Vocalist Lana Del Rey makes atmospheric, orchestral, retro-'60s-sounding pop that showcases her torchy image and sensuously husky singing style. Del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant in New York City, to Patricia Ann , in 1998, to perform on the show before the release of her debut album.
Her stage name came from a series of managers and lawyers over the last 9 years (as of 2014) who wanted a name that they thought better fit the sound of the music. Its a combination of the late old Hollywood actress Lana Turner and the Ford Del Rey (car).
Has described herself as a "self-styled gangsta Nancy Sinatra "; and cites Britney Spears , Thomas Newman , Eminem , Elvis Presley , Antony and the Johnsons , and Kurt Cobain as her musical influences.
Her debut single, "Video Games", attained worldwide success, reaching number one in Germany and top-ten positions in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (as of December 2011).
Parents are Robert and Patricia Grant; has a younger brother and sister.
Stated that she has suffered from alcohol dependence. At age 15, she was sent to Kent School, a boarding school in Connecticut, for three years to get sober.
Close friends with actress Jaime King.
Older sister of Caroline Grant, a photographer, who goes by the name of Chuck Grant.
Angelina Jolie handpicked her to perform the song "Once Upon a Dream" as the main theme for Maleficent .
Her name in Spanish means "kings money".
Ranked #82 on Maxims "Hot 100" of 2014 list.
Performed gratis at the wedding of Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West.
Was accepted at State University of New York at Genesso, but declined. She decided to take a gap year and the following fall she attended Fordham University, where she studied metaphysics, a branch of philosophy.
She has English and Scottish ancestry.
Was an alcoholic as a youngster and was sent to a boarding school in Connecticut for three years to deal with her alcohol issues.
Is the oldest of three children from Robert and Patricia Grant. Has one sister, Caroline, and one brother, Charlie.
Her favorite football club is Loverpool FC.
She lived in The Bronx and later moved to New Jersey while in college and volunteered at homeless youth and drug and alcohol outreach programs, as well as helping paint and rebuild houses on an Indian reservation in the western United States.
Loves soft drinks and often makes reference to Them in her songs.
Before she started singing, she wanted to be a poet.
Her favorite foods are spaghetti and chocolate cake, which she says she eats every day.
She is a big fan of Guns NRoses.
She is a natural blonde.
She used to work as a babysitter and briefly kept doing it even after her music career took off.
Used to be able to speak fluent Spanish when she was younger.
Is retiring her song "Cola" because it was about Harvey Weinstein.
Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from,the best of the past.
Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for,me.
I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just,thought it was creepy. They thought the images with the music were,weird and verging on psychotic.
In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet,Coke floats and lots of coffee.
When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.
Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free.
Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.
We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping, and who is worth letting go.
Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone. Who had nothing, who wanted everything.
Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.
The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime.
Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer, life imitates art.
And I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew it, right away. And as the years went on, things got more difficult – we were faced with more challenges. I begged him to stay. Try to remember what we had at the beginning. He was charismatic, magnetic, electric and everybody knew it. When he walked in every woman’s head turned, everyone stood up to talk to him. He was like this hybrid, this mix of a man who couldn’t contain himself. I always got the sense that he became torn between being a good person and missing out on all of the opportunities that life could offer a man as magnificent as him. And in that way, I understood him and I loved him. I loved him, I loved him, I loved him. And I still love him. I love him.
I was in the winter of my life- and the men I met along the road were my only summer. At night I fell sleep with vision of myself dancing and laughing and crying with them. Three year down the line of being on an endless world tour and memories of them were the only things that sustained me, and my only real happy times. I was a singer, not very popular one, who once has dreams of becoming a beautiful poet- but upon an unfortunate series of events saw those dreams dashed and divided like million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again- sparkling and broken. But I really didn’t mind because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it to know what true freedom is. When the people I used to know found out what I had been doing, how I had been living- they asked me why. But there’s no use in talking to people who have a home, they have no idea what its like to seek safety in other people, for home to be wherever you lied you head. I was always an unusual girl, my mother told me that I had a chameleon soul. No moral compass pointing me due north, no fixed personality. Just an inner indecisiviness that was as wide as wavering as the ocean. And if I said that I didn’t plan for it to turn out this way I’d be lying- because I was born to be the other woman. I belonged to no one- who belonged to everyone, who had nothing- who wanted everything with a fire for every experience and an obssesion for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn’t even talk about- and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me. Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people- and finally I did- on the open road. We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art. LIVE FAST. DIE YOUNG. BE WILD. AND HAVE FUN. I believe in the country America used to be. I belive in the person I want to become, I believe in the freedom of the open road. And my motto is the same as ever- *I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I’m at war with myself- I Ride. I Just Ride. *Who are you? Are you in touch with all your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you’re free to experience them?I Have. I Am Fucking Crazy. But I Am Free.
Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road. We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore, except to make our lives into a work of art.
Mary praise the rosary for my broken mind.
I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just thought it was creepy. They thought the images with the music were weird and verging on psychotic.
In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
