Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born
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), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance,
glamour
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, and
melancholia
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, with frequent references to contemporary pop culture and 1950s–1960s
Americana
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.
[ She is the recipient of various accolades, including two ]Brit Award
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s, two MTV Europe Music Award
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s, and a Satellite Award
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, in addition to nominations for six Grammy Award
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s and a Golden Globe Award
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. ''Variety'' honored her at their Hitmakers Awards for being "one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century."
Raised in upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue a music career. After numerous projects, including her self-titled debut studio album, Del Rey's breakthrough came in 2011 with the viral success of her single "Video Games
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"; she subsequently signed a recording contract with Polydor
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and Interscope
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. She achieved critical and commercial success with her second album, ''Born to Die
''Born to Die'' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. The album was reissued on November 9, 2012, as an e ...
'' (2012), which contained the sleeper hit "Summertime Sadness
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". Del Rey's third album, '' Ultraviolence'' (2014), featured greater use of guitar-driven instrumentation and debuted atop the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200. Her fourth and fifth albums, ''Honeymoon
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'' (2015) and '' Lust for Life'' (2017), saw a return to the stylistic traditions of her earlier releases, while her critically acclaimed sixth album, ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!
''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey released on August 30, 2019, by Polydor and Interscope Records. The album was primarily produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, with additional cont ...
'' (2019), explored soft rock
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. Her next studio albums, ''Chemtrails over the Country Club
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'' and ''Blue Banisters
''Blue Banisters'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on October 22, 2021, by Interscope and Polydor Records, seven months after her previous record, ''Chemtrails over the Country Club''. The a ...
'', followed in 2021.
Del Rey has collaborated on soundtracks for visual media; in 2013, she wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed musical short '' Tropico'' and released " Young and Beautiful" for the romantic drama ''The Great Gatsby
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''. In 2014, she recorded " Once Upon a Dream" for the dark fantasy adventure film ''Maleficent
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'' and the self-titled theme song for the biopic ''Big Eyes
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''. Del Rey collaborated with Ariana Grande
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and Miley Cyrus
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on "Don't Call Me Angel
"Don't Call Me Angel" is a song by American singers Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Lana Del Rey. It was released on September 13, 2019, by Republic Records as the lead single from the soundtrack to the film ''Charlie's Angels'', based on the ...
" for the action comedy ''Charlie's Angels
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'' (2019), which peaked at number 13 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Additionally, Del Rey published the poetry and photography collection '' Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass'' (2020).
Life and career
1985–2004: Early life
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant was born on June 21, 1985,[; ; ] in Manhattan
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, New York City, to Robert England Grant Jr., a Grey Group copywriter
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, and Patricia Ann "Pat" (née Hill), an account executive at Grey Group. She has a younger sister, Caroline "Chuck" Grant, and a younger brother, Charlie Grant. She was raised Roman Catholic
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and is of Scottish
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descent. Her ancestors were from Lanarkshire
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. When she was one year old, the family moved to Lake Placid, New York
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. In Lake Placid, her father worked for a furniture company before becoming an entrepreneurial domain
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investor; her mother worked as a schoolteacher.[ There, she attended St. Agnes School in her elementary years] and began singing in her church choir, where she was the cantor
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.
She attended the high school where her mother taught for one year, but when she was 14 or 15, her parents sent her to Kent School
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to get sober from alcoholism
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. Grant shared in an interview: "That's really why I got sent to boarding school aged 14 – to get sober." Her uncle, an admissions officer at the school, secured her financial aid to attend. According to Grant, she had trouble making friends during much of her teenage and early adult years.[ She has said she was preoccupied with death from a young age, and its role in her feelings of anxiety and alienation:
After graduating from Kent School, she spent a year living on ]Long Island
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with her aunt and uncle and working as a waitress. During this time, Grant's uncle taught her to play guitar and she "realized hat shecould probably write a million songs with those six chords
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." Shortly after, she began writing songs and performing in nightclubs around the city under various names such as "Sparkle Jump Rope Queen" and "Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena". "I was always singing, but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously", she said. "When I got to New York City when I was eighteen, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn—I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point—and that was it."
2005–2010: Career beginnings and early recordings
In fall 2004, at age 19, Grant enrolled at Fordham University
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in The Bronx
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where she majored in philosophy, with an emphasis on metaphysics
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. She has said she chose to study the subject because it "bridged the gap between God and science... I was interested in God and how technology could bring us closer to finding out where we came from and why." In spring 2005, while still in college, Del Rey registered a seven-track extended play with the United States Copyright Office
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; the application title was ''Rock Me Stable'' with another title, ''Young Like Me'', also listed. A second extended play, ''From the End'', was also recorded under Del Rey's stage name at the time, May Jailer. Between 2005 and 2006, she recorded an acoustic album, ''Sirens
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'', under the May Jailer project,[ which leaked on the internet in mid-2012.
At her first public performance in 2006, for the Williamsburg Live Songwriting Competition, Del Rey met Van Wilson, an A&R representative for 5 Points Records,] an independent label
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owned by David Nichtern
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Biography
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. In 2007, while a senior at Fordham, she submitted a demo tape of acoustic tracks, ''No Kung Fu'', to 5 Points, which offered her a recording contract for $10,000. She used the money to relocate to Manhattan Mobile Home Park, a trailer park in North Bergen, New Jersey
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, and began working with producer David Kahne
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. Nichtern recalled: "Our plan was to get it all organized and have a record to go and she'd be touring right after she graduated from college. Like a lot of artists, she morphed. When she first came to us, she was playing plunky little acoustic guitar, adsort of straight blonde hair, very cute young woman. A little bit dark, but very intelligent. We heard that. But she very quickly kept evolving."
