Photo: Mike Monaghan from Seattle, United States / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Lana Del Rey occupies a space in pop music that nobody else can convincingly enter. Where others chase brightness, she built an entire career on melancholy — faded Americana, doomed romance, glamour with rot at the edges. I find her commitment to that aesthetic genuinely admirable; from Born to Die through Ultraviolence and beyond, she has deepened her world rather than diluted it for trends. The New Yorker who studied at Fordham writes like someone who has read widely and grieved privately. To me, she is less a pop star than an American novelist who happens to sing, and that distinction is everything.
Overview
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its melancholic exploration of glamor and romance, with frequent references to pop culture and 1950s–1970s Americana.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lana Del Rey
- Name (Japanese)
- ラナ・デル・レイ
- Reading
- らな・でる・れい
- Born
- June 21, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Ox
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / recording artist / singer / actor / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Fordham University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant | — | |
| Notable work | Born to Die | — | |
| Notable work | Paradise | — | |
| Notable work | Ultraviolence | — | |
| Notable work | Honeymoon | — | |
| Notable work | Lust for Life | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.