Cinnamon Girl (Lana Del Rey song)

"Cinnamon Girl" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey from her sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Del Rey first previewed the song on her Instagram account on October 12, 2018, deleting her post with the sample later that same day.

Lyrically, the song speaks of a toxic relationship in which Del Rey hints at a lover trying to become estranged from her while being a prescription pill addict ("You try to push me out/But I just find my way back in").

Musically, the song has been described by Shaad D'Souza of Fader as a "Born to Die style trip hop track".

[10][11][12] Upon the release of Norman Fucking Rockwell, the song received acclaim from critics for the most part, with several calling it a "standout track" on the album.

[14] Kitty Power of The Guardian cited "Cinnamon Girl" as a standout track compared to the rest of the record, due to its production being different than the rest of the album: "[the record] exists in some timeless, catgut-strewn place where 3am bar pianos and washes of keyboards serve as the tear-stained mat under Del Rey’s glass slipper of a voice – until, that is, a song such as Cinnamon Girl suddenly unspools an unexpectedly long, lyrical instrumental coda, in an electronic-tinged echo of Young’s famous meandering.

"[17] In her review of Norman Fucking Rockwell for NPR, famed critic Ann Powers gave the record a positive review, but was somewhat critical of "Cinnamon Girl", writing that: The title's a mildly clever cop from a Neil Young classic, and the first line, "cinnamon in my teeth from your kiss," takes you somewhere.

Compare this vague non-story to four lines randomly pulled from Mitchell's 1972 song about her then-lover James Taylor's heroin habit, "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire," written when she was five years younger than Del Rey is now: Concrete concentration camp / Bashing in veins for peace / Cold blue steel and sweet fire / Fall into Lady Release.

[18]Del Rey took to Twitter to denounce the article, writing that "...I don't even relate to one observation you made about the music.

Powers then took to Twitter to announce she would be taking a few days off of social media, encouraging people "I still think NFR is a deeply compelling, crucial album and hope everyone spends time listening to it (and goes back to Ultraviolence and Lust for Life too)..."[20] Shortly afterwards, Del Rey received criticism from music critics and fans of Powers alike.

[22] The conflict became a top story on Twitter, with "Ann Powers" and "Cinnamon Girl" becoming trending topics nationwide in the US and several other territories.