"Young and Beautiful" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, written for the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Released on 23 April, it serves as the first single for the soundtrack. An alternative rock ballad, "Young and Beautiful" was co-written by Del Rey and the film's executive director and producer, Baz Luhrmann. In May of 2013, the song broke into the Billboard Hot 100; the song peaked at 82 on the chart, making it her highest peak since "Video Games" peaked at 91 in 2011.
"Young and Beautiful" is an alternative rock ballad. With the lyrics, "Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?" Del Rey adds a hint of desperation which parallels the idiosyncrasies faced by the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. Lana Del Rey's dreamy vocals are draped over sedated strings and canned percussion. The soft and dreary vocals, falling in line with Del Rey's affectation, fit the atmosphere of the 1920s when the novel is set. The lyrics rotate around the themes of pleasing a lover, nostalgia, and the gloom of aging.
The music video for "Young and Beautiful" was set to be released on April 22, 2013, but was officially released on May 10, 2013. Directed by Chris Sweeney, the video's production was helmed by Adam Smith and Jacob Swan-Hyam, with Sophie Muller shooting the footage. Flanked by a full-string orchestra, Del Rey sings in 1920s art deco fashion. She is shown singing the song in a dark room with glittery diamond-tears on her cheek which look like tattoos. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine described the video as "somber" and the singer's look as "especially demure". Lipshutz concluded that "the clip ends without ever reaching any kind of conclusion -- much like the rhetorical question, 'Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?' at the heart of the song." Spin's Marc Hogan described it as "elegantly conceived, but succeed[s] only as much as the music does".
A beautiful song that Lana del Rey has given us in her concerts here in Italy..
sabato 11 maggio 2013
Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (News)
"Young and Beautiful" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, written for the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Released on 23 April, it serves as the first single for the soundtrack. An alternative rock ballad, "Young and Beautiful" was co-written by Del Rey and the film's executive director and producer, Baz Luhrmann. In May of 2013, the song broke into the Billboard Hot 100; the song peaked at 82 on the chart, making it her highest peak since "Video Games" peaked at 91 in 2011.
"Young and Beautiful" is an alternative rock ballad. With the lyrics, "Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?" Del Rey adds a hint of desperation which parallels the idiosyncrasies faced by the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. Lana Del Rey's dreamy vocals are draped over sedated strings and canned percussion. The soft and dreary vocals, falling in line with Del Rey's affectation, fit the atmosphere of the 1920s when the novel is set. The lyrics rotate around the themes of pleasing a lover, nostalgia, and the gloom of aging.
The music video for "Young and Beautiful" was set to be released on April 22, 2013, but was officially released on May 10, 2013. Directed by Chris Sweeney, the video's production was helmed by Adam Smith and Jacob Swan-Hyam, with Sophie Muller shooting the footage. Flanked by a full-string orchestra, Del Rey sings in 1920s art deco fashion. She is shown singing the song in a dark room with glittery diamond-tears on her cheek which look like tattoos. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine described the video as "somber" and the singer's look as "especially demure". Lipshutz concluded that "the clip ends without ever reaching any kind of conclusion -- much like the rhetorical question, 'Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?' at the heart of the song." Spin's Marc Hogan described it as "elegantly conceived, but succeed[s] only as much as the music does".
A beautiful song that Lana del Rey has given us in her concerts here in Italy..
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