Born to Die

In 2007, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Grant signed a recording contract with the record label 5 Point Records, and began planning her debut studio album. But after hiring new management services, taking an interest in adopting the stage name Lana Del Ray, and a perceived lack of motivation during production, she found herself in conflict with the record label and her producer David Kahne.{{cite magazine |last= Way|first=Mish |date= September 30, 2015|title=How Lizzy Grant Became Lana Del Rey |url= https://www.complex.com/music/a/myszkaway/how-lizzy-grant-became-lana-del-rey|magazine=Complex |access-date=January 7, 2024}} The final product, Lana Del Ray, was digitally released in January 2010, and her stage name was respelled Lana Del Rey shortly after its launch. Grant was successfully bought out of her recording contract at her manager's request; consequently, Lana Del Ray was pulled out of circulation before physical versions were produced.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/01/30/lana-del-rey-first-album-5-points-records-interview/|title=Why Lana Del Rey's First Album Disappeared|last=Ayers|first=Mike|publisher=MTVHive|date=January 30, 2012|access-date=June 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410054156/http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/01/30/lana-del-rey-first-album-5-points-records-interview|archive-date=2014-04-10|url-status=dead}}

After settling on her current stage name, Del Rey signed a recording contract with Stranger Records in June 2011, and released the track "Video Games".{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1080072/one-year-of-lana-del-rey-a-retrospective/photo/|title=One Year Of Lana Del Rey: A Retrospective|last=Bracy|first=Elizabeth|publisher=Stereogum|date=June 29, 2012|access-date=June 15, 2014}} Initially, she had released the song because it was her "favorite" and had no intentions of releasing it as a single, although the video went viral on YouTube after its premiere.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/04/one-to-watch-lana-del-rey|title=One to watch: Lana Del Rey|last=Swash|first=Rosie|newspaper=The Guardian|date=September 3, 2011|access-date=June 15, 2014}} During an appearance on the French television series Taratata in November 2011, Del Rey announced that her second studio album would be titled Born to Die.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a353151/lana-del-rey-names-debut-album-born-to-die.html#~oHiq1sXkjwTRFa|title=Lana Del Rey names debut album 'Born to Die'|last=Millar|first=Paul|publisher=Digital Spy|date=November 27, 2011|access-date=June 15, 2014}}

In an interview with British GQ, Del Rey revealed she was sent to boarding school in Connecticut at age 14 to get sober from alcoholism and said much of Born to Die is written about her experiences with alcohol while living in New York:

I was a big drinker at the time. I would drink every day. I would drink alone. I thought the whole concept was so fucking cool. A great deal of what I wrote on Born to Die is about these wilderness years. A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York. And when I write about the thing that I've lost I feel like I'm writing about alcohol because that was the first love of my life. Sure, there have been people, but it's really alcohol.{{Cite magazine |last=Heaf |first=Jonathan |date=October 1, 2012 |title=Woman Of The Year: Lana Del Rey |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/woman-of-the-year-lana-del-rey |access-date=October 17, 2022 |magazine=British GQ}}

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Born to Die{{'}}s music style has been described as alternative pop,{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1686924/lana-del-rey-nyc-concert/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219080133/http://www.mtv.com/news/1686924/lana-del-rey-nyc-concert/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2014 |title=Lana Del Rey Redeems Herself On NYC Stage |date=June 8, 2012 |last=Schoonmaker |first=Vaughn Trudeau |publisher=MTV News|quote=...her debut alternative pop album, Born to Die...|access-date=April 4, 2018}} "sultry, overstated orchestral pop,"{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Fred|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ultraviolence-mw0002677059|title=Ultraviolence – Lana Del Rey|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 20, 2014}} baroque pop,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence|title= Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence|magazine=Slant Magazine|first=Sal|last=Cinquemani|date=June 12, 2014|quote=...the hip-hop-inflected baroque-pop of Born to Die|access-date=December 16, 2014}} indie pop,{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Lana-Del-Rey-Born-To-Die-3050635.php|title=Music Review: Lana Del Rey – Born To Die|last=Reid|first=Tyrone S.|date=February 5, 2012|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|access-date=January 25, 2015|quote=Laden with indie pop, sad-core soul and slight hints of hip-hop, Born To Die is a mash-up of alternative genres}} sadcore and trip hop.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-review-lana-del-rey-live-los-angeles-ultraviolence-the-shrine-20140531-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|quote=... the lugubrious trip-hop textures of her 2012 debut, 'Born to Die'...|title=Lana Del Rey overwhelmed by her image at the Shrine|date=May 31, 2014|first=Mikael|last=Wood|access-date=January 31, 2015}} Of the style of her vocals on the album, Del Rey said: "people weren't taking me very seriously, so I lowered my voice, believing that it would help me stand out. Now I sing quite low... well, for a female anyway".{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a352467/lana-del-rey-people-didnt-take-me-seriously-with-a-high-voice.html|date=November 23, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|publisher=Digital Spy|last=Copsey|first=Robert|title=Lana Del Rey: 'People didn't take me seriously with a high voice'}}

