A word to the wise, don't ever listen to Lana Del Rey after a breakup because it will make your angst a million times worse. I've compiled 15 Lana Del Rey lyrics about love that'll kind of renew your faith in the idea of soulmates (but just barely).īecause, let's be real, it's not a true Lana Del Rey song if it doesn't end with Lana being kinda depressed. If you pore over Lana's music though, you are bound to stumble across some words of wisdom. The guy who got away or the bad boy who stomped on your heart, sure. She occasionally throws in a bit about love but, for the most part, Lana Del Rey isn't an artist who puts out songs you dedicate to your bae. Billboard.Lana Del Rey is the queen of all things sultry, the goddess of lust and angst. "Lana Del Rey, Radiohead, and the Difficulty of Making Original Music" – via
No video for the song was ever made, though a snippet of the song was featured in the Rich Lee-directed video for "White Mustang". Prior to the suit, Radiohead were sued over "Creep"'s similarity to the 1972 song " The Air That I Breathe", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood Hammond and Hazlewood received cowriting credits and a percentage of the royalties. Publications compared it to the dispute of similarities between TLC's " No Scrubs" and Ed Sheeran's " Shape of You" and the Marvin Gaye estate's lawsuit with Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke over similarities between " Blurred Lines" and Gaye's " Got to Give It Up". In an analysis, The Guardian found that the chords used in "Creep" were rare in pop music and that the melodies bore an "uncanny resemblance". The writing credits for "Get Free" were not updated on the database of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. In March, Del Rey told an audience that "my lawsuit's over, I guess I can sing that song any time I want". Radiohead's publisher Warner/Chappell Music confirmed it was seeking songwriting credit for "all writers" of "Creep", but denied that a lawsuit had been brought or that Radiohead had demanded 100% of royalties. She denied that "Creep" had inspired "Get Free". According to Del Rey, Radiohead asked for 100% of publishing royalties instead of Del Rey's offer of 40%. In January 2018, Del Rey said on Twitter that the band Radiohead were taking legal action against her for allegedly plagiarising their 1992 song " Creep" on "Get Free".
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During a 2018 interview for World Cafe, Del Rey shared the sentiment behind the song: "It's about people who don't get to reach their full potential because they let controlling people stop them from being free." Radiohead lawsuit Evidently, Del Rey scrapped that version of the song and decided to make a lighter record out of the original instrumental. According to Del Rey, the song was originally recorded under the title "Malibu" and was completely different in the original recording, being far more revealing about Del Rey and her life over the past 6 years.