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Behind the Iron Gates - Insights from an Institution is the title of Lana Del Rey's second book of poetry. It will be published by Simon & Schuster and does not have a confirmed release date.

Background[]

Del Rey's first poetry book, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, was released digitally on July 28, 2020. She announced the title of her second poetry book via an Instagram post where she elaborated further on an earlier statement about feminism in the music industry.[2][dead link]

On May 23, 2020, Del Rey shared a poem from the book titled "Patent Leather Do-Over" on her Instagram account.[3] She also shared a visual while the audio from this poem played in the background.[4][dead link]

This book will also have a spoken word audiobook counterpart, much in the vein of her first outing of poetry. Lana confirmed she's working on that, along with other projects that are keeping her busy on September 11, 2021.

On October 22, 2021, via Instagram Live, Del Rey confirmed the book was still coming and described it as 'complicated' and 'unflattering', stating that it could be consolidated into 36 pages due to the density of each poem.[5]

On October 19, 2022, Del Rey posted on Instagram that her car had been broken into. The robber snatched her backpack, which contained the hard drive containing the only known copy of the book. Del Rey was compelled to remotely erase the hard drive, wiping the entire book, since she didn't have a backup. Despite this, Del Rey stated in the same video that she began writing the book from the beginning and did not abandon the project.[1]

Poems[]

Confirmed[]

Possible[]

  • Original poem used as inspiration for "Arcadia"

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