The country-rap record is expected to appear on the singer's upcoming country album Lassoreleased in September
Lana Del Rey's headlining performance at Boston's Fenway Park on Thursday night was nearly canceled when a powerful storm moved over the stadium. Instead of being rescheduled, the show was eventually delayed to 10:30 p.m. start time, which cut her allotted stage time from two hours to just under an hour. Making the most of the night, which was designed to celebrate her birthday, Del Rey surprised the audience with the first live performance of 'Tough', her unreleased collaboration with Quavo.
The Atlanta rapper joined the singer on stage for the second-to-last song on the setlist. Ahead of the show, the pair shared a snippet of the record, which has yet to be released, on Instagram.
“Hard as a scratch on a pair of old leather boots/Like a blue collar, with red dirt/Like a .38 made of brass/Hard like the stuff in your grandpa's glass,” they narrate in the song's country-trap chorus. “Life will do what it does/Sure as the good Lords above/I'm cut like a diamond that shines in the thick.”
Earlier this year, Del Rey announced Lassoher upcoming country album, during an appearance on Advertising signpre-Grammy event in Los Angeles. “If you can't already tell from our award winners and our performers, the music industry is going country,” he told the crowd. “We're going to the country. It happens. That's why Jack [Antonoff] followed me to Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Mississippi, for the past four years.” The album will be released in September.
Del Rey's other special guests at her birthday concert at Fenway Park were Mason Ramsey, who performed “Blue Over You,” and Stephen Sanchez, who performed his viral hit “Until I Found You.” The singer performed 15 songs in total, although some selections such as “Ride” and “The Grants” were shortened. He closed the set with “Video Games” and the audience ended the night with a birthday serenade of their own.
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