Love (Lana Del Rey song)

"Love"
Single by Lana Del Rey
from the album Lust for Life
B-side"Lust for Life"
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2017 (2017-02-18)
Genre
Length4:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lana Del Rey
  • Emile Haynie
  • Benny Blanco
  • Rick Nowels
  • Kieron Menzies
Lana Del Rey singles chronology
"Music to Watch Boys To"
(2015)
"Love"
(2017)
"Lust for Life"
(2017)
Music video
"Love" on YouTube

"Love" is a song by the American singer Lana Del Rey. It was released on February 18, 2017, by Polydor Records and Interscope Records, as the lead single from her fifth studio album, Lust for Life (2017). The song was written and produced by Del Rey, Benny Blanco, Emile Haynie and Rick Nowels, with additional production by Kieron Menzies. Its release was first teased with promotional posters hung in Los Angeles on February 17, after which the release date was pushed up due to leaked versions of the song surfacing online the same day.[1] The song incorporates alternative pop,[2] bubblegum pop,[3] dream pop,[4] and rock with a 50s style.[5]

  1. ^ Frankel, Jillian (February 17, 2017). "Lana Del Ray Cinematic "Love" Posters Around L.A. Stir New Album Speculation". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
    - Yoo, Noah (February 18, 2017). "Lana Del Rey Releases New Song "Love"". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
    - Maine, Samantha (February 18, 2017). "Lana Del Rey shares new song "Love"". NME. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
    - Gaca, Anna (29 March 2017). "Lana Del Rey Releases Trailer for New Album Lust for Life, Which Is "Coming Soon"". Spin.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ^ Young, Kevin (22 February 2017). "TODAY'S SONG: LANA DEL REY IS NOT ENOUGH, BUT YOUNG AND IN "LOVE"". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 18 June 2020. Lana Del Rey makes a resounding triumphed return to alternative-pop music with the surprise release of new ballad "Love"
  3. ^ He, Richard (March 31, 2021). "Every Lana Del Rey Song, Ranked: Critic's List". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2022. Like "Love," "Lust For Life" is a bubblegum pop song at heart.
  4. ^ White, Caitlin (April 11, 2017). "Lana Del Rey looks like a California flower child on the "Lust For Life" album cover". Digital Spy. Retrieved May 25, 2022. cosmic dream-pop of the lead single "Love"
  5. ^ Garvey, Meaghan (July 25, 2017). "Lana Del Rey: Lust for Life". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 25, 2022. "Love" — a warm, grainy, '50s-rock anthem