Let’s remember The Last Shadow Puppets and Lana Del Rey’s failed album (which they “never released”)

The music industry often sees dream collaborations between great artists that we never thought would happen. However, there are also many similar projects that, for one reason or another, did not see the light of day and that we will never hear about. This is the case Album that Lana Del Rey wanted to release with none other than…The Last Shadow Puppets?

Undoubtedly, both the American singer and Alex Turner and Miles Kane are among the most important names in current music, having created some of the anthems of an entire alternative generation. But even if you don’t believe it, At some point, their careers intersected and they were about to present something that would undoubtedly blow our minds..

Lana Del Rey and The Last Shadow Puppets have put together an album together

It all started in 2017 when the Internet of Things appeared a video of Lana Del Rey performing karaoke with the minds behind The Last Shadow Puppets and Cam Avery (Member of Tame Impala and Pond). In this clip, everyone was singing Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” in the middle of a party, and the truth is, they were having a great time.

As expected, social networks went crazy with these pictures because We never imagined Lana would share the mic with Miles Kane and Alex Turner. We’re sure many thought it would all end in a drunken moment. However, What we didn’t know was that this would just be the start of something much bigger, which would even lead to everyone working together..

For 2019, Lana Del Rey gave an interview for NME where he talked about the story behind “California,” one of the songs from his sixth studio album, Norman fucking Rockwell!. And there he revealed it He composed an entire album with The Last Shadow Puppets, notably with Miles, Zach Dawes and Tyler Parkford (who are also members of Mini Mansions) and Loren Humphrey.

Of course, this left many people’s mouths hanging open, as both the singer’s and the British superband’s fans wanted to hear what they were doing together. However, Lana made it clear that despite the good time she had in the studio, this project just went nowhere. But he saved some songs from this period by composing with Miles Kane and colike the aforementioned “California.”

“We had a little rock band (…) In a way it didn’t go any further, but we had a good time. We were very chaotic! But it’s great that “California” got there; I feel like he’s a small part of our friendship bond.”, explained Lana Del Rey about her collaboration with The Last Shadow Puppets.

And why wasn’t this project launched?

Naturally After learning that The Last Shadow Puppets and Lana Del Rey were about to release a collaborative album, many wondered why this material never saw the light of day. (of course, beyond what the “Summertime Sadness” singer gave in interviews). And yes, of course there are rumors about it.

Although it is not confirmed, One of the reasons that led the American artist to abandon the project was said to be Alex Turner. Especially because back then The Arctic Monkeys frontman was dating model Taylor Bagley, a good friend of Lana’s who he allegedly “cheated on” with Louise Verneuil.who has been the partner of the Sheffield band’s singer since 2018.

We’ll say it again: This is not official. However, Many fans have put forward this theory about the possible cancellation of Lana Del Rey and The Last Shadow’s album dolls To be honest, it makes sense that the singer decided to back out of this whole plan out of solidarity with her friend, don’t you think? There’s no way we’ll ever know the exact reason why this album wasn’t released.

Anyway, Lana Del Rey and Miles Kane showed up

While we’ll never hear both artists’ collaborative album as such, over the years they’ve given us a taste of what this project would sound like. And in addition to “California” It is said that Lana Del Rey saved several songs that she composed and recorded during her time with The Last Shadow Puppets.

In 2018 it was leaked “Say Yes to Heaven,” a song Lana had been writing since 2012 but released as a single in 2023, she actually collaborated with Miles Kane and Zack Dawes. We are mainly talking about the unofficial recording that appeared on the Internet of Things without permission because It was learned that James Ford was involved in this versionProducer of Arctic Monkeys and member of Alex Turner and Miles’ superband.

The same thing happened with “Thunder” and “Dealer”, two songs that Lana Del Rey included on her eighth album, Blue railings and as with the songs mentioned above, Dawes is involved in the composition and in the second part he shares the voices with Miles. But later, thanks to sources close to the singer, It was learned that the songs arose from the failed project with The Last Shadow Puppets.

However, Lana is not the only one who saved material from this period while composing with the British supergroup. Miles Kane did the same in 2018 on his third solo album, Coup de grace. There she recorded the song “Loaded”, in which the American singer is featured in the credits of the composition..

In an interview for Far, The British singer-songwriter revealed more details about the collaboration between Lana Del Rey and The Last Shadow Puppets. Specifically, how “Dealer” came to be and what it meant to him that the singer included it on an album.

“We made so many songs. I think I was flirting with putting it on an album, then she said yes, and then I got a call a few months ago saying she wanted to release it (“Dealer”). It was the only song from the demos we did that had something really special about it, and it’s so real. The way it arrives and rises in his voice is something I don’t think anyone has heard before. I like that he kept it like the original model we created when composing.”

Then Miles Kane explained that many songs were created during The Last Shadow Puppets sessions with Lana and he even mentioned the idea of ​​putting together a full album with all the material: “There are quite a few, you know? It’s probably enough for an album, we still need to finish a few parts, but there are definitely a few complete songs.”

However, it was clear in his words that While Miles and Lana Del Rey intended to release an album of the songs they recorded together, this project didn’t just happen (and we highly doubt it will ever see the light of day). It looks like we’ll have to make do with the songs that both have released on their own to give us an idea of ​​what we’ve been missing.