Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Lana Del Rey's fifth album, arrived on Tuesday (September 3) and is described by Pitchfork as her deepest work, an elegant and complex record about freedom, transformation and the wreckage of being alive.

The review recalls that in 2017 the singer stopped performing in front of the American flag. The gesture tracks with the album's turn, which arrives at a moment when the history of America as we know it is being rewritten.

The title points to illustrator Norman Rockwell, who spent 50 years depicting idyllic images of American life. For the review, Lana uses that repertoire to reveal the complexity beneath the image, establishing herself as one of America's greatest living songwriters.