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* CoverVersion: "Doin' Time" is a cover of the song by Music/{{Sublime}}, which Lana has cited as an influence of hers.



* GiantWoman: The "Doin' Time" video.



* LocationSong: "California" and "Mariners Apartment Complex"
* NonAppearingTitle: The title track, "Doin' Time" and "Cinnamon Girl"

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* LocationSong: "California" and "Mariners Apartment Complex"
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* NonAppearingTitle: The title track, "Doin' Time" and "Cinnamon Girl"Girl."



* OneWordTitle: "California" and "Bartender"

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* OneWordTitle: "California" and "Bartender""Bartender."



* TakeThat!: An immature unnamed ex-boyfriend trying to be a poet got this treatment in "Norman Fucking Rockwell". Fan speculation has named Creator/JamesFranco as the likely target.

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* TakeThat!: An immature unnamed ex-boyfriend trying to be a poet got this treatment in "Norman Fucking Rockwell".Rockwell. Fan speculation has named Creator/JamesFranco as the likely target.
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Often abbreviated to ''"[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle NFR!]]"'', the album marks the first of many collaborations with Jack Antonoff (of both Music/{{Fun}} and Music/{{Bleachers}} fame) as record producer. The album is considered an example of soft rock, with strong influences from psychedelic, folk and surf rock. The "Hollywood sadcore" popularised by her earlier work has largely disappeared, with the only legacy styles being the TripHop-style beats that appear in songs such as "The Next Best American Record" and "How to Disappear".

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Often abbreviated to ''"[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle NFR!]]"'', ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle NFR!]]'', the album marks the first of many collaborations with Jack Antonoff (of both Music/{{Fun}} and Music/{{Bleachers}} fame) as record producer. The album is considered an example of soft rock, with strong influences from psychedelic, folk and surf rock. The "Hollywood sadcore" popularised by her earlier work has largely disappeared, with the only legacy styles being the TripHop-style beats that appear in songs such as "The Next Best American Record" and "How to Disappear".
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Long Title and Overly Long Title are disambigs.


While it was released through both Creator/InterscopeRecords and Creator/PolydorRecords on 30 August 2019, the two lead singles "Mariners Apartment Complex" and "Venice Bitch" had previewed almost eleven months earlier on the 12 and 18 September 2018, respectively. Three additional singles were released: "[[OverlyLongTitle hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it]]", the Music/{{Sublime}} cover "Doin' Time" and "The Greatest".

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While it was released through both Creator/InterscopeRecords and Creator/PolydorRecords on 30 August 2019, the two lead singles "Mariners Apartment Complex" and "Venice Bitch" had previewed almost eleven months earlier on the 12 and 18 September 2018, respectively. Three additional singles were released: "[[OverlyLongTitle hope "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it]]", it", the Music/{{Sublime}} cover "Doin' Time" and "The Greatest".



* AlbumClosure: The heartwrenching, stripped-down piano ballad [[LongTitle "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it"]].

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* AlbumClosure: The heartwrenching, stripped-down piano ballad [[LongTitle "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it"]].it".
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!!"Goddamn, man-child. You troped me so good that I almost said, "I love you""

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!!"Goddamn, man-child. You troped me so good that I almost said, "I 'I love you""
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[[caption-width-right:300: ''"It's me, your little Venice bitch"'']]

''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Music/LanaDelRey. While it was released through both Creator/InterscopeRecords and Creator/PolydorRecords on 30 August 2019, the two lead singles "Mariners Apartment Complex" and "Venice Bitch" had previewed almost eleven months earlier on the 12 and 18 September 2018, respectively. Three additional singles were released: "[[OverlyLongTitle hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it]]", the Music/{{Sublime}} cover "Doin' Time" and "The Greatest".

Often abbreviated to ''"[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle NFR!]]"'', the album marks the first of many collaborations with Jack Antonoff (of both Music/{{Fun}} and Music/{{Bleachers}} fame) as record producer. The album is considered an example of soft rock, with strong influences from psychedelic, folk and surf rock. The Hollywood Sadcore popularised by her earlier work has largely disappeared from here, with the only legacy being TripHop-style beats appearing in songs such as "The Next Best American Record" and "How to Disappear".

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bitch."'']]