Del Rey graduated from Fordham with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 2008, after which she released a three-track EP, ''Kill Kill
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'', as Lizzy Grant, featuring production by Kahne. She explained: "David asked to work with me only a day after he got my demo. He is known as a producer with a lot of integrity and who had an interest in making music that wasn't just pop." Meanwhile, Del Rey was doing community outreach work for homeless individuals and drug addicts; she had become interested in community service work in college, when she had helped paint homes on an Indian reservation
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in Utah.[
Of choosing a stage name for her feature debut album, she said: "I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba—Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue." The name was also inspired by actress ]Lana Turner
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and the Ford Del Rey
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sedan, produced and sold in Brazil in the 1980s. Initially she used the alternate spelling Lana Del ''Ray'', the name under which her self-titled debut album was released in January 2010.[ Her father helped with the marketing of the album,] which was available for purchase on iTunes
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for a brief period before being withdrawn in April 2010.[ Kahne and Nichtern both said that Del Rey bought the rights back from 5 Points, as she wanted it out of circulation to "stifle future opportunities to distribute it—an echo of rumors the action was part of a calculated strategy."]
Del Rey met her managers, Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, three months after ''Lana Del Ray'' was released, and they helped her get out of her contract with 5 Points Records, where, in her opinion, "nothing was happening." Shortly after, she moved to London, and moved in with Mawson "for a few years."[ On September 1, 2010, Del Rey was featured by ]Mando Diao
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in its ''MTV Unplugged
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'' concert at Union Film-Studios in Berlin. The same year, she acted in a short film, ''Poolside'', which she made with several friends.
2011–2013: Breakthrough with ''Born to Die'' and ''Paradise''
In 2011, Del Rey uploaded self-made music videos for her songs "Video Games
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" and "Blue Jeans
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" to YouTube, featuring vintage footage interspersed with shots of her singing on her webcam. The "Video Games" music video became a viral internet sensation, which led to Del Rey being signed by Stranger Records to release the song as her debut single. She told ''The Observer
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'': "I just put that song online a few months ago because it was my favorite. To be honest, it wasn't going to be the single but people have really responded to it." The song earned her a Q award
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for "Next Big Thing" in October 2011 and an Ivor Novello
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for "Best Contemporary Song" in 2012. In the same month, she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records
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and Polydor
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to release her second studio album ''Born to Die
''Born to Die'' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. The album was reissued on November 9, 2012, as an e ...
''. She started dating Scottish singer Barrie-James O'Neill
Kassidy are a Scottish alternative folk rock band. The band consist of Barrie-James O'Neill (vocals, piano and guitar), Hamish Fingland (vocals and guitar), Lewis Andrew (vocals, guitar, accordion and keyboard) and Chris Potter (vocals and guit ...
in the same year. The couple split in 2014 after three years together. Del Rey performed two songs from the album on ''Saturday Night Live
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'' on January 14, 2012, and received a negative response from various critics and the general public, who deemed the performance uneven and vocally shaky. She had earlier defended her spot on the program, saying: "I'm a good musician ... I have been singing for a long time, and I think that 'SNL'' creatorLorne Michaels
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knows that ... it's not a fluke decision."[
]
''Born to Die
''Born to Die'' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. The album was reissued on November 9, 2012, as an e ...
'' was released worldwide on January 31, 2012, to commercial success, charting at number one in 11 countries and debuting at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, although critics at the time were divided. The same week, she announced she had bought back the rights to her 2010 debut album and had plans to re-release it in the summer of 2012 under Interscope Records and Polydor. Contrary to Del Rey's press statement, her previous record label and producer David Kahne have both stated that she bought the rights to the album when she and the label parted company, due to the offer of a new deal, in April 2010. ''Born to Die'' sold 3.4 million copies in 2012, making it the fifth-best-selling album of 2012. In the United States, ''Born to Die'' charted on the ''Billboard'' 200 well into 2012, lingering at number 76, after 36 weeks on the chart.
In September 2012, Del Rey unveiled the F-Type for Jaguar
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at the Paris Motor Show
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and later recorded the song "Burning Desire", which appeared in a promotional short film for the vehicle. Adrian Hallmark, Jaguar's global brand director, explained the company's choice, saying Del Rey had "a unique blend of authenticity and modernity". In late September 2012, a music video for Del Rey's cover of " Blue Velvet" was released as a promotional single for the H&M 2012 autumn campaign, which Del Rey also modeled for in print advertising. On September 25, Del Rey released the single "Ride
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" in promotion of her upcoming EP, ''Paradise
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''. She subsequently premiered the music video for "Ride" at the Aero Theatre
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in Santa Monica, California
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, on October 10, 2012. Some critics panned the video for being allegedly pro-prostitution and antifeminist
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, due to Del Rey's portrayal of a prostitute in a biker gang.
''Paradise
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'' was released on November 12, 2012, as a standalone release, as well as ''Born to Die: The Paradise Edition'', which combined Del Rey's previous album with the additional eight tracks on ''Paradise''.[ ''Paradise'' marked Del Rey's second top 10 album in the United States, debuting at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 67,000 copies sold in its first week.] It was also later nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album
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at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards
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. Del Rey received several nominations at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards
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in November and won the award for Best Alternative performer. At the Brit Awards
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in February 2013, she won the award for International Female Solo Artist, followed by two Echo Award
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wins, in the categories of Best International Newcomer and Best International Pop/Rock Artist.
Over the next several months, she released videos of two cover songs: one of Leonard Cohen
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's " Chelsea Hotel#2", followed by a duet with her then-boyfriend, Barrie-James O'Neill
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, of Lee Hazlewood
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and Nancy Sinatra
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's "Summer Wine
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Lyrics
Lyrically, "Summer Wine" describes a man, voiced by H ...
