Portrait · Raph_PH / CC BY 4.0 Lana Del Rey Singer, songwriter and poet
Born 1985
Lana Del Rey, born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, grew up in Lake Placid after a New York City birth. She studied philosophy at Fordham University. Her early performances grew from guitar playing learned from an uncle and years of New York open mics. She recorded acoustic material as May Jailer before the Lizzy Grant period, and developed her sound with David Kahne during her time with independent label 5 Points. Kill Kill preceded the 2010 album; the earlier Sirens recordings were not commercially released. Lana Del Ray A.K.A. Lizzy Grant appeared in 2010. Her self-created Video Games visual introduced a wider audience to her cinematic songwriting, and Born to Die became her major-label breakthrough in 2012. Paradise extended that period with songs including Ride. Her subsequent albums include Ultraviolence, Honeymoon and Lust for Life, the latter featuring guests such as the Weeknd and Stevie Nicks. Norman Fucking Rockwell! deepened her collaboration with producer Jack Antonoff. In 2020 she published the poetry collection Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, alongside a spoken-word recording with Antonoff’s music. Chemtrails Over the Country Club and Blue Banisters followed in 2021, then Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd in 2023. Her visual work extends from writing and starring in Ride and Tropico to directing videos including Freak and Arcadia. She also executive produced the 2015 short Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston? Her screen songs include Young and Beautiful and Big Eyes, alongside concert and television appearances. In September 2024 she married Louisiana boat captain Jeremy Dufrene. A 2025 interview described life divided between Louisiana and Los Angeles. She co-directed Tough with Quavo and directed the 2026 White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter video. Her recent recordings include that song and First Light, the title song for the James Bond game, written with David Arnold. In July 2026 she announced Stove and another project; neither had a confirmed release date in that report.
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A second wedding anniversary is marked ELLE reports her September 27 anniversary post with memories from the wedding to Jeremy Dufrene. The account supplies a recent public marriage update.
29 Sept 2026 ELLE
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Stove and another project are announced The July report describes new artwork and a second project. Neither had a confirmed release date; both remain announced work.
15 Jul 2026 Pitchfork
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First Light becomes the game’s title song IO Interactive released her collaboration with David Arnold, who co-wrote and composed the song for the James Bond game.
16 Apr 2026 IO Interactive
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A family collaboration on White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter Universal Music reports the new single, co-written with Chuck Grant, Jason Pickens and Jeremy Dufrene and produced with Jack Antonoff.
18 Feb 2026 Universal Music Japan
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The custom wedding dress receives an anniversary account Vogue revisits Macye Wysner’s Cinq design for the September 2024 wedding.
26 Sept 2025 Vogue
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A conversation about Louisiana life and musical roots The interview discusses her marriage, life between Louisiana and Los Angeles, and affection for California-themed songs. Its album forecast is superseded by later reporting.
26 Aug 2025 W Magazine
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Candy Necklace wins Best Alternative MTV’s official 2023 winners list names her collaboration with Jon Batiste as Best Alternative.
13 Sept 2023 Official winners list
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A poetry collection opens another creative form She discussed the making of Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass and her approach to writing poetry.
25 Sept 2020 Vogue
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ASCAP reports her Global Impact honour The after-event report confirms her honour at the 2018 ASCAP Pop Music Awards.
25 Apr 2018 ASCAP / BroadwayWorld
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The early Video Games visual was her own creation The 2011 interview describes the webcam-and-found-footage clip she created herself, before the later large-scale film collaborations.
29 Aug 2011 Original interview
