“Coachella” follows two previous releases from “Lust for Life,” “ Love” and the album’s title track, a duet with The Weeknd. The song carries on in the mold of many of her recent releases, neither a blockbuster nor a deep statement of intent, but rather a steady, solid progression in a career that’s built impressively from an unpromising beginning as a viral star (with the 2011 song “Video Games”) who delivered one of the most disastrous musical performances in “Saturday Night Live” history. The lyrics continue without a direct mention of politics except for the closing verse, which may be an elliptical reference to communicating with people in countries under media blackouts like North Korea: “Maybe my contribution/ Could be as small as hoping/ That words could turn to birds and birds would send my thoughts your way.” “I was at Coachella, leaning on your shoulder, watching your husband swing and shine/ I’d say it was hella cool to win them over, critics can be so mean sometimes.”
The second verse seems to change the subject completely but does deliver one a vintage Del Rey lyric, snarky, sarcastic and self aware: Be my guest, baby Im feeling all my fucking feelings Got me up in this place right now Making no sense at all Got me up in this place right now Against the wall Got me feeling so blue Making no sense at all Gotta leave right now Cause you got me in my feelings (got me feeling so much right now) Talking in my sleep again (Im making love songs.
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