Genius Meanings
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Lana Del Rey – West Coast
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“West Coast” is a surf-rock throwback produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. It uses the west coast to frame Lana Del Rey’s tale of leaving her lover to travel—only to return
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Lana Del Rey – High By The Beach
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“High By The Beach” is about escaping and seeking comfort by the sea side on the west coast. The music video emulates Lana’s frustration with media inconsistency and
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Lana Del Rey – Sad Girl
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Lana has said that she wrote the song because she’s “still sometimes a sad girl,” since she’s trying to fight things that are out of her control. “Sad Girl” is primarily about her
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Lana Del Rey – Brooklyn Baby
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“Brooklyn Baby” is the fourth single released from Lana Del Rey’s third studio album, Ultraviolence. Like much of her music, it is steeped in nostalgia for an earlier period in
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Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
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“Born to Die” is described by Lana Del Rey as a “homage to true love and a tribute to living life on the wild side.” To quote Chelsea Hodson from New York Times, “In [Lana’s
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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 – West Coast - The GRADES Icon Mix
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[Verse 1] / Down on the West Coast, they got a sayin' / If you're not drinking, then you're not playing / But you got the music, you got the music in you, don't you? / [Verse 2
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MISSIO – West Coast
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Down on the West coast, they got a sayin' / "If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'" / But you've got the music / You've got the music
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Adam Lambert – West Coast
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[Verse 1] / Down on the West coast, they got a sayin' / "If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'" / But you've got the music / You've got the music in you, don't you
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Lana Del Rey – Art Deco
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On “Art Deco”, a dreamy track with slow, echoed beats and soft synths, Lana sings about the reckless insecurity of teens partying by night.
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Lana Del Rey – Shades of Cool
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Lana Del Rey brings listeners into her lover’s world of blue in “Shades of Cool.” She expresses a strong sense of lament and pain, as well as powerful desire to understand and fix
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Lana Del Rey – Pretty When You Cry
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“Pretty When You Cry” is the seventh track from Ultraviolence. According to Lana, this song was recorded in one take with her guitar player, Blake Stranathan, at Electric Lady
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Lana Del Rey – West Coast (Vanic Remix)
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(Ooh baby, ooh baby) / (Ooh baby, ooh baby) / (Ooh baby, ooh baby) / (Ooh baby, ooh baby) / (Ooh baby, ooh baby) / (Ooh baby, ooh baby, I'm in love) / I can see my baby swinging
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Lana Del Rey – Salvatore
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In southern Italy, “Salvatore” is a name meaning “savior.” On this luscious love song, Lana details imagery of soft ice cream and passionate love in 1940’s southern Italy. Lana
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Lana Del Rey – California
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“California” is the ninth track on Norman Fucking Rockwell!.
The lyrics are scattered with romance, regret, nostalgia and personal references to an unnamed person that Del Rey has
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Constantinos Poluchronopoulos – West Coast - Slowed Down Version
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[Chorus] / I can see my baby swinging / His Parliament's on fire and his hands are up / On the balcony and I'm singing / Ooh, baby, ooh, baby, I'm in love / I can see my sweet boy
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Lana Del Rey – West Coast (Solomun Remix)
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[Intro] / You've got the music / You've got the music / You've got the music / Don't you? / You've got the music / Don't you? / [Verse 1] / Down on the West Coast, they've got a
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Lana Del Rey – Pawn Shop Blues
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“Pawn Shop Blues” was released as the ninth track on Lana’s 2010 debut album, although she had been performing the song since 2006. Like the rest of “AKA”, it is produced by David
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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 – West Coast (ZHU Remix)
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I can see my baby swinging / Ooh, baby, baby, I love you / I can see my baby swinging / Ooh, baby, baby, I love you / I can see my baby swinging / Ooh, baby, baby, I love you / I
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Lana Del Rey – Florida Kilos
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“Florida Kilos”’s theme comes from the biggest state that traffics cocaine. Lana on the inspiration for “Florida Kilos”:
I was inspired by a documentary called Cocaine Cowboys
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G-Eazy & Blueface – West Coast
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This song is G-Eazy and Blueface’s ode to the West Coast of the U.S.; the two grew up in Oakland and Los Angeles, respectively. Throughout the song plays a pitched-up vocal sample
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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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James Vincent McMorrow – West Coast - triple j Like A Version
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[Verse 1] / Down on the West coast, they got a sayin' / "If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'" / But you got the music / You've got the music in you, don't you? / Down
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Smallpools & Jillian Rossi – West Coast (I’m in Love)
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Down on the West coast, they got a saying / "If you're not drinking, then you're not playing" / But you've got the music / You've got the music in you, don't you? / Down on the
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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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