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Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, with frequent references to contemporary pop culture and 1950s–1970s Americana. [1]
- Lana Del Rey Discography
American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey has released nine...
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Blue Banisters is the eighth studio album by American...
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Lana Del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant in New York City on June 21, 1985, the oldest to Robert England Grant, Jr., a Grey Group copywriter turned entrepreneur, and Patricia Ann "Pat" (Hill), a former Grey account executive turned high school teacher. She has one younger sister, Caroline Grant, and one brother, Charlie. She has one niece, P...
Career beginnings and Sirens
1. Main article: Sirens (album) After returning to New York at 18 years old, Del Rey began studying metaphysics at Fordham College. It was around this time when she quit drinking due to an incident where she lost her parents' car, however, without drinking, she felt "out of sync" with campus life. She began making social connections to other musicians who encouraged her to experiment with music. After learning six chords on the guitar from her uncle, she began writing music. On learning guita...
2007–2010: Lana Del Ray era
1. Main article: Lana Del Ray (album) After recording a demo EP in 2007 titled No Kung Fu, Del Rey began work on her first studio album. She sent the EP to various producers with the intent of finding someone to work with her, and after listening to her tracks, David Kahne agreed to collaborate with her. The two began recording in 2008 and recorded every day for three months. Her first EP was released after they began their sessions, Kill Kill, which included three tracks - "Kill Kill", "Gram...
2010–2012: Born to Die era
1. Main article: Born to Die (album) Later in 2010, Del Rey began work on her major-label debut album, Born to Die. She and Justin Parker began working with each other at this time. She dyed her naturally blonde hair auburn in 2010 and began releasing self-made videos featuring noir cinema clips interlaced with her own videos, made on her Apple computer, in mid-2010. She posted "Video Games" to her YouTube channel on August 19, 2011. The song and video immediately began to garner attention fr...
Musical style
Del Rey's sound has been dubbed "Hollywood sadcore". Her music has been noted for its cinematic sound and its references to various aspects of pop culture, particularly that of the 1950s and '60s Americana. Rolling Stone noted that Del Rey enjoys playing the role of a lounge singer. Time said the solid core of her sound was "movie music", laid out over-top a hip hop vocal cadence. Attributed to many styles, Del Rey's sound has been tagged broadly as a sort of dream pop or baroque pop linked t...
Voice timbre
Del Rey possesses an expansive contralto vocal range, which spans three-plus octaves and has been described as captivating and highly emotive, being able to transcend from sounding high and girlish in her timbre, down to a low and jazzy sound with great ease, although both these areas of the voice can be conflicting in the contrast of their sound, initially polarizing opinion. Following the release of Ultraviolence, which was recorded live in single takes and lacking Pro Tools vocal editing,...
Influences
Amongst her musical influences, Del Rey cites several artists, including Elvis Presley, Antony and the Johnsons, Frank Sinatra, Eminem, Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Father John Misty, Bobby Vinton and Kurt Cobain. "[I really] just like the masters of every genre", she told BBC radio presenter Jo Whiley. Her favorite artists include Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Jeff Buckley, and Leonard Cohen. Del Rey recorded a cover of Cohen's "Che...
Del Rey stated that she suffered from alcoholism at a young age, but became sober during 2004. In late 2012, she told GQmagazine: Del Rey currently lives in the Los Angeles area of California, United States. 1. Main article: Category:Romances Del Rey was in a relationship with photographer Francesco Carrozzini from June 2014 to November 2015, but d...
Main article: VideographyPoolside(2010)Tropico(2013)Apr 13, 2024 · Learn about Lana Del Rey's life, career, and achievements from her birth in New York to her latest album Lasso. Find out her musical influences, awards, controversies, and quotes.
May 8, 2024 · Lana Del Rey is an American singer-songwriter known for pairing glamorously morose musical themes with classic Americana and a nostalgic, cinematic visual style. Del Rey’s songs typically focus on relatable, melancholic experiences wrapped in a cultural pastiche of Hollywood’s golden era.
