The Untold Story of Lana Del Rey (Documentary)
Growing up in the 2010s and the era of tumblr, infinity scarves and flower crowns, it's hard to not remember the influence Lana del rey had on the world and the internet when she first popped onto the scene with her viral self edited song "video games''. With her following album, Born to Die becoming an immediate international success. Lana del Rey's melancholic, vintage, dreamy aesthetic was and is very engaging & immersive and helped to garner her cult status relatively quickly. To many, del rey has come to mean so much more than just a celebrity or artist, but someone who has an irresistible air of mystique within her persona and her music .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. All these factors help Lana to truly make a name for herself in the music world and American pop culture.
-Today I wanted to talk a bit about Lanas background and success before also explaining why I feel like she resonates the way she does with her fans, including myself.
Lana del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant on June 21st 1985 in Lake Placid New York to parents Rob and Patricia Grant. Lana had a pretty quiet early life because of her towns seclusion and very small population. Around the ages of 14-15 she began to develop an alcohol dependency and she was sent to Kent boarding school to help become sober.
Lana has said quote "That's really why I got sent to boarding school -to get sober."
Lana has said she had a early preoccupation with mortality and the idea of death saying in a 2012 uk telegraph interview: quote
"When I was very young I was sort of floored by the fact that my mother and my father and everyone I knew was going to die one day, and myself too. I had a sort of a philosophical crisis. I couldn't believe that we were mortal. For some reason that knowledge sort of overshadowed my experience. I was unhappy for some time. I got into a lot of trouble. I used to drink a lot. That was a hard time in my life"
- anyone who is hip to lanas unreleased canon can see the evidence of her rebellious and shock value tendencies like in the lyrics of the unreleased song Boarding school
When Lana left boarding school she eventually moved to Long island to live with her aunt and uncle while becoming a waitress. Lana eventually enrolled at Fordham University in the Bronx, where she majored in philosophy with a big interest in metaphysics. Shes quoted as saying in a Rolling stone interview , "I chose to study the subject because it "bridged the gap between God and science... I was interested in God and how technology could bring us closer to finding out where we came from and why."
Meanwhile, she lived with boyfriends, and crashed on couches. "I was writing, writing, for years," she says. "Trying to figure out what I really wanted to say and why I was consumed with this passion for writing, where it came from. It kept me up all night. So I was waiting to see why. That was a really whole separate world."
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Rolling stone (Interview)
UK Telegraph (interview)
Uk Vouge (interview)
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Wow… i just gotta say, i’ve been a die-hard fan of all things Lana Del Rey since she first came into my life during *the* tumblr days, and i am absolutely blown away with what you created by blending your experiences with factual and informative storytelling to deliver such a powerful love letter to Lana and her work. Paired with the quality of production, this video allowed me to fall in love with her all over again under a whole new light, and that to me is so special!🤍 i’ve watched this a few times now and unsurprisingly got increasingly more emotional and felt more chills with each watch. this is truly truly truly such a remarkable and beautiful documentary that in my book, fits perfectly into the LDR universe & and i believe it will age just as well. love love love the way this made me feel and everything it added to my fantasy ✨ Thank you so much!💐 💕🦋 i’m beyond captivated and moved by how refreshing i find not only this video, but both your channel and your point of view!😊 ✨🤍 very happy to have found you 🌹
@Sagethis
Жыл бұрын
So so glad it resonating with you so deeply and thanks so much for the kind words ❤️
@jennifersnuffleupagus249
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't say it better!
@thirteenpeaches
Жыл бұрын
@@Sagethis 🫶🏼
@elsa-t
11 ай бұрын
I second this!
@ardenevox
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, just clued in with Video Games and your doc is sincerr, brilliant and deeply inspiring.
She romanticizes the little things and gives each person a way of looking at their life as unique and beautiful without discrimination of the good and the bad.
@prettyadah7358
8 ай бұрын
Fr. I love her so much
@cwb1400
8 ай бұрын
Exactly…she sings about things with no judgment. There is no good or bad, it’s just as it is.
