Lana Del Rey

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Grant (born 21 June 1986), better known 

as Lana Del Rey, is asinger-songwriter from Lake Placid, 

New York, United States. Del Rey is known for embellishi

ng 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, The Beach 

Boys, Antony and the Johnsons, actor and filmmaker John

 Waters, artists Mark Ryden and Marilyn Minter, and 

photographers Juergen Teller and Philip-Lorca diCorcia. 

work in 2010, an EP entitled Kill Kill, as Lizzy Grant via Five 

Points Records with producer David Kahne. It was available 

for purchase on iTunes for a brief period before being 

withdrawn for unknown reasons. Soon after, Del Rey 

released a self-titled collection of songs, Lana Del Rey, for 

electronic download. 
In June 2011, Del Rey was signed with

 Stranger Records and issued the “Video Games” single, and 

in October 2011 she signed with Interscope Records. Her 

next album, Born to Die, is set to be released worldwide on

 31 January 2012 under Interscope. The second single and 

title track, "Born to Die," is set for release on 22 January 

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