Lana del Rey - Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

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Lana del Rey - Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

Lana del Rey - Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

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a b c D'Souza, Shaad (July 8, 2020). "Lana Del Rey's "eclectic and honest" new album is out this month". The Fader. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020 . Retrieved June 9, 2020.

Before she was penning hit songs, Lana studied philosophy and metaphysics at Fordham University, expressing a deep interest in “how and why we ended up on Earth,” according to a 2017 interview with Vogue. It makes sense, then, that Lana references Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, and the one that tells of Earth’s creation. The title itself is from a line in one of Del Rey's favourite poems she has written. The full line being: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lanadelrey/images/5/52/Digital_Booklet_-_Paradise_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161120085454 During the “Body Electric” portion of Tropico, Lana presents herself as Eve and actor Shaun Ross as Adam in an off-kilter Garden of Eden. The short film opens with a voice reading, “And the spirit of John moved upon the face of the waters; And John said ‘Let there be light’ and there was light; And John saw that it was good.” The opening lines echo the Book of Genesis, but instead of God, there’s John Wayne – and Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Jesus soon appear by his side. I’m churning out novels like Beat poetry on amphetamines,” Lana sings on the dark, nostalgic “Brooklyn Baby.” The Beat subculture of the 40s and 50s embraced new literary forms inspired by jazz, drug use, spirituality, and a desire to defy the norm. Poet Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” – written in Berkeley, California in the mid-1950s – has proven particularly influential on Lana, and she even includes an excerpt in Tropico.Ramzi, Lilah (September 25, 2020). "Lana Del Rey Gave Us a Preview Of Her New Poetry Book". Vogue. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022 . Retrieved January 15, 2021. Many fans speculate that the song is about Lana Del Rey's long-term relationship with her ex-boyfriend Sean Larkin.

Lana Del Rey says her new album is coming "in two months" ". The FADER. June 22, 2019. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020. Only days after NFR!’s release, in an interview with The Times, Lana confirmed that a new project entitled Chemtrails Over the Country Club (originally called as White Hot Forever) was in the works with a potential release in 2020. Nearing the end of 2019, Lana also announced she would be releasing a spoken word poetry album on January 4th, 2020, as the book itself was taking long to hand-bind. Lana Del Rey Releases New Poem". PAPER. April 12, 2019. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020 . Retrieved January 4, 2020.saw the arrival of Honeymoon which Lana described as being “a tribute to Los Angeles”. The album became the subject of much critical acclaim, garnering the most praise of all of her projects before it, with some even calling it her best work yet. Wilde spent much of his career interested in the conflation of art and life, most famously in The Picture of Dorian Gray, which tells the story of a man who wishes to have the eternal beauty of his portrait and loses his soul in the process. A similar theme runs through “Gods & Monsters” as Lana struggles to hold onto her soul in Los Angeles. She even quotes Wilde’s “The Decay of Lying,” singing, “life imitates art.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Del Rey explained her process for writing poetry turned out to be notably different from her process for writing music. She said:Lana Del Rey's First Book of Poetry Is Forthcoming, and Expectations Are Mixed". June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020 . Retrieved January 4, 2020. But by the time the second verse of the song rolls around, the story has changed.That is to say that the first half was set in the past and the second the present.And in the present, the two of them are no longer together.And Lana is wondering if it is possible for their relationship to be restored. Primary Sentiment Traces of this era can still be found online but this commercially unsuccessful epoch was ultimately abandoned to make way for the rebrand of Lana Del Rey. Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (b. June 21, 1985), best known by her stage name Lana Del Rey, is an icon of modern alternative singing and songwriting.



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