Description
Lana Del Rey – Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass – Compact Disc
The recording includes 14 poems performed by Lana Del Rey accompanied by music from Grammy Award-Winning songwriter/producer Jack Antonoff
Lana Del Rey’s Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is not a traditional studio album but a spoken-word poetry project, released on July 28, 2020 via Interscope / Polydor. It serves as an audio companion to her first poetry book of the same name and presents Lana reading her own poems over sparse musical backdrops.
The project runs just under 40 minutes and features instrumental contributions primarily from Jack Antonoff, her frequent collaborator during this period. The music is minimal—soft piano figures, ambient textures, light atmospheric layering—designed to support the spoken word rather than compete with it. Unlike her studio albums, there are no traditional song structures, hooks, or choruses. Instead, the pacing is reflective and intimate, closer to a recorded poetry reading than a pop release.
The collection leans into many of the ideas long present in Lana’s songwriting—California landscapes, nostalgia, Americana imagery, romantic disillusionment, and personal introspection—but without the filter of melody. The language is more direct and observational, sometimes fragmented, often diaristic. Pieces like “LA Who Am I to Love You,” “SportCruiser,” and “Quiet Waiter Blue Forever” highlight her ongoing fascination with Los Angeles as both muse and myth, while other poems explore vulnerability, loneliness, and self-definition.
The audio edition charted modestly compared to her studio albums but was notable for debuting on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, an unusual placement for a spoken-word release. The physical editions—including vinyl—were particularly sought after by collectors.
In Lana Del Rey’s catalog, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass functions as a side project that reveals the literary framework behind her songwriting. It strips away the cinematic production she’s known for and places the focus entirely on voice, cadence, and imagery, offering a quieter but more direct look at her creative process.
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Track Listing
L.A. Who Am I To Love You
The Land Of 1,000 Fires
Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass
Past The Bushes Cypress Thriving
Salamander
Never To Heaven
Sportcruiser
Tess Dipietro
Quiet Waiter Blue Forever
What Happened When I Left You
Happy
My Bedroom Is A Sacred Place Now – There Are Children At The Foot Of My Bed
Paradise Is Very Fragile
Bare Feet On Linoleum
