

Following numerous projects including her debut studio album and the unreleased Sirens, Del Rey's breakthrough came after the viral success of her single "Video Games" in 2011. Raised in Upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to embark on her music career. Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality, its preoccupation with themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, and its references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana. Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter. Other significant collaborations include on The Weeknd's Starboy (2016) and Børns' Blue Madonna (2018). She has received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for both Paradise and Lust for Life. Since then, Lana has released the US Billboard 200 number-one albums Ultraviolence (2014) and Lust for Life (2017) along with top-ten releases Paradise (2012) and Honeymoon (2015). Her major label debut Born to Die (2012) proved a success, spawning her first top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness".

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Summer is also mentioned in " Summer Bummer", " Summer of Sam", " Salvatore", " Shades of Cool" and " Summertime Sadness", among many other songs.True love is also mentioned in " Ultraviolence", " True Love on the Side", " Off to the Races", " I Talk to Jesus" and " Bad Boy".Del Rey calls herself a beauty queen in " You're Gonna Love Me", " Is It Wrong", " Queen of Disaster" and " This Is What Makes Us Girls".Del Rey mentions having flowers in her hair in " Last Girl on Earth", " Damn You" and " Caught You Boy".is mentioned in " 1949", " Birds of a Feather", " Never Let Me Go" and " Off to the Races", among others. The song is in 6/8, similar to " Million Dollar Man" and " Shades of Cool". The song is speculated to be an outtake from the from Born to Die sessions, erroneously thought to be a Paradise outtake. The song was seemingly uploaded to SoundCloud around 9 months prior to it getting noticed and "leaking". The song is speculated to have been recorded on September 26, 2011, as suggested by the original leaked file labeled as "Because Of You 260911".
