When she sings “I finally found you,” it’s hard to tell whether she’s singing about a man or the fame she’s so tirelessly pursued and then dismissed in the past few months.ĩ. “Radio” - “They only love me ‘cuz I’m playing me on the radio” Del Rey sings, somewhat prophetically, on this track that the singer herself dismissed at her Bowery gig last month (“Whatever, I’m not feeling that song right now”). Even if “Blue Jeans” or “Video Games” never existed, this would be a subpar ballad for Del Rey.Ĩ. Del Rey once again declares her undying love for her bad-boy lover over blippy beats, with a melody that recalls late-’80s Madonna.
“Dark Paradise” - This is where the fatigue starts to sink in. It’s all diamonds, drugs and drinking on this military-drummed cut.ħ.
“National Anthem” - Guaranteed to score every hipster barbeque this 4th of July (“I’m your national anthem / God you’re so handsome / Take me to the Hamptons / Bugatti Veyron”), “National Anthem” is a mission statement of sorts for Del Rey’s post-Lizzy Grant public image. The lines “Diet Mountain Dew baby New York City / Never was there ever a girl so pretty / Do you think we’ll be in love forever?” sum up this catchy track, an album standout.Ħ. “Diet Mountain Dew” - A widely circulated demo version of this song has been making the rounds since the summer, but on the LP the track has a glossier, mid-’90s hip-hop beat to it. If Cat Power ever recorded a princess ballad for one of Disney’s darker animated fairy tales, it might sound something like this.ĥ. “Video Games” - The song that started it all. “Blue Jeans” - One of the two songs Del Rey performed on “SNL,” “Blue Jeans” has already been adopted as a 2012 cowgirl standard among her devoted fans (can we call them Manta Del Rays? No? OK).Ĥ. The Bonnie & Clyde storyline rarely rises above the language of a 25-cent crime novel (“Swimming pool / Glimmering darling / White bikini off with my red nail polish.”)ģ. “Off To The Races” - One of the more vocally cloying tracks on the record, “Off To The Races” has nevertheless become a crowd favorite at some of Del Rey’s recent live gigs (the crowd roared for it at her Bowery Ballroom show in December). The track uses the spy guitar/full orchestra/sampled howl formula to its most cinematic effect.Ģ. “Born To Die” - Perhaps her most shining musical moment on record, even moreso than “Video Games,” “Born To Die” suggests Portishead doing a session with Nancy Sinatra (whom Del Rey herself has often credited as an influence). Now, let’s plow through this thing, track-by-track style.ġ.
The continued curiosity surrounding Del Rey is only going to keep her atop Twitter’s trending topics. 20 bow on the Billboard 200 for a self-titled digital EP.
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But perhaps that’s only because the highlights (title track “Born To Die” and the viral hits “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans”) have already become veritable anthems for the Hype Machine circuit by today’s short attention-span standards (it’s worth noting that Lana Del Rey was a virtual unknown before “Video Games” created a blog firestorm in late July.) Backlash notwithstanding, the “SNL” exposure helped Del Rey crack the Billboard charts for the first time last week, including a No.
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