Trivia / Lana Del Rey

• Approval of God: Bradley Nowell's widow and the surviving members of Sublime have praised her cover of "Doin' Time", saying that she built upon the original and that it was an honor for her to cover the song.
• Artist Disillusionment: She has stated that she doesn't feel safe on stage, doesn't need to say anything more musically and would rather work in movies/endorsements.
  • According to her interview with Vogue Australia magazine:
    "When I was starting, I had a vision of being a writer for film and that's what I am doing now. I'm so happy. That will be my happy place. I'd like to stay in one place for a long time."
    "I love to take care of the songs – that's my natural place – then, when I get on stage that's not my element. Sometimes I kneel down because I am trembling, or touch the audience because I don't know what else to do. I don't think I'll write another record. What would it say? Everything I wanted to say, I've said already."
    • She also claimed that Tropico was meant to be a "goodbye project". However, she later walked this back and said it was actually a goodbye to Born to Die.
  • "White Dress" explores whether her life would be better if she didn't become famous.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Lana reportedly wasn't satisfied with the production of "This Is What Makes Us Girls" and consequently, has never performed it live.
  • She also stated after the 2017 Harvey Weinstein scandal that due to "Cola" containing a line referencing him, she would no longer play the song.
• Creator Breakdown: Ultraviolence came out of the demise of her relationship with a boyfriend of 3 years.
• Dear Negative Reader: Lana has been known to... respond to her detractors on social media sites.
  "I'll pray for you Kathi- you and that disgusting mouth of yours. God Bless"
• Dye Hard: She's a natural blonde.
• Reclusive Artist: Zig-zagged.
  • On one hand, interviews and appearances were few and far between around the release of Ultraviolence. Lana doesn't mind cancelling an event or seven, either.
  • However, Lana then came out of her shell, especially around the releases of Honeymoon and Lust for Life, and starting using her platform more as a means to promote positivity and social action. Some of these messages ended up causing controversy, however, leading her to limit her social media use in September 2021 to a "private" Instagram account named "honeymoon" - and even that can get switched off from time to time.
• Release Date Change:
  • Chemtrails over the Country Club was planned to be released on September 5 2020, then COVID-19 Pandemic-related production issues caused a six month delay to March 19 2021 instead.
  • Blue Banisters was planned for a July 4 2021 release but was delayed without explanation to October 22 2021.
  • Downplayed with Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, which got a two-week delay from March 10 to March 24 2023 instead
• Similarly Named Works: Lust for Life and its Title Track have no relation to neither the Iggy Pop album nor its Title Track.
• Working Title: A considerable number — and these are just from her released catalogue, as her unreleased material is too self-referential to list without being exhaustive.
  • From Lana Del Ray: "Kill Kill" = "The Ocean", "Put Me In A Movie" = "Little Girls", "Raise Me Up" = "Rayse" and "For K (Part 2)" = "Rehab".
  • From Born To Die: "Without You" = "China Doll" and "Lolita" = "Hey Lolita Hey".
  • Lana considered the following titles for Born To Die itself, before that album took its name from its lead single: "G.B.A. (God Bless America)", "Do U Luv Me Yet?", "The Best Of Lana Del Rey" and "The World Is Ours".
  • "Ultraviolence" for a while had the working title of "Melancholia".
  • Norman Fucking Rockwell! was almost named Bird World.
  • Chemtrails over the Country Club was originally given the title White Hot Forever.
  • Blue Banisters was renamed from Rock Candy Sweet just three weeks after the album was announced.
• Write What You Know/Write Who You Know: Lana is pretty coherent, as far as her themes go, thanks to her doing this.
• Written-In Infirmity: Lana appears with her left arm in a sling in the video for "White Dress" after injuring herself rollerblading for the video.

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