This morning Lana Del Rey performed her first ever live session for BBC 6 Music. Wearing an impressive pair of trainers, she spoke to presenter Huey Morgan about the genesis of Video Games (“when I first started playing it for people it didn’t get much of a reaction at first, people said ‘that’s a nice song but move on, try to write something upbeat’”) and referred to Born to Die as “another song to kill yourself to”. In between tracks Lana also discussed her musical heroes, including Frank Sinatra, Elvis’, Kurt Cobain (she was under his fucking grunge spell) and Bob Dylan. Listen to two session tracks – a gorgeous version of Video Games and Born to Die – below. Yet more proof that she’s a proper pop star now.
For those who are in the UK you can listen to the full interview + performance of BORN TO DIE + VIDEO GAMES HERE
For those who are in the UK you can listen to the full interview + performance of BORN TO DIE + VIDEO GAMES HERE
And for the rest of us, listen to her performance of VIDEO GAMES + BORN TO DIE after the cut