@haleybice4763
8 ай бұрын
YES
@marvelstan_0114
7 ай бұрын
I Have A Parasocial Relationship With Lana Because Of This Exact Reason
@snavisTM
11 күн бұрын
I love people like you who try to come off as deep.
that's why we call her lanita 😘
@TomUniverse
Жыл бұрын
When she gets down, she’s bonita. Don’t find her at Reseda.
@benvbvb
Жыл бұрын
she’ll go crazy.. read her gold chain, says, "Lanita"
@lexaproqueen9681
Жыл бұрын
When she’s violent it’s Carlito’s Way. Blood on her feet on the street…
@marsmarioo
Жыл бұрын
she's dancing crazy
@RPDRUMORS
Жыл бұрын
I don't I call her Lana Del Rey
What i like most about her is that her entire discography is like one big play. It's a journey from start to finish
@borkbork3962
11 ай бұрын
You want to know why? It's because her midheaven in astrology is in leo 🌹
@Leo-mh5mf
10 ай бұрын
People still believe in astrology shit ?☠️
@borkbork3962
10 ай бұрын
@@Leo-mh5mf heck yeah 😍
I’ll never forget get being 17 in 2012. I couldn’t believe I found an artist that was so.. relatable? She is truly amazing.
@CarolaTesla
Жыл бұрын
Same, the first time I listened to Born to Die, something woke up inside me
@wednesdaysbliss1
Жыл бұрын
lol
@joogullae3456
Жыл бұрын
I found her voice at 17 as well It was 2002 and I'm a male so a different experience but an amazing discovery none the less.
@charlotteevans7868
Жыл бұрын
ill be 17 in june 2024 lmao
@00smodels
Жыл бұрын
@@charlotteevans7868 I’m only 28 😭 and congratulations!
the main appeal of lana for me, especially when i was a teenager, is that her music felt like the perfect escapism. i thought my life was so boring and mundane and i craved to live something cinematic like the romances and stories on her music.
@paranoiaocean
4 ай бұрын
this
You have outdone yourself! Whenever I click on a video about Lana, I’m usually disappointed. It’s like they think she arrived fully formed with Born To Die. She lived a whole amazing life before that, and it’s rarely mentioned. You did a great job explaining why Lana’s music resonates not only with you, but different subsets of people. You really nailed it👏✨❤️
@Sagethis
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😊❤️❤️
@vixxp2856
Жыл бұрын
@@Sagethis i totally agree, you are amazing!!
@dunjagojk6516
Жыл бұрын
Yupp, your video explains why we are all drawn to Lana, and @tesselate8 comment sums up real well. Bravo! Standing ovation 😊
on the subject of lana appealing to lgbtq people - as a femme lesbian, lana and her music really helped me realize and understand that being feminine and “delicate” and being a sort of hopeless romantic is okay. and that it’s not something you should feel ashamed of or try to hide. ❤
@anamaria-db7pq
Жыл бұрын
exactly! That's what I also feel! She changed my life back in 2011 when I found someone making such beautiful art out of feelings that I always was ashamed of...
@imky2441
Жыл бұрын
this!! Through the discovery of being a lesbian, trying to appeal more masculine to be validated as a lesbian is such a huge deal to so many people including myself. I, too, wanted to explore my feminine presenting side and feel delicate as well as strong and live those little movie moments that Lana sings about and we always see on screen but don’t feel like we can truly perform because of societal treatment and/or self-judgment/fear of “gayeing wrong.” It feels freeing to explore that side of myself while still being as much of a lesbian as ever!
@user-dd2lp7xg7j
8 ай бұрын
Wow, how beautiful is that?! I think you give voice to something so honest and real! Yet it's a voice none of us has ever heard before. Thank you for saying something. It would seem that masculinity where ever it emerges; is expressed as a dominant dark scar you can't scrub off; silencing all signs of light instead of being the agro earth regeneration it was entirely meant to be. In service to the life bringer and her spring of our becoming!
