Track Review: “Honeymoon” – Lana Del Rey

The queen of flower crowns and sultry perfection is at it again, enticing fans with her upcoming fourth album Honeymoon. Earlier today, Lana released her track “Honeymoon” from the impending album, and what can I say? She simply has one of the most enchanting voices capable of uttering the most soothingly enigmatic songs I’ve heard in my lifetime. Her album Honeymoon is set to drop this September, but we have this dazzlingly gorgeous track to hold us over until then.

With her usual grace and style, Lana takes to this track with her mysterious voice singing of tainted love, a violent man, and their glorious honeymoon. When I first heard the snippet of this song released on Lana’s Facebook and Instagram, I was immediately in a state of blissful rapture. I was hoping her fourth album would continue in the beguilingly enchanting direction that her previous three fantastic albums have gone.

This track is quintessential of the queen of disaster, and I find that it embodies the very essence of the sensational Lana Del Rey. With the song revolving around a dangerous, flawed man, Lana creates a calming melody with a soft voice that is utterly sublime. If the tracks from her upcoming album are close to the lavish vocals and pacifying melody of “Honeymoon,” then the album is already in the running for the best of the year. It is very seldom that an artist continually makes such superb albums, but Lana, seemingly, has done so.

With her first three albums Paradise, Born To Die, and Ultraviolence behind her, Lana continues her legacy of dying young and tainted love. Lana takes to the track with her steamy and ethereal voice that sets the bar high (which I know she will reach) for the rest of her album. I could not help but remark that “Honeymoon” was slightly reminiscent of her earlier work. Each song(s) has its own beauty and originality, but I enjoyed the pleasant and warm chorus and overall feeling of each track quite immensely. The transcendental track from my beloved Lana continues her legacy of glamorous music, and I simply cannot wait to get my hands on her newest album.

Her third album Ultraviolence went in a different direction than her previous two albums, but I loved what she did with it. Despite the love I have for her third album, I will say that I was a bigger fan of her first two albums. “Honeymoon” seems to harken back to the days of Paradise and Born To Die, which is what excites me most about this track. If this album is anything like the plush perfection of her first two albums, I can say that I am the most excited fan out there.