Mariners Apartment Complex

"Mariners Apartment Complex"
Single by Lana Del Rey
from the album Norman Fucking Rockwell
Released September 12, 2018 (2018-09-12)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 4:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jack Antonoff
  • Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey singles chronology
"Woman"
(2018)		 "Mariners Apartment Complex"
(2018)		 "Venice Bitch"
(2018)
Music video
"Mariners Apartment Complex" on YouTube

"Mariners Apartment Complex" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, released on September 12, 2018, through Polydor and Interscope Records, as the lead single from her upcoming studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019). The song marks the first collaboration between Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, who wrote and produced the song together.

Release

On September 7, 2018, Del Rey announced that she would be releasing two new songs, with "Mariners Apartment Complex" being released the following week. She subsequently shared a snippet of the song and its accompanying music video, which was shot by her sister, Chuck Grant.[3] The song was released on September 12 after being premiered on BBC Radio 1.[1] In an interview preceding the premiere, Del Rey stated:[4]

"The song is about this time I took a walk late at night with a guy I was seeing, and we stopped in front his friend's apartment complex, and he put his hand around my shoulder, and he said "I think we are together because we're both similar, like we're both really messed up" and I thought it was the saddest thing I'd ever heard. And I said, "I'm not sad, I didn't know that's why you thought you were relating to me on that level, I'm actually doing pretty good". And he was upset, and that's when I wrote the song. I thought, I had to do so many times, where you know like I had to sort of step on that role where I was showing the way and I was sort of being the brighter light. But that's why it's so cool that you’re playing it. 'Cause I thought that I'd just put it out and it would be one of those things that I'd put out just to have there for myself, but it's cool being able to share it with people too."

Critical reception

The song received acclaim from music critics. Billboard's Starr Bowenbank wrote that the song "features Del Rey's lush vocals against a beautiful backdrop of country-influenced guitar work, with her singing in wondrous whispers and dreamy layered harmonies about a beautiful, yet tumultuous, romance."[5] In a review for Pitchfork, Marc Hogan stated that the song "posits a Lana Del Rey who is not only a fully rounded character but also a port in a storm, as recognizable and reassuring as the old AM radio staples the song updates."[2]

Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos opined that the song "feels like a spiritual sequel" to Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2", and continued: "Negating her earliest works, growing out of her previous attitudes and forsaking the image of the Good American Girl looking for a figure to make her feel wanted, desired and cool, this Del Rey has "become the daddy.""[6] Anna Gaca from Spin noted that Del Rey "asks your understanding ("They mistook my kindness for weakness"), your forgiveness ("I fucked up, I know that, but Jesus"), your grace ("Can't a girl just do the best she can?") and in return, she offers everything: her power as a cypher and her vulnerability as an individual, bottled up tight in the character of Lana Del Rey and cast into the waves."[7]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 93
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[9] 35
Canadian Digital Songs (Billboard)[10] 34
Croatia (HRT)[11] 66
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 74
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[13] 11
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[14] 72
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 78
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 89
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 79
US Alternative Digital Songs (Billboard)[18] 7
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[19] 42

References

  1. 1 2 Reed, Ryan (September 12, 2018). "Lana Del Rey Recruits Jack Antonoff for New Song 'Mariners Apartment Complex'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Hogan, Marc (September 12, 2018). ""Mariners Apartment Complex" by Lana Del Rey Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Bowenbank, Starr (September 7, 2018). "Lana Del Rey Teases 'Mariners Apartment Complex,' One of Two New Singles Releasing Next Week". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lana Del Rey Hottest Record, Radio 1's Future Sounds with Annie Mac". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ Bowenback, Starr (September 12, 2018). "Lana Del Rey Delivers 'Mariners Apartment Complex' Song & Video". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (September 19, 2018). "Song You Need to Know: Lana Del Rey, 'Mariners Apartment Complex'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Gaca, Anna (September 12, 2018). "Lana Del Rey "Mariners Apartment Complex" Track Review". Spin. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #491". auspOp. September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lana Del Rey – Mariners Apartment Complex" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lana Del Rey Chart History - Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Croatia ARC TOP 100". HRT. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Lana Del Rey". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Lana Del Rey – Mariners Apartment Complex". Singles Top 100. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Lana Del Rey – Mariners Apartment Complex". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Alternative Digital Song Sales : Sep 29, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2018. (subscription required)
  19. ↑ "Digital Song Sales : Sep 29, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
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