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Work on the album started shortly after the release of her eighth studio album, ''[[Blue Banisters]]'', in October 2021. [[Lana Del Rey]] departed from her world-building, found in her other work, in favor of a conversational style, relying on a process she named "automatic singing". She would sing whatever came to her mind into the voice notes application on her phone, later "sending those really raw-sounding" recordings to composer Drew Erickson, who would add reverb to her vocals, as well as an orchestral instrumental. The first song written for the album, "Fingertips", was recorded this way, with no prior writing.[{{cite magazine |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Lana Del Rey Unfiltered |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/life/lana-del-rey-new-album-music-interview-2022 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]] |archive-date=December 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217052637/https://www.wmagazine.com/life/lana-del-rey-new-album-music-interview-2022 |url-status=live }}] |
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Work on the album started shortly after the release of her eighth studio album, ''[[Blue Banisters]]'', in October 2021. [[Lana Del Rey]] departed from her world-building, found in her other work, in favor of a conversational style, relying on a process she named "automatic singing". She would sing whatever came to her mind into the voice notes application on her phone, later "sending those really raw-sounding" recordings to composer Drew Erickson, who would add reverb to her vocals, as well as an orchestral instrumental. The first song written for the album, "Fingertips", was recorded this way, with no prior writing.[{{cite magazine |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Lana Del Rey Unfiltered |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/life/lana-del-rey-new-album-music-interview-2022 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]] |archive-date=December 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217052637/https://www.wmagazine.com/life/lana-del-rey-new-album-music-interview-2022 |url-status=live }}] |
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Del Rey eventually began working with other collaborators. She began working with Mike Hermosa, a prominent collaborator on the album, when he would visit Del Rey and play her piano.[{{cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Kristin |date=February 24, 2023 |title=Why Lana Del Rey Is Opening Up About Her Family on 'Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-family-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-album-1235258689/ |access-date=April 21, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]] |language=en-US |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421164215/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-family-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-album-1235258689/ |url-status=live }}> Del Rey would hear him play and ask to record to the melody.[>] |
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Del Rey eventually began working with other collaborators. She began working with Mike Hermosa, a prominent collaborator on the album, when he would visit Del Rey and play her piano. Del Rey would hear him play and ask to record to the melody. Towards the end of production, Del Rey brought in previous collaborator, [[Jack Antonoff]].[{{cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Kristin |date=February 24, 2023 |title=Why Lana Del Rey Is Opening Up About Her Family on 'Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-family-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-album-1235258689/ |access-date=April 21, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421164215/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-family-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-album-1235258689/ |url-status=live }}] |
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The Jergins Tunnel below the [[Jergins Trust Building]] in [[Long Beach, California]], the tunnel under Ocean Boulevard to which the title refers, is used as a symbol to express Del Rey's fear of being forgotten. This tunnel was built in 1927 but was closed in 1967.[{{cite news|url=https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article270095632.html|title=Fact check: Is Lana Del Rey's new album referencing Myrtle Beach's Ocean Boulevard?|last=Williamson|first=Caroline|]work=[[The Sun News]]|date=December 19, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2024}} |
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The Jergins Tunnel below the [[Jergins Trust Building]] in [[Long Beach, California]], the tunnel under Ocean Boulevard to which the title refers, is used as a symbol to express Del Rey's fear of being forgotten. This tunnel was built in 1927 but was closed in 1967.[{{cite news|url=https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article270095632.html|title=Fact check: Is Lana Del Rey's new album referencing Myrtle Beach's Ocean Boulevard?|last=Williamson|first=Caroline|newspaper=[[The Sun News]]|date=December 19, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2024}}] |
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