Lana Del Rey

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Lana Del Rey - Young & Beautiful
Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)
Lana Del Rey - Young And Beautiful (Kaskade Mix)

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Biography

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Grant (born 21 June 1986), better known as Lana Del Rey, is a singer-songwriter from Lake Placid, New York, United States. Del Rey is known for embellishing her songs and music videos with an eerily nostalgic vibe heavy on Americana themes, including images of surfing, Coney Island, Frank Sinatra, and Marilyn Monroe. She has also listed a large number of her artistic influences, including Allen Ginsberg, Elvis Presley, Britney Spears, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan... Read more about Lana Del Rey on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.

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