The singer's first singles, "Video Games" and "Born to Die" were described variously as "quasi-cabaret balladry",Perpetua, Matthew (2011) "[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lana-del-rey-to-appear-on-saturday-night-live-20111219 Lana Del Rey to Appear on 'Saturday Night Live']", Rolling Stone, December 19, 2011, retrieved 2012-01-04 "woozy and sometimes soporific soundtrack soul",Caramanica, Jon (2011) "[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/music/lana-del-rey-at-bowery-ballroom-review.html?_r=1 Finally Taking the Stage, Direct From the Internet]", The New York Times, December 11, 2011, retrieved 2012-01-04 and "pop".Ritchie, Kevin (2011) "[http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=183939 Lana del Rey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803011949/http://nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=183939 |date=2014-08-03 }}", Now, retrieved 2012-01-04 Del Rey described "Video Games" as "Hollywood sadcore"."[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/lana-del-rey-scala-london-wild-beasts-the-cathedral-manchester-6264811.html Lana Del Rey, Scala, London/Wild Beasts, The Cathedral, Manchester]", The Independent, November 20, 2011, retrieved 2012-01-04 Tim Lee of musicOMH noted the songs are extremely similar, commenting that "her (alleged) agents clearly having stumbled upon a formula with which they can (allegedly) print money and (allegedly) further consign Lana's secretive, (allegedly) real debut LP to the annals of history. You didn't hear it from us, right?".{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/track-reviews-28-nov-31-dec_1211-1.htm |title=Track Reviews: December 2011 (Part 1) |first1=Tim |last1=Lee |first2=David |last2=Welsh |first3=Michael |last3=Hubbard |date=November 30, 2011 |access-date=December 22, 2011 |publisher=musicOMH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110102727/http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/track-reviews-28-nov-31-dec_1211-1.htm |archive-date=January 10, 2012 }} Del Rey was described as a "gangsta Nancy Sinatra",{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/may/13/new-band-lana-del-ray|title=New band of the day: Lana Del Rey|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 13, 2011|access-date=December 23, 2011}} although she cites Britney Spears, Elvis Presley and Antony and the Johnsons as her musical influences.{{cite web|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2011/08/first-look-lana-del-reys-video-games.html|date=August 8, 2011|last=Michelson|first=Noah|title=Look: Lana Del Rey's "Video Games"|work=Out|publisher=Joe Landry|access-date=December 22, 2011}} When asked about her musical style, Del Rey said:

I would have loved to be part of the indie community. But I wasn't. I was looking for a community, I don't even know any people who are musicians. I never met that indie popular indie, whoever the fuck that is. Who IS indie? First of all, I can't really get my head around what indie music is. Because if you've heard of it, it's sort of pop music, right? Because it's, like, popular? Or is it just that it's not on the radio? It's not like I was in an indie community and then I blew up. It's like, I was living on the street and I'm not – like, for real, you know what I'm saying?

The lyrics of "Off to the Races" have been called "a freak show of inappropriate co-dependency",{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/lana-del-rey/12561|title=Lana Del Rey, 'Off To The Races'|date=December 21, 2011|access-date=December 24, 2011|magazine=NME|last=Elan|first=Pryia}} with a chorus that recalls Sheryl Crow's "down and out drunken loner persona" in her 1994 single "Leaving Las Vegas". Pryia Elan of NME noted that the track "almost falls under the weight of this persona. There's none of 'Video Games''s measured, piano-led reflection. Instead the psychosexual rumblings of the lyrics and the dual voices she uses offset the comparatively simple musical shades on display."

Del Rey's vocals on "Off to the Races", "National Anthem", and "Diet Mountain Dew" were described as "chatty" and "almost rapping".{{cite magazine|last=Nellis|first=Krystina|title=Lana Del Rey Born to Die Review|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16769/reviews/4144405?search|magazine=Drowned in Sound|access-date=3 March 2013|date=January 30, 2012|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927073052/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16769/reviews/4144405?search|url-status=dead}} Her vocals on "Million Dollar Man" were likened to those of "a highly medicated Fiona Apple". Compared to soundtracks for James Bond films, Born to Die contains trip hop beats and a cinematic sound reminiscent of the 1950s. Thematically, Born to Die refers to sex and drugs, with Del Rey playing a Lolita-esque persona. Bill Lamb, a reviewer at About.com, wrote that "National Anthem" seems "lost in a messy blend of money, sex, and corporate greed, but it is the rousing yet graceful arrangement that solidifies the song's point of view as a clever critique of a society that is just as messy as these words".{{cite web|last=Lamb|first=Bill|title=Lana Del Rey - Born To Die A Cohesive Statement That Trembles and Sways|url=http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-To-Die.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=October 15, 2012|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181136/http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-To-Die.htm|url-status=dead}} "National Anthem", Lamb says, fits into the lyrical structure of Born to Die in that the theme is that of a "bitter, albeit narcotized, criticism of all of the wealth and emotional artifice Lana Del Rey is accused of embracing". NME observed that Del Rey sings like a "perfect mannequin" on "National Anthem", criticizing the track for baldly revisiting the beat-driven chorus of "Born to Die".{{cite web|last=Elan|first=Priya|title=Lana Del Rey - 'National Anthem'|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/lana-del-rey/12563|magazine=NME|date=January 5, 2012|publisher=IPC Media|access-date=15 October 2012}}

{{Main|Born to Die Tour}}

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To promote Born to Die, Del Rey embarked on the Born to Die Tour from November 4, 2011, to September 25, 2012. Mainly consisting of concerts in Europe, the tour also visited North America and Australia.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

