![]() It’s a moving collage comprised of archive footage – think Disney vixens, American flags and flickering clips of a faded Hollywood sign – interspersed with webcam videos of a doe-eyed Del Rey singing wistfully at the camera. It’s aged incredibly well due to its lack of reliance on musical trends: “Video Games” is the kind of once-in-a-lifetime track destined for critical acclaim regardless of its release date. Lyrics seem to be sighed instead of sung there are hints of melancholia as well as that sweeping, cinematic sadness with which Del Rey has since become synonymous. Its instrumentation is minimal the song opens with church bells and slowly develops as harps, strings and a plodding piano swell underneath the beauty of Del Rey’s distinctive vocal. The first glimpse came in the form of “ Video Games”, a simple yet brilliant ballad which stopped an EDM-obsessed music industry in its tracks. ![]() ![]() It was five years ago that Lana Del Rey first entranced the world with her distinctive, dreamy brand of what she called ‘Hollywood Sadcore’.
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