''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Music/LanaDelRey. Music/LanaDelRey.

While it was released through both Creator/InterscopeRecords and Creator/PolydorRecords on 30 August 2019, the two lead singles "Mariners Apartment Complex" and "Venice Bitch" had previewed almost eleven months earlier on the 12 and 18 September 2018, respectively. Three additional singles were released: "[[OverlyLongTitle hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it]]", the Music/{{Sublime}} cover "Doin' Time" and "The Greatest".

Often abbreviated to ''"[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle NFR!]]"'', the album marks the first of many collaborations with Jack Antonoff (of both Music/{{Fun}} and Music/{{Bleachers}} fame) as record producer. The album is considered an example of soft rock, with strong influences from psychedelic, folk and surf rock. The Hollywood Sadcore "Hollywood sadcore" popularised by her earlier work has largely disappeared from here, disappeared, with the only legacy styles being the TripHop-style beats appearing that appear in songs such as "The Next Best American Record" and "How to Disappear".

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* ChangingChorus: The final chorus for "How to Disappear" switches from [[TitleDrop title dropping]] to:
--> ''I'm always going to be right here\\
No one's going anywhere''



* IntercourseWithYou: The opening of "Norman Fucking Rockwell" describes Lana enjoying such an act.



* NostalgiaFilter: Common. Most prominent in "The Greatest"
--> ''The culture is lit, and if this is it‚ I had a ball\\
I guess that I'm burned out after all''



* PrecisionFStrike: Lana confirmed the reasoning behind this being the result of Lana daydreaming about the artist Norman Rockwell during the production of the record, and imagining what he would think of present-day America:

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* PrecisionFStrike: Too many to list. Lana confirmed the reasoning behind this the album title being the result of Lana daydreaming about the artist Norman Rockwell during the production of the record, and imagining what he would think of present-day America:


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* RecurringCharacter: Live performances of "How to Disappear" replace "Joe" in the second verse with "Jim"


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* SongOfSongTitles: "The Greatest" features references to "[[Music/TheBeachBoys Kokomo]]" and "[[Music/DavidBowie Life On Mars?]]"

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* EvolvingMusic: "The Next Best American Record" was originally written for ''Lust for Life'' as "Best American Record" but wasn't included due to being slower and mellower compared to the rest of the album. Lana loved the song, however, and rewrote the pre-choruses, choruses and outro in order to make it fit in on ''NFR!''.



* LocationSong: "California" and "Mariners Apartment Complex"
* NonAppearingTitle: The title track, "Doin' Time" and "Cinnamon Girl"



* {{Scatting}}: Half of the chorus for "Cinnamon Girl" consists of this.



* TakeThat!: An immature unnamed ex-boyfriend trying to be a poet got this treatment in "Norman Fucking Rockwell". Fan speculation has named Creator/JamesFranco as the likely target.

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* SillyLoveSongs: "Fuck It I Love You" and "Love Song"
* TakeThat!: An immature unnamed ex-boyfriend trying to be a poet got this treatment in "Norman Fucking Rockwell". Fan speculation has named Creator/JamesFranco as the likely target.target.
* VerbalTic: A prominent one in the chorus for "Bar-t-t-tender".
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* ShowWithinAShow: In the music video for "Doin' Time", Lana appears as a GiantWoman in what is revealed to be a movie playing on a drive-in. She then [[TelevisionPortal steps out of the screen]] to deal with a cheating boyfriend.
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* OneWordTitle: "California" and "Bartender"
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While ''Music/BornToDie'' was Lana's most successful album commercially and helped put her on the map, it was ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' that finally got her unanimous critical acclaim. The album not only featured on many best-of 2019 lists (with a number of publications ranking it number one) but also on many best of 2010s list despite its relatively late release. It was listed at #321 on Rolling Stone's 2020 revision of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.
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While ''Music/BornToDie'' was Lana's most successful album commercially and helped put her on the map, it was ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' that finally got her unanimous critical acclaim. The album not only featured on many best-of 2019 lists (with a number of publications ranking it number one) but also on many best of 2010s list despite its relatively late release. It was listed at #321 on Rolling Stone's 2020 revision of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

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While ''Music/BornToDie'' was Lana's most successful album commercially and helped put her on the map, it was ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' that finally got her unanimous critical acclaim. The album not only featured on many best-of 2019 lists (with a number of publications ranking it number one) but also on many best of 2010s list despite its relatively late release. It was listed at #321 on Rolling Stone's 2020 revision of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.Time.

