Lana del Rey - Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

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Lana Del Rey has stated in interviews that her lyrics are not specific to one person or relationship but are inspired by a combination of past experiences and stories. Light of my life, fire of my loins,” Lana sings on “Off to the Races,” pulling directly from the opening lines of Lolita. The phrase “Velvet night” in “This Is What Makes Us Girls” is another line borrowed from the novel, and one that stands out for its striking, descriptive quality. Fans also speculate that “Carmen” may be a reference to the scene in the novel when Humbert Humbert and Lolita sing, “Oh my Carmen, my little Carmen.” Even the song’s French monologue portion has Nabokov written all over it: The author grew up speaking French and often dipped in and out of the language in his work. Walt Whitman Since then, Lana has delivered a flair unlike any other artist of her generation, praised for its cinematic sound and references to various aspects of pop culture, particularly that of the 1950s and 1960s Americana. Lana Del Rey Stirs Controversy By Wearing Faux Mask". What's Trending. October 7, 2020. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021 . Retrieved April 22, 2022.

In their duet “Lust For Life,” Lana and The Weeknd interpolate William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus,” singing, “We’re the masters of our own fate / We’re the captains of our own souls.” It makes sense that “invictus” means “unconquered” in Latin, as Lana and The Weeknd sing about taking charge of their own lives. This is a notable departure from their 2015 collaboration “Prisoner,” during which they sing, “I’m a prisoner to my addiction.” Anthony Burgess There's a line of the demo version of This Is What Makes Us Girls if I remember correctly (I don't have my booklet nearby and can't find a scan so I'm not sure). I had a thought for a while about how I wanted the album to be around a dollar because I just love the idea that thoughts are meant to be shared and that they were priceless in some way, and there was a second part that I’d been thinking of before releasing it which was that I wanted half of what the spoken word is going for to benefit Native American organizations around the country, whether it was for preserving their rights or trying to help keep their land intact. Only days after NFR!’s release, in an interview with The Times, Lana confirmed that a new project entitled Chemtrails Over the Country Club (originally called as White Hot Forever) was in the works with a potential release in 2020. Nearing the end of 2019, Lana also announced she would be releasing a spoken word poetry album on January 4th, 2020, as the book itself was taking long to hand-bind.Wilde spent much of his career interested in the conflation of art and life, most famously in The Picture of Dorian Gray, which tells the story of a man who wishes to have the eternal beauty of his portrait and loses his soul in the process. A similar theme runs through “Gods & Monsters” as Lana struggles to hold onto her soul in Los Angeles. She even quotes Wilde’s “The Decay of Lying,” singing, “life imitates art.” Friedrich Nietzsche a b "Lana Del Rey Chart History - Top Album Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020 . Retrieved October 26, 2020. During the “Body Electric” portion of Tropico, Lana presents herself as Eve and actor Shaun Ross as Adam in an off-kilter Garden of Eden. The short film opens with a voice reading, “And the spirit of John moved upon the face of the waters; And John said ‘Let there be light’ and there was light; And John saw that it was good.” The opening lines echo the Book of Genesis, but instead of God, there’s John Wayne – and Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Jesus soon appear by his side. Traces of this era can still be found online but this commercially unsuccessful epoch was ultimately abandoned to make way for the rebrand of Lana Del Rey. Lana’s lyrics explore a broad range of intricate topics such as love and relationships, famous icons and her idols, her own experiences with fame, pop culture, religion, patriotism and nostalgia.

Lana Del Rey Shares Artwork for Violet Spoken Word Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020 . Retrieved April 11, 2020.The “on that side of paradise” line on “Tomorrow Never Came” finishes with another speculated literary reference: “In the tropic of cancer.” It’s possible that Lana is referencing the latitude where the sun is most directly overhead, which is arguably its own kind of paradise. However, fans have also theorized that this is a call out to Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, which is “notorious for its candid sexuality.” If they’re correct, this wouldn’t be the first time Lana has referenced a controversial piece of literature, as both Tropic of Cancer and Howl have both been at the center of famous obscenity trials. T.S. Eliot She uniquely encapsulates a mix of magic, glamour and beauty, intertwined with grit, destruction and sadness. Vogue UK published an interview with Lana in late 2011 where it was revealed that she refers to her musical artistry as “Hollywood sadcore”.