"Video Games" was featured for the first time on The CW's Ringer on September 28, 2011, during a pivotal scene, propelling Del Rey into the mainstream.{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/09/28/lana-del-rey-video-games-ringer/|title=Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games' lands a prime spot on CW's 'Ringer' — Is she officially mainstream now?|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=December 21, 2011}} Del Rey also promoted the album with performances in a number of live appearances, including for MTV Push,{{cite web|url=http://vh1brasil.uol.com.br/musica/artistas/lana-del-rey/videos/lana-del-rey-video-games-mtv-push-714662/|title=Video Games – MTV Push|publisher=VH1 Brasil|access-date=December 20, 2011}} and at the Bowery Ballroom, where, according to Eliot Glazer of New York, "the polarizing indie hipstress brought her 'gangsta Nancy Sinatra' swag".{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/12/lana-del-rey-performs-video-games-bowery-ballroom.html|date=December 6, 2011|title=Watch Lana Del Rey Perform 'Video Games' Live at Bowery Ballroom|last=Glazer|first=Eliot|magazine=New York |access-date=December 20, 2011}} Matthew Perpetua of Rolling Stone commented that, despite Del Rey's nervousness and anxiety while performing live, she "sang with considerable confidence, though her transitions from husky, come-hither sexuality to bratty, girlish petulance could be rather jarring".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lana-del-rey-tries-to-live-up-to-her-glamorous-image-at-nyc-show-20111206|title=Lana Del Rey Tries to Live Up to Her Glamorous Image at New York Show|date=December 6, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Perpetua|first=Matthew}} Del Rey also performed "Video Games" on Dutch television program De Wereld Draait Door,{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey Sings "Video Games" On Amsterdam's 'DWDD'|url=http://idolator.com/6075912/lana-del-rey-sings-video-games-on-amsterdams-dwdd|author=Idolator Staff|publisher=Idolator|date=November 12, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042230/http://www.idolator.com/6075912/lana-del-rey-sings-video-games-on-amsterdams-dwdd|url-status=dead}} on British music television show Later... with Jools Holland,{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/44276-watch-lana-del-rey-perform-video-games-on-later-with-jools-holland/|last=Phillips|first=Amy|title=Watch Lana Del Rey Perform "Video Games" on "Later With Jools Holland"|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|website=Pitchfork}} and on a show at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/lana-del-rey/60960|title=Lana Del Rey explains significance of 'Video Games' location Chateau Marmont|date=December 13, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|magazine=NME}}

She gave several interviews to newspapers and online magazines such as The Quietus,{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/07106-lana-del-rey-interview|title=Original Sin: An Interview With Lana Del Rey|date=October 4, 2011|access-date=December 3, 2011|publisher=The Quietus}} The Observer,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/04/one-to-watch-lana-del-rey|title=One to watch: Lana Del Rey|date=September 4, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|newspaper=The Observer|last=Swash|first=Rosie}} and Pitchfork,{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/8657-lana-del-rey/|title=Rising: Lana Del Rey|date=August 30, 2011|access-date=December 23, 2011|website=Pitchfork|last=Dombal|first=Ryan}} while creating her own music videos for several tracks such as "Blue Jeans" and "Off to the Races".{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/09/12/lana-del-rey-blue-jeans-video/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707131557/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/09/12/lana-del-rey-blue-jeans-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2012|title=New Video: Lana Del Rey, 'Blue Jeans'|last=James|first=Nicole|date=September 12, 2011|access-date=December 23, 2011|publisher=MTV}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a357081/lana-del-rey-debuts-off-to-the-races-music-video-watch-now.html|title=Lana Del Rey debuts 'Off to the Races' music video – watch now|last=Langshaw|first=Mark|date=December 22, 2011|access-date=December 23, 2011|publisher=Digital Spy}} On January 14, 2012, Del Rey appeared on Saturday Night Live to perform "Blue Jeans" and "Video Games". Her performance soon came under scrutiny, and was criticized by NBC anchor Brian Williams, who called it "the worst in SNL history".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677675/andy-samberg-defends-lana-del-ray-snl.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123120646/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677675/andy-samberg-defends-lana-del-ray-snl.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2012|title=Lana Del Rey's 'SNL' Set Defended By Andy Samberg|publisher=MTV News|date=January 20, 2012|access-date=January 21, 2012}} SNL cast member Andy Samberg and the host of that week's episode, Daniel Radcliffe, came to her defense, with the latter stating that the criticism towards her was less about the performance and more about "her past and her family". Ringer played another Del Rey song, "Blue Jeans", on February 14, 2012, during the last scene of episode 13.{{cite web|title=Ringer Music|publisher=The CW|url=http://www.cwtv.com/music/ringer/season-1/episode-112|date=February 17, 2012}}

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="I feel like 'Video Games' and 'Blue Jeans' and 'Born to Die' are all like part of a trilogy; I had met this guy and I was really struck by him visually and when it became clear that we couldn't be together anymore, I just knew in my heart that I would still honor that relationship for a long time... It was just more about living in the memories of the best of the past and just honoring that time."|source=—Lana Del Rey{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRAFNSgk1Ns|title=NME Interviews Lana Del Rey|publisher=YouTube|date=2012-01-21|access-date=2013-11-26}}}}

"Video Games" was released as Del Rey's debut single on October 10, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/video-games-ep/id464296578|title=iTunes – Music – Video Games – EP by Lana Del Rey|publisher=iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc|access-date=December 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016012217/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/video-games-ep/id464296578|archive-date=October 16, 2011}} The song received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Del Rey's vocals and considered it one of the best songs of 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/dec/19/best-song-2011-lana-del-rey|title=The best song of 2011? It had to be by Lana Del Rey|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=December 19, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/11/the-50-best-songs-of-2011.html|title=The 50 Best Songs of 2011|last=Larson|first=Luke|date=November 30, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011|work=Paste|publisher=Wolfgang's Vault|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816165338/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/11/the-50-best-songs-of-2011.html|url-status=dead}} "Video Games" attained worldwide success, reaching number one in Germany and top-ten positions in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Lana+Del+Rey&title=Video+Games&cat=s&country=de |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707092340/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Lana+Del+Rey&title=Video+Games&cat=s&country=de |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |title=Lana Del Rey, Video Games|language=de|publisher=Media Control. charts.de|access-date=October 30, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/d3ac9/Lana-Del-Rey-Video-Games|title=Ultratop.be – Lana Del Rey – Video Games|language=fr|publisher=Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch|access-date=December 20, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/lana%20del%20rey/|title=Lana Del Rey – UK Chart History|access-date=December 20, 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company}} An accompanying music video, directed and edited by Del Rey, contained video clips of skateboarders, cartoons, shots from old afties, and paparazzi footage of Paz de la Huerta falling down while intoxicated.{{cite web|last=Dobbins |first=Amanda |url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/lana_del_rey.html |title=Meet Lana Del Rey, the New Singer Music Bloggers Love to Hate |work=New York |date=September 21, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2011}} The music video helped increase Del Rey's online popularity. The second single and title track, "Born to Die", was released as a digital download on December 30, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/born-to-die-remixes-ep/id487837647|title=Born to Die (Remixes) – EP by Lana Del Rey|publisher=iTunes Store|date=January 22, 2012|access-date=December 22, 2011}} The music video for it leaked on December 14,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/lana-del-rey/60990|title=Lana Del Rey's blood splattered 'Born To Die' video leaks online|work=NME|date=December 14, 2011|access-date=December 16, 2011}} and was based on a concept Del Rey created, directed by Yoann Lemoine.{{cite web|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=December 15, 2011|access-date=December 16, 2011|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/watch-lana-del-rey-born-to-die|title=Lana Del Rey – Born to Die: Official Video Drops|publisher=Clash Music}} Rolling Stone gave the video a generally favorable review.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-20111214|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107201051/http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-20111214|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2012|date=December 14, 2011|title=Video: "Born to Die"|last=Perpetua|first=Matthew|access-date=December 22, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

