Honeymoon (song)
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"Honeymoon" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey co-written by Rick Nowels. It was uploaded to her YouTube channel on July 14, 2015[4][5] and was released for purchase as the second promotional single on September 7, 2015 from her fourth studio album, Honeymoon.[6]
Music video
The music video for "Honeymoon" is directed and edited by Del Rey. The video is yet to be released by her. When asked if she was going to release it, Del Rey expressed: "You haven’t seen the full video for Honeymoon because I didn’t put it out yet. I don’t know if I will because I made it myself." Del Rey didn't reveal the video because "Nothing really happened in it."[7]
Reception
Upon release, the song was met with critical acclaim. NME called the track "cinematic" and "emotionally thrilling" before describing it as "perhaps her most heart-stopping ballad yet".[8] The Verge described the song as "six minutes of meandering bliss" and praised the "sweeping strings and stuttering snares" that "float through the background of the song", but also identified that, "like much of Lana Del Rey's work, the core of its appeal is in her voice."[3] TIME called the song "characteristically broody" and "cinematic", and suggested it "leans closer to the sounds of her breakthrough LP Born to Die than the material she cooked up with the Black Keys' Dan Auderbach".[9] The Independent praised the song, calling it "melancholic and beautiful".[10] Billboard said the song was "grander and more ambitious than anything the singer-songwriter has released thus far", describing it as "epic".[11]
Release history
Prior to the release, the lyrics to the song were released as part of a lyric book, which was available for purchase among the merchandise for The Endless Summer Tour.[12] Del Rey then posted two snippets of the song on her Instagram accounts.[13] The song was finally released in a lyric video, which was uploaded on her official YouTube channel on July 14, 2015.[11] The song was released through digital download on September 7, 2015.[6]
Charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| France (SNEP)[14] | 154 |
References
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- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Lana Del Rey – Honeymoon" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
