Which song best represents "Lana Del Rey"

[Wild One 3,305]

Born To Die

Blue Jeans

Video Games

and Ride.

[BlueJeans 2,603]

I'm surprised not a lot of people chose Yayo. I mean, all or the other songs listed make sense, too, don't get me wrong..

[wittycatchphrase 1,399]

I feel like Lana's sound has evolved lately to that more "dreamy" "in your own head" kind of feel, so for that reason I'd say West Coast. But for more classic Lana, or at least how she started I'd absolutely say Video Games and Born to Die, but also Yayo (whichever version, I'll admit I adore the Paradise version but have immense respect for its past incarnations).

[Capaldi 269]

Off to the Races, Shades of Cool, Yayo, Music To Watch Boys To, National Anthem, Kill Kill

[WaitForLife 5,031]

Video Games or Blue Jeans but it's difficult because every album is different

[toshi 948]

Definatley her first 3 songs. Video Games will always be her iconic song I believe, and of course Born To Die as that set the whole era. 

[TheBoss 13,275]

Noir came to my head first, maybe for the persona but idk there's too many songs that fit her persona 

[Melania 2,386]

the whole paradise ep tbh.

[Valentino 884]

Boarding School, Trash Magic, Yayo capture a lot of the Lizzy-era things very well.

 

Video Games is probably the quintessential Lana song. A slow, melancholy song about obsessive love. Not to mention the strings are very "cinematic," and Hollywood has been an inspiration for Lana since the Lizzy days. Off To The Races is the essence of the hip hop meets Hollywood theme for BTD and characterizes Lana's writing style (little vignettes of imagery strung together, plus the Lolita quote shows Lana's love of reference).

 

Ride, especially if you include the monologue from the video, really captures a lot of her... uniqueness (pretentiousness). This bled over into the Ultraviolence era.

[SwayTokyo 867]

Ride, of course! I think that Video Games is a close second but doesn't come out on top for me because it focuses on someone else. 

I am obviously aware that most of Lana's songs are about someone else, and therefore a song whose subject is "the lover" might be the top for some people, I think that that Ride was truly about herself and was an extremely introspective work. I think it examined how she navigated her years leading up to where she was at that point, and broke down her coping mechanisms and ways she dealt with problems.

 

Monologue of course included in my evaluation.