Del Rey announced "Blue Jeans" as the third single from the album. It was officially released on April 6, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.ca/music/news/a368492/lana-del-rey-announces-new-single-blue-jeans.html/|title=Lana Del Rey announces new single Blue Jeans|date=February 29, 2012|access-date=March 2, 2012|publisher=National Magazine Company Ltd}} An accompanying music video directed by Lemoine premiered around the web on March 19, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.twitvid.com/0QGJR |title=Twitvid |publisher=Twitvid |access-date=2012-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319065335/http://www.twitvid.com/0QGJR |archive-date=March 19, 2012 }} "Summertime Sadness" was released as the fourth single on June 22. The official music video was released on July 20. "National Anthem" was announced as the fifth single and released on July 6. Its music video was released on June 27. "Dark Paradise" was released as the final single on March 1, 2013, only in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Poland.

"Radio" charted at number 67 in France. "Without You" debuted at number 121 in the UK.{{cite web|first=Steffen|last=Hung|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lana+Del+Rey&titel=Radio&cat=s|title=Lana Del Rey - Radio|publisher=lescharts.com|access-date=2012-06-27}} "Off to the Races" was released as a promotional single in The Netherlands on January 6, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/off-to-the-races-single/id488697409 |title=iTunes - Muziek - 'Off to the Races - Single' van Lana Del Rey |publisher=iTunes |access-date=2012-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530073231/https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/off-to-the-races-single/id488697409 |archive-date=2014-05-30 }} A music video, directed by Del Rey, was released on December 22, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a357081/lana-del-rey-debuts-off-to-the-races-music-video-watch-now.html|title=Lana Del Rey debuts 'Off to the Races' music video - watch now - Music News|publisher=Digital Spy|date=2011-12-22|access-date=2012-06-27}} "Carmen" was released as a promotional single in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on January 26, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/carmen-single/id493132396|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204155510/http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/carmen-single/id493132396|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2012|title=iTunes - Musik – "Carmen - Single" von Lana Del Rey|publisher=iTunes|date=2012-01-26|access-date=2012-06-27}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/at/album/carmen-single/id493132396 |title=iTunes - Musik – "Carmen - Single" von Lana Del Rey |publisher=iTunes |date=2012-01-26 |access-date=2012-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109103709/https://itunes.apple.com/at/album/carmen-single/id493132396 |archive-date=2013-11-09 }}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ch/album/carmen-single/id493132396 |title=iTunes - Musik – "Carmen - Single" von Lana Del Rey |publisher=iTunes |date=2012-01-26 |access-date=2012-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530073223/https://itunes.apple.com/ch/album/carmen-single/id493132396 |archive-date=2014-05-30 }} On February 27, 2012, Del Rey revealed on Facebook that the video for "Carmen" was shot and would be finished being edited that day. It was released on April 21, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lanadelrey/posts/336330939742696|title=Finishing editing the video for Carmen today. Shooting the final video in my trilogy with Yoann next week|publisher=Lana Del Rey|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=January 29, 2012}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 6.2/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/4068/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-to-Die.aspx|title=Born to Die by Lana Del Rey reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=June 29, 2018}}

| MC = 62/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}

| rev3 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/9043970/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-to-Die-CD-review.html|title=Lana Del Rey, Born to Die, CD review|last=Lachno|first=James|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = C+{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/02/08/born-die-review-lana-del-rey/|title=Born to Die review – Lana del Rey|last=Anderson|first=Kyle|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=January 27, 2012|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=January 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129183318/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20565242,00.html|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev6 = The Independent

| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-lana-del-rey-born-to-die-interscopepolydor-6295631.html|title=Album: Lana Del Rey, Born to Die (Interscope/Polydor)|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=March 1, 2012|work=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302111717/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-lana-del-rey-born-to-die-interscopepolydor-6295631.html|archive-date=March 2, 2012}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = 8/10

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 5.5/10

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = 6/10{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/01/lana-del-rey-born-die-interscope/|title=Lana Del Rey, 'Born to Die' (Interscope)|last=Harvilla|first=Rob|date=January 31, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2018|work=Spin}}

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62 based on 37 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/born-to-die/lana-del-rey |title=Reviews for Born to Die by Lana Del Rey |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 30, 2012}}

