| Woman | |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cat Power featuring Lana Del Rey |
| Album: | Wanderer |
| Released: | August 15, 2018 |
| Recorded: | 2016–2018 |
| Label: | Domino Recording Company |
| Producer: | Cat Power |
| Chronology: | Cat Power |
| Prev Title: | Action |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Woman | |
| Year: | 2018 |
"Woman" is a song by American musician Cat Power, featuring guest vocals from singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. The track was released on August 15, 2018 as a single from Power's 2018 album, Wanderer (2018).[1]
In an interview with The Current, Cat Power said: "[Woman] was the first song I started recording and it was the last song I finished and it was never included on the album for my ex-label when I delivered the album to them — and they rejected it, so there was a year of time where I needed to find what I was going to do with my life... During that time, Lana Del Rey reached out to me personally... Right before I was supposed to master the record, Lana asked me to go on tour with her, so I waited on the mastering. When I got home from that tour I realized I should ask Domino Records if they would allow me to attach this song called 'Woman,' because of exactly what's going on. Don't you feel a lot better standing in the street with your protest sign with someone else standing there next to you than standing there by yourself? Then it's just a sad Cat Power song about my perspective. So that's why I asked Lana. When we're together things look better. They're different, they can push a feeling harder. It sort of creates an abstract illusion of multi-dimensionalism, which we are. We are all over the world and we are brave and strong and kind and resilient and compassionate, multi-dimensional! We're just coming to get this communion together."[2]
Sasha Geffen of Pitchfork praised the song, claiming it "positions these two singers as a natural pair" and praised the fierce lyrics.[3] The New York Times described the song as "a middle finger to her ex-label".[4] Gil Kaufamn of Billboard called the song "a classic Cat Power mid-tempo sizzler, opening with a gentle acoustic guitar strum and funky keyboard vamp under the lines."[5]
Cat Power promoted the song through various outlets, including a solo appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.[6] She then embarked on a promotional tour for the album, which featured the song in its set list.[7]
An official video for the song was released on YouTube on August 15, 2018.[8] The video was directed by Greg Hunt, and does not feature Del Rey.[9] Jon Blistein of Rolling Stone described the video as "the simple clip captures Cat Power and her band performing the simmering track on a rooftop at sunset and in a studio where the light moves dramatically between blue and pink."[10]