Lana del Rey - Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

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I was interested in God and how technology could bring us closer to finding out where we came from and why 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. Between Honeymoon’s “Art Deco” and “Religion,” Lana recites an excerpt from T.S. Eliot’s “Burnt Norton,” remarking, “Time present and time past / Are both perhaps present in time future / And time future contained in time past / If all time is eternally present / All time is unredeemable.” The song includes an interpolation of the classic song "Old Man River," which was first introduced in the 1927 musical "Show Boat."

Though Ernest Hemingway never met T.S. Eliot (and actually expressed quite a bit of distaste for the poet’s work), they are often brought into dialogue with one another – including on Lana’s Honeymoon. Following “Burnt Norton,” Lana croons, “You’re my religion,” a line presumably taken from A Farewell to Arms. On “Money Power Glory” from Ultraviolence, Lana also subtly nods to The Sun Also Rises, singing, “The sun also rises / On those who fail the call.” Mary Shelley and Victorian Literature 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.

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Next to Lana’s “Nabokov” tattoo is another in the same cursive font: “Whitman.” Walt Whitman, a 19th century American poet, was known for his sensual verse and mythology of self – qualities that appear in Lana’s lyrics and poetry as well. Specifically, Lana borrows the title and chorus of “Body Electric” from Whitman’s poem “I Sing The Body Electric,” a celebration of the human body and its individual parts. In addition to name-dropping Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, Lana sings, “Whitman is my daddy,” including the poet in her aesthetic of subversive, vintage Americana. 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. a b "Lana Del Rey Chart History - Vinyl Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022 . Retrieved October 26, 2020. 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 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.

But that does not change the primary sentiment of the entire piece. In other words, it is still her love for him which is at the center of this narrative – her memories of the two of them being together and how he reminds the vocalist of her dad. Love's lyrics in the Lust For Life booklet is wrong. You can find the booklet somewhere here on Lanaboards if you don't have it. Lana Del Rey has stated in interviews that her lyrics are not specific to one person or relationship but are inspired by a combination of past experiences and stories. In their duet “Lust For Life,” Lana and The Weeknd interpolate William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus,” singing, “We’re the masters of our own fate / We’re the captains of our own souls.” It makes sense that “invictus” means “unconquered” in Latin, as Lana and The Weeknd sing about taking charge of their own lives. This is a notable departure from their 2015 collaboration “Prisoner,” during which they sing, “I’m a prisoner to my addiction.” Anthony BurgessLana 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. Lana Del Rey Releases New Poem". PAPER. April 12, 2019. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020 . Retrieved January 4, 2020.

Lana Del Rey hates personal critics". STV. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013 . Retrieved October 5, 2012. Before using Del Rey, she initially chose the alternate spelling Lana Del Ray and released an album under that name, but ultimately chose the latter moving forward. Since then, Lana has delivered a flair unlike any other artist of her generation, praised for its cinematic sound and references to various aspects of pop culture, particularly that of the 1950s and 1960s Americana.

Lana Del Rey has one of the most enigmatic personalities of modern pop, and it’s won her one of the most devoted audiences of the 2010s. Carras, Christi. "Music | Lana Del Rey makes spoken-word album as 'reparation' to Native Americans". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020 . Retrieved January 4, 2020– via Los Angeles Times.

Top 100 Albumes – Semana 41: del 2.10.2020 al 8.10.2020" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020 . Retrieved October 15, 2020. I had a thought for a while about how I wanted the album to be around a dollar because I just love the idea that thoughts are meant to be shared and that they were priceless in some way, […] I wanted half of what the spoken word is going for to benefit Native American organizations around the country, whether it was for preserving their rights or trying to help keep their land intact. I had wanted to do it because in doing my own work in connecting to my family lineage, I was encouraged to also try and connect with the country’s lineage—this was a while ago—and it kind of informed the next album that I’ve been working on. And I just really wanted to sort of pay homage to this country that I love so much by doing my own reparation, I guess I would say, my own reparative act. Kaplan, Ilana (March 24, 2019). "See Lana Del Rey Perform 'Mariners Apartment Complex' for First Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020. Lana’s love for Russian-American author Vladimir Nabokov is well-documented, from her song “Lolita” to the cursive “Nabokov” tattoo on her right arm. She especially took inspiration from his polarizing novel Lolita in her Born to Dieand Paradise eras.I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,” Lana reads at the film’s climax. Rather than condemning lawlessness and immorality, “Howl” indicts society for its treatment of those at the margins. By reading the poem at what might be seen as the height of her protagonists’ moral decay, Lana draws attention to their suffering in a world that has proven unkind. She uniquely encapsulates a mix of magic, glamour and beauty, intertwined with grit, destruction and sadness. Vogue UK published an interview with Lana in late 2011 where it was revealed that she refers to her musical artistry as “Hollywood sadcore”. Lana Del Rey Held A Surprise Book Signing At Barnes & Noble Last Night". Stereogum. October 3, 2020. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022 . Retrieved April 22, 2022. 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.