Lana Del Rey announces companion album to Stove

Singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey announced on July 15 that her long-awaited album "Stove" will be accompanied by a second, companion album, which she expects to complete within the next month before sending both projects to vinyl. The artist made the announcement in a lengthy Instagram post, sharing artwork that appears to be for both records.

Del Rey described the past four years as a period of significant change that shaped the dual projects. She wrote that "so much time [was] waiting for things to come together and so much time wondering if it was ok that things were falling apart." She characterized "Stove" as the first album to be completed, calling it "so lovely and intact as it was intended to be-a classic album if I may say," and noted that many of its songs have been performed live. The companion album, she explained, emerged over time as "a commentary of sorts on everything that has been going on, and the patience that was required." She said this secondary project was "compiled by as many people as I could find to help me gather my thoughts about how much was changing."

While Del Rey did not explicitly confirm a title for the companion album in her text, the artwork she...