“West Coast” is a surf-rock throwback produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. It uses the west coast to frame Lana Del Rey’s tale of leaving her lover to travel—only to return when she can’t bear missing him.

This song marked Lana’s highest debut as #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as her second-highest charting single after the Cedric Gervais remix of sleeper-hit “Summertime Sadness.”

“West Coast” was recognized among the top songs of 2014 by Consequence of Sound and Spin, reaching #11 on NME’s list.

On April 11th, 2014, Lana sang an acapella excerpt of “West Coast” at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. It was released three days later as the lead single for her third studio album, Ultraviolence. The song made its full-length debut at Coachella on April 20th.

The black-and-white music video shows Lana torn between lovers, one of them portrayed by famous Hollywood tattoo artist Mark Mahoney. He makes a second appearance in the music video for “Shades of Cool.”