 Genius Meanings
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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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Lana Del Rey – Ride Monologue
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This monologue was written by Lana Del Rey, and is spoken by her at the beginning and end of the music video of Ride.
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Lana Del Rey – A&W
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“A&W” is a 7-minute rant track that splits into two sections with Lana narrating an anecdote that begins in her innocent childhood and climbs through her adulthood, where she
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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 – 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 – Get Free
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“Get Free” serves as the closing track of Lana Del Rey’s fifth studio album, Lust For Life. The track was originally titled “Malibu,” but was reworked to “Get Free” because Rey
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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 – 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 – Cola
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This song is notorious for the opening line, “My pussy tastes like Pepsi cola”, but overall, the song is much deeper than that one phrase. Lana describes in this song how her
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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 Offers A Complex Character Study & Societal Critique On New Song “A&W”
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The seven-minute single is the second offering from her forthcoming ninth album.
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Lana Del Rey – In My Feelings
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“In My Feelings” explores the hectic whirlwind of emotions Lana felt after dating rapper G-Eazy.
While performing and presenting the song during the album listening party she
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Lana Del Rey – Diet Mountain Dew
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“Diet Mountain Dew” is the fifth track off Lana’s debut album Born to Die. The song was written back in 2008 in collaboration with Mike Daly who produced the first two demos of the
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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 – 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 (Ft. SYML) – Paris, Texas
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“Paris, Texas” is the tenth song by Lana Del Rey featuring “SYML” from her ninth studio album and eighth major-label studio album “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean
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Lana Del Rey – Dark Paradise
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Insiders claim that “Dark Paradise” was not written for an ex-boyfriend, but for her boyfriend that died a couple of years prior.
Lana Del Rey once again declares her undying love
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Lana Del Rey) – Ridin'
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“Ridin'”, also called “My Bitch”, is an unreleased song that was written by A$AP Rocky and Lana Del Rey around the time they collaborated for National Anthem.
It was recorded in
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Lana Del Rey – Arcadia
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“Arcadia” is the fourth single from Lana Del Rey’s eighth studio album Blue Banisters. A snippet of the track and music video was released via Lana’s social media on July 4, 2021
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Lana Del Rey – Drive
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[Verse 1] / I've been out on that open road / You can be my full-time daddy, white and gold / Singing blues has been getting old / You can be my full-time baby, hot or cold / [Pre-
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Lana Del Rey – Gods & Monsters
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“Gods & Monsters” is the sixth track from Del Rey’s well-received EP, Paradise.
Lana sings of her longing for a change in the music industry with an eerie melody to support the
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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 – This Is What Makes Us Girls
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“This Is What Makes Us Girls” is the last track off of Born to Die.
The song recalls her troubled teenage past in Lake Placid, NY when she got involved with drugs and alcohol. As
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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 – Burning Desire
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“Burning Desire” was included on the iTunes version of the album Born to Die: The Paradise Edition, but it was released on Spotify as a single after the album was released. Lana
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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 – Every Man Gets His Wish
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Originally registered as “Every Man Has His Wish”, this is an unreleased track recorded in 2009 and leaked on September 25, 2012. It was registered with the Harry Fox Agency in
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Lana Del Rey – Melancholia
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[Verse 1] / If you ask the New York Times, they'll say that I'm dead / And if Rolling Stone, they'll say I'm uninviting / I don't really give a fuck, it's no surprise / I never had
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Lana Del Rey – Blue Velvet
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On “Blue Velvet”, Lana Del Rey covers the 1954 classic pop song recorded by The Clovers. Lana’s cover joins a pantheon of “Blue Velvet” recordings, which include American singer-
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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 – Cherry
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“Cherry” is featured on Lana’s fifth studio album. Alluding to the relationship with a man that takes risks and turns them into the relation where Lana feels like breaking apart
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Lana Del Rey – LA Who Am I to Love You?
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“LA Who Am I to Love You?” is an excerpt from Lana Del Rey’s first poetry book Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, which was published September 29, 2020. The poem is one of the
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Lana Del Rey – Body Electric
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“Body Electric” is about Lana’s struggle in getting over the loss of her boyfriend. She pretends not to be hurt but she is just escaping from reality, trying to have fun on a
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