Star finally reveals when Born To Die follow-up will drop, plus special edition details
Michael Baggs

16:06 14th May 2014

Lana del Rey has announced the official release date of her long-awaited second album, Ultraviolence. The new album will be available on 16 June, shortly before the star performs at this year's Glastonbury Festival.

The album was previously rumoured to be released on 1 May 2014, after the singer let slip this date to fans, but it appears she was a month and a half off the mark. The album will be released on download, CD and vinyl - with a collectors box also available, including a Deluxe LP Picture disc, 2 LPs on heavyweight vinyl, a Deluxe CD digipack and 4x12x12 art prints. See below.

The star recently revealed the artwork for the album, which shows he casually exiting a car, dressed in white. She also revealed the tracklisting of the album, which includes brilliantly titled tracks such as 'Money Power Glory', 'The Other Woman' and immediate standout, 'Fucked My Way Up To The Top'. See the full Ultraviolence tracklist below.

'Cruel World’
‘Ultraviolence’
‘Shades Of Cool’
‘Brooklyn Baby’
‘West Coast’
‘Sad Girl’
‘Pretty When You Cry’
‘Money Power Glory’
‘Fucked My Way Up To The Top’
‘Old Money’
‘The Other Woman’
‘Black Beauty’ (Bonus track)
‘Guns And Roses’ (Bonus track)
‘Florida Kilos’ (Bonus track)

Below: 8 things we want to hear on Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence

  • Collaborations: Incredibly, Lana Del Rey made it through an entire album without a single collaboration. The closest she came to a guest spot was A$ap Ricky appearing in her 'National Anthem' video. Whether A$ap makes a return for the record, or perhaps another artist she name-dropped on Born To Die (Bruce Springsteen would be AMAZING), let's get someone seriously cool on there.

  • More darkness: Born To Die wasn't all about rainbows and unicorns. It was dark and heartbreaking in places. However, according to the singer, tracks like 'Lucky Ones' were a walk in the park to what she has planned for round two. "It is absolutely gorgeous - darker then the first - so dark it's almost unlistenable and wrong," she told fans. Bring it on.

  • More hip-hop: Lana's done drama. She's done Americana and she has done the big orchestral numbers, but we know she's a hip hop girl at heart. We'd love to see her explore that side of her sound, as hinted at on tracks like 'Off To The Races' and 'This Is What Makes Us Girls' on Born To Die.

  • More orchestras: Some of Lana Del Rey's most accomplished and dramatic work has come AFTER the initial release of her debut album, Born To Die. Tracks such as 'Ride' and 'Young & Beautiful' had more drama and a sound far more grand than on the album, and truly established Del Rey as a music superstar. We want more orchestras, more drama and more enormous songs like these on Ultra Violence.

  • More shocking lyrics: Despite the gorgeous sounds of Born To Die, the album threw a number of lyrical curveballs, shaking the listener out of an Americana lull. Examples? Opening line of 'Cola' was "My pussy tastes like Pepsi cola" or 'Gods & Monsters' "In the land of gods and monsters I was an angel, looking to get fucked hard". Shocking, but brilliant.

  • None of the demos: Poor old Lana Del Rey had a hard-drive stolen in late 2013, containing loads of unheard music. Since then, the internet has been flooded with leaks of her music. While all pretty impressive, we're hoping the tracks were, as promised, early material and not Ultra Violence demos. We'd like something fresh when the record comes around.

  • Clockwork Orange references: Her second album is titled Ultra Violence, a reference to iconic book and movie, A Clockwork Orange. Certainly in keeping with the darker sounds promised, we're expecting the album to pay homage to the source material and be packed with easter-eggs for those familiar with Anthony Burgess' novel and Stanley Kubrick's movie.

  • More pretentiousness (like Tropico): Lana Del Rey is so pretentious - but she gets away with it. How? She is an artist who knows exactly who, and what she is. So, when she releases an extended music video, calls it a short film and launches it with a Hollywood premiere, everyone nods in agreement, because that's just who she is. Lady Gaga could learn a thing or two.

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