". In May 2013, Del Rey released an original song, " Young and Beautiful" for the soundtrack of the 2013 film adaptation of ''The Great Gatsby''. Following the song's release, it peaked at 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. However, shortly after its release to contemporary hit radio, the label prematurely pulled it and decided to send a different song to radio; on July 2, 2013, a Cedric Gervais remix of Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness" was sent to radio; a sleeper hit, the song proved to be a commercial success, surpassing "Young and Beautiful", reaching number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and becoming her first American top ten hit. The remix won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
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in 2013, while "Young and Beautiful" was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media
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Recipients
* Each year is linked t ...
.[
In June 2013, Del Rey filmed '' Tropico'', a musical short film paired to tracks from ''Paradise'', directed by ]Anthony Mandler
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. Del Rey screened the film on December 4, 2013, at the Cinerama Dome
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in Hollywood. On December 6, the soundtrack was released on digital outlets.
2014–2016: ''Ultraviolence'', ''Honeymoon'', and film work
On January 26, 2014, Del Rey released a cover of " Once Upon a Dream" for the 2014 dark fantasy film ''Maleficent
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''. Following the completion of ''Paradise'', Del Rey began writing and recording her follow-up album, '' Ultraviolence'', featuring production by Dan Auerbach
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. ''Ultraviolence'' was released on June 13, 2014, and debuted at number one in 12 countries, including the United States and United Kingdom. The album, which sold 880,000 copies worldwide in its first week, was preceded by the singles "West Coast West Coast or west coast may refer to:
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", "Shades of Cool
"Shades of Cool" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, taken from her third studio album, '' Ultraviolence'' (2014). It was written by Del Rey and Rick Nowels, and produced by Dan Auerbach. The song was released on May 26, 2014 by ...
", " Ultraviolence", and " Brooklyn Baby". She began dating photographer Francesco Carrozzini
Francesco Carrozzini (born September 9, 1982) is an Italian-born director and photographer based in the United States. In 2016, he made his feature directorial debut at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival with the documentary '' Franca: C ...
after he directed Del Rey's music video for "Ultraviolence"; the two broke up in November 2015 after more than a year. Del Rey described the album as being "more stripped down but still cinematic and dark", while some critics characterized the record as psychedelic
Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary states of consciousness (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips").Pollan, Michael (2018). ''How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of ...
and desert rock-influenced, more prominently featuring guitar instrumentation than her previous releases. Later that year, Del Rey contributed the songs "Big Eyes
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" and "I Can Fly" to Tim Burton
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's 2014 biographical film ''Big Eyes
''Big Eyes'' is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. It is about the relationship between American artist Margaret Keane a ...
''.
''Honeymoon
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'', Del Rey's fourth studio album, was released on September 18, 2015, to acclaim from music critics. Prior to the release of the album, Del Rey previewed the track "Honeymoon
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", the single " High by the Beach", and the promotional single "Terrence Loves You
"Terrence Loves You" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey for her album ''Honeymoon'' (2015). It was released as the album's first promotional single on August 21, 2015. Written by Del Rey and Rick Nowels, the song has ...
". Prior to the release of ''Honeymoon'', Del Rey embarked on The Endless Summer Tour
The Endless Summer Tour was the third headlining concert tour by Americans, American recording artist Lana Del Rey in support of her third studio album, ''Ultraviolence (album), Ultraviolence'' (2014). The tour began on May 7, 2015, in The Woodla ...
in May 2015, which featured Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as t ...
and Grimes
Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her early work has been described as extending from "lo-fi R&B" to futuristic dance-pop, and has in ...
as opening acts. Additionally, Del Rey co-wrote and provided vocals on the track "Prisoner
A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison.
...
" from the Weeknd
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's ''Beauty Behind the Madness
''Beauty Behind the Madness'' is the second studio album by Canadian singer the Weeknd, released on August 28, 2015, through XO and Republic Records. It features guest appearances from Labrinth, Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey. The album was executi ...
'', released on August 28, 2015.
In November 2015, Del Rey executive produced a short film ''Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston
''Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?'' is a 2015 American Short film, short documentary film about musician Daniel Johnston. The film was directed by Gabriel Sunday and executive produced by Lana Del Rey and Mac Miller. It premiered in Los Angeles a ...
'', documenting the life of singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston
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. For the film, she covered Johnston's song "Some Things Last a Long Time". In November 2015, Del Rey received the Trailblazer Award at the ''Billboard'' Women in Music ceremony and won the MTV Europe Music Award
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for Best Alternative.
On February 9, 2016, Del Rey premiered a music video for the song "Freak
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" from ''Honeymoon'' at the Wiltern Theatre
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in Los Angeles. Later that year, Del Rey collaborated with the Weeknd for his album '' Starboy'' (2016), providing backing vocals on " Party Monster" and lead vocals on "Stargirl Interlude". "Party Monster", which Del Rey also co-wrote, was released as a single and subsequently reached the Top 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified double-platinum in the US.
2017–2019: ''Lust for Life'' and ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!''
Del Rey's fifth studio album, '' Lust for Life'', was released on July 21, 2017. The album was preceded by the singles "Love
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"; " Lust for Life" with the Weeknd; "Summer Bummer
"Summer Bummer" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey featuring American rappers ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti featured on her fifth studio album '' Lust For Life''. The song was released for digital download on July 12, 2017, ...
" with A$AP Rocky
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and Playboi Carti
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; and "Groupie Love
"Groupie Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey featuring American rapper ASAP Rocky featured on her fifth studio album '' Lust for Life''. The song was released for digital download on July 12, 2017, alongside " Summe ...
