Late last night Lana Del Rey dropped the nostalgic music video for “Freak,” the latest single from last year’s Honeymoon. It’s no big secret that the singer is enamored with all things past, and the clip, co-starring Father John Misty, is a hazy, drug-dosed trip back to 1960s California. In her 2012 song “Gods & Monsters,” Del Rey conjured Jim Morrison, and she resurrects him again here via Misty, who does an uncanny Lizard King impression. The pair drinks Kool-Aid, drops a tab of acid, and is soon joined by the girls from Del Rey’s “Music to Watch Boys to” video. The 11-minute clip then segues from “Freak” into Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” as the group of would-be lovers float angelically underwater for over five minutes. Watch the video below:
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