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Lana Del Rey
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Browse piano sheets by Lana Del Rey on Zen Virtual Piano. In 2011 Lana Del Rey uploaded self-made music videos for her songs “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans” to YouTube, mixing vintage footage with shots of her singing on her webcam. The “Video Games” video became a viral internet sensation, which led to her being signed by Stranger Records to release the song as her debut single. A homemade video and a webcam made a surprisingly short route to a record deal. She has explained her stage name: “I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba,” and continued, “Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside.” A name chosen to shape the music towards suggests that the persona and the sound were being built together. After signing with Polydor and Interscope, she released her first major-label album, Born to Die, in 2012, which featured a cinematic, hip-hop-inflected sound and garnered a cult following. A cinematic sound suggests songs built around pictures before a listener has seen any. In 2013 she wrote and directed the musical short film Tropico. A short film she wrote and directed adds a visual strand beside the songs. On 17 May 2019 she released a cover of Sublime’s “Doin’ Time,” the fourth single from her sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!, coinciding with the premiere of a documentary about Sublime at the Tribeca Film Festival, and on 29 August 2019 she released a music video for it that referenced the film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). A cover whose release coincided with a documentary premiere links the song to a moment in the band’s own story. Asked about covering the song, she said the group “made a genre and sound totally their own,” adding that because of the indelible “SoCal vibe” the group created, “not a day goes by that [she does not] listen to at least one Sublime song.” Choosing a band with a sound all its own to cover, after choosing a name to shape her own sound toward, suggests an ear for distinct identities. “Mariners Apartment Complex,” produced by Del Rey and her co-writer Jack Antonoff, combines country, psychedelic folk and soft rock over a balladic production. For her contributions to visual media soundtracks she received a Satellite Award and nominations for two Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 2020 she published the poetry and photography collection Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass. Songs, a short film, a poetry book and soundtrack work give her career several outlets beyond the album.
Browse piano sheets by Lana Del Rey on Zen Virtual Piano.
In 2011 Lana Del Rey uploaded self-made music videos for her songs “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans” to YouTube, mixing vintage footage with shots of her singing on her webcam. The “Video Games” video became a viral internet sensation, which led to her being signed by Stranger Records to release the song as her debut single. A homemade video and a webcam made a surprisingly short route to a record deal.
She has explained her stage name: “I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba,” and continued, “Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside.” A name chosen to shape the music towards suggests that the persona and the sound were being built together. After signing with Polydor and Interscope, she released her first major-label album, Born to Die, in 2012, which featured a cinematic, hip-hop-inflected sound and garnered a cult following. A cinematic sound suggests songs built around pictures before a listener has seen any.
In 2013 she wrote and directed the musical short film Tropico. A short film she wrote and directed adds a visual strand beside the songs. On 17 May 2019 she released a cover of Sublime’s “Doin’ Time,” the fourth single from her sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!, coinciding with the premiere of a documentary about Sublime at the Tribeca Film Festival, and on 29 August 2019 she released a music video for it that referenced the film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). A cover whose release coincided with a documentary premiere links the song to a moment in the band’s own story. Asked about covering the song, she said the group “made a genre and sound totally their own,” adding that because of the indelible “SoCal vibe” the group created, “not a day goes by that [she does not] listen to at least one Sublime song.” Choosing a band with a sound all its own to cover, after choosing a name to shape her own sound toward, suggests an ear for distinct identities.
“Mariners Apartment Complex,” produced by Del Rey and her co-writer Jack Antonoff, combines country, psychedelic folk and soft rock over a balladic production. For her contributions to visual media soundtracks she received a Satellite Award and nominations for two Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 2020 she published the poetry and photography collection Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass. Songs, a short film, a poetry book and soundtrack work give her career several outlets beyond the album.
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In 2011 she uploaded a self-made video for “Video Games” to YouTube. It became a viral internet sensation, which led to Stranger Records signing her to release the song as her debut single.
Born to Die (2012), released after she signed with Polydor and Interscope, featured a cinematic, hip-hop-inflected sound and garnered a cult following.
She has said she wanted a name she could shape the music towards, and that Lana Del Rey reminded her and her Cuban friends in Miami of the glamour of the seaside.