", also with Rocky. Prior to its release, Del Rey commented: "I made my first 4 albums for me, but this one is for my fans and about where I hope we are all headed." The record further featured collaborations with Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasi ...
and Sean Ono Lennon
is an American–British musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother to Julian Lennon. Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto, The G ...
, marking the first time she has featured other artists on her own release. The album received generally favorable reviews and became Del Rey's third number-one album in the United Kingdom, and second number-one album in the United States. On September 27, 2017, Del Rey announced the LA to the Moon Tour
The LA to the Moon Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by American singer Lana Del Rey, in support of her fifth studio album and fourth major-label studio album, Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album), ''Lust for Life'' (2017). The tour began ...
, an official concert tour with Jhené Aiko
Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo (; born March 16, 1988) is an American singer who embarked on her music career contributing vocals and appearing in several music videos for R&B group B2K. In an effort to promote Aiko and cultivate a following for he ...
and Kali Uchis
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to further promote the album. The tour began in North America during January 2018 and concluded in August. ''Lust for Life'' was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album
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for the 60th Grammy Awards
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, marking Del Rey's second nomination in the category.
In January 2018, Del Rey announced that she was in a lawsuit with British rock band Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...
over alleged similarities between their song "Creep
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Art ...
" and her song "Get Free
Get Free may refer to:
* "Get Free" (The Vines song), 2002
* "Get Free" (Major Lazer song), 2013
* "Get Free" (Lana Del Rey song), 2017
* "Get Free", a 2011 song by Scream from '' Complete Control Recording Sessions''
See also
* "Freedom Dan ...
". Following her announcement, legal representatives from their label Warner/Chappell
Warner Chappell Music, Inc. is an American music publishing company and a subsidiary of the Warner Music Group. Warner Chappell Music's catalogue consists of over 1.4 million compositions and 65,000 composers, with offices in over 40 countries.
...
denied the lawsuit, as well as Del Rey's claims of the band asking for "100% of the song's royalties". Del Rey announced that summer while performing at Lollapalooza
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in Brazil the lawsuit was "over".
Throughout 2018, Del Rey appeared as a guest vocalist on several tracks by other musicians, including "Living with Myself" by Jonathan Wilson for ''Rare Birds'' (2018), "God Save Our Young Blood
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" and "Blue Madonna" by Børns
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Born and raised in Grand Haven, Michigan, Børns began performing in his ...
for ''Blue Madonna
''Blue Madonna'' is the second studio album by American musician Børns. It was released on January 12, 2018 through Interscope Records.
Background
On July 28, 2017, Børns released the single "Faded Heart" on Interscope Records. On September 2 ...
'' (2018), and "Woman" by Cat Power
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for ''Wanderer
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* The Wan ...
'' (2018). In November 2019, Del Rey was announced as the face of Gucci
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's Guilty fragrances and subsequently appeared in print and television advertisements with Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto ( ; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golde ...
and Courtney Love. The campaign was centered around the concept of "Hollyweird." Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele
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said Guilty is a scent for a woman who does whatever she wants; Del Rey stated she is "very much that person."
On August 6, 2019, Del Rey presented filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...
with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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and subsequently released a cover of " Season of the Witch" for his film, ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
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''. On the same day, Del Rey released the non-album single " Looking for America", which she spontaneously wrote and recorded earlier that week in response to back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso
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and Dayton
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.
Her sixth studio album, ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!
''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey released on August 30, 2019, by Polydor and Interscope Records. The album was primarily produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, with additional cont ...
'', was released on August 30, 2019. Having announced the album in September 2018,[ the album was preceded by the singles "]Mariners Apartment Complex
"Mariners Apartment Complex" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, released on September 12, 2018, through Polydor Records and Interscope Records, as the lead single from her sixth studio album, ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' (2019)'' ...
", "Venice Bitch
"Venice Bitch" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on September 18, 2018, through Polydor and Interscope Records, as the second single from her sixth studio album, ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' (2019). The song ...
", "", and "Doin' Time
"Doin' Time" is a song by the American band Sublime for their self-titled third album. The lyrics tell of a cheating girlfriend, whose infidelities and poor treatment of her lover makes him feel like he is in prison. It was released as a singl ...
", as well as the joint-single " Fuck It, I Love You"/ " The Greatest". The album received widespread critical acclaim, and, according to review aggregator website Metacritic
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, is the best-reviewed album of Del Rey's career to date. ''NME
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'' awarded the album five out of five stars. In his review for ''Rolling Stone'', Rob Sheffield
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He is a long time contributing editor at ''Rolling Stone'', writing about music, TV, and pop culture. Previously, he was a contributing editor at ''Blen ...
wrote "the long-awaited ''Norman Fucking Rockwell'' is even more massive and majestic than everyone hoped it would be. Lana turns her fifth and finest album into a tour of sordid American dreams, going deep cover in all our nation's most twisted fantasies of glamour and danger," and ultimately deemed the album a "pop classic". The album was nominated for two Grammy Award
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s, Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
and Song of the Year, for its title track. ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' marked the first time Del Rey worked with Jack Antonoff
Jack Michael Antonoff (born March 31, 1984) is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. Antonoff is the lead singer of rock band Bleachers, and is the guitarist and drummer in the pop rock band Fun. He was p ...
, who co-wrote and produced much of the album; Antonoff later worked with Del Rey on her following studio album and spoken word album.
In September, Del Rey was featured on a collaboration with Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received ...
and Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...
titled "Don't Call Me Angel
"Don't Call Me Angel" is a song by American singers Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Lana Del Rey. It was released on September 13, 2019, by Republic Records as the lead single from the soundtrack to the film ''Charlie's Angels'', based on the ...
