History Music / LanaDelRey

** In the second verse of "Delicious", the bridge of "Roses" and the choruses of "Peppers"

** "Afraid", "Break My Fall", "Butterflies (Part 1)", "Damn You", and "Dum Dum" from her unreleased catalogue.

--> "He said: Lana-Ray, will you serve me lemonade?"

--> "She said: Lana-Ray, you gotta do what I say / My man's sending his buddy Ray over your way."

* RoadTripRomance: "On Our Way" and "1949". Lana sings about her cheating partner embarking on one of these with a new catch in "In The Sun", as well.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: She has a very deep, sultry voice when singing but a far more high-pitched one when speaking and the difference between the two can be quite jarring.

* BrokenBird: Think of one genuinely positive song with no darkness whatsoever in her whole discography.

* VocalTagTeam: With her (ex-)boyfriend Barrie-James O'Neill in their cover of Lee Hazlewood's "Summer Wine".
** Also with Nikki Lane in "Breaking Up Slowly" and Miles Kane in "Dealer"

* CelebrityResemblance: [[http://www.isaechia.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Somiglianza-tra-Lana-Del-Rey-e-Amy-Adams.jpg With Amy Adams.]]

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** Done to great effect, however, in "Wait For Life", and to a lesser extent in "Honeymoon".

* ''Music/NormanFuckingRockwell!'' (2019)

** Considering the [[CallBack connection]] between "Baby Blue Love" and [[OedipusComplex "Daddy Issues"]], the latter might also count for this trope.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Shown with bare feet in the album cover for ''Blue Banisters''

** The last track on ''Norman Fucking Rockwell'' is the heartwrenching, stripped-down piano ballad [[LongTitle "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it"]].

* OverlyLongTitle: "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it". Album-wise ''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd'' is this, along with the track "Grandfather Please Stand on the Shoulders of My Father While He's Deep-Sea Fishing".

After settling on her new name (although her first album was credited to Lana Del ''Ray''), Lana posted a few songs to Website/YouTube with accompanying DIY music videos made on her Mac. One song in particular, "Video Games", caught the attention of many music blogs and critics alike. To capitalize on the sudden interest in the track, Lana released "Video Games" (with [[BSide B-side]] "Blue Jeans") as a single on Stranger Records in October 2011, and it became a SleeperHit all across Europe. Not long afterwards, Lana was signed to Creator/InterscopeRecords, and her (major label) debut ''Music/BornToDie'' was released worldwide in January 2012. For a relative unknown like Lana, it actually sold pretty well in its first week; she even managed to knock Music/{{Adele}}'s ''21'' off the top spot in many countries, including the UK, and eventually went platinum.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album covers for ''Ultraviolence'', ''Chemtrails Over the Country Club'' and ''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd'', the music videos for "Blue Jeans", "Mariners Apartment Complex" and most of "West Coast", as well as clips from her own, homemade videos.

* LikesOlderMen: In the music videos for "West Coast" and "Shades of Cool", tattoo artist Mark Mahoney co-stars as Lana's love interest. In general, Lana makes her this obvious in her music - see MayDecemberRomance below.

* TakeThatAudience: In a recent interview: "I just don't want them to hear it. I'm very selfish; I make everything for me... It's just for me. I don't want them to hear it or think about it; it's none of their business."

** Also with Nikki Lane in "Breaking Up Slowly" and Miles Kane in "Dealer".

--> Singles: [[https://youtu.be/IuY54A3bOmg "Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd"]], [[https://youtu.be/pYqky795R1s "A&W"]], [[https://youtu.be/ZegtK54DC4c "The Grants"]]

Originally recording under a nickname of her real name, Lizzy Grant, to little success, she later created her current [[StageNames Lana Del Rey persona]] after wanting a name she could "shape the music towards", being inspired by her frequent visits to UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} where she would spend time with Spanish-speaking Cuban friends, as well as the combination of the first name of ''Creator/{{Lana|Turner}}'' [[Creator/LanaTurner Turner]] and the Ford ''Del Rey'' sedan. Also, she just liked the way it sounded.

Lana is known for using the character of Lana Del Rey as a very constructed persona whom she plays in the public eye and explores through her music. She is also known for paying homage to icons in order to associate herself with their brands of mystique or to set moods, including Creator/MarilynMonroe, Lolita, Music/ElvisPresley and Music/BillieHoliday.

* LoveIsADrug: Pretty explicitly stated all throughout Lana's discography.

* DissonantLaughter: Of the most unsettling kind, in "Bentley".

* GratuitousSpanish: Her stage name itself is this. "Del Rey" is a Spanish surname meaning "of the king". She has stated that she chose "a name [she] could shape the music towards [...] Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue."

* DrivenToSuicide: "Summertime Sadness" and "Dark Paradise". A subversion appears in "Fingertips"

** A recent one courtesy of "Taco Truck x VB"

* DreamTeam: With Music/TheWeeknd, whose lyrical style is similarly bleak. She appears on his albums ''Beauty Behind the Madness'' and ''Starboy'', and he returned the favor by appearing on ''Lust for Life'''s title track.

** "Best American Record".

* ''Norman Fucking Rockwell!'' (2019)

** A lot of her songs vaguely reference this and imply certain things that she may have experienced. Whether or not it's based on actual events or is just part of her stage persona isn't certain but it's certainly invoked.

** "A&W" clocks in at 7 minutes 14 seconds with the song switching from a southern piano ballad at the 4 minute mark to verge on trap.

* StudioChatter: Between the chorus and the second verse of "West Coast":

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Burning Desire" mentions this.
--> "I drive fast, radio blast / Have to touch myself to pretend you're there"

** In the second verse of "Delicious", and the bridge of "Roses".

--> "I hope you remember me like this / Smoking cigarettes in my sundress"