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Lana Del Rey was handpicked by Angelina Jolie to perform the song Once Upon a Dream as the main theme for the 2014 film Maleficent.
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She has stated that she suffered from alcohol dependence; at age 15 she was sent to Kent School, a boarding school in Connecticut, for three years to get sober.
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Her stage name combines the late old Hollywood actress Lana Turner and the Ford Del Rey car, chosen over nine years by managers and lawyers.
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She was accepted at State University of New York at Geneseo but declined, instead taking a gap year and then attending Fordham University, where she studied metaphysics.
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She has described herself as a self-styled gangsta Nancy Sinatra and cites Britney Spears, Thomas Newman, Eminem, Elvis Presley, Antony and the Johnsons, and Kurt Cobain as influences.
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Her debut single Video Games attained worldwide success, reaching number one in Germany and top-ten positions in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom as of December 2011.
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She lived in The Bronx and later moved to New Jersey while in college, volunteering at homeless youth and drug and alcohol outreach programs and helping paint and rebuild houses on an Indian reservation.
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Born to Die is the second longest running album on the Billboard 200 by a female artist.
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She used to be able to speak fluent Spanish when she was younger.
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Before she started singing, she wanted to be a poet.
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Her musical style is known as Hollywood sadcore.
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Steven J. Horowitz recalled that when he first interviewed her for her first Billboard cover, she ordered granola, yogurt, and strawberries but only took a few bites and then tried to convince him to eat the remaining food.
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She has English and Scottish ancestry.
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She performed gratis at the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Ye in May 2014.
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She is a big fan of Guns N’ Roses.
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She was an alcoholic as a youngster and was sent to a boarding school in Connecticut for three years to deal with her alcohol issues.
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She is close friends with actress Jaime King.
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She received her first recording contract at age twenty while performing at a local club, and worked in community service jobs when her first album got shelved.
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Her 2012 album Born to Die peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200.
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She is retiring her song Cola because it was about Harvey Weinstein.
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She ranked number 82 on Maxim’s Hot 100 of 2014 list.
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She loves soft drinks and often makes reference to them in her songs.
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She collects Barbie dolls.
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Her name in Spanish means king’s money.
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Her parents are Robert and Patricia Grant; she has a younger brother and sister.
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The phrase Born to Die is a quote from the play Antigone by Sophocles.
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She is the older sister of Caroline Grant, a photographer who goes by the name Chuck Grant.
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She is the oldest of three children from Robert and Patricia Grant, with one sister Caroline and one brother Charlie.
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She used to work as a babysitter and briefly kept doing it even after her music career took off.
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She has matching tattoos with Adele; Adele got a tattoo of paradise on her left hand for her son, unaware that Lana already had one.
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Bruce Springsteen praised her as one of the best American songwriters currently working.
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Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo have both cited Lana as a major influence.
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She collaborated with Cheryl Cole on her album A Million Lights.
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Her natural hair color is blonde.
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Jodi Arias has said that Lana is her favorite artist and she loves the song Doin’ Time.
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Comedian Nathan Fielder famously tweeted about having a great dream where Lana and Jodi Arias collaborated on a song, calling them both amazing talents.
