"Cause you and I
We were born to die".
Hmm those tragic lyrics right there. Smh. Lana lana lana.
If you know your way around the music blogosphere, particularly the indie blogs, you may have come across Lana Del Rey. Real name Lizzie Grant, she is an American singer from Lake Placid, New York. Earlier in the year she uploaded a video for her dreamy song Video Games on youtube, and became an instant sensation with over two million hits, sold out London gig in half an hour, and raves in many blogs. An impact like that hardly comes without backlash really. Theres been so much negative buzz around her saying shes fake, a nicely packaged product of a big bad music label, doesn't write her own songs….. and she has surgically enhanced lips (Lol. What??). To that I say um who cares if she is manufactured or not? For me I’m all about her music. And her music is exceptional. Just check out the tracks below.
Her music is filled with so much tender emotion that you can’t help but get lost in its beauty. Nothing shows this better than that first uploaded song, Video Games. Simply put, its a great song. One of my top non-hiphop tracks of 2011. I’m also very fond of Born To Die with its tragic romance theme. The lyric quote above is from the song. You can check out her lovely performance of the song after the cut. It’s a striped down performance at a Mulberry party at the legendary Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. The girl sure can sing! I actually prefer the breathy raw rendition to the original.
Lana Del Rey is definitely one to watch in 2012.
You can find out more about Lana here. Her debut album Born To Die comes out in January 2012. Props to Pigeons & Planes for introducing me to Miss Del Rey. You really need to check that blog out.
Video Games
Born To Die
Born To Die(Mulberry Session)
Blue Jeans
Hundred Dollar Bill
Video Games
Born To Die (Mulberry Session)
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Mulberry Session) from disco naïveté on Vimeo.
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