Lana Del Rey Explains Chemtrails Over The Country Club Artwork: 'These Are My Friends, This Is My Life'

Lana Del Rey's rather celebrated Norman Fucking Rockwell album dropped in August 2019, and for just about as long, the artist has been teasing its follow-up, Chemtrails Over the Nation Club. On January 10, LDR finally gave her most substantive update on the LP although, sharing its tracklist and cover art in a series of posts on Instagram.


The album, her seventh, will feature 11 songs, including a title track and one called "Tulsa Jesus Christ Freak." According to her posts, it has no listed features. "There's routinely turmoil and upheaval and in the midst of it- there's habitually cute music also LDR wrote in the caption accompanying the cover. "Introducing my new album chemtrails over the nation club."


additionally to the photo, which finds the artist smiling surrounded by an audience of ladies gathered around a table adorned with a nation club-ready gingham tablecloth, LDR shared another pic of her and three others adorned with pearls and tiaras, teasing a new "music video out tomorrow," meaning we might expect it at some point on Monday (January 11).


Also notable is the best comment Lana left on her post announcing the album cover, which seemed to address backlash she acquired last year immediately after calling out critics and fellow artists in an impassioned note. In the new comment, she wrote:

I also aspire to mention that with everything going on this year! And no this was not intended-these are my best companions, since you are asking today. And damn! As it happens whenever it comes to my astonishing companions and this cover yes there really are people of color on this records picture and that's all I'll mention about that nevertheless thank you.



My cute friend Valerie from Del Rio Mexico, my dearest friend Alex and my gorgeous friend Dakota Rain along with my sweetheart Tatiana. These are my companions this is my life. We are all a pretty mix of everything- some more than others which is visible and celebrated in everything I do. In 11 years working I have habitually been exceptionally inclusive without even attempting to. My best companions are rappers my boyfriends have been rappers. My dearest companions have been from all over the place, so before you make comments again about a WOC/POC offer, I'm not the one storming the capital, I'm literally changing the world by putting my life and thoughts and love out there on the table 24 seven. Respect it.

Chemtrails Over the Nation Club is due out later in 2021. Find a teaser for the album here, and watch her perform the album cut "Let Me Love You Like a Woman" on The Tonight Show below.