@alexp2488
5 ай бұрын
yes same here!!!
I still remember the feeling of being 16 and feeling like i discovered a whole new world of music with lana's songs. Everything about her seemed so dreamy. It's been 10 years and my love for her and her music only keeps growing ❤
@TMeyer-ge5pj
Жыл бұрын
Omg I know. I have such good memories of listening to her in my first car and in college dorms. She was so unique at the time. So many people have a similar type of sound now, but I really think she changed pop music.
@ifeellikeastar9052
Жыл бұрын
It was a cultural reset! I was young, but the summer I discovered LDR was one of the most memorable summers of my life. Sounds dramatic but it was like I found someone/something that represented my soul. What a time that was.
@jesjesss
Жыл бұрын
@@TMeyer-ge5pj she really was the blueprint for so many artists of today, it's incredible
@jesjesss
Жыл бұрын
@@ifeellikeastar9052 'i found someone that represented my soul' is just beautiful
@mzim8037
Жыл бұрын
I feel you!!
knowing that she was mostly performing for friends in those club shows makes a lot of sense when she talks about having stage fright, cause she wasn’t performing for a lot of people before going on SNL…if you look at her performances from before that time she was singing very strangely, kind of bluesy, kind of off the cuff changing the melodies and doing weird pronunciations….she wasn’t used to singing her songs for lots of people or singing in a ‘normal’ way
@stxrrymxxn
Жыл бұрын
my uncle got to see her in 2010 at a club once 😭
@egirlTyrande
Жыл бұрын
i truly love the snl versions, they are so full of soul! who said you cant sing that way?
@brynniefresh9746
Жыл бұрын
@@egirlTyrande it’s more about her pronunciation…like there’s a video of her high of c0ke singing and it has a similar vibe…she was just is doing her own thing but it makes her sound a little stupid i think 😂 it’s like when artists sing their songs live but change the melody it’s like why coz that should be an advertisement for them to go listen to your music and if you’re making the music seem weirder than it is then people are less likely to go check it out 🤷♀️ i’m just looking at it from the marketing perspective which is why she was there to begin with, although i’m not in love with that performance or anything i can see what she was doing
@alittleLanitaa
Ай бұрын
@@stxrrymxxnwhattt omg I would kill to have gone to one of her preformances back then
Her music helps me romanticise literally every aspect of my life and makes me focus on and enjoy little things. She makes me feel in love and excited to live my life.
The moment I began to absolutely love Lana was when I first heard "Pretty when you cry" bc I am someone who cries A LOT, but this song romanticised it while it also felt like the thoughts one has when crying; sadness and frustration. Lana has helped me feel like those little aspects of my personality alongside delicate feminine traits are okay and can be very beautiful. I love Lana sm I swear, no song fails to deliver.
I found her at 15. Felt like everything I was looking for was found. I needed her and I found her. She made me feel free. Even til this day when I listen to her music I feel free. I love her for what she has created for us.
Being a teenager discovering Lana really changed my life. Her early songs romanticised being sad and getting validation from guys, doing f-ed up things and feeling really cool about it, which to be fair was what I was also doing and I really related to it. I eventually grew up and matured, so did she. Her recent music is more about looking inwards, discovering and loving herself. Her new music also explores taboos and polarising topics. Not to mention she explores a lot of genres of music, and is not afraid to try new things and you just can’t get bored of her. It’s like we grew together and learned so much about life. I really enjoy her music, her artistry, her lyrics, her growth. Simply put, her music is really poetry, voiced by one of the best voice of this century. Just my two cents as someone who isn’t from the Americas, I haven’t experienced the culture so I can’t comment on that aspect. You put this together very eloquently, in a very captivating and enjoyable way. Thank you.
Beautiful documentary. As someone who moved countries several times throughout their childhood/ teenage years , the feeling of being stuck in a time or place that you can’t go back to extremely relatable to me. It caused me despair, and Lana made me feel so.. understood. Lana is truly a extraordinary artist.
