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Chemtrails over the Country Club
Studio album by
Lana Del Rey
ReleasedMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Recorded2015–2016;[1] 2019–2020[2]
StudioConway Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length45:28
Label
Producer
Lana Del Rey chronology
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
(2020) 		Chemtrails over the Country Club
(2021)
Lana Del Rey studio album chronology
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
(2019) 		Chemtrails over the Country Club
(2021)
Singles from Chemtrails over the Country Club
  1. "Let Me Love You like a Woman"
    Released: October 16, 2020
  2. "Chemtrails over the Country Club"
    Released: January 11, 2021

Chemtrails over the Country Club is the upcoming seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It is set to be released on March 19, 2021[4][5][6] by Interscope Records and Polydor Records.[4] The album was produced primarily by Del Rey and frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff,[7][8] with additional production contributions from Rick Nowels[7] and Nikki Lane,[8] and is set to feature a collaboration with indie pop singer-songwriters Zella Day and Weyes Blood on a cover of the 1970 song "For Free" by folk-pop musician Joni Mitchell.[9]

The album has been described as a country-folk album.[10] In a September 2020 interview with Interview magazine, Del Rey stated that the lyrics of the album pertain to her "stunning girlfriends" and "beautiful siblings" ("who so much of the album is about"), and mentioned "wanting so much to be normal and realizing that when you have an overactive, eccentric mind, a record like Chemtrails is just what you're going to get."[5][11][12] A February 2021 interview with Del Rey, for the April 2021 issue of music magazine Mojo, stated "In 2021, [Chemtrails over the Country Club] opens a sunnier chapter in [Del Rey's] controversial roman-à-clef, and folk legend Joan Baez advocates her acceptance in the pantheon", adding that the album "appears to reveal a more vulnerable Del Rey" who is "lighter on the LA menace" and "more innocently emotional" than in her previous work.[13][14]

Background

On August 30, 2019, the release day of her sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Del Rey announced that she had already begun work on her follow-up album,[15] revealing the working title to be White Hot Forever.[16] Nearly nine months later on May 25, 2020, she posted a series of videos on Instagram in which she announced that the title had been changed to Chemtrails over the Country Club.[17] The album was initially scheduled for release on September 5, 2020, but it was later revealed that the release had been postponed because of vinyl production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[18][19] as well as uncertainty over whether the track "Dealer" would be included on the album.[19][20][21] "Dealer" was later confirmed to have not made the album cut.[22]

On August 7, 2020, Del Rey posted a video on Instagram featuring a snippet of the track "Tulsa Jesus Freak", which would later be included on the album.[23][24][25] On September 1, she posted a video on Instagram of her on set filming the music video for the album title track, "Chemtrails over the Country Club", and announced that she would soon release another track, "Let Me Love You like a Woman", further stating that the album would be released "soon" after.[26] "Let Me Love You Like a Woman" was released on October 16 as the lead single from Chemtrails over the Country Club.

On December 14, 2020, a pre-recorded live performance of "Let Me Love You Like a Woman" (Del Rey's first television performance in nine years, since her 2012 live performance on Saturday Night Live) was presented on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,[27][28] and a few days later, Del Rey performed "Silent Night" alongside "Let Me Love You like a Woman" at Jack Antonoff's Ally Coalition Talent Show.[29][30][31] Shortly after, on December 22, Del Rey posted a teaser video for "Chemtrails over the Country Club" on social media, announcing that the track would be released as the second single from the album on January 11, 2021, the same day the album would become available for pre-order.[32]

The eighth track on the album, "Yosemite", was originally intended to be included on Del Rey's fifth studio album, Lust for Life (2017).[33] In a 2017 interview with Zane Lowe, Del Rey stated the track was excluded from Lust For Life because "the song was too happy; we're not there yet."

Album art

On January 10, 2021, a day prior to the release of "Chemtrails over the Country Club", Del Rey revealed the album cover and track list of Chemtrails over the Country Club on Twitter and Instagram.[22][34] On January 11, retail chains Target and HMV revealed exclusive editions of the record[35][36] featuring alternate cover art, photographed by Neil Krug.[37]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[38]
The Times[39]

In a review for AllMusic, Fred Thomas stated that "with seventh album Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Del Rey shakes off the cocoon of her slick pop days completely, continuing the nuanced songwriting and hushed perspectives of [Norman Fucking Rockwell!] and turning in her most atmospheric set of songs to date."[40] Will Hodgkinson of The Times assigned the album a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.[41]

Track listing

Chemtrails over the Country Club
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."White Dress"
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
5:33
2."Chemtrails over the Country Club"
  • Del Rey
  • Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
4:31
3."Tulsa Jesus Freak"
  • Del Rey
  • Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
3:35
4."Let Me Love You like a Woman"
  • Del Rey
  • Antonoff
Antonoff3:21
5."Wild at Heart"
  • Del Rey
  • Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
4:06
6."Dark but Just a Game"
  • Del Rey
  • Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
3:55
7."Not All Who Wander Are Lost"
  • Del Rey
  • Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
4:07
8."Yosemite"
  • Del Rey
  • Nowels
5:04
9."Breaking Up Slowly"
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
2:57
10."Dance Till We Die"
  • Del Rey
  • Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
4:03
11."For Free" (featuring Zella Day & Weyes Blood)Joni Mitchell
  • Antonoff
  • Del Rey
4:11
Total length:45:28

Sample credits

  • "Wild at Heart" samples the instrumental of the track "How to Disappear" from Del Rey's sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!, written and produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, performed by Del Rey.

Personnel

Adapted from the album's track listing.

Musicians

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