", the lead single of the soundtrack for the 2019 film ''Charlie's Angels''. The song was moderately successful internationally and was later certified Gold
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in several countries. In November, Del Rey appeared in the Amazon Prime special ''The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show,'' alongside guests such as Camila Cabello
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, James Corden
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, and Troye Sivan
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.
2020–2022: ''Chemtrails over the Country Club'', ''Blue Banisters'', and poetry collections
In an interview for ''L'Officiel
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''s first American edition in early 2018, when asked about her interest in making a film, Del Rey responded she had been approached to write a Broadway musical
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and had recently begun work on it. When asked how long it would be until completion of the work, she replied, "I may finish in two or three years." She also announced she would be contributing to the soundtrack of a new adaptation of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a ...
''.
After announcing a spoken word album A spoken word album is a recording of spoken material, a predecessor of the contemporary audiobook genre. Rather than featuring music or songs, the content of spoken word albums include political speeches, dramatic readings of historical documents ...
in 2019, Del Rey released '' Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass'' and its corresponding spoken word album in 2020. The physical book was released on September 29 and the Jack Antonoff-produced audiobook on July 28.[: ] The spoken word poem "LA Who Am I to Love You
"LA Who Am I to Love You" is a poem by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey from her first poetry collection, '' Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass'' (2020). The poem was recorded by Del Rey for her spoken word album of the same name with mus ...
" was released as the lead single the day before the album's release. In May 2020, Del Rey announced a second book, ''Behind the Iron Gates – Insights from the Institution'', which was originally planned to be released in March 2021; her progress on the book was lost when the manuscript was stolen from her car in 2022.
In September 2020, Del Rey was featured on a remix of Matt Maeson
Matt Maeson (born January 17, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Virginia Beach, Virginia, signed to Neon Gold Records and Atlantic Records.
Early life
Maeson was raised in Norfolk, Virginia. His parents were juvenile delin ...
's 2019 song "Hallucinogenics
"Hallucinogenics" is a song by American singer-songwriter Matt Maeson. The official remix features the vocals of American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. The song appears on Maeson's debut album, ''Bank on the Funeral'' (2019).
Background
Relea ...
". The duo had previously performed the song together live in 2019. In November 2020, Del Rey announced that she would release a digital record composed of "American standards and classics" on Christmas Day, though it has yet to be released. The record features several songs recorded with Nikki Lane
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Earl ...
. The same month, she contributed to a documentary about Liverpool F.C.
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, ''The End of the Storm'', where she performed the club's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone
"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Carousel''. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and enco ...
". Del Rey also released the cover as a limited-edition single, with all profits going to the LFC foundation. Del Rey is known to be a fan of the club, and has attended matches at Anfield
Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which has a seating capacity of 53,394, making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892. ...
. In December 2020, it was reported that she was engaged to musician Clayton Johnson.
On March 19, 2021, Del Rey released her seventh studio album, ''Chemtrails over the Country Club
''Chemtrails over the Country Club'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on March 19, 2021, by Interscope and Polydor Records. After working with him on her previous studio album, '' Norma ...
'', to critical acclaim. Announced in 2019, the album was originally slated for release in 2020 under the title ''White Hot Forever'' but was postponed in November 2020 due to a delay in vinyl manufacturing. Like ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'', ''Chemtrails over the Country Club'' was mostly produced by Del Rey alongside Jack Antonoff. It was preceded by the singles "Let Me Love You like a Woman
"Let Me Love You like a Woman" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on October 16, 2020, by Interscope Records and Polydor Records as the lead single from Del Rey's seventh studio album, ''Chemtrails over the Cou ...
" on October 16, 2020, and the title track
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Title track may al ...
on January 11, 2021. Videos for both songs as well as "White Dress" were also released.
Her eighth studio album, ''Blue Banisters
''Blue Banisters'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on October 22, 2021, by Interscope and Polydor Records, seven months after her previous record, ''Chemtrails over the Country Club''. The a ...
'', was released on October 22, 2021. It was preceded by the simultaneous release of three singles on May 20, 2021: the title track, "Text Book", and "Wildflower Wildfire", as well as the release of the single "Arcadia" on September 8, 2021. A music video was released for "Arcadia" on September 8, 2021, with an alternate music video for the track released on October 7, 2021. A music video for the track "Blue Banisters" was released on October 20, 2021.
On January 21, 2022, Del Rey premiered a song titled "Watercolor Eyes" on an episode of ''Euphoria
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''. Del Rey confirmed in 2022 she has been working on new music and poetry; however, on October 19, 2022, she posted a series of videos to her Instagram revealing her car was burgled "a few months" prior, and her backpack—containing a laptop, hard drives, and three camcorders—was stolen, giving thieves access to unfinished songs, a 200-page manuscript of her upcoming poetry book ''Behind the Iron Gates - Insights from an Institution'', and two years' worth of family video footage. Del Rey erased the stolen laptop's contents remotely, which contained the only working copy of her poetry book. "Despite all of this happening, I am confident in the record to come", Del Rey concluded in her Instagram videos. On October 21, 2022, Del Rey was featured on "Snow on the Beach
"Snow on the Beach" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring Lana Del Rey. The fourth track of Swift's tenth studio album ''Midnights'' (2022), "Snow on the Beach" was written by Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Del Rey, with the ...
" by Taylor Swift
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, written by Swift, Del Rey, and Jack Antonoff. The song debuted at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Del Rey's highest-peaking entry on the chart.
2023–present: ''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd''
Del Rey’s ninth studio album, ''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, released on March 24, 2023, by Interscope and Polydor Records. The album features production by Del Rey, Mike Hermos ...
'', is scheduled for release on March 10, 2023. The title track
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Title track may al ...
was released alongside the album announcement on December 7, 2022.
