Lana Del Rey brings out the big guns for explosive new music video for High By The Beach 

By Laurel Brown For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:08 EST, 13 August 2015 | Updated: 14:24 EST, 13 August 2015

Lana Del Rey was not subtle about her feelings with regard to paparazzi in the new video for her song, High By The Beach.

The 30-year-old singer took aim - literally - at those who would disturb her ocean-side privacy in the dreamy video released on Thursday.

A helicopter full of tabloid journalists found out about Lana's feelings the hard way when she shot them down with a hidden anti-aircraft gun.

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Revenge fantasy: Lana Del Rey got revenge on the paparazzi in the video for her new song, High By The Beach, released on Thursday

Revenge fantasy: Lana Del Rey got revenge on the paparazzi in the video for her new song, High By The Beach, released on Thursday

It was something of a surprise ending for the previously peaceful video that saw Lana alone in a beachfront mansion.

Wearing a low-cut white dress over a black bra - all covered by a lightweight blue robe - Lana's hair floated loosely down her back in brown curls.

She gave the impression of being a fairy-tale princess, trapped in her castle by the dragon-like helicopter.

Boom: Thanks to a handy anti-aircraft gun, Lana took out a helicopter filled with paparazzi before the video ended

Boom: Thanks to a handy anti-aircraft gun, Lana took out a helicopter filled with paparazzi before the video ended

Ocean-side theme: The action of the video took place at a mostly empty beach house

Ocean-side theme: The action of the video took place at a mostly empty beach house

Sad princess: Wearing filmy clothes and wandering alone throughout the house, Lana had the appearance of a princess trapped in a castle
Sad princess: Wearing filmy clothes and wandering alone throughout the house, Lana had the appearance of a princess trapped in a castle

Sad princess: Wearing filmy clothes and wandering alone throughout the house, Lana had the appearance of a princess trapped in a castle

Avoiding the enemy: With a helicopter hovering outside, Lana was trapped in the house

Avoiding the enemy: With a helicopter hovering outside, Lana was trapped in the house

Proof of spying: At one point, Lana wandered into a kitchen and briefly read a tabloid

Proof of spying: At one point, Lana wandered into a kitchen and briefly read a tabloid

No hiding: Even indoors, the spying helicopter was able to track down Lana

No hiding: Even indoors, the spying helicopter was able to track down Lana

Lana's quiet sadness turned to action about halfway through the video when the singer ran to the beach and retrieved a guitar case from the rocks.

In that case, however, was a very large gun instead of a musical instrument.

'All I wanna do is get high by the beach,' Lana sang repeatedly as she launched her missile at the helicopter.

Simple message: 'All I wanna do is get high by the beach,' Lana repeated in her song

Simple message: 'All I wanna do is get high by the beach,' Lana repeated in her song

Action: About halfway through the video, Lana headed to the beach and retrieved a guitar case

Action: About halfway through the video, Lana headed to the beach and retrieved a guitar case

Surprise: There was no guitar inside the case, which instead held a very large gun

Surprise: There was no guitar inside the case, which instead held a very large gun

When the aircraft exploded, scraps of tabloid-style paper floated down from the flames as Lana was finally alone.

High By The Beach is the first official single off of Lana's upcoming fifth studio album, Honeymoon, with the audio track released only a few days earlier on Monday.

Lana has said that the new album will include 14 tracks in total, reflecting influences from 'muddy trap energy' to music 'inspired by late-night Miles Davis drives.'

Bang: The hovering helicopter was Lana's clear target and an easy shot

Bang: The hovering helicopter was Lana's clear target and an easy shot

Remnants: No bodies were seen, but sheets of tabloid papers clearly fell out of the exploding helicopter

Remnants: No bodies were seen, but sheets of tabloid papers clearly fell out of the exploding helicopter

Away from her music, meanwhile, Lana has indeed been spending time 'by the beach,' enjoying the Italian seaside with boyfriend Francesco Carrozzini and his family in the resort town of Portofino.

Earlier in the summer, Lana and Francesco got to hobnob with actual royalty when they attended the wedding of Italian heiress Beatrice Borromeo to Monaco royal Pierre Casiraghi.

Real-life beach: In the week of the video's release, Lana (right on Tuesday) spent time on an Italian beach with boyfriend Francesco Carrozzini (left)

Real-life beach: In the week of the video's release, Lana (right on Tuesday) spent time on an Italian beach with boyfriend Francesco Carrozzini (left)

 

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