On Saturday, April 21st, Lana Del Rey began the filming the visual for Summertime Sadness. After a couple of days of release of her new video, Carmen, Lana is already making a statement letting fans know that she will be everywhere this Summer.
Lana Del Rey released some photos with the courtesy of Just Jared. In some images we see her side-by-side with actress Jamie King, whose husband, Kyle Newman, is directing the video.
More pictures after the jump.
Lana Del Rey released her vintage montage for her video, Carmen, a couple of days ago. The video shows Lana Del Rey juxtaposing different images in comparison to the glamorous life of Carmen.
In the Yoann Lemoine directed clip you see Drake “Take Care” of Rihanna. Yoann is also the same director who directed Lana Del Rey’s visual for Blue Jeans. For a simplistic video the director was able to catch the mood of the song perfectly with the black and white overtones, the tribal dancing and of course the animals. Capturing how love feels with being free as a bird but also acting like an animal inside you never know how to act, which is what I depicted watching the clip.
Rihanna looked stunning as always and Drake looked very clean cut in his visual. Both have been doing very well with the track hitting platinum here in the states.
Lana Del Rey released the visual for Blue Jeans last night. The Yoanne Lemoine directed clip shows Lana in estranged relationship with Bradley Soileau playing her tattooed bad boy love interest.
In the clip you see Lana entering the pool to dance with the crocodiles (which her boyfriend turns into), which metaphorically speaks that she’s going to dance around with the devil for the sake of love knowing it’s not healthy for her.
The presence of the video was very dark and endearing with the way it was shot. It was simple but yet sleek how the director was able to make a simple storyline into something tragic at the end of it. Eventually Lana gets pulled into the water as she sung “I will love you until the end of the time/ promise that you remember you’re mine.”
Lana Del Rey released the flawless cover art for upcoming single, Blue Jeans. The cover art is already stirring up controversy due to the tattooed hand gently grabbing her neck with his knuckles saying “F**K”.
The gangsta Nancy Sinatra tweeted the image also stating that the video for the single will be coming out soon.
Artist: Lana Del Rey
Album: Born to Die
Genre: Orchestrated Alternative/ Pop
Label: Stranger Records, Interscope Records and Polydor Records
After the release of her first album, Lana Del Ray A.K.A Lizzy Grant, failed to achieve worldwide success Lana decided to go back to drawing board for a little while and hide under the radar to re-invent herself. In June 2011 she signed a deal with Stranger Records to release her debut single, Video Games. Now we’re here today with the major label debut, Born to Die.
Born to Die opens up with the album titled track, Born to Die, giving us an introduction to what we’re about to experience and the whole entire mood of the album. The title track gave us a glimpse of a woman experiencing life and going through the many changes a female goes through, as she gets older and wiser; the many faces of love, friendships and of course independence. The following track, Off to The Races, speaks of a girl falling in love with a bad boy with a “cocaine heart”; even though he’s not her perfect match it’s the imperfections that made him beautiful. From there and onward there was not one track skipped or disappointment (besides Lolita).
Vocals, production (Emile Haynie), along with the songwriting (Mike Daly, Jim Irvin, Lana Del Rey) were pure perfection. The album showcased why Lana Del Rey gained a huge following, she also lived up to her name as the “gangsta” Nancy Sinatra of our generation along with being the self-proclaimed title of “Coney Island Queen”. The haunting vocals made you feel as if you were reliving every memory from your life, and reminiscence about the past and present that made a person realize they were really in love with nostalgia. For a debut artist she does show that she has potential to be the next big thing.
The were many great tracks on this album but a handful stuck out: National Anthem; gave us a reality check on the corruption of life with money being “the anthem” of success and happiness, with Lana churning out “Money is the anthem of success, so before you go out what’s your address”. Dark Paradise; showcased of a girl madly in love with a past love letting us know that the reason she remains to stay strong is because “When you find true love it lives on”. It gave you a sense of bittersweet happiness letting you know that no matter what you can remain happy but there will be moments of sadness. For the closing “This is What Makes Us Girls” was a perfect way to end the album, it told us about the importance of sisterhood. It was a realization of life letting you know cherish every friendship because nothing lasts forever.
Overall this album was phenomenal for a major label debut. The album was a celebration of happiness and embracing sadness. It made you appreciate life from point A to point B; it was hypnotizing to the ears, which brought you to a place of no return.
Rating: 4½ out of 5
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