Artistry
Musical style
Del Rey has been labeled an "alt-pop
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or alternative pop artist. Her works have been variously categorized as pop,
rock, dream pop
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, baroque pop
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, indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and sub ...
, psychedelic rock
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, while incorporating trip hop
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, hip hop, lo-fi
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, and trap
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elements. Upon her debut release, Del Rey's music was described as "Hollywood sadcore
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" by some music critics. It has been repeatedly noted for its cinematic sound and its references to various aspects of pop culture; both critics and Del Rey herself have noted a persistent theme of 1950s and 1960s Americana
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*Americana (music), a genre or style of American music
*Americana (culture), artifacts of the culture of the United States
Film, radio and television
* ''Americana'' (1992 TV series), a documentary series presented by J ...
. The strong elements of American nostalgia brought ''Idolator'' to classify her firmly as alternative pop
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. Del Rey elaborated on her connection to the past in an interview with Artistdirect
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, saying "I wasn't even born in the '50s but I feel like I was there."
Of ''Born to Die'', AllMusic stated that its "sultry, overstated orchestral pop
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History
During the 1960s, pop music on radio an ...
recast her as some sort of vaguely imagined chanteuse
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for a generation raised on Adderall
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and the Internet, with heavy doses of ''Twin Peaks
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'' atmosphere." Del Rey's subsequent releases would introduce variant styles, particularly ''Ultraviolence'', which employed a guitar-based sound akin to psychedelic
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and desert rock. Kenneth Partridge of ''Billboard
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'' noted this shift in style, writing: "She sings about drugs, cars, money, and the bad boys she's always falling for, and while there remains a sepia-toned mid-century flavor to many of these songs, el Rey El Rey, Spanish for The King, may refer to:
Locations
*El Rey Inn, Santa Fe, New Mexico
*El Rey National Park in Argentina
*El Rey Theatre, a live music venue in Los Angeles, California
*El Rey archaeological site, a Mayan site in Cancun, Mexico
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is no longer fronting like a thugged-out Bette Davis
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." Upon the release of ''Honeymoon'', one reviewer characterized Del Rey's body of work as being "about music as a time warp, with her languorous croons over molasses-like arrangements meant to make clock hands seem to move so slowly that it feels possible, at times, they might go backwards."
Prior to coming to prominence under the stage name Lana Del Rey, she performed under the names Lizzy Grant, Lana Rey Del Mar, Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, and May Jailer. Under the stage name Lizzy Grant, she referred to her music as "Hawaiian glam metal", while the work of her May Jailer project was acoustic.
Influences
Del Rey cites a wide array of musical artists as influences, including numerous pop, jazz, and blues performers from the mid-twentieth century, such as Andrew Lloyd Webber
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, Frank Sinatra
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, Nina Simone
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, Billie Holiday
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, Bobby Vinton
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, The Crystals
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,[ and ]Miles Davis
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. Torch singers Julie London
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and Julee Cruise
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have also served as influences.[ " reallyjust like the masters of every genre", she told BBC radio presenter ]Jo Whiley
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in 2012, specifically naming Nirvana
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, Bob Dylan
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, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley
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.
Several rock and pop musicians and groups from the late-twentieth century have also inspired Del Rey, such as Bruce Springsteen
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, Britney Spears
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, singer-songwriter Lou Reed
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, and rock band the Eagles
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, as well as folk musicians such as Leonard Cohen
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[ and ]Joan Baez
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. Del Rey has also cited contemporary artists, such as singer-songwriter Cat Power
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,[ ]Hole
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frontwoman Courtney Love
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, rapper Eminem
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, and singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse
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as artists she looked up to.[ Del Rey has cited the ]soundtrack
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to '' American Beauty'' as a partial inspiration for her album ''Born to Die'' (2012).
Inspired by poetry, Del Rey cites Walt Whitman
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and Allen Ginsberg
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as instrumental to her songwriting. Del Rey has cited film directors, David Lynch
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and Federico Fellini
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, and painters, Mark Ryden
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and Pablo Picasso
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, as influences and has stated actress Lauren Bacall
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is someone she admires.
Voice and timbre
Del Rey possesses an expansive contralto
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vocal range
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, which spans three-plus octaves and has been described as captivating and highly emotive, ranging from high notes in a girlish timbre
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to jazz
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y ornaments in her lower gesture with great ease. Following the release of ''Ultraviolence'', which was recorded live in single takes and lacking Pro Tools vocal editing, critics fell into favor with Del Rey's vocal ability, praising her large range, increased vocal confidence, and uniquely emotive delivery. When recording in the studio, Del Rey is known for vocal multi-layering, which, as it has been noted, is difficult for her to replicate within a live setting, especially with the lack of backing singers to fill out the original vocal style. Stage fright has also been noted as a major contribution to Del Rey's struggles with live performances; however, journalists noted in 2014 her live performances had increased in confidence. ''Billboard'' deemed the Coachella debut of "West Coast" to be a "star-making performance" and lauded the singer's vocal abilities. Contemporary music critics have called her voice "smoky", "gravelly", and reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe
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. Upon the 2015 release of ''Honeymoon'', her voice was compared by ''Los Angeles Times
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'' critic Mikael Wood to those of Julee Cruise
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and Eartha Kitt
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.
Del Rey began using lower vocals with ''Born to Die'', claiming "people weren't taking me very seriously, so I lowered my voice, believing that it would help me stand out. Now I sing quite low... well, for a female anyway". "I sing low now, but my voice used to be a lot higher. Because of the way I look, I needed something to ground the entire project. Otherwise I think people would assume I was some airhead singer. Well, I don't think... I know. I've sung one way, and sung another, and I've seen what people are drawn to", she said on the topic.
