Biography of Lana Del Rey

A girl with the appearance of the golden age of Hollywood, languid voice and sad songs about love blew up the Internet in 2011 with her self-made clip. The first official album of the singer did not take long to wait. However, the biography of Lana Del Rey shows the difficult path that she had to go through in order to achieve world recognition.

Lana Del Rey's family

Lana Del Rei (real name Elizabeth Grant) was born on June 21, 1985 or 1986 in the family of the domain investor Rob Grant in New York. As a child, Lana Del Rey lived in the village of Lake Placid. In addition to her, there are two other children in the family: Sister Caroline Grant (better known among fans as Chuck Grant, the girl is often the author of Lana's pictures, and more than once appeared in her clips) and Charlie Grant's brother. The family had a fairly high income, Lana from the age of 11 sang in the church choir. Lana Del Rei's parents have always supported her daughter's passion for music. However, in adolescence, the girl had problems with alcohol and at the age of 14 she was sent to a specialized boarding school to rid herself of alcohol dependence .

After graduation, the girl moved to New York, where she began to perform in cafes and restaurants with songs of her own composition. However, this did not bring her much success. In 2008, Lana under her real name Elizabeth Grant released a mini-album Kill Kill. He did not get much popularity, and was soon completely removed from the sale, so as not to distract attention from the new image and vocals of the singer. In 2011, the song Video Games, which is released not by Elizabeth, but by Lana Del Rei (changed both the appearance of the girl and her vocal parts), and this was the beginning of Lana's ascension to the song Olympus.

Now on the account of the star four full-length albums and one mini-album Paradise, which came out as an addition to the most popular of its plates Born To Die. Lana Del Rey is also the author of soundtracks for several films, including "The Great Gatsby" by Lurman's Base and "Big Eyes" by Tim Burton.

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Biography of Lana Del Rey - personal life

In her personal life, the singer shows enviable constancy. Lana Del Rey does not have a husband and children, she has long had a relationship with the soloist of the Scottish band Kassidy Barry James O'Neill, but in 2014 she broke up with him and began to meet with the photographer of Italian origin Francesco Carrozzini, their romance continues to this day.