U-Lou Reed y Metallica Bakhupha ividiyo: imalunga «Umbono«, Eyokuqala engatshatanga kwicwecwe labo elidibeneyo 'Lulu', ihlelwe kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Ividiyo yadutshulwa ngumlawuli uDarren Aronofsky eSan Francisco.
Umsebenzi wenziwa ngokubambisana nguReed, uMetallica, uHal Willner, noGreg Fidelman. Njengoko sixela, yi-albhamu ephefumlelwe ngumbhali we-expressionist UFrank wedekind, umbhali wemidlalo yaseJamani, kwaye ngokukodwa kwimisebenzi yakhe uErdgeist ( Umoya womhlaba; 1895) kunye ne-Die Büchse der Pandora (Ibhokisi kaPandora; 1904).
Ibali lixela ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kumdanisi oselula oye waxhatshazwa ngokwesondo, ubudlelwane bakhe bothando kunye nokuqina kobomi apho ayaziyo impumelelo kunye nobutyebi obugqithisileyo kunye nentlupheko.
'Lulu'yahluzwa ngumgxeki kwaye ayizange ivunywe ngabalandeli: ithengise kuphela iikopi ze-1.400 e-US kwiveki yayo yokuqala yokukhululwa, yaqokelela iikopi ze-20 ukususela ngoko, inani elibonisa ukusilela okumangalisayo.