@cookeechoc8824
Жыл бұрын
Me too !! Thanks, I feel less alone now ❤️
This video was so good. I feel like her willingness to be so emotionally vulnerable in her songs and not always have to pretend to be stronger or a better person that makes her music incredibly relatable. Like some people claim she romanticizes abusive relationships, drugs and alcohol, and depression, but those are realities a lot of people have had to cope with and it feels good to be validated.
I related a little too much to her philosophical crisis and have always felt so alone because of it, it’s so comforting that she experienced it too because she’s one of my inspirations
Ive known of lana for ages but just recently got into her after a very depressive phase where i listened to a lot of mitski. Once i got better i didnt find mitskis lyrics to put me in a good place thats when i jumped to lana. Lana gives this feeling of romanticization of melancholy without actually being sad at all. Its incredible
Very well explained, I learned things I never knew about her. I got goosebumps when you played her songs in order by the years, awesome video!!! I’m gonna listen to all her songs now on repeat lol. She is definitely my favorite artist. So unique.
@Sagethis
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed🫶
@zapcV
Жыл бұрын
Anyone know what song is played at the end?
@louisedow6489
Жыл бұрын
-come over and see-‘The Audio Recording Where Amber Heard Almost Died’
I love her unreleased songs...they are so much more personal and relatable. Great job on put this together!
Objectively she has been the most influential artist of this generation. Absolute visionary, as soon as I heard video games she cast a spell on you. Thank you ,it’s great doco keep going ❤
Lana was to music in the early 2010s what Kate Bush was to it in the late 70s and early 80s... Like the latter, she birthed a whole generation of new musicians to whom she showed there's an alternative way of making music... she changed the entire landscape and even established and mainstream pop stars borrowed elements from her (you know when Lady Gaga fans make those 'pop stars before gaga and pop stars after gaga' collages? Lana sort of did the same... in a way she de-gag-ified the landscape lmao). And just like Kate, she was controversial without trying. Both are introverted and a bit reclusive yet inherently provocative by just being themselves... Such global cultural treasures that we should never cease to cherish
@palemoonlight96
Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful and accurate comment
@lilianwal2385
8 ай бұрын
Fantastic comment
It's like God is listening to me. I'm living a deep lana del rey phase rn, I'm so in love with her, and I wanted to find a video that explains her story and how she became lana, and this video was just uploaded, I'm so thankful ❤❤❤ very well done.
This was so good!! I absolutely ADORE Lana, she's in an entire lane of her own. Thank you for taking the time to make this!
I love how she started making her own videos before she was known as Lana Del Rey and carried on like that
@blackwingvalleylover
Жыл бұрын
Her videos are so sweet too. She's very multi-talented.
you literally put into words and described so well what I have had so much trouble describing why I like her so much and what is so special about her. Great job man. Big fan of ultraviolence and the unreleased tracks here. Thanks for the video
This was a pleasant surprise. Thanks you for talking more deeply about why her music resonates with you in particular. Well done for putting together an interesting and well thought out video ❤
This is such a well put and aestheticly pleasing video, I love it ❤
Beautiful, thank you for putting this together. Love the mix of research and vibes
You did such an amazing job with this documentary, thank you! ❤️
This was incredibly well made! I really hope that this video blows up because it's honestly better than others I've watched about Lana. Great job!
This was so well put together! Thank you! ❤
You organized this video so well. Both informative & so engaging . Thank you !
I love this documentary, you've managed to perfectly capture and explain Lana's unique style and what makes her so appealing!
Thank you so much for this, you did a fantastic job and this is the level of quality, objectivity and respect Lana deserves I'm so thankful to have her in our generation, at this point she's already influencial beyond grasp and has changed and enriched modern music
throughout the years this was the most insightful and genuine lana “documentary” i’ve seen. the way you touched on the blend of latina and americana was so beautiful. I hadn’t eve thought about that. you made me look at lana in an entirely different light, which i didn’t even think was possible
I appreciate your editing and style of story-telling. I like how you related the points of your video to your own life throughout. Great pacing, too! Had to sub 🥰
a genuinely great video, i love how so many things about her music and life are included in 17 minutes, wowowow!!! thank u!!
