Genius Meanings
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Lana Del Rey – White Dress
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On “White Dress,” Lana reflects on her simpler life before fame, and wonders if it would be best if she never had fame in the first place. Her disillusionment with the music
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Lana Del Rey – White Mustang
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“White Mustang” is thematically similar to “Groupie Love,” another Lust for Life track that looks at a relationship between Lana and a musician. Though at first she seemed just
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Lana Del Rey – National Anthem
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The concept of this song seems to involve Lana expressing her feelings for two distinct lovers, alluding to the life and death of President John F. Kennedy and the love triangle in
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Lana Del Rey – Off to the Races
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This song has Lana professing her love for her rich, gangster boyfriend. However, their Bonnie & Clyde-like relationship is doomed.
“Off to the Races” is inspired by the book
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Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over the Country Club
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“Chemtrails Over the Country Club” is the title track of Lana Del Rey’s seventh studio album. In this serenely melodic, quiet track, Lana contrasts the imagery of chemtrails, the
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Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness
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“Summertime Sadness” explores the atmosphere of a bittersweet summertime where Lana danced, cruised and felt electrified with a loved one. This song became a sleeper success from a
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. Weyes Blood & Zella Day) – For Free
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“For Free” is a cover of the 1970 American classic of the same name by Joni Mitchell.
Del Rey first performed the song featuring Weyes Blood and Zella Day on The Norman Fucking
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Lana Del Rey – Carmen
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“Carmen” is the 9th track from Lana Del Rey’s album Born to Die.
The song’s 17-year-old protagonist suffers from substance abuse. Del Rey admitted in 2012 that she had a problem
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Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans
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“Blue Jeans” is about an ex-boyfriend whom Lana compares to James Dean. The relationship started off well, but soon “the bad boy” up and left. Eventually he became caught up in
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Lana Del Rey – Love song
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“Love song” is an ode to Del Rey’s romantic partner. The lyrics encompass several hallmarks of a classical LDR song, with plenty of references to fast cars, being famous, looking
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Lana Del Rey – Fine China
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“Fine China” is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It is believed to be an outtake from Lana’s third album Ultraviolence, recorded around 2013 during the album sessions along with
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Lana Del Rey – hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it
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“hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it” is the third single and closing track from Lana’s sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!. The single
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Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams
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The ninth track and fifth single on 1989 is about Swift hoping her lover will remember their best moments after they’re over. It expresses mixed feelings: hoping that they last
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Lana Del Rey – Swan Song
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“Swan Song” appears at the end of Lana Del Rey’s fourth studio album, Honeymoon. Its title and placement towards the end of the tracklist sparked fears of an announcement of
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Lana Del Rey – American
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In “American,” Lana Del Rey sings of pride and joy in her homeland. She talks specifically about someone who makes her feel “crazy” and “wild.” The song is produced by Emile Haynie
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Lana Del Rey – 1949
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“1949” is an unreleased “Lolita” inspired song by Lana Del Rey, in the Lizzy Grant era. It is speculated to have been recorded in 2008. The song leaked on July 1, 2012, and is
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Lana Del Rey – Fishtail
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“Fishtail” is the fourteenth song by Lana Del Rey from her ninth studio album and eighth major-label studio album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd.
The word “
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Lana Del Rey – Tulsa Jesus Freak
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“Tulsa Jesus Freak” is the third track from Lana’s seventh studio album Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Originally named “White Hot Forever”, which Lana first mentioned in an
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. Bleachers) – Margaret
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“Margaret” is the thirteenth track on Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. The song features Jack Antonoff under his Bleachers
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. RIOPY) – Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing
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“Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing” is the eleventh song on Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album and eighth major-label studio album “
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. Jon Batiste) – Candy Necklace
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“Candy Necklace” was the second song from Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, that Lana Del Rey previewed prior to the album’s announcement.
On August 22, 2022
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. Father John Misty) – Let The Light In
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“Let The Light In” is the twelfth song on Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. It features Father John Misty, with whom Lana has
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Lana Del Rey – Bad Boy
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“Bad Boy” is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. The song is a concept demo for “Paris” and was leaked for the first time on June 3, 2019.
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Lana Del Rey – Wild at Heart
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In “Wild At Heart”, Lana explores the freedom and nature of being wild and with her lover. The song title might be a reference to David Lynch’s 1990 cult classic film Wild at Heart
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Lana Del Rey – Yayo
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On “Yayo”, Lana brings soulful, varied vocals against dreamy instrumentals that dip into an orchestral sound reminiscent of dark nights and city lights. In the lyrics, Lana tells
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Lana Del Rey – Video Games
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Considered Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough hit, “Video Games” served as the first single off the artist’s wildly successful sophomore studio album and major label debut, Born to Die
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Lana Del Rey – Cruel World
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“Cruel World” is the opening track from Lana Del Rey’s 2014 album Ultraviolence.
This track is also her personal favorite. Here’s how she described it:
I went down to the beach
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Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
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“Ultraviolence” is the title track of Lana Del Rey’s third full-length LP and was released as a promotional single. Lana first utilized the term ultraviolent in an unreleased song
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Lana Del Rey – True Love on the Side
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One of the many non-album tracks leaked in 2013 in anticipation for Lana Del Rey’s sophomore effort.
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KRGKGM – White Mustang
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Packin' all my things for the summer / Lyin' on my bed, it's a bummer / 'Cause I didn't call when I got your number / But I liked you a lot / Slippin' on my dress in soft filters
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Lana Del Rey – Cinnamon Girl
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In “Cinnamon Girl,” Lana Del Rey expresses conflicted feelings about an intense and possibly unhealthy relationship, while begging her love interest to nurture her instead of
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Lana Del Rey – Black Beauty
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“Black Beauty” describes the various dark moods of Lana’s lover, and the helplessness she feels at being unable to change him. While she tries to conform to his many shades of
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Lana Del Rey – Bartender
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In January 2018, before making it onto Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Del Rey told Pitchfork about this song’s existence, as well as saying she wanted to make a music video for it:
I’
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Lana Del Rey – Ride
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The song is off the Paradise EP, integrated into the re-release of her first major studio album, relabelled as Born to Die – The Paradise Edition.
“Ride”, received to critical
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