Soon after this release, Stranger Records discovered Del Rey after seeing her videos on Youtube and released her debut single “Video Games” in 2011, the song that has won her multiple awards and that remains her biggest hit. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.” Del Rey signed to a record label and released an EP called “Kill Kill” in 2008, followed by her first full-length album entitled “Lana Del Ray a.k.a Lizzy Grant” in 2010 (her stage name was eventually changed to its current spelling).
I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. Upon settling on Lana Del Rey, she told Vogue, “I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. The singer pulls off her self-constructed image marvelously and respect her dedication to maintaining an artistic guise.ĭel Rey began her music career by playing in clubs around New York City under multiple pseudonyms. However, the crooner has indeed survived her fair share of trying personal experiences and makes a large effort to expose herself to others through her passionate involvement with community service, specifically through homeless outreach as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. This discrepancy has caused many to challenge the persona she showcases in her lyrics and videos. Although born into a family of means, Del Rey continuously presents herself as struggling and eternally isolated. Born Elizabeth Grant in New York City, the 26-year old singer grew up in Lake Placid until she was shipped off to boarding school at the age of 14 to deal with her alcohol addiction. What determines our identity? Are we stuck with that with which we are born, a result of our environments and families, or do we have the ability to construct them anew? For Lana Del Rey, the answer is clearly the latter.
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