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| artist = Lana Del Rey

| album = Norman Fucking Rockwell!

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| studio = Conway (Los Angeles, CA)

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*rock

*psychedelic folk

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| label = * Polydor

* Interscope

| writer = * Lana Del Rey

* Jack Antonoff

| producer = * Jack Antonoff

* Lana Del Rey

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| prev_year = 2018

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"'Mariners Apartment Complex'" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey, released on September 12, 2018, through Polydor Records and Interscope Records, as the first single from her sixth studio album, 'Norman Fucking Rockwell!' (2019)'.' The song was written and produced by Del Rey and musician Jack Antonoff, whom Del Rey would later go on to frequently collaborate with.

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. The song was released on September 12 after premiering on BBC Radio 1. In an interview preceding the premiere, Del Rey stated:

"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 youre 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."


Music video



A music video for "Mariners Apartment Complex" was released on September 18, 2018, six days after the song's release. The video was filmed by Del Rey's sister, Chuck Grant.

Composition



"Mariners Apartment Complex" was characterized by 'Rolling Stone's Ryan Reed as a folky psychedelic song. 'Pitchfork' critic Marc Hogan described the song as "a somber 1970s-style rock ballad with piano, acoustic guitar, and swooping strings." Mark Beaumont of 'NME' called it "a classically Del Rey smoulder of silken acoustic country music and orchestral washes."

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." 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." 'Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos opined that the song "feels like a spiritual sequel" to Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2", stating that "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.'" Anna Gaca from 'Spin' noted that Del Rey "asks your understanding... your forgiveness... your grace... 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."

'Rolling Stone' and 'Consequence of Sound' ranked "Mariners Apartment Complex" at number 6 and number 29 on their respective lists of the 50 Best Songs of 2018.

Cover versions



The song was covered by singer and musician Tamino at a concert in Paris in November 2018.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/fUMgxgQaQcQ Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210106014046/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUMgxgQaQcQ Wayback Machine]:

Credits and personnel



*Lana Del Rey vocals, songwriting, production

*Jack Antonoff production, songwriting, drums, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, piano, recording engineering, mixing

* Laura Sisk recording engineering, mixing, additional programming

*Jon Sher assistant recording engineering

* Serban Ghenea mixing

* John Hanes mix engineering

* Chris Gehringer mastering

* Will Quinnell assistant mastering engineering

Charts



Year-end charts



Release history



References



Category:2010s ballads

Category:2018 singles

Category:2018 songs

Category:Lana Del Rey songs

Category:American country music songs

Category:American rock songs

Category:Country ballads

Category:Folk ballads

Category:Psychedelic songs

Category:Psychedelic folk songs

Category:Rock ballads

Category:Song recordings produced by Jack Antonoff

Category:Songs written by Jack Antonoff

Category:Songs written by Lana Del Rey

Category:Black-and-white music videos

Category:Songs about California

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