Great job hun! She's so relatable and poetic and def helped me through very dark times of grief and substance abuse. My absolute favorite artist. Awesome video 👍
Very well made. Keep up the great work. 🙏 Thank you for this documentary.
most beautiful ldr video essay I've ever watched! Thank you so much for this
This is so well put together. I especially love the second half of this video, where you begin to talk about your personal connection with the music and its significance in your life 🖤
It was the best documentary i’ve ever seen of lana, thank you so much!❤
good job , i loved the documentary sm , and ur channel as well keep going !
Great! Well done. Thanks for making it. I also couldn't find any documentary anywhere about her.
i genuinely enjoyed every minute of this thank you so much 🫶🏻
Alot of people I think under estimate Lana(Lizzy) because of her looks, aesthetic and stage presence. She's portrayed by critics as this "bimbo" type but beneath the surface she's a thinker. Just watching this video and reading articles about her you can tell her mind is a powerful thing. She's poetic and philosophical. It's a tragedy that great women thinkers are overlooked and underestimated due to the same reasons great male thinkers are praised. In association with drinking and sex men are viewed as lively and well lived whereas women are viewed as cheap and worthless.
Thank you so much for making this documentary! ❤
What a phenomenal video!! I love all the retro clips, especially from Key West. So well explained and put together. Truly amazing. Learned so much I didn’t know about Lana, after this video I love her even more 🥹🫶🏽
This is such a vulnerable and sweet video, while also being super informative! Thanks king!
The best video on Lana I've seen, I love how you focus a lot on her early/unreleased music and I totally relate to you in that listening to Lana really helped me to romanticize my life more (especially as someone who was born in Florida but now lives in New Jersey lol, love her unreleased songs where she mentions the Jersey shore). Also, your editing style is amazinggggg!
Thank you! I've been looking for this! 😊
this is a true gem of a video thank you for being so candid and thorough
This is an amazing and well done video. Just like you I started listening to Lana Del Rey back in 2013, and I feel privileged to grow along with Lana. Her entire discography had a huge impact on me, and I’m still in awe at how brilliant Ocean Blvd is, lyrically and musically. One of the main reasons as to why I love her is because her story can be so relatable sometimes and I think you conveyed her story beautifully in this video. Once again, well done ❤
Amazing video. Nicely written and explained, pristine editing. Kudos.
Wow, your video about Lana perfectly captures her essence as a person and as a musician! Thank you for making this! I love seeing videos about my favorite musicians/singers.
WOW! This was so awesome to watch. you nailed it. Great job, excellent video 😎
This is most definitely one of my all time favourite videos! I love Lana and so I am really grateful for this detailed account of her life. Thank you!!
Glad to have caught this early. You made my day thank you for your precise presentation
LOve this! You're really good capturing this mood! I cannot let go of my Lana Del Ray Days!
Thank you for making such a wonderful in depth video on such a talented artist ❤️
this is great! i really enjoyed your video. i also really enjoyed including her unreleased music.
This was the best video I’ve watched in a long time, very informative and well payed out!! Lana for life also ❤
This is my first time watching one of the videos and Im so happy I found your channel
Motel 6 is such a classic. Amazing video
Lana was fundamental for my adolescence. Her music comforted me in ways no person ever did during those times. She helped me cry and taught me to take my time and understand my pain, find beauty in it, make the best of it even. Her Lizzy Grant and Sparkle Jump Rope Queen era were awesome too, and the May Jailer album was beautiful! unfortunately they are underrated and mostly underground 🫤
Great documentary, loved it! I wonder if Lana will ever make an album with her unreleased songs. She's an amazing artist 💗
Great job! I love that you gave us insight to your experiences and what her songs made you feel. Very interesting
Loooove this! Thank you so much for sharing! ❤
this was the Lana Del Rey documentary I have been waiting for
I have suffered depression my whole life and during my hardest times in life her music soothed me to sleep and helped me creat good scenarios in my head also i feel realateable to alot of subjects she touches on❤
LOVED THIS, great work! thanks for sharing!
