Lana Del Rey

Pop/R&B

Lana Del Rey, née Elizabeth Grant, has achieved global pop stardom by embracing retro Americana and melancholic grandeur. Raised in Lake Placid, New York, she went viral in 2011 with a nostalgic homemade clip for “Video Games,” a hazy love song that mixed sensual intimacy with Gatsbyish largesse. Major label debut Born to Die and follow-up Ultraviolence applied an inscrutable and postmodern approach to lavish pop and rock’n’roll. Since 2017’s Lust for Life, she has broadened her examination of American archetypes to include modern-day, first-person storytelling, as celebrated on the 2019 critics’ favorite Norman Fucking Rockwell!

The 13 Best Concerts of 2023 (That Weren’t Taylor Swift or Beyoncé)
The 13 Best Concerts of 2023 (That Weren’t Taylor Swift or Beyoncé)
Featuring live shows from SZA, Lana Del Rey, Yaeji, Shygirl, Rauw Alejandro, Feist, and more
by: Pitchfork
December 20 2023
- Experimental
- Electronic
- +3 more
The Best Pop Music of 2023
The Best Pop Music of 2023
Opulent disco-pop, R&B hook-up jams, raging hot-mess anthems: These are the songs and albums that defined the year in pop music.
by: Pitchfork
December 12 2023
- Experimental
- Electronic
- +2 more
The Best Music of 2023, According to Pitchfork Readers
The Best Music of 2023, According to Pitchfork Readers
Featuring your picks for the best albums and songs of the year
by: Pitchfork
December 8 2023
- Pop/R&B
- Rock
- +4 more
The 50 Best Albums of 2023
The 50 Best Albums of 2023
Featuring Sufjan Stevens, Kali Uchis, SZA, boygenius, Caroline Polachek, André 3000, and more
by: Pitchfork
December 5 2023
- Pop/R&B
- Rap
- +6 more
The 100 Best Songs of 2023
The 100 Best Songs of 2023
Featuring Ice Spice, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, Troye Sivan, Amaarae, NewJeans, and more
by: Pitchfork
December 4 2023
- Pop/R&B
- Electronic
- +6 more
The 62 Best Albums of 2023 So Far
The 62 Best Albums of 2023 So Far
A rolling list of our favorite albums of the year, updated somewhat frequently.
by: Dylan Green,
Anna Gaca,
Jeremy D. Larson,
Sam Sodomsky,
and Cat Zhang
October 13 2023
- Experimental
- Electronic
- +6 more
The Mythologies of Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
The Mythologies of Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
In this episode of The Pitchfork Review podcast, our critics talk about the singer-songwriter’s one-of-a-kind career as well as her latest exercise in postmodern poeticism.
by: Pitchfork
April 6 2023
- Pop/R&B
The 43 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2023
The 43 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2023
New releases to look forward to in the coming months, from Lana Del Rey, Yaeji, Boygenius, and more.
by: Jazz Monroe,
Evan Minsker,
Allison Hussey,
Eric Torres,
Nina Corcoran,
Madison Bloom,
and Matthew Strauss
March 21 2023
- Jazz
- Rock
- +6 more
The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023
The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023
New releases to look forward to in the coming months, from Cardi B, Lana Del Rey, Kelela, Fever Ray, Popcaan, and more.
by: Jazz Monroe,
Rob Arcand,
Marc Hogan,
Eric Torres,
Allison Hussey,
Nina Corcoran,
and Matthew Strauss
January 9 2023
- Rock
- Rap
- +5 more
The 100 Best Songs of 2021
The 100 Best Songs of 2021
The tracks that defined an unsettling year, featuring Japanese Breakfast, Olivia Rodrigo, Caroline Polachek, Megan Thee Stallion, and more
by: Pitchfork
December 6 2021
- Pop/R&B
- Rock
- +5 more
Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored
Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored
We’ve all thought about it: Here are 19 album review scores that we’d change if we could.
by: Pitchfork
October 5 2021
- Rock
- Rap
- +2 more
The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years
The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years
From Bon Iver to J Dilla to Beyoncé, these are the musicians who made the biggest impact across Pitchfork’s lifetime so far.
by: Pitchfork
October 4 2021
- Pop/R&B
- Experimental
- +7 more