The album Honeymoon by the artist Lana Del Rey was recently released on Sept 18. The lead single, “High by the Beach”, was released earlier this summer and created lots of hype for the release of her newest album. The music has a jazz blue, yet hip hop essence to it, creating a unique sound natural to Lana Del Rey’s music. The songs have a bittersweet tone to them, singing of both love and loss. The album was created in revolt to Lana Del Rey’s newfound fame. The theme of constant hounding from the media has been expressed in many songs such as “High by the Beach” and “God Knows I Tried”.

The album features melancholy love songs such as “Honeymoon,” “Music to Watch Boys To” and “Terrence Loves You” as well as hopeless pleas such as “God Knows I Tried.” The vocals create a classical tone while the melodies create a new-age techno feel. The vocals transport listeners back to the fifties, with Lana Del Rey’s playful scat and her dark and expressive lyrics.

“The album [Honeymoon] is different from her previous ones. My favorite song off the track is ‘Swan Song’,” Angelina Blanco, 9.

The lyrics in the album are reminiscent but accepting. The song “Honeymoon” expresses love that will not last; even when two people belong together, circumstances can keep them apart. Lana Del Rey expresses through her artwork the momentariness of beauty. She quotes the famous Robert Frost poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” in her song “Music to Watch Boys To”. She describes love as the “sun or summer days;” the sun will set and the fall leaves will fall. The artist’s words create an image of impassioned love and the eventual beauty of having to have lost it.