Being her 8th studio album, Blue Banisters is far from the flashies or most radio-friendly album she has produced, but rarely has she produced such crystalline, autobiographical work. It presents a collection of sun-kissed moments and hazy memories, free from judgement and firmly rooted in place. It manages to entertain, enrapture, and even surprise because of how well we know Lana Del Rey—and how much there is still to learn. Incredibly, she still manages to be this perplexing after a decade in the game. Blue Banisters reminds us that, beyond the social media fires and press backlashes, Del Rey is still as great as she's always been.
"Lana Del Rey goes deeper than ever on ‘Blue Banisters’. Her second album of the year is dense and abstract, turning inward and finding solace in sisterhood"
The Cult
"....For the most part, though, ‘Blue Banisters’ reminds us that, beyond the social media fires and press backlashes, Del Rey is still as great as she’s always been. With her attention firmly on her “endeavours” rather than the noise around her, perhaps her next album will be even better."
Pitchfork
"Despite weaving relatable scenes of Zoom calls and lockdown weight gain into her distinctive aesthetic, the stylised singer remains as elusive as ever on her eighth album"
The Rolling Stone
"At once timeless and timely, traditional and experimental, 'Blue Banisters' is Del Rey’s reckoning of her troubled past with her present surroundings (both physical and cultural) as she revisits her earlier style while presenting her most polished voice yet."
The Harvard Crimson
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