Video Games
Slow orchestration holds devotion and unease together. A measured vocal leaves room to question the relationship, making romantic fantasy rub against ordinary neglect.
Artist
LANA DEL REY
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About the artist
Elizabeth Grant, who performs as Lana Del Rey, developed a cinematic songwriting persona through intimate vocals, vintage imagery and arrangements that combine orchestral pop with hip-hop and electronic textures. Before the breakthrough, she released music under other names and played small New York venues. Her self-made visual language became part of the work, blurring the line between song and short film. Across a long career she has moved from baroque pop towards more expansive rock, folk and Americana palettes.
Official websiteA homemade video launches Video Games
The homemade Video Games video, posted online in 2011, propelled Del Rey from relative obscurity into intense international discussion. Its found footage, self-portraiture and slow-burning ballad style made the presentation inseparable from the song. The debut album Born to Die then expanded that attention into a major commercial moment. Later hits such as Summertime Sadness were important, but they followed the online breakthrough that first made her an object of fascination and debate.
Songs to know
Blue Jeans
A guitar-led opening expands into a dramatic account of attachment and departure. The vocal holds longing at a distance even as the arrangement gives it a cinematic scale.
Summertime Sadness
A steady beat meets summer shadowed by loss. The original’s spacious melancholy is worth hearing separately from the later dance remix, with the ambiguity left intact.
From your headphones to the stage
There’s a moment at a gig when a familiar song stops feeling like something you listen to alone. The opening notes land, the room recognises them, and suddenly hundreds of people are sharing the same feeling. That’s the appeal of seeing LANA DEL REY: a connection with the music that a recording can start, but a live performance can make entirely different. A quiet verse can draw a room closer; a chorus can send it in the opposite direction. The dates above are the next opportunities listed here to be part of it.
Favourites, deep cuts and new discoveries
The songs you know are one reason to go. The songs that surprise you are another. An album track can sound different with a live band; a familiar melody might reveal a detail you’ve missed through headphones. The tracks featured here offer a way into the artist’s catalogue, rather than a promised setlist. Each tour has its own choices, and the artist’s announcements are the place to find confirmed show details. There’s room for both the song you’ve been waiting for and the one that becomes a favourite on the way home.
Let one artist lead to another
A favourite performer can open the door to a whole new corner of music. A shared genre might bring together artists with very different voices, influences and stories. The related names above are worth a listen if you’re curious about where to go next; the genre and location pages offer another route to a night out. For the shows listed here, check the official tour page and venue for the latest event details before booking. Ticket links, where available, lead to our permitted primary sellers. New dates appear here after review, so a quiet calendar isn’t the end of the story.