Jaime Gill of BBC Music commented that the album "isn't perfect", criticizing the production of songs such as "Dark Paradise", but concluded that Born to Die is the most distinctive debut album since Glasvegas's eponymous disc released in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qrnv|title=Lana Del Rey Born to Die Review|date=January 26, 2012|access-date=January 27, 2012|publisher=BBC Music|last=Gill|first=Jaime}} Slant Magazine writer Sal Cinquemani commented that several tracks had their production changed for the album, making tracks such as "National Anthem" and "This Is What Makes Us Girls" less "radio-friendly".{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lana-del-rey-born-to-die/2720|title=Lana Del Rey: Born to Die|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=January 27, 2012|work=Slant Magazine}} Cinquemani wrote, "ironically, the album's sole weakness is the strength of its immaculate production, which can be a bit overwhelming over the course of 12 tracks." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said that Born to Die is "beautifully turned pop music, which is more than enough", with most melodies "constructed magnificently", but that Del Rey "doesn't have the lyrical equipment to develop a persona throughout the album."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/27/lana-del-ray-born-to-die-review|title=Lana Del Rey: Born to Die – review|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=January 27, 2012|work=The Guardian}} Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune gave a negative review, criticizing the repetitive production.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/01/26/album-review-lana-del-rey-born-to-die/|title=Album review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born to Die'|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|date=January 26, 2012|access-date=January 27, 2012|work=Chicago Tribune}}

Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone declared that the lyrics, with their "pop-trash perversity", were the strength of the album, but that Del Rey had a voice that was "pinched and prim" and "wasn't ready to make an album yet". He concluded, "Given her chic image, it's a surprise how dull, dreary and pop-starved Born to Die is."{{cite magazine|title=Born to Die|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/born-to-die-20120130|date=January 30, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield}} AllMusic critic John Bush wrote: "There is a chasm that separates 'Video Games' from the other material and performances on the album, which aims for exactly the same target—sultry, sexy, wasted—but with none of the same lyrical grace, emotional power, or sympathetic productions... an intriguing start, but Del Rey is going to have to hit the books if she wants to stay as successful as her career promised early on".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-to-die-mw0002241678|title=Born to Die – Lana Del Rey|publisher=AllMusic|last=Bush|first=John|access-date=January 31, 2012}} Channing Freeman of Sputnikmusic disliked the album, saying, "The worst thing about Born to Die is that even its great songs contain problems".{{cite web|first=Channing|last=Freeman|title=Lana Del Rey – Born to Die|publisher=Sputnikmusic|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/47707/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-to-Die/|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=February 17, 2012}} The Observer{{'}}s Kitty Empire said that, unlike pop singers Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and their "hedonic outpourings", "Lana Del Rey's partying is fuelled by a knowing sadness, and sung in that laconic, hypnotic voice, which ultimately saves this thoroughly dissolute, feminist nightmare of a record for the romantics among us".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/29/lana-del-rey-born-die-review|title=Lana Del Rey: Born to Die – review|last=Empire|first=Kitty|author-link=Kitty Empire|date=January 29, 2012|access-date=January 29, 2012|work=The Observer}}

The A.V. Club{{'}}s Evan Rytlewski panned the album, writing, "Shallow and overwrought, with periodic echoes of Kesha's Valley Girl aloofness, the album lives down to the harshest preconceptions against pop music".{{cite web|first=Evan|last=Rytlewski|title=Lana Del Rey: Born to Die|work=The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-1798171335|date=January 31, 2012|access-date=February 17, 2012}} Randall Roberts of Los Angeles Times also noted that Del Rey's vocals have "so much potential and yet [are] unrefined", and said that despite having standout tracks like "Summertime Sadness" and "Dark Paradise", listening to the album "has become tiring and woozy, like if you'd taken a half-dozen Ambiens when you'd put the record on—and now you're getting very, very sleepy".{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/01/lana-del-rey-born-to-die.html|title=Album review: Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die'|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=January 29, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Roberts|first=Randall}} Pitchfork{{'}}s Lindsay Zoladz commented: "The album's point of view—if you could call it that—feels awkward and out of date... [it] never allows tension or complexity into the mix, and its take on female sexuality ends up feeling thoroughly tame. For all of its coos about love and devotion, it's the album equivalent of a faked orgasm—a collection of torch songs with no fire".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16223-lana-del-rey/|title=Lana Del Rey: Born to Die|date=January 30, 2012|access-date=January 30, 2012|work=Pitchfork|last=Zoladz|first=Lindsay}} Alex Denney of NME gave a positive review, saying: "Although it's not quite the perfect pop record 'Video Games' might have led us to wish for, Born to Die still marks the arrival of a fresh—and refreshingly self-aware—sensibility in pop."{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Denney|title=Lana Del Rey – 'Born To Die'|work=NME|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/lana-del-rey/12692|date=February 3, 2012|access-date=February 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209221849/http://www.nme.com/reviews/lana-del-rey/12692|archive-date=February 9, 2012}}

