Is it just me, or does every single Lana Del Rey song sound exactly the same?

‘Take that body downtown, daddy in the moonlight’


When Lana Del Slay first released her debut album, we couldn’t get enough.

It sounded like nothing that was playing on pop radio and we were obsessed with her dreamy arrangements, whimsical lyrics and cinematic, sun-soaked vibes. She released the extended version of Born to Die, and it was incredible. Then Ultraviolence which sounded…familiar.

By the time Lana dropped her latest album, Honeymoon, I felt like I could have written it with a Lana Del Rey lyric generator, rotating classic Lana-isms.

I’m a bad girl on the open road, daddy takes my body downtown sippin’ on cherry Coke uh-huh!

Lana. Lizzie. Mom. I love you so much, but we gotta get you some new material. Surely lots of things have happened in your life between now and when you first started recording tracks nearly a decade ago.

It’s important to note that this isn’t a diss at Lana. She’s a crazy bitch in the best way and if she wanted to cut my throat with a machete I would cry from happiness because it meant we’d have to be in the same room. But I’m just ready to explore a different side of Lana’s iconic talent.

Listen to her latest single, Love.

Now listen to her legendary track (and Kimye wedding song), Young and Beautiful.

Familiar, right? And the best part is you could cut up the lyrics, throw them into bag, fish them out, and both songs would still sound the same.

And I guess I don’t expect anything less from Lana. I mean, this is the woman who when asked her age replied, “People have said different things.” But part of Lana’s appeal is her mystery and mystique, but now that I can all but compose her albums myself just from past notes and chords, some of that is gone.

Lizzie Grant, surprise us.