The controversy surrounding Lana Del Rey had begun last week after various statements claiming she cared very little about feminism despite early criticism that her music and style had degraded women and celebrated facets such as prostitution and exploitation.

In the spotlight of these allegations was her music video “Ride” which can be said to depict the Born To Die singer selling sex to truck drivers. Miss Rey claimed she cared very little for feminism in an interview with The Fader that she found it an uninteresting concept, and that she was more concerned about intergalactic space flight.

In what an only be described as a parallel to the Charlie Sheen-esk descent into madness, Miss Rey has stated several times that ” I fucking crazy, but I love it”, almost in an attempt to appear like a “super frickin rock star from mars”.

However, it also feels that Lana Del Rey has used the media attention to boost her album which have gained surprisingly good reviews and estimates of around 175,000 copies sold in the USA within the first week.

In an interview with the Guardian the 27 year old expressed that she wished she was dead, comments which further resonated throughout the media frenzy. However, it appears that whilst listing her icons such as Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse, Miss Rey has undoubtedly been swallowed up this week and has merged looking a little unstable.

“Ultraviolence” was released on the 13th of June and has been described “Del Rey’s voice flourishes. Inside the album’s big, vintage swing, she sings herself into places that Born To Die, with its pop veneer, couldn’t touch” by Time Magazine. It is a good album and certainly contains more complexities than her previous work. Del Rey may be in the spotlight for negative reasons, but the modern   Nancy Sinatra with Lolita’s smile certainly provokes emotion in her voice which clearly shows a deep rooted talent.

Here is the video for her new single “Shades Of Cool”

Miss Rey has is also featured in the Disney movie ‘Maleficent’ singing a darker version of ‘Once Upon a Dream’ originally for the Sleeping Beauty movie back in 1959. She had also a small part in last years ‘The Great Gatsby’ after recording ‘Young and Beautiful’ for the Baz Lurhman musical.

Since then Lana Del Rey had risen in notoriety having won International Female Solo Artist at the 2013 BRIT Awards but has been in the scope of criticism after her third EP ‘Ride’ was suggested to be ‘antifeminist’ and glorifying prostitution.

In an interview with The Fader she states that ‘For me the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept” and claimed she was more interested in “intergalactic possibilities” such as space travel, but these comments appeared to be more tongue in cheek rather than a disregard for the feminist cause.

Ultraviolence is due for release on June 16th 2014.

Track listing:

‘Cruel World’
‘Ultraviolence’
‘Shades Of Cool’
‘Brooklyn Baby’
‘West Coast’
‘Sad Girl’
‘Pretty When You Cry’
‘Money Power Glory’
‘Fucked My Way Up To The Top’
‘Old Money’
‘The Other Woman’
‘Black Beauty’ (Bonus track)
‘Guns And Roses’ (Bonus track)
‘Florida Kilos’ (Bonus track)