Reed writes, “What comes off as sultry and enigmatic on Instagram and in fashion spreads translated to a static, often stiff live performance that was more about seeing a celebrity than a musician.” However, Del Rey managed to please the crowd of fans, especially with her performance of the popular song “Video Games.”
Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey has suffered a streak of leaks about her highly anticipated sophomore 'Ultraviolence' album in the last year. However, so far in 2014, she has expertly controlled the release of information surrounding “Ultraviolence.”
Lead single “West Coast” with music video premiered without leaking; the full 'West Coast' music video can be watched below. Yesterday she posted the official tracklist.
An official release date for “Ultraviolence” hasn’t emerged yet (though in the last 24 hours, I’ve seen June 2 and June 13 reported as fact). However, the cover art announcement may have gotten away from her; the above image surfaced online and was allegedly lifted from Universal Music Group’s intranet according to Idolator. Del Rey, however, confirmed that the image was in fact the cover of “Ultraviolence” by posting the image on her Twitter.
On Thursday (May 8), Del Rey unveiled the 14-song track list to "Ultraviolence," which will include songs like "Fucked My Way Up To the Top," "Guns and Roses" and "Sad Girl." The track list reveal followed the release of the music video for "Ultraviolence's" sultry first single, "West Coast."
Del Rey first debuted "West Coast" during a performance at Coachella, and the song shot up to No. 17 on the Hot 100 chart upon its release. "I can see my sweet boy swayin'," Del Rey croons in the music video. The singer's first album, "Born To Die," recently crossed 1 million copies sold in the United States.
