“Shades Of Cool” is the most Bond-sounding single off Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence, but the video is more fairy tale than action movie. It’s steeped in the mirage-like American iconography that has colored Del Rey’s music in since “Video Games,” depicting a romantic fling with an older man. There are also some stylized images involving [...]
Stereogum — “Shades Of Cool” is the most Bond-sounding single off Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence, but the video is more fairy tale than action movie. It’s steeped in the mirage... more info