"West Coast" is a song written by Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels, and produced by Dan Auerbach. Taken from Del Rey's second major-label album Ultraviolence, the song served as the album's lead single and premiered on April 14, 2014 on BBC Radio 1.
Background
On March 23, 2014, Del Rey posted a video on Instagram featuring her lip-syncing to a muted track. The video was uploaded with the caption "Down on the West Coast they got a sayin...". Following the leak of "Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight", Prefixmag encouraged their twitter followers to listen to the track, calling it a "B-side from 'Ultraviolence'". Del Rey replied to the tweet explaining "wrote that for someone else 4 years ago ...... New single is called West Coast", thereby officially announcing the title of her new single. Shortly after this she posted another picture to Instagram with the caption "West Coast".
Music video
Background
On April 4, 2014, pictures surfaced of Del Rey shooting a music video in Los Angeles. She was on set with "Born to Die" and "Blue Jeans" star Bradley Soileau.
Behind the scenes
Lyrics
Down on the West Coast, they got a sayin’,
If you're not drinking, then you're not playing,
But you got the music, you got the music,
In you, don't you?
Down on the West Coast, I get this feeling, like,
It all could happen, that's why I'm leaving,
You for the moment, you for the moment,
Boy blue, yeah, you.
You're falling hard at the show,
I'm feeling hot to the touch,
You say you miss me, and I wanna say,
"I miss you so much.”
But something keeps me really quiet,
I'm alive, I'm a lush,
Your love, your love, your love.
I can see my baby swinging,
His parliament's on fire and his hands are up.
On the balcony and I'm singing,
Ooh baby, ooh baby, I'm in love.
I can see my sweet boy swaying,
He's crazy y cubano como yo, my love.
On the balcony and I'm saying,
Move baby, move baby, I'm in love.
I'm in love, I’m in love,
I’m in love, I'm in love.
Mic check, one, two, get it girl!
Down on the West Coast, they got their icons,
The silver starlets, their queens of Saigons,
And you got the music, you’ve got the music,
In you, don't you?
Down on the West Coast, they love their movies,
Their Golden Gods and rock 'n' roll groupies,
And you got the music, you got the music,
In you, don't you?
You push it hard, I pull away,
I'm feeling hot and on fire.
I guess that no one ever really,
Made me feel that much higher.
Te deseo, cariño, boy,
It's you I desire,
Your love, your love, your love.
I can see my baby swinging,
His parliament's on fire and his hands are up.
On the balcony and I'm singing,
Ooh baby, ooh baby, I'm in love.
I can see my sweet boy swaying,
He's crazy y cubano como yo, my love.
On the balcony and I'm saying,
Move baby, move baby, I'm in love.
I can see my baby swinging,
His parliament's on fire and his hands are up.
On the balcony and I'm singing,
Ooh baby, ooh baby, I'm in love.
I can see my sweet boy swaying,
He's crazy y cubano como yo, my love.
On the balcony and I'm saying,
Move baby, move baby, I'm in love.
I’m in love, I’m in love.