nolan feeney of "time" criticized the song for its glorification of domestic violence, mentioning lorde's comment on del rey's music, "this sort of shirt-tugging, desperate, don’t leave me stuff. that’s not a good thing for young girls, even young people, to hear." however, feeney also stated that del rey would "likely" not endorse the "screwed-up tales of vice and luxury" her character, lana del rey, sings about. while noting that del rey did not offer a positive or negative opinion on domestic violence, harley brown of "spin" said that the lyrics to the song could generate controversy, especially since del rey dismissed feminism in a recent interview with "the fader", saying "for me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept. i’m more interested in, you know, spacex and tesla, what’s going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities. whenever people bring up feminism, i’m like, god. i’m just not really that interested." by the end of 2014, "nme" named "ultraviolence" the 32nd best song of the year.