Videos and stage
Del Rey's videos are also often characterized for their cinematic quality with a retro flair. In her early career, Del Rey recorded clips of herself singing along to her songs on a webcam and juxtaposed them alongside vintage home videos and films to serve as "homemade music videos", a style which helped gain her early recognition. After the success of these homemade videos, Del Rey had a series of high-budget music videos, including "Born to Die" and "National Anthem" (both 2012) and "Young and Beautiful" (2013). Her early videos featured her personas "bad girl" and "gangster Nancy Sinatra".
Her following videos for tracks such as "Summer Wine", "Carmen", and "Summertime Sadness" were produced off of significantly lower budgets and retained more elements of Del Rey's earlier style. The ''Ultraviolence'' era incorporated an admixture of high budget videos and self-made ones, while the ''Honeymoon'' era was almost strictly film noir-influenced professionally-shot visuals. Both eras saw some of Del Rey's homemade videos for tracks such as "Pretty When You Cry" and "Honeymoon" go unreleased due to Del Rey's opinions they were "too boring". The ''Lust for Life'' era was widely characterized for its mildly filtered vintage-inspired look with a futuristic flare. For ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'', Del Rey's sister, Chuck Grant, directed three videos in Del Rey's "homemade video" format, while Rich Lee directed the two following videos in a vintage but futuristic style, similar to the ''Lust for Life'' videos he directed.
Critics have noted Del Rey for her typically simple but authentic live performances. A September 2017 concert review published in ''The New York Times'' noted: "For more than an hour, Ms. Del Rey was eerily casual, singing and smiling with the ease of someone performing at singer-songwriter night at the local coffee shop." Another review by Roy Train for ''The Hollywood Reporter'' in 2014 noted "a distance in her bonhomie, obvious even from my perch at the opposite end of the stage high above the fray, the chill still palpable."
Public image
Early reception
Prior to the release of her debut major label album ''Born to Die'' in 2012, Del Rey was the subject of several articles discussing her image and career trajectory.[ One article by Paul Harris published by ''The Guardian'' a week before the album's release noted the differences between Del Rey's perceived persona in 2008, when she performed as Lizzy Grant, and in the present, as Lana Del Rey.] Harris wrote: The internet has allowed figures like el Rey El Rey, Spanish for The King, may refer to:
Locations
*El Rey Inn, Santa Fe, New Mexico
*El Rey National Park in Argentina
*El Rey Theatre, a live music venue in Los Angeles, California
*El Rey archaeological site, a Mayan site in Cancun, Mexico
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to come rapidly to the fore of the cultural landscape, whether or not their emergence is planned by a record executive or happens spontaneously from someone's bedroom. It has speeded up the fame cycle. It is worth noting that the huge backlash to Del Rey is happening before her first album has even been released. This reveals a cultural obsession with the "authenticity" that fans, artists and corporations all prize above all else.
Tony Simon, a producer who had worked with Del Rey in 2009, defended her against the public claims of inauthenticity and allegations that she was a product of her record label: "To be clear, all the detractors saying she's some made-up-by-the-machine pop star are full of shit. While it's impossible to keep the businesses' hands out the pop when creating a pop star, the roots of where this all comes from are firmly inside of Lizzy Grant." In Del Rey's own words, she " ver had a persona. Never needed one. Never will."
In a 2017 interview, Del Rey stated, "I didn't edit myself n ''Born to Die''
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History
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when I could have, because a lot of it's just the way it was. I mean, because I've changed a lot and a lot of those songs, it's not that I don't relate but... A lot of it too is I was just kinda nervous. I came off sort of nervously, and there was just a lot of dualities, a lot of juxtapositions going on that maybe just felt like something was a little off. Maybe the thing that was off was that I needed a little more time or something, and also my path was just so windy just to get to having a first record. I feel like I had to figure it out all by myself. Every move was just guesswork."
Social views
Having been labeled as antifeminist
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by multiple sources,[ Del Rey stated: "For me, the issue of ]feminism
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is just not an interesting concept. I'm more interested in ... SpaceX
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and Tesla, what's going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities. Whenever people bring up feminism ... I'm just not really that interested." She also said:
For me, a true feminist is someone who is a woman who does exactly what she wants. If my choice is to, I don't know, be with a lot of men, or if I enjoy a really physical relationship, I don't think that's necessarily being anti-feminist. For me the argument of feminism never really should have come into the picture. Because I don't know too much about the history of feminism, and so I'm not really a relevant person to bring into the conversation. Everything I was writing was so autobiographical, it could really only be a personal analysis.
In 2017, Del Rey further clarified her updated view on feminism in an interview with ''Pitchfork'':
Because things have shifted culturally. It's more appropriate now than under the Obama administration
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, where at least everyone I knew felt safe. It was a good time. We were on the up-and-up... Women started to feel less safe under administration">he Trumpadministration instantly. What if they take away Planned Parenthood
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? What if we can't get birth control
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? Now, when people ask me those questions, I feel a little differently...
Following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
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, she voiced her support for the Me Too movement
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and identified herself as a feminist. In 2020, she voiced her support for a third wave of feminism
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.
In May of that year, she attracted criticism for an Instagram
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post defending herself against accusations of glamorizing abuse in part by pointing out an array of other female artists and their successes with works about "imperfect sexual relationships". Del Rey responded to the criticism that race was the theme of her post by saying that she mentioned the singers she did because she "oves
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these singers and nowsthem." She also clarified that she was referencing those "who don't look strong or necessarily smart, or like they're in control etc.," when she mentioned people "who look like er" Del Rey attracted further criticism for briefly posting a video of looters during the George Floyd protests
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in May 2020.
