

Our relenting queen is back, less than a year after her Sunday headline slot in the pouring rain at Electric Picnic, which saw two off-duty Irish Times reporters (ahem) daring the on-duty reviewer to remain indifferent – something that in regular office situations would lead to a HR team being called in – because the love for Lana is an unyielding one. With that, an announcement much more decorative than her “it’s coming you little bitch” tweet prior to the release of her short film Tropico in 2013, members of the Lana Del Cult could unglaze their eyes and breathe a sigh of relief. Amidst all the uncertainty, and as we transition out of one era into another one, there’s no place I’d rather be than smack-dab in the middle of ‘Holly-weird’ making this record for you.” “So, even though these times can feel a little bit crazy, they’re not so very different from what other generations have experienced at one time or another before. The 6 best new Irish tracks of the week.Top of the Pops was the perfect pop show: its return should be a triumph.Fogarty channels the spirit of Shane MacGowan.A place to cultivate a world of their own, far away from the real world that’s around them,” she cooed back in March, announcing the release of her fourth album Lust for Life in a black and white teaser video, like a darkened Samantha Stephens over scenes of the occult and 1950s wifely duties. “You know, in this town, an artist really needs a lot of space when they’re trying to create something special.


From her Hollywood hills to our Harcourt Street, she is tragic romance, whereas we are just tragic. Our version? We send the fella from Athboy we’re shifting a string of emojis (eggplant – winky cat face – eggplant) at 5am, as our friends argue over who’s going to the Indian to buy after-hours wine. She endlessly falls for the bad boy, who’s probably out on parole, but can find brief moments of peace to “dance on the H of the Hollywood sign”, as she sings on the title track with resident bad boy The Weeknd. Lana Del Rey paints a tragic romance in which we all try to find parallels in our own lives.