Born to Die has received retrospective reviews through the years, with many critics and journalists giving it a second chance and publishing think-pieces about the industry's perspective on Del Rey. Meaghan Garvey, writing for Pitchfork, said that "it’s a drag to rehash the Born to Die discourse now [...] a conversation so tediously narrow," praising the album as "thrillingly rich."{{cite web |last1=Garvey |first1=Meaghan |title=Lana Del Rey: Lust for Life Album Review |date=July 25, 2017 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lana-del-rey-lust-for-life/ |website=Pitchfork}} In 2021, Pitchfork included it in their "Rescored" list, with Anna Gaca claiming that "Born to Die turned out to be a sign of things to come, like genre-agnostic pop ballads with hip-hop beats, and the arch, depressive languor that’s more mainstream than ever."{{Cite web|date=2021-10-05|title=Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/pitchfork-reviews-rescored/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}} Craig Jenkins from Vulture agreed, stating that "in retrospect, it was a dumb conversation." He added that Born to Die "came from nowhere with a fully formed [...] aesthetic that was perhaps too much too soon," arguing that "it felt time-displaced and familiar all at once, like discovering a [...] cassette tape from that part of the 90s where trip hop invaded pop."{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Craig |title=Review: Lana Del Rey's 'Lust for Life' Album |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/review-lana-del-reys-lust-for-life-album.html |website=Vulture|date=July 22, 2017 }} Dan Solomon, writing for CultureMap, asked to fellow music critics to "keep [the controversy] in the past," arguing that it is "simplistic to dismiss Born to Die." He described the album as "easy to listen to," and "great-sounding," while praising "Off to the Races" as "a self-assured performance from a singer in control of her voice, a mix of acting and singing." He also called "Dark Paradise" and "Summertime Sadness" standouts.{{cite web |last1=Solomon |first1=Dan |title=Revisiting Lana Del Rey's Born To Die — without the Internet snark |url=https://austin.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/05-06-12-17-29-revisiting-lana-del-reys-born-to-die-without-the-internet-snark/ |website=CultureMap|date=May 6, 2012 }} In a similar opinion, Grantland{{'s}} Alex Pappademas questioned if "there [was] any way to separate the Internet hatred of Lana Del Rey from her sort of surprisingly good album."{{cite web |last1=Pappademas |first1=Alex |title=Fresh to Death and Sick as Cancer |url=http://grantland.com/features/a-look-lana-del-rey-new-album-born-die/ |website=Grantland}}

Chris Lacy from Albumism stated that "it's crystal-clear [Del Rey] is the mastermind behind Born to Die," describing the album as a "realistic portrait of addiction, sexual obsession, abnormality and fear." He also praised the album's music videos, calling them "epic short films that were thought-provoking" and that they "would've made Michael Jackson proud." However, he noted that the album "loses steam midway," calling closing track "This Is What Makes Us Girls" a "saving grace."{{cite web |last1=Lacy |first1=Chris |title=Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die' Turns 5 |url=https://www.albumism.com/features/tribute-revisiting-lana-del-rey-born-to-die-five-years-later |website=Albumism|date=January 30, 2017 }} Jesse Cataldo from Slant named Born to Die Del Rey's second best album, describing it as a "startlingly composed premiere effort."{{cite web |last1=Cataldo |first1=Jesse |title=Every Lana Del Rey Album Ranked |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/every-lana-del-rey-album-ranked/ |website=Slant Magazine|date=October 24, 2021 }} Miranda Mikkola from Gay Times called Born to Die "one of the greatest major-label debut albums of the century," stating that "it's still a gorgeous album that we love to revisit every now and then," while marking "Off to the Races", "National Anthem" and "Dark Paradise" as standouts.{{cite web |last1=Mikkola |first1=Miranda |title=We ranked every single Lana Del Rey album from worst to best |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/we-ranked-every-single-lana-del-rey-album-from-worst-to-best/ |website=Gay Times|date=July 26, 2019 }} On a similar note, Angelina Fay from No Majesty agreed that the album is "still great to rediscover" and praised it as "timeless in every sense of the word."{{cite web |last1=Fay |first1=Angelina |title=All Lana Del Rey albums ranked, from best to worst |url=https://nomajesty.com/lana-del-rey-albums-ranked-best-worst/ |website=No Majesty|date=April 7, 2021 }} Rhian Daly, writing for NME, argued that Del Rey "was too special to live in the shadows of other artists [...] she just had to find her path to that point."{{cite web |last1=Daly |first1=Rhian |title=Lana Del Rey: every album ranked and rated |url=https://www.nme.com/features/lana-del-rey-every-album-ranked-2904293 |website=NME|date=March 23, 2021 }} Rob Harvilla from The Ringer had a rather mixed retrospective review, writing that Born to Die was "spotty but occasionally excellent" and rating it as "her worst album." However, he called "Video Games" "an alarmingly great song", described "Radio" as "gorgeous" and praised Del Rey as "the perfect artist of our times."{{cite web |last1=Harvilla |first1=Rob |title=How Lana Del Rey Survived the Blog Wars and Became the Perfect Artist for Our Times |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/8/29/20837501/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-video-games-snl-norman-rockwell-brian-williams-hipster-runoff |website=The Ringer|date=August 29, 2019 }} Billboard included the title track in their Songs That Defined the Decade list and called it "one of the most standout musical moments on the album."

In the United Kingdom, Born to Die sold 50,000 copies on its first day of release.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16808049|title=Lowest record sales on Official Album Chart in 17 years|date=January 31, 2012|access-date=February 4, 2012|publisher=BBC}} It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and sold 116,745 copies. By accumulating digital sales of 50,007, the album became the fifth album ever to sell upwards of 50,000 downloads in a single week.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Alan|title=Official Chart Analysis: Lana Del Rey album sells 117k, 43% digital|work=Music Week|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048405&c=1|access-date=6 February 2012|date=6 February 2012}} Additionally, it was the fastest selling album of 2012, becoming the first album to reach 100,000 copies sold in that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lana-del-reys-born-to-die-becomes-2012s-fastest-selling-album-050212/|title=Lana Del Rey's Born To Die becomes 2012's fastest selling album|publisher=Official Charts Company|first=Lauren|last=Kreisler|date=February 5, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2014}} Born to Die remained atop the chart in its second week, selling an additional 60,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/lana-del-rey-spends-a-second-week-at-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart703/|title=Lana Del Rey spends a second week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart|first=Lauren|last=Kreisler|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=February 12, 2012|access-date=February 12, 2012}} In the UK, the album was certified five-times platinum{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a382314/lana-del-rey-confirms-new-single-national-anthem-release-details.html|title=Lana Del Rey confirms new single 'National Anthem' release details|publisher=Digital Spy|date=May 18, 2012|access-date=September 24, 2012}} and by March 2023 had sold 1.4 million copies.{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=George |date=30 March 2023 |title=Lana Del Rey's biggest albums on the UK's Official Chart revealed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lana-del-reys-biggest-albums-on-the-uks-official-chart-revealed__32733/ |website=officialcharts.com}}

