With the launch of her chart-topping third album, Ultraviolence, songstress Lana Del Rey smolders on the September 2014 cover of FASHION Magazine, photographed by Chris Nicholls and styled by George Antonopoulos.

Having recently made waves on radio stations and the blogosphere alike for her smash-hit singles and controversial views on feminism respectively, the singer speaks to FASHION about her love life and relationship with Barrie James O’Neill, facing criticism, her hopes for the future and more in the below excerpts from her exclusive interview with FASHION Magazine.

To read the full interview click here, and be sure to pick up the special 10-page spread issue, on newsstands now.

On her new album, Ultraviolence:

“I’ve seen so many ups and downs in my life already … I do think I may have made peace with some of it, but hoping that people don’t misunderstand the message of Ultraviolence is an impossible hope.”

On the meaning of the song “Money Power Glory”:

“It was mostly sarcastic … I had just gotten to a point where I felt like all I was allowed to have – rather than respect – was notoriety or fame.”

On facing her detractors:

“Heavy criticism is freeing because it leaves no route other than to be entirely yourself … There’s actually less pressure [this way] because you’re left to your own devices.”

On her romance with Barrie James O’Neill:

“It’s been a tenuous and tumultuous three years … It was very rewarding, but very difficult. Trying to get consistency and normality within the dynamic of that relationship has been impossible. He’s unwell and I’m unwell in some ways, and psychologically we’ve been through a lot together.”

On her future:

“I would love to find someone I could share my life with and be married to. I would love children, too. Hopefully they’re not as bad as I am.”

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