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"Lust for Life" is a new song by Lana Del Rey featuring The Weeknd, acting as the second single and title track from Lana's fifth studio album of the same name. It was released April 19, 2017 through Polydor and Interscope. Lana had previously featured as a vocalist with The Weeknd on his tracks, "Prisoner" and "Stargirl" and also helped write his song "Party Monster". "Lust for Life" marks the first track where The Weeknd is featured on one of Lana's tracks rather than the other way around.
The song was written by Lana Del Rey, longtime collaborator Rick Nowels and Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd), and features production from Del Rey, Nowels, Keiron Menzies (who worked with Lana on her last album, "Honeymoon"), Dean Reid, and Max Martin, who worked on bass engineering. This is the first time that Lana has ever worked with Max Martin.
"Lust for Life", as well as the lead single, "Love", are a departure from the often gloomy and melancholic themes found in much of her earlier work. The title of this track could be a reference to "Born to Die", with "Lust for Life" appearing to be a direct parallel to the song and album, but with a positive spin.
Fans and critics alike have speculated that although "Lust for Life" has a hopeful atmosphere, there is a darker undertone, drawing comparisons to the tragic death of Hollywood actress Peg Entwistle, who jumped off the H of the Hollywood sign, committing suicide. These comparisons have been drawn from some of the lyrics ("We climb up the H of the Hollywood sign" and "gotta dance til we die") as well as likening parts of the bridge to Entwistle's suicide note ("I told you twice in our love letter"). Lana has since tweeted that she had not heard of this theory before, however some people suspect she said this simply to distance herself from any controversy that could arise from touching upon such a dark and sensitive topic.
The song includes an intertextual link to the poem entitled "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley, with the lyrics, "We're the masters of our fate/ We're the captains of our own souls" being extremely similar to the aforementioned poem, simply with a change in pronouns. Similarly, the title, "Lust for Life" was used by singer Iggy Pop in 1977, on a song co-written by David Bowie and on his second studio album. Lana also likened the melodic layering in the background to the 1960s American pop girls group, The Shangri-Las. The Angel's song "My Boyfriend's Back", released in 1963, is referenced in the song as well.
The music video is expected to be released before the end of April.
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