Lana Del Rey has elaborated on the cover art of her forthcoming album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’, appearing to pre-emptively respond to criticism about the diversity of the group of people it depicts.

She also left an Instagram comment elaborating on the cover art, starting the message, “I also want to say that with everything going on this year.

As it happens when it comes to my amazing friends and this cover yes there are people of color on this records picture and that’s all I’ll say about that,” Del Rey added.

Some of the people on the cover, she wrote, were “Valerie from Del Rio Mexico, my dearest friend Alex and my gorgeous friend Dakota Rain as well as my sweetheart Tatiana”.

Read Del Rey’s comment on the cover art in full below:.

Part 1 of Lana Del Rey’s comment of ‘Chemtrails Over the Country Club”s album art.

Part 2 of Lana Del Rey’s comment of ‘Chemtrails Over the Country Club”s album art.

The tracklist for ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ is 11 songs long, featuring the previously released lead single ‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’6

‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’8

‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’9