justin charity for complex also described its more light hearted sound as "incongruous" with its parent album. mike wass wrote for idolator describing the track as "an ambitious (but ultimately unconvincing) tale of love and drug smuggling in miami". a review from the fix by john lavitt criticized the track for displaying "only a glorified nostalgia" of the cocaine scene in miami in the 1970s and that combined "with the infantilized sexualization of del rey’s vocals", the track was "poised to attract controversy".