This was very well done and hit a lot of key points that helped me see Lana in a different light. Thank you for the video and the insight. We are lucky to have her ❤
I had to stop and comment because the way you articulated the part about how she is relatable to most people because of how she romanticizes these small details of everyday life got me a bit choked up. Beautifully said, all through this video. I’m not even through it and I already subbed and will be checking out your other videos. Amazing work!!
she has been a gift to the world, music, art, innovation, i'm 41 and loved her sound and vibe from the first Lana dell ray album label. my wife introduced me to her music
Good job bro! I have been pumped to find a biography on her one day to dig into deeply and read all bout her.
Thanks for making this video, it's amazing, she's amazing and very underrated. I would have watched this even if was 3 hours long :D
Nice job!! 😊 cool to see others dive into her history!
this was such a good video.. memories putting lana on repeat and being on tumblr as a young adolescent 🥰
This is SO thorough, thoughful, insightful, and creative! You shared the LDR story, but also included your own personal pain and why you embraced her music. I'm so glad you were comforted by her music. I've never even knew who she was until I saw she'd done a collab with Taylor Swift (as small as it was..although it sounds like that song is being re-recorded with her being more included), and I had to come find out about her. I saw a live performance done by her recently, and that concert totally confused me. It was in Brazil, and she has a LOTTTT of obsessed fans there!
You are a truly well spoken youtuber in addition to that u are really great at analysing. Best of luck ❤❤
Everything about this video is perfection. Your editing! Storytelling! Exemplary. As a Lana fan I'm impressed thank you so much for this video❤️
im only 2 mins into it but i already love this you did so good
SO WELL DONE, should be required viewing, thankful the algorithm sent this my way! I was a huge LDR stan when I worked in the music industry, got laid off off around 2017 and was casually observing pop music from afar. Her…questionable statements during the pandemic left me wondering what kind of integrity she had left and if she’s even worth stanning anymore. Your experience perfectly captures why her base is so strong and I wouldn’t have gotten this perspective from anywhere else - and I listen to a LOT of pop podcasts! Thanks for your contribution!
I LOVE THIS!! Youre on point especially romanticizing living situations and finding our silver lining 😌🥰
You did such a good job putting this together!❤
this video is so well done. lana would be proud 🌸🌸
Thanks so much for making this documentary and doing such a great job 👏 I’m a huge fan of her music probably because her philosophy of life echoes in my veins.
i wasn’t going to dare click this because i thought i knew all there was but you definitely filled in the gaps. this is very cohesive, and the adjectives you chose to describe her captures her essence.
And you my friend just gained a subscriber for this well done doc of the Queen
SO GOOD! im so glad u focused more on the pre-fame than the aftermath of her commercial success. ive always had a broken view of her time before BTD so this really cleared up a lot of stuff for me and made me realize that theres a lot more to her than i thought even tho im a really big fan of lana. awesome video
You actually lifted and explained to me some of the reasons I love Lana, that I've felt but not been able to put into words
I love this. ❤ Perfectly put together!
This video was great, I discovered things about Lana again 🥺 Thank you!
This was so articulate and insightful - well done 👏
I've been a Lana fan for years and every vid it's stuff I already know but in this one I found out so much more about her. I'm in love with this vid and this channel, thank u
12:44 'reinforcing a belief that there is beauty in all things in all levels of life, not just the rich unobtainable one' i loved that
I’m a new fan of hers and you provided such a great overview of her career while describing your personal experience as a listener. Thank you for the doc!!
Very well done mini-doc!
Thank you!! I was looking for something like this