10 Years of Born to Die

[Elle 121,070]

10 years ago to this very day, January 27th, 2012, Born to Die was released as Lana Del Rey’s debut album with Interscope and Polydor.

Born to Die was first released in Ireland & Germany on the 27th, France & UK on the 30th, and in the US on the 31st. It was the 5th best-selling album of 2012 and the #1 best-selling vinyl record of the 2010s that was released during that time. The album has been regarded as one of the best albums of the 2010s by publications such as Billboard, NME, and The Guardian. Born to Die has also been certified Platinum in nearly 20 countries.

The record sparked many cult classic hits such as Video Games, Summertime Sadness, and Blue Jeans, and has spent 416 weeks on the Billboard 200, making Lana the second female in history to have spent 8 years on the list.

 

Happy 10th birthday, Born to Die! Oh, how the years fly by xx

 

 

Taking a trip down memory lane...

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[Desert lamp 1,789]

First!

[TheBoss 13,477]

What an iconic everything 

[annedauphine 35,813]

I hate to admit it, but this album changed my life. Though I only discovered Lana really with Ultraviolence, BTD was my introduction to Lana's universe and for that I will always be thankful. Also, damn, the music slaps

[wildflowerwildfire 6,682]

i hope we’re getting anything today, or atleast an instagram post about it

[Blue Ink 5,904]

Omg I remember how obsessed I was with her entire persone and aesthetic. Recently I remembered the Popcandies Paparazzi videos, there was a new one like every day in 2012. Iconic. I still remember random quotes

"Love you Lana" - "Love you Maeve" 

"What do you want, I got nothing... I got nothing, let's get Jodie" 

"I like to drive fast"

"You're such a bad girrrl"

GOD. 

 

Lana was the first musician who really made me feel music. And summer. I was obsessed with Diet Mtn Dew, the demo she uploaded to her yt channel, and also with TIWMUG, OTTR, Video Games and Radio. These 5 songs were on loop for months. 

[palemoonbaby 14,997]

I can't believe it's 10 years already 

[bluechemtrails 26,509]

Many articles are published today for this anniversary, perhaps we can collect the most important ones here

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/born-to-die-at-10-how-the-influence-of-lana-del-reys-debut-can-still-be-felt-today__35084/

[Golden Hour 5,187]

10 years ago, 10 years from now, forever iconic.

[Beautiful Loser 48,619]

I hadn't heard of Lana when Born To Die was released, it would take me a bit longer until I found her and then a little bit more before I understood her music and fell in love. BTD-Paradise was my first Lana album, but I started with Born To Die since I listened from start to end.

Discovering Lana and BTD went slowly, I had to give her a few tries before simply, helplessly loving her and her songs. From then after, it's been amazing. Lana was the first western artist I discovered on my own, I was previously just listening to whatever my older brothers were listening to. Lana and her world were mine. Mine to discover, mine to obsess over, mine to lose myself in. I was living a good life, struggling with nothing but my maths grades (and, well, my parent's bad relationship and dad's slowly declining health), so I couldn't relate to her lyrics but I could feel them. I could feel her music, the production. It was like nothing I had heard before, it wasn't just a fun song to elevate your mood, not just a song you heard on the radio and liked for a few weeks. Lana was different. Boy, am I glad that I looked her up on youtube after reading about her in newspapers and seeing her face in every H&M store. Thanks to this album and to Lana, I found comfort when I was alone, a world to dive into, and friends who were there for me when my in-real-life ones seemed to had forgotten about my existance.

BTD was executed perfectly. Not a single flaw, not even in her homemade music videos. The end of Summertime Sadness and the "how does meth change our brain?" line in Carmen gave me goosebumps, and I don't think I'll ever forget the scary feelings they gave me the first time as I watched them. I still think the videos for this album are her best ones, and I think I'll continue to think so for a long time. And she just seemed so mysterious back then, like, I couldn't tell if the things she sang about were true or made up, or both, and that just made it all so interesting.

I love this album so much, and sure, at times it can sound a bit old in terms of lyrics, but it never gets old. I just know it won't. I seriously can't pick a favorite song off it or even attempt to rank a top 5 list. A phenomenal major-label debut that I will never grow tired of playing. Here's to ten more years of an iconic album!

[Honeyyoung 17,090]

it's funny to think that in her most iconic era, she was the less comfortable, the more shy. 10 years from that and she has come a long way, and it's lovely to see her evolution as a person

[West Coast 45,790]

Iconique, show-stopping, culturally significant, career defining, brilliant, never done before, long lasting impact and so on. This album IS the blue print. 

 

I didn't quite started listening to Lana when the album came out, that would be a few months later during the summer of 2012, but today feels really special. 

 

[Beautiful Loser 48,619]

27 minutes ago, Honeyyoung said:

it's funny to think that in her most iconic era, she was the less comfortable, the more shy. 10 years from that and she has come a long way, and it's lovely to see her evolution as a person

I was just thinking the same thing, so happy to see her be more comfortable now.

[HEARTCORE 18,969]

truly iconic, one of the greatest, ushered in a completely new wave of musical styles + writing, legendary...there are no words to describe the impact. she has evolved and perfected her style a dozen times over ever since, but this was just such a true EXPERIENCE

[Super Movie 51,550]

One of the most iconic and influential albums/eras of the 2010s  This album was at the forefront of an entire aesthetic becoming popularized, and the music is still being listened to today just as regularly as it was 10 years ago. I'll be listening to Born To Die and its outtakes all day today

[normanrockwhale 1,165]

sooo, you think we're getting any release for this anniversary? Even Ben and Ed remembered about this 

 

[wildflowerwildfire 6,682]

one of the greatest albums of all time, and thats a fact

[kallumlavigne 6,066]

I can't believe its 10 years old, feels like yesterday I heard off to the races as iTunes single of the week, and something just clicked with me.

[prettywhenimhigh 49,294]

SHE MADE ME SHE RAISED ME

LOVE UNTIL THE END OF TIME

[the ocean 67,597]

i really appreciate born to die existing otherwise lana wouldn’t have nearly the success she’s had and a lot of us wouldn’t be here