Lana Del Rey is set to release her new single ‘Born To Die’ on Monday 2nd January. Her album, also titled Born To Die, will follow on 6th February. ‘Born To Die’ follows Lana’s first single ‘Video Games’ which began its life online in July accompanied by a video created by Lana. Since then ‘Video Games’ has amassed nearly 11 million views on YouTube and on release hit the iTunes #1 position in 9 countries including the UK, Australia, Holland and France and is currently #1 in Germany.
Also a massive critical smash, it has recently been hailed as the #2 track of the year by Q Magazine, with the publication also naming Lana as the “Best New Thing” at the Q Awards. ‘Born To Die’ is a suitably noir follow up to ‘Video Games’ and will be accompanied by an incredible video conceived by Lana and Directed by Woodkid. A Remix EP will also be released, including mixes from Damon Albarn, Woodkid and Clams Casino.
Born To Die the album is a collection of tracks about which Lana says “The songs I’ve written are an homage to true love and a tribute to living life on the wild side.” Album tracks include ‘Million Dollar Man’, ‘Off To The Races’, ‘Blue Jeans’ and ‘Carmen’.
LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE ‘BORN TO DIE’ HERE
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘VIDEO GAMES’ HERE