In France, the album debuted at number one on the French Albums Chart with sales of 48,791, whose 16,968 digital copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-78063.html|title=Tops : Lana Del Rey sur tous les fronts avec "Born To Die" et "Video Games"|date=February 8, 2012 |publisher=Chartsinfrance.net|access-date=2012-09-24}} The album remained at the top position the following week with 23,888 copies sold.{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-78213.html|title=Tops : Lana Del Rey et Michel Teló dominent les ventes|publisher=Chartsinfrance.net|date=2012-02-16|access-date=2012-09-24}} As of June 2014, it has sold over 500,000 copies in France.{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey : "Born to Die" certifié disque de diamant|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lana-Del-Rey/news-92537.html|website=chartsinfrance.net|access-date=June 24, 2014|date=June 24, 2014}} In New Zealand, the album debuted and peaked at number two on the charts, spending forty weeks in the chart. After the conjunction of Born to Die: The Paradise Edition, the album charted at number six.[https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2012-11-16 NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|The Official New Zealand Music Chart]. Date: 19 November 2012. "Born to Die" is the fifty-seventh best charting album of all time in New Zealand.{{cite web|first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=https://charts.nz/bestall_a.asp |title=New Zealand charts portal |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2014-05-11 }}

In the United States, the album attained first-week sales of 77,000 copies, subsequently debuting at number two on the Billboard 200, behind Adele's 21,{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Lana Del Rey Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/506281/lana-del-rey-debuts-at-no-2-on-billboard-200-albums-chart|magazine=Billboard|date=2012-02-08|access-date=2012-02-08}} and shipped over 500,000 units in the country by January 2013, getting Gold certification.{{cite certification|region=United States|type=album|artist=Lana Del Ray|title=Born to Die|date=January 17, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2013}} On the week ending August 31, 2013, though the album was in its eighty-first week on the chart, it re-entered the top twenty at number 20, selling 13,000 copies. As of January 2024, Born to Die has sold 2.3 million copies in the United States, and has been certified five-times platinum by the RIAA for album units equivalent to five million.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5695421/go-behind-lana-del-reys-summertime-surge|title=Go Behind Lana Del Rey's 'Summertime' Surge|last=Ugwu|first=Reggie|magazine=Billboard|date=September 15, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2013}}{{cite magazine|last1=Peoples|first1=Glenn|title=Sam Smith's Spotify Gamble: Did It Pay Off|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/digital-and-mobile/6165317/sam-smiths-spotify-gamble-did-it-pay-off|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 21, 2014|date=July 21, 2014}}

According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Born to Die was the fifth global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of 3.4 million copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/documents/RIN2013.pdf|title=The Global Bestsellers of 2012|page=11|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=April 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409080309/http://www.aria.com.au/documents/RIN2013.pdf|archive-date=April 9, 2013}}{{cite news|url = http://www.xsnoize.com/album-review-lana-del-rey-honeymoon/|title = Cover Story: ALBUM REVIEW: LANA DEL REY – HONEYMOON|work = xsnoize|date = June 4, 2014|first = Amanda|last = Stock|access-date = October 4, 2015}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.idolator.com/7621562/lana-del-rey-four-year-anniversary-born-to-die|title = Cover Story: Lana Del Rey Celebrates The Four-Year Anniversary Of Debut LP 'Born To Die'|date = January 27, 2016|website = Idolator|last = Wass|first = Mike|access-date = January 28, 2016|archive-date = May 1, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160501221028/http://www.idolator.com/7621562/lana-del-rey-four-year-anniversary-born-to-die|url-status = dead}} By June 2014, the album had sold seven million copies worldwide.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefader.com/2014/06/04/cover-story-lana-del-rey-is-anyone-she-wants-to-be|title=Cover Story: Lana Del Rey Is Anyone She Wants To Be|last=Cooper|first=Duncan|date=June 4, 2014|work=The Fader|access-date=December 18, 2014}} As of April 2024, the album has allegedly sold eighteen million equivalent album units worldwide since release.{{cite web|url=https://gbsindependent.org/12085/the-scoop/the-music-of-lana-del-rey-a-gospel-of-heartache/ |title=Lana Del Rey: A Gospel of Heartache |author=Georgieva, Simona |website=Glen Ellyn |date=April 5, 2024|access-date=April 26, 2024}}

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=left|quote="It's common knowledge, at this point, that Lana Del Rey is Lizzy Grant's invented persona, an entirely new character that she created when her own music didn't seem to be going anywhere [...] But when 'Video Games' hit as hard and as early as it did, she suddenly had to rush out an album, and she didn't have the luxury of figuring out the different directions that this character could go."|source=—Tom Breihan of Stereogum{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/932182/premature-evaluation-lana-del-rey-born-to-die/franchises/premature-evaluation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202113229/https://www.stereogum.com/932182/premature-evaluation-lana-del-rey-born-to-die/franchises/premature-evaluation/|archive-date=2012-02-02|title=Premature Evaluation: Lana Del Rey Born To Die|last=Breihan|first=Tom|publisher=Stereogum|date=25 January 2012}}}}

