“Norman Fucking Rockwell” by Lana Del Rey

"Norman Fucking Rockwell" is the title track of Lana Del Rey's sixth album, from 2019, and she wrote and produced it with Jack Antonoff, who plays the piano and keyboards and mixed it with Laura Sisk. The chamber touches come from Victoria Parker on violin, Phillip Peterson on cello, flugelhorn and baritone horn, and Evan Smith on saxophone.

The first verse sizes up a man-child who won't own his faults, and the chorus admits he has talked her into staying anyway, which only makes her sadder. Del Rey told Zane Lowe it's about a guy who's a genius artist, knows it, and won't stop talking about it, and that working with Antonoff, who kept her laughing, put her in a lighter mood. The song earned a Song of the Year nomination at the 62nd Grammy Awards.

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