Lana Del Rey, real name Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, was born in New York on June 21, 1985, as the third child. She started her music career with singles that were not included in her early albums and made a name for herself in 2010 with her single Video Games. It was quite difficult for Lana to build her music career. 

She struggled with the difficulties in the music industry in her youth and decided to give up and quit music for a while. However, she could no longer suppress her passion for making music and made a strong comeback with her album “Born To Die”, introducing the audience to her characteristic musical style and dark romanticism. Then she released the album “Ultraviolence” and created a large following among listeners. Lana, whose works are dominated by numerous melancholy and deep feelings, shaped her musical career with these characteristics. Lana Del Rey is one of seven people who can feel it through all the bad times she’s been through. It seems that her career was shaped by a broken life thinking about learning to be a good musician.

Certainly! If you have an emotional creativity, most of the time creativity is fueled by the depths of your emotions. While creating a work, you reveal an inner purity, thought, doubt, fear or a complete emotion divided by anger, and if you have this emotion, you reflect it in your work. But such naivety is not easy to understand. When you find them, you not only continue to process them, but you also encounter the difficulties that come with experiencing them too often. It’s clear that Lana Del Rey is feeling her feelings really intensely. Especially on Friday evenings, she feels the feeling of loneliness very intensely, sometimes stuck, sometimes shapeless, sometimes worthless, sometimes ordinary. All of their songs seem to revolve around these themes. “Off to the Races” describes it like the worthlessly clingy side of a relationship. “Dark Paradise” tells the story of a woman who cannot get over her breakup and kills herself. Del Rey’s songs are full of pain. And this seems to be a preference she hides. But somewhere, at some point, she seems to choose not to work in order to stay happy, like the majority of people. What I see and what is in the lines is that life is like a dirty game that takes you deeper every time you stay happy. It’s really hard to be happy. Working is even harder. Especially since this continues to be what makes up your personality.

You can see that with the “Honeymoon” album, the heavy melancholy effect in her music decreased, but she never lost it, and as she gained experience in the industry, she started to do aesthetic works in the industry. Lana Del Rey’s unique style, blending retro vibes with nostalgia, has made her a standout in both music and fashion. Her iconic look and memorable performances have bridged the gap between these two worlds, solidifying her status as a true trendsetter. One way or another, Lana Del Rey, who achieved serious success in her career, won a total of 40 awards from more than 100 candidates in 2024. She is currently an artist known worldwide and loved by large audiences.

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Sources:
Lana Del Rey – Wikipedia
List of awards and nominations received by Lana Del Rey – Wikipedia