"Mariners Apartment Complex" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, released on September 12, 2018, through Polydor Records and Interscope Records, as the lead single from her sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019). The song was written and produced by Del Rey and musician Jack Antonoff, whom Del Rey would later go on to frequently collaborate with. A psychedelic folk and soft rock song with elements of country music, the song features a more refined and mellow sound for Del Rey compared to her previous records. Inspired to write the song after taking a late night walk with her then partner, while reaching an "apartment complex", lyrically, the song sees the narrator assuring a lover of constant support and guidance in their beautiful yet problematic relationship. "Mariners Apartment Complex" received widespread critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the song's lyricism, production, and Del Rey's vocals. Commercially the song was a moderate success charting in over 15 countries. Release On September 7, 2018, Del Rey announced that she would be releasing two new songs, with "Mariners Apartment Complex" being released the following week. She subsequently shared a snippet of the song and its accompanying music video, which was shot by her sister, Chuck Grant. The song was released on September 12 after premiering on BBC Radio 1. In an interview preceding the premiere, Del Rey stated: "The song is about this time I took a walk late at night with a guy I was seeing, and we stopped in front his friend's apartment complex, and he put his hand around my shoulder, and he said "I think we are together because we're both similar, like we're both really messed up" and I thought it was the saddest thing I'd ever heard. And I said, "I'm not sad, I didn't know that's why you thought you were relating to me on that level, I'm actually doing pretty good". And he was upset, and that's when I wrote the song. I thought, I had to do so many times, where you know like I had to sort of step on that role where I was showing the way and I was sort of being the brighter light. But that's why it's so cool that you’re playing it. 'Cause I thought that I'd just put it out and it would be one of those things that I'd put out just to have