Born to die :Lana Del Rey.

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The album gives an insight into an architect of  an orchestral, melodious world twinned with her descriptive lyrics conjure up stories in your mind’s eye. ‘Born to Die’ is a grandeur track about her childhood realisation of mortality. When she initially approached record labels she was turned away and told that her music was creepy and weird. That’s what sets Del Ray apart, she is freakishly beautiful, but tells dark stories of sadness and insecurity; you wonder how someone this beautiful and privileged could be so desperately unhappy. Hold that thought. ‘Off to the Races’ tells the tale of a sugar daddy and their dysfunctional and toxic relationship, “He loves me with every beat of his cocaine heart.” It’s addictive. There are tinges of madness in each line, a clear highlight of the album.  ‘Blue Jeans’ isn’t a favourite; the chorus bares strong resemblance to Kate Bush’s vocal style but overall it’s a little dull. The stunning ‘Video Games’ has twinkling harps and piano keys with heartbreaking lyrics, one of the best singles to come out of last year.   ‘Diet Mountain Dew’ takes us into a more poppy domain, but its upper class pop music, it’s trashy and classy all at once. “Let’s take Jesus of the dashboard; he’s got too much on his mind.” The chorus is infectious. As for the rest, Diet Mountain Dew and Summertime Sadness are among the best while the nadir is Radio with Lana Del Rey dropping F-bombs all over the joint and sounding neither big or clever. It’s like listening to a posh person trying to be street. Excruciating. ‘National Anthem’ is an obvious ploy at a political statement; it teases us with the idea of the American dream, and then rips it up in a sugar coated kind of way. “Money is the reason we exist, everybody knows it it’s a fact, kiss kiss.” It’s floaty and summery but is narrated with chilling lyrics. ‘Radio’ is nice, but is just more of the same formula. This is only her first album and do you know what, I don’t think it pretends to be anything other than a new take on pop music, it’s fresh and enthralling.Let’s just see what her second album has to offer, and then we can figure out if she is the ‘one trick pony’ her critics have labelled her.

 The album gives an insight into an architect of  an orchestral, melodious world twinned with her descriptive lyrics conjure up stories in your mind’s eye.

‘Born to Die’ is a grandeur track about her childhood realisation of mortality. When she initially approached record labels she was turned away and told that her music was creepy and weird. That’s what sets Del Ray apart, she is freakishly beautiful, but tells dark stories of sadness and insecurity; you wonder how someone this beautiful and privileged could be so desperately unhappy. Hold that thought.

‘Off to the Races’ tells the tale of a sugar daddy and their dysfunctional and toxic relationship, “He loves me with every beat of his cocaine heart.” It’s addictive. There are tinges of madness in each line, a clear highlight of the album.

 ‘Blue Jeans’ isn’t a favourite; the chorus bares strong resemblance to Kate Bush’s vocal style but overall it’s a little dull. The stunning ‘Video Games’ has twinkling harps and piano keys with heartbreaking lyrics, one of the best singles to come out of last year.  

‘Diet Mountain Dew’ takes us into a more poppy domain, but its upper class pop music, it’s trashy and classy all at once. “Let’s take Jesus of the dashboard; he’s got too much on his mind.” The chorus is infectious.

As for the rest, Diet Mountain Dew and Summertime Sadness are among the best while the nadir is Radio with Lana Del Rey dropping F-bombs all over the joint and sounding neither big or clever. It’s like listening to a posh person trying to be street. Excruciating.

‘National Anthem’ is an obvious ploy at a political statement; it teases us with the idea of the American dream, and then rips it up in a sugar coated kind of way. “Money is the reason we exist, everybody knows it it’s a fact, kiss kiss.” It’s floaty and summery but is narrated with chilling lyrics. ‘Radio’ is nice, but is just more of the same formula.

This is only her first album and do you know what, I don’t think it pretends to be anything other than a new take on pop music, it’s fresh and enthralling.Let’s just see what her second album has to offer, and then we can figure out if she is the ‘one trick pony’ her critics have labelled her.