Engxoxweni yakamuva lo mculi Uboya beNkosi Ubelindele ukuthi ulungiselela i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu ye-studio, athemba ukuthi izokhishwa engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka. U-Del Rey uphinde waveza ukuthi kulo mcimbi ubengahlelile ukuthi kudlule isikhathi esingaka phakathi kohlelo lwemisebenzi yakhe nokuthi uzophinde anikeze ushintsho lokubhalisa esitolimendeni sakhe esilandelayo. Umculi waseMelika owaziwayo uthuthuke ngemininingwane ethile esho ukuthi i-albhamu yakhe entsha izogqugquzelwa yi-surrealism kanye nabaculi abafana no-Picasso noFellini.
Mayelana nalesi sigaba esisha abhekene naso, u-Lana Del Rey wengeze: "Okwamanje ngifuna umsindo ohlukile, ukwakheka okunamakhorasi amahle, ama-orchestra amahle, i-vibe yamashumi amahlanu ene-grunge ethambile". Kuke kwavela nasemasontweni adlule ukuthi uphrojusa wecwecwe elisha uzobe engaba yimpumelelo Mark Ronson, owaziwa ngokubambisana kwakhe no-Amy Winehouse noma uBruno Mars.
U-Lana Del Rey uphawule ukuthi usebenzisana noRonson, ukuthi lo wakamuva usehlanganise izingoma ezifika kweziyishumi azozifaka ku-albhamu entsha futhi wengeza: «Sisebenza ngezingoma zikaMark hhayi kakhulu ukwengeza umphefumulo wakhe ojwayelekile kanye ne-funk, kodwa ukuhlola umsindo oseduze nenkathi yegolide ye-jazz ».