Del Rey has frequently been critical of former U.S. President Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
. She has described him as being a narcissist and a product of a culture of sociopathy
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, stating his mental state makes him devoid of any understanding of what his words and actions can lead to. In January 2021, Del Rey incited commentary for stating Trump " idn'tknow that he's inciting a riot" as a result of his "delusions of grandeur
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." She was critical of Kanye West
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Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...
in 2018 for his support of former President Trump. During the first year of Trump's presidency, Del Rey alleged she attempted to use witchcraft
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against Trump. In November 2020, Del Rey honored Joe Biden's election as President of the United States by covering " On Eagles' Wings".
During the release of the artwork for ''Chemtrails Over the Country Club'' on Instagram, Del Rey gained widespread press coverage for suggesting that her friends, featured on the cover, were "a beautiful mix of everything", saying that she had always been "inclusive without even trying to" throughout her career. Del Rey elaborated, saying her close friends and boyfriends had been "rappers" and addressed her critics, saying that before commenters turned it into a "WOC/POC issue", she "wasn't the one storming the capital" and was "changing the world by putting my life and thoughts and love out there". She subsequently deleted the comments. Following criticism from media outlets, Del Rey tweeted "A woman still can't get mad right? Even when a mob mentality tries to *incite*."
Philanthropy
Over the years, Del Rey has supported multiple causes and made several recordings available as offerings to help support causes she believes in. Her 2019 single " Looking for America" was released in response to the August 3–4, 2019, mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio
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, with all proceeds from the song going to relief funds benefiting victims of the August shootings and the July 28, 2019, Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting
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, investigators had no ...
. In October 2020, she donated $350,000 from her book '' Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass'' to the Dig Deep Water project to provide clean water for some of the most vulnerable communities of Navajo Nation
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. Later in December, Del Rey released a cover of "You'll Never Walk Alone
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" to benefit charities supported by the Liverpool F.C.
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Foundation.
In the early 2000s, Del Rey worked at a homeless shelter
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and participated in humanitarian work, including building houses at Navajo Nation.
Impact
Del Rey has been mentioned as an influence by a number of artists including Billie Eilish
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, Lauren Jauregui
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, Kevin Abstract
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, Maggie Lindemann
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, and XXXTentacion
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. ''Billboard'' credited ''Born to Die
''Born to Die'' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. The album was reissued on November 9, 2012, as an e ...
''for being one of the main catalysts for pop's mid-2010s shift from brash EDM
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to a moodier, hip-hop-inflected palette. The magazine opined that Del Rey is indispensable to the 2010s popular music and has influenced alternative-leaning pop artists such as Lorde
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde ( ), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. Taking inspiration from aristocracy for her stage name, she is known for her unconventional musical styles and i ...
, Halsey, Banks
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Because ...
, Sky Ferreira
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, Father John Misty
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Maintainin ...
, Sia
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, Miley Cyrus
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, Selena Gomez
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and Taylor Swift
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. In 2019, ''Billboard
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'' included Del Rey's song "Born to Die
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" as one of the 100 songs that defined the 2010s, adding it influenced "a sonic shift that completely changed the pop landscape". ''The Washington Post
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'' listed Del Rey as the only musician on their "Decade of Influence" list. ''Pitchfork'' named her one of America’s greatest living songwriters. ''The Guardian
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'' declared Del Rey's own "pure female haze" a "hallmark of the defiant female pop stars to come". Her YouTube and Vevo
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pages have combined views of over four billion. In fall of 2022, New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
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launched the course "Topics in Recorded Music: Lana Del Rey" centered on her musicality.
Accolades
Del Rey has received many awards, including 2 Brit Award
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s, 2 MTV Europe Music Award
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s, a Satellite Award
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and 9 GAFFA Awards. Alongside those accolades, she has also been nominated for 6 Grammy Award
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s and a Golden Globe Award
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.
Discography
Studio albums
* '' Lana Del Ray'' (2010)
* ''Born to Die
''Born to Die'' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. The album was reissued on November 9, 2012, as an e ...
'' (2012)
* '' Ultraviolence'' (2014)
* ''Honeymoon
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'' (2015)
* '' Lust for Life'' (2017)
* ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!
''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey released on August 30, 2019, by Polydor and Interscope Records. The album was primarily produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, with additional cont ...
'' (2019)
* ''Chemtrails over the Country Club
''Chemtrails over the Country Club'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on March 19, 2021, by Interscope and Polydor Records. After working with him on her previous studio album, '' Norma ...
'' (2021)
* ''Blue Banisters
''Blue Banisters'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on October 22, 2021, by Interscope and Polydor Records, seven months after her previous record, ''Chemtrails over the Country Club''. The a ...
'' (2021)
* ''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, released on March 24, 2023, by Interscope and Polydor Records. The album features production by Del Rey, Mike Hermos ...
'' (2023)
Bibliography
* '' Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass'' (2020)
* ''Behind the Iron Gates – Insights from the Institution'' (TBA)
Filmography
* ''Poolside'' (2010)
* ''National Anthem'' (2012)
* ''Ride
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'' (2012)
* '' Tropico'' (2013)
* ''Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?
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'' (2015)
* ''Freak
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'' (2016)
* '' Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen'' (2017)
* ''The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show'' (2019)
* ''Norman Fucking Rockwell
''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey released on August 30, 2019, by Polydor and Interscope Records. The album was primarily produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, with additional cont ...
'' (2019)
Tours
Headlining
* Born to Die Tour (2011–12)
* Paradise Tour
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(2013–14)
* The Endless Summer Tour
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(2015)
* LA to the Moon Tour
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(2018)
* The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour
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(2019)
Promotional
* Festival Tour (2016)
See also
* Honorific nicknames in popular music
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* List of Grammy Award winners and nominees
* List of vegetarians
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