So even if I really wish she hadn't taken it there with this whole "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" thing, at the very least she's prevented it from being used by someone unworthy of our attention. and play a video game?" The allowances of a dream girl or just the most sarcastic, cutting thing you can say to an emotionally unavailable boyfriend? As with the video, it flits between surrendering to romance and depression, moving with the elegant wastefulness of the kind of day drunk that's a true privilege of the beautiful, idle class. But what of the off-handed references to darts, pool, being held by an incapacitated lover, or a line like "open up a beer. Strings well up and you'll want to hear lines like "Heaven is a place on earth where you/ Tell me all the things you want to do," and "I heard you like the bad girls, honey/ Is that true?" as knowing, rhetorical come-ons. While the song is husky and sensual in a way that hits the sweet spot Cat Power has abdicated since The Greatest, lyrically, "Video Games" reads more like a prelude to "Lived in Bars". Enjoy this new SONG ASSOCIATION - Lana Del Rey Edition Please comment your scores down belowIf you have any other games you would like us to post just leav. "I was thinking about Maria Callas, or someone darker coming through.On her stirring debut single, New York singer-songwriter Lizzy Grant transforms into the more bombastically-named Lana Del Rey and absolutely wallows in it. "There was a more eccentric performance approach to it," she told Rolling Stone in 2019. Del Rey defended her SNL singing, saying it wasn't dynamic but was true to form. She got some help from label boss Jimmy Iovine, who worked with her to improve her live performances. It became a defining moment for the singer, who faced a critical backlash but emerged stronger, becoming a star with the release of her next album, Born to Die. Kristen Wiig even dressed up like Lana and parodied the performance on a later episode. One of the most cutting remarks was by singer and actress Juliette Lewis, who tweeted: "Wow watching this 'singer' on SNL is like watching a 12-year-old in their bedroom when theyre pretending to sing and perform #signofourtimes." She performed the tune two weeks before Born To Die was made available to buy, making Del Rey the first artist since Natalie Imbruglia in 1998 to play the show before releasing her first major-label album.ĭel Rey was visibly nervous as she sang the two songs, resulting in a stream of criticism on Twitter. It's just really sad."ĭel Rey sang this song and " Blue Jeans" on the Januepisode of Saturday Night Live. Some people say that 'Video Games' stops them in their tracks it's that kind of song. Bad things happen every day but you're not going to be any happier thinking about them. It really is what you choose to think about. Just because things happened a certain way doesn't mean that that's the way that they are. It's a mix of memories and the way I wished it could have been. The verse is more matter-of-fact because that's how it was. That was the way that I wished it was – the melody sounds so compelling and heavenly because I wanted it to be that way. But then the chorus, 'Heaven is a place on earth with you, tell me all the things you wanna do' wasn't like that. That was what happened, you know? He'd come home and I'd see him. Last night (16 January) a new teaser trailer for the third episode of season two, which will air on 23 January, was unveiled, and is soundtracked by a sparse, Lana Del Rey ballad. "'Swinging in the backyard, pull up in your fast car, whistling my name'. Over the past few weeks, rumours have been circulating amongst fans that Lana Del Rey has contributed a new song to the Euphoria season two soundtrack. "The verse was about the way things were with one person, and the chorus was the way that I wished things had really been with another person, who I thought about for a long time," she told, breaking into an acapella of the song. Del Rey's lyrics were inspired by two broken relationships in her past.