"Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind" is a trap song written by American songwriters Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels. The song was recorded by Del Rey and placed on her fifth studio album Lust for Life. It was released on May 15, 2017 as a promotional single from the album.
Del Rey wrote the song after attending the Coachella Valley Music Festival in April 2017. The song was written out of guilt of the enjoyment of the festival, during a time tension between the United States and North Korea which began in 2017.
Background and writing The song was first announced on the Arabic streaming service Anghami on May 13, 2017. The song was then released as a promotional single from Lust for Life on May 15, 2017.
Del Rey wrote the song and posted a video of herself on Instagram singing a short snippet of it on April 17, 2017. She recorded the video after attending the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, and she captioned the video saying:
Composition "Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind" has been described by The Guardian as a "sedated trap track". It is a ballad that Exclaim! has described as "an electronic spin on Lana's classic torch-song style". The song's chorus is a "lyrical hat-tip" to "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from Tidal. Lana Del Rey – vocals, production, composition Rick Nowels – production, celesta, mellotron, composition, synthesizer programmer Dean Reid – production, engineering, mixing, drums, bass guitar, flute, synthesizer programmer Kieron Menzies – production, engineering, mixing, drums, keyboard, magnetic tape realization, percussion Chris Garcia – engineering Trevor Yasuda – keyboard, engineering Adam Ayan – mastering engineer
Charts Chart (2017) Peakposition France (SNEP) 82 US Rock Digital Song Sales (Billboard)"Lana Del Rey – Chart history" Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales for Lana Del Rey. 14
See also List of anti-war songs
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