Lana Del Rey Announces New Spoken Word Album

Lana Del Rey at the LACMA: Art and Film Gala in 2018
Lana Del Rey at the LACMA: Art and Film Gala in 2018. Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock (9960023qk)

Lana Del Rey is treating fans to something new. 

The singer took to Instagram to announce that she will be ringing in the New Year with a new spoken word album out January 4. 

The album is billed by Del Ray as “freestyle poetry” and is described as being a bit “more gritty” that usual. 

In the video announcement, the singer explained that half of the LP’s proceeds will benefit Native American organizations.

“I just love the idea that thoughts are meant to be shared and that they were priceless in some way. And there was a second part that I had been thinking of before releasing it, which was that I wanted half of what the spoken word album was going for to benefit Native American organizations around the country.”

She continued: “I had wanted to do it because in doing my own work in connecting to my own family lineage I was encouraged to also try to connect to the country’s lineage… And I just really wanted to sort of pay homage to the country that I love so much by doing my own reparation, I guess I would say, my own reparative act. And so I know it’s a bit of an unusual choice and I have no reasoning for it other than it just feels right to me.”