In 2007, Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Grant signed a recording contract with the independent record label 5 Point Records, and began planning her debut studio album. The album has been retrospectively ranked in best-of lists by several publications including The Guardian and NME, and helped Del Rey acquire cult status among music fans. Del Rey's image during promotion of Born to Die was controversial tabloid media accused her of an inauthentic persona that was the result of forced marketing to gain an audience in the indie music scene. The album polarized contemporary critics praises were towards the album's distinctive sound, and criticism targeted its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies. 'Summertime Sadness' peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Del Rey's best-charting single in the US. In 2021, it became the second album by a woman and the first debut album by a woman to spend more than 400 weeks on the US Billboard 200, where it peaked at number two, and topped charts in Australia and various European countries including France, Germany, and the UK.īorn to Die was supported by four further singles: ' Blue Jeans', ' Summertime Sadness', ' National Anthem', and ' Dark Paradise'. The album was the world's fifth best-selling album of 2012, and had sold over 7 million copies by 2014. The lyrics are about love, sex, and drugs, and features prominent references to 1950s and 1960s Americana. A predominantly baroque pop and trip hop album, Born to Die features the same cinematic composition. The album was reissued on November 9, 2012, as an expanded version subtitled The Paradise Edition.īefore the album's release, Del Rey had attracted attention with her 2011 singles ' Video Games' and ' Born to Die', which contrasted contemporary electronic/dance music with their cinematic sound accompanied by dramatic string instruments. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. 2', ' Breaking My Heart', ' Betty Boop Boop', ' Hawaiian Tropic', and ' Diet Mountain Dew'.Born to Die is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. Roller coasters are mentioned in ' Last Girl on Earth', ' Coconut and Key Lime Pie', ' Butterflies, Pt.It's referred to as money in ' Money Power Glory', ' Money Hunny', ' Religion', ' Swan Song', ' Dealer', and ' Pawn Shop Blues'.

Cash is also mentioned in ' Old Money'.

Lyrics 'I’m in my party dress, he say, 'you such a mess'' are similar to 'In my party dress, I'm a fucking mess' from ' Love Song'.

Certain lyrical similarities to ' Coca Cola'.

Both colors are also mentioned in ' I Talk to Jesus'.

'You turn my mood from black to blue' is a similar lyric to 'out of the black, into the blue' from ' Get Free'.

Del Rey calls herself the 'New Jersey queen' in ' All Smiles'.

The song is assumed to be about love-interest J.

A party dress is also mentioned in ' Cruel World', ' Love Song' and ' National Anthem'.

Themes of prostitution can be found in songs such as ' Kinda Outta Luck', ' Last Girl on Earth', ' Go Go Dancer' and various other songs.

Mentions of a Chevy can be found in ' On Our Way', ' Every Man Gets His Wish' and ' Shades of Cool'.

It also features footage of Del Rey's interview with Brea Tremblay for Index magazine that was taken in November, 2008. Like most of her earlier music videos, it features clips of Del Rey singing along to the song and clips she gathered from miscellaneous films and videos. Footage of the first live performance is available online.ĭel Rey created her own homemade music video for the song in 2009 and posted it to YouTube on December 21, 2009.

The first known performance was on June 8, 2009, at The Slipper Room in New York, and the second known performance was on January 22, 2010, at the Highline Ballroom.

This version shares it's instrumental with the first demo of Diet Mountain Dew.Īlong with ' Heavy Hitter' and ' Hawaiian Tropic', 'Hundred Dollar Bill' belongs to an album called '2009 Pod Audio'.ĭel Rey has performed the song live two known times. A snippet of an alternate version of the song under the name 'Ruby Tuesday' leaked on October 14, 2020. A third version has been confirmed to exist by its producer, David Kahne, who described it as 'progressive and aggressive'. A demo version, also known as 'C-Note', leaked on Apand was produced by David Kahne. The final version of the song was produced by Jayson Michael. She posted some lyrics from the 'Ruby Tuesday' demo on one of her Twitter accounts back in 2009. Del Rey uploaded the song to her defunct SoundCloud profile on March 22, 2010, alongside other songs ' On Our Way', ' Velvet Crowbar', ' Us Against the World', ' Kinda Outta Luck' and ' You Can Be the Boss'.

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