!!Tracklist:

# "Norman Fucking Rockwell" (4:08)
# "Mariners Apartment Complex" (4:06)
# "Venice Bitch" (9:38)
# "Fuck It I Love You" (3:38)
# "Doin' Time" (3:22)
# "Love Song" (3:51)
# "Cinnamon Girl" (5:00)
# "How to Disappear" (3:48)
# "California" (5:05)
# "The Next Best American Record" (5:49)
# "The Greatest" (5:00)
# "Bartender" (4:23)
# "Happiness Is a Butterfly" (4:32)
# "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it" (5:24)

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!!"Goddamn, man-child. You troped me so good that I almost said, "I love you""

* AlbumClosure: The heartwrenching, stripped-down piano ballad [[LongTitle "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it"]].
* AlbumTitleDrop: Averted - "Norman Fucking Rockwell" is not sang verbatim anywhere in the album. "Creator/NormanRockwell", however, appears without the swear in "Venice Bitch"
* CensoredTitle: Norman Fucking Rockwell isn't censored on iTunes or Spotify, but in online press, the media, and on the album cover, the title is censored to "Norman F*** Rockwell". In interviews, it's either called "Norman Effing Rockwell", or shortened to "Norman Rockwell" or even "NFR!"
* ConceptVideo: "Doin' Time" is an AttackOfThe50FootWhatever parody, while separate short films were realised for "Fuck It I Love You"-"The Greatest" and "Norman Fucking Rockwell"-"Bartender"-"Happiness is a Butterfly"
* DarkerAndEdgier: While nowhere near as dark as ''Born to Die'' or ''Ultraviolence'', the overriding theme of Lana critiquing modern American culture and her status as both a woman and a pop star contrasts with the happier, more hopeful tone of 2017's ''Lust for Life'' and, to a lesser extent, the more family-oriented folk rock of 2021's ''Chemtrails over the Country Club''.
* EpicRocking: "Venice Bitch" clocks in at a full 9 minutes and 41 seconds with nearly half of the track purely instrumental.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: Both the album, the title track, and "Fuck It I Love You".
* PrecisionFStrike: Lana confirmed the reasoning behind this being the result of Lana daydreaming about the artist Norman Rockwell during the production of the record, and imagining what he would think of present-day America:
--> “It was kind of an exclamation mark: so this is the American dream, right now, this is where we’re at — Norman fucking Rockwell. We’re going to go to Mars, and Trump is president, all right.”
* TakeThat!: An immature unnamed ex-boyfriend trying to be a poet got this treatment in "Norman Fucking Rockwell". Fan speculation has named Creator/JamesFranco as the likely target.
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[[caption-width-right:300: ''"It's me, your little Venice bitch"'']]

''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Music/LanaDelRey. While it was released through both Creator/InterscopeRecords and Creator/PolydorRecords on 30 August 2019, the two lead singles "Mariners Apartment Complex" and "Venice Bitch" had previewed almost eleven months earlier on the 12 and 18 September 2018, respectively. Three additional singles were released: "[[OverlyLongTitle hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it]]", the Music/{{Sublime}} cover "Doin' Time" and "The Greatest".

Often abbreviated to ''"[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle NFR!]]"'', the album marks the first of many collaborations with Jack Antonoff (of both Music/{{Fun}} and Music/{{Bleachers}} fame) as record producer. The album is considered an example of soft rock, with strong influences from psychedelic, folk and surf rock. The Hollywood Sadcore popularised by her earlier work has largely disappeared from here, with the only legacy being TripHop-style beats appearing in songs such as "The Next Best American Record" and "How to Disappear".

While ''Music/BornToDie'' was Lana's most successful album commercially and helped put her on the map, it was ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' that finally got her unanimous critical acclaim. The album not only featured on many best-of 2019 lists (with a number of publications ranking it number one) but also on many best of 2010s list despite its relatively late release. It was listed at #321 on Rolling Stone's 2020 revision of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

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