Lou Reed was set to feature on Lana Del Rey's new album before he died
With Lana Del Rey’s new album Ultraviolence dropping next week, the singer has revealed in a recent interview that the late Velvet Underground musician Lou Reed was set to appear on the LP before he passed away.
Speaking to The Guardian, Del Rey claims that Reed had agreed to feature on “Brooklyn Baby” and that he died the same day she was scheduled to meet him. “I took the red eye, touched down at 7am… and two minutes later he died,” Lana says in the piece.
Elsewhere in the article, Del Rey discusses the glamour of death (“I wish I was dead… I don’t want to have to keep doing this. But I am”) and the personal/political slant to criticism of her work (“I think they think there’s an element of sexism going on, but I feel that it’s more personal. I don’t see where the female part comes into it. I just can’t catch that feminist angle”).
Read the full interview here. Ultraviolence is out on 16 June.
[via Pitchfork]
- Brat is the music critics album of the year for 2024
- Lady Gaga says Bruno Mars collaboration was the "missing piece" of LG7
- UCHE YARA releases final track of the year, "as I left the room"
- Alabama Shakes play their first show in over seven years
- Paul McCartney joined by Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood for closing night of Got Back tour
- Watch Clarissa Connelly cover "Moonlight Shadow" in session at End of the Road Festival
- FINNEAS, Barry Can't Swim, Foster The People and more join NOS Alive 2025
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Cameron Winter
Heavy Metal
Sasha
Da Vinci Genius
