Brooklyn Baby

"Brooklyn Baby"
Single by Lana Del Rey
from the album Ultraviolence
ReleasedJune 8, 2014 (2014-06-08)
StudioEasy Eye Sound (Nashville)
GenreDream pop[1]
Length5:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Lana Del Rey
  • Barrie O'Neill
Producer(s)Dan Auerbach
Lana Del Rey singles chronology
"Ultraviolence"
(2014) 		"Brooklyn Baby"
(2014) 		"Wait for Life"
(2015)
Licensed audio
"Brooklyn Baby" on YouTube

"Brooklyn Baby" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey for her third studio album Ultraviolence (2014). It was written by Del Rey, and Barrie O'Neill, while production was handled by Dan Auerbach.[2] The song was released on June 8, 2014, by Polydor Records and Interscope Records.[3] The song's lyrical content is notable for its satirical elements targeting the New York hipster subculture:[3] its chorus highlights "a stable of cliches about hipsters, Brooklyn, millennials and other things Del Rey herself is known to idolize".[4]

  1. ^ Carter, Caitlin (June 10, 2014). "Lana Del Rey Releases New 'Ultraviolence' Single 'Brooklyn Baby' [LISTEN]". Music Times. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "iTunes — Music — Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey". Itunes.apple.com. January 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Coleman, Miriam (June 8, 2014). "Lana Del Rey Pokes Fun at New York Hipsters in 'Brooklyn Baby'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Matthew (June 9, 2014). "Lana Del Rey's 'Brooklyn Baby' Is An Ode To Hipsters". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 9, 2018.