According to Auerbach, after Epworth listened to the same rough mix he loved it and stated the album was amazing and that he wouldn't do anything to change it. They even threatened Lana the record wasn't going to be out unless she worked with "the Adele producer", who most fans speculate to be Paul Epworth. After they sent them the rough mix of what they had at the moment they were unhappy about the results. He stated the label threatened with not extending the recording session for Ultraviolence any longer unless they heard something from the record. This may have been a contribution to her departure from her signature "baroque pop" sound.Īuerbach, the album's main producer, openly criticized her label's role on the creative output of the record.
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It is believed that few songs from the original production sessions made the final cut on the album as Del Rey said that she and Auerbach were initially scheduled to work together for three days but ended up spending two weeks on recording a full album. The two met in New York when she believed that the record was finished. During May 2014, Del Rey revealed that the inclusion of Auerbach was last-minute. Del Rey and Auerbach were rumored to be working together at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee in January and he was said to be producing her upcoming album. On February 20, 2014, Del Rey posted a picture of herself and Dan Auerbach on Twitter with the caption "Me and Dan Auerbach are excited to present you Ultraviolence". She also stated that she was working with Dan Heath, her then-boyfriend Barrie-James O'Neill, and that she wanted to work with Lou Reed. The unmastered version of the album leaked on November 10, 2020.ĭel Rey was originally said to be working with the same three writers and producers as she did on Born to Die ( Emile Haynie, Justin Parker and Rick Nowels). It is not available to stream in every country. Unlike her previous two releases, the photo wasn't taken at a music video shoot.Īn accompanying audio commentary album, in which Del Rey breaks down the writing/recording process for each song on the album, was released on streaming services on the same day as the album.
The black and white cover shows Del Rey standing by the open door of a car with "Ultraviolence" written in all caps in the same font as Born to Die and Paradise.
The album art for Ultraviolence was unveiled on Del Rey's official Tumblr on May 9, 2014. Del Rey later posted it to her Facebook page. The tracklisting for the album was revealed on on. It was later confirmed that the title was " Money Power Glory". On May 3, 2014, a title was revealed in an interview with a French magazine called “Money, Power & Glory”. She performed a snippet of the song before opening the show with " Cola". On April 19, 2014, during a show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Del Rey revealed a new song titled " Cruel World", calling it her favorite song from the album. On May 8, Fnac confirmed that the release date has been set for June 13, 2014. While leaving a nightclub in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, she stated to various reporters during a short interview about Ultraviolence that the album would be released on May 1, although there was no official confirmation from her label. The first announcement of the record was made at the premiere of Del Rey's short film, Tropico, at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood on December 4, 2013. They're really low-key and stripped back, all sort of West Coast-inspired." But yeah, I'm writing songs that I really like right now. She added, she was working on Ultraviolence, "until my record got leaked last week, 'cause my life is like completely invaded. But I guess I could just put them on and see what happens", leaving the fate of the song on the album uncertain. I don't really know what to put on the record. When " Black Beauty" leaked, Del Rey said, "I do feel discouraged, yeah. In interviews around this time, Del Rey talked about the development of her album, playing tracks, such as " Black Beauty" and describing the album as dark and spiritual. She stated that she had been recording in Santa Monica, California to finish the record. She was photographed in a recording studio on Januin Los Angeles, California. Del Rey presumably began working on her second studio effort around this time.
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