Songs for Drella (2021)

Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale both formerly of The Velvet Underground and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol their mentor who had died unexpectedly in 1987 Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella used by Warhols crowd The song cycle focuses on Warhols interpersonal relations and experiences with songs falling roughly into three categories Warhols firstperson perspective which makes up the vast majority of the album thirdperson narratives chronicling events and affairs and firstperson commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves The songs on the album are to some extent in chronological order