With the release of Born to Die, Del Rey became the main focus of attention of the press for her image as well as her music.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/09/lana_del_rey.html|title=Meet Lana Del Rey, the New Singer Music Bloggers Love to Hate|date=21 September 2011|work=Vulture}} Since her debut with "Video Games", Del Rey had been causing many to begin to accuse her of trying to erase her past with a different type of songs and style. Considering the album's composition and her appearance, many tabloids began to question her authenticity and claim that her success was due only to her beauty.{{cite web|url= http://www.businessinsider.com/lana-del-rey-2011-10 |title=Meet Lana Del Rey, The Corporate-Engineered "Gangster Nancy Sinatra" Who Has The Music Community Up In Arms|work=Business Insider|date=2011-10-18}} Also, speculation arose that Del Rey was just a character created by Lizzy Grant and pop music industry, with her label trying to get a place and audience within indie music.{{cite web|url= http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/09/lana_del_rey_secret_show_glasslands.php |title=Is Lana Del Rey The Kreayshawn Of Moody, Electro-Tinged "Indie"?|publisher=Village Voice|date=2011-09-15|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111205111805/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/09/lana_del_rey_secret_show_glasslands.php |archive-date=2011-12-05}}{{cite web|url= http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/12/worst_songs_2011_lana_del_rey_video_games.php |title=The 11 Most Infuriating Songs Of 2011, No. 2: Lana Del Rey, "Video Games"|publisher=Village Voice|date=2011-12-29|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150220072705/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/12/worst_songs_2011_lana_del_rey_video_games.php |archive-date=2015-02-20}}

Business Insider{{'}}s Kevin Lincoln commented that Lana was manufactured by her label and used "Video Games" as a form of advertising. In defense of the singer, Jaime Gill from BBC Music wrote: "If you want an explanation for the unlikely rise of Lana Del Rey, it isn't that hard to find. Ignore accusations of cynical marketing and inauthenticity, or speculation about surgery and daddy's money – that's not important. And don't get distracted by YouTube statistics or the hyperbole, this isn't about new media. It's about something older and more mysterious than that; the extraordinary, resilient power of pop music".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qrnv|title=Lana Del Rey Born to Die Review|publisher=BBC}} Sasha Frere Jones of The New Yorker came out in defense of the artist as well, writing: "The weirder strain of criticism concerns authenticity [...] Detractors cite a variety of presumed conspiracies, some involving the influence of her father, Rob Grant [...] The rumor of manipulative managers guiding her; the reality of professional songwriters working for her [...] and how Grant's top lip got so big so fast [...] Surely no equivalent male star would be subject of the same level of examination." Sharing a similar view, Ann Lee wrote in Metro: "I know it's fun to slate [Lana] but she's got a great voice – that's a fact".{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2012/09/26/why-lana-del-rey-needs-game-comes-live-show-3817250/|title=Why Lana Del Rey needs to up her game when it comes to her live show|publisher=Metro|date=2012-09-26}} Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine also proved to be in favor of Del Rey, declaring: "I was initially puzzled by the accusations of inauthenticity that were hurled with such vehemence and frequency at Lana Del Rey in the wake of her meteoric rise to it girl status last year [...] And I guess we're supposed to lament the fact that, unlike Amy Winehouse, she doesn't appear to have a predilection for dope or booze to back up her supposed bad-girl bona fides. But since when exactly has 'authenticity' ever been a criterion in pop music?".{{cite web|url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lana-del-rey-born-to-die |title=Lana Del Rey: Born to Die|work=Slant Magazine|date=2012-01-26}}

Born to Die{{'}}s sound, themes and aesthetic left a major impact in popular music. In 2019, The Washington Post named Del Rey one of the "five people who helped shape the culture of the past decade."{{cite news |title=Lana Del Rey is real |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/lana-del-rey/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Max Migowsky from Indie described her as "the figurehead of an entire generation,"{{cite web |last1=Migowsky |first1=Max |title=How the world took Lana Del Rey's sadness out of context |url=https://indie-mag.com/2019/09/lana-del-rey/ |website=Indie Magazine|date=September 5, 2019 }} while Zachary Small from Hyperallergic called Born to Die "ahead of its time."{{cite web |last1=Small |first1=Zachary |title=Lana Del Rey and the Gaslighting of American Culture |url=https://hyperallergic.com/515894/lana-del-rey-norman-fucking-rockwell/ |website=Hyperallergic|date=September 10, 2019 }} Al Horner from Red Bull agreed, marking Born to Die as "[a] blueprint for a new sonic world" and describing its sound as the feminine equivalent of grunge music.{{cite web |last1=Horner |first1=Al |title=This is how Lana Del Rey kickstarted a sad-pop revolution |url=https://www.redbull.com/ph-en/lana-del-rey-sad-pop-revolution |website=Redbull|date=August 30, 2019 }} He argued that Del Rey's success "convinced record labels to take a chance on [...] emotionally vulnerable pop" and stated that "there's never been more space for melancholy in popular music." Sorrell Forbes from uDiscover Music named Born to Die "the most powerful moment in her career," while arguing that Del Rey brought "the sound [the public was] looking for."{{cite web |last1=Forbes |first1=Sorrell |title=FEATURES'Born To Die': Behind Lana Del Rey's Life-Changing Debut Album |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-album/ |website=uDiscover Music|date=January 27, 2022 }} Del Rey herself stated in an interview with Pitchfork in 2019 that "there's been a major sonic shift culturally. I think I had a lot to do with that."{{cite web |last1=Frank |first1=Alex |title=Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Conversation With Lana Del Rey |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-a-conversation-with-lana-del-rey/ |website=Pitchfork|date=July 19, 2017 }} Omar N. Goulding from Culturizando called Born to Die "the most influential album of the decade," arguing that "people were getting tired of happy music and wanted to listen to something different" and that Del Rey "set the [sad girl] trend into pop culture." Richard S. He, writing for Billboard, said that Born to Die is "one of the main catalysts for pop's mid-2010s shift from brash EDM to a moodier, hip-hop-inflected palette."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8528500/lana-del-rey-best-songs-ranked|title=Every Lana Del Rey Song, Ranked: Critic's List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-30}} Billboard later included the album's title track as one of the 100 songs that defined the 2010s, adding that it influenced "a sonic shift that completely changed the pop landscape."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8544101/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-songs-that-defined-the-decade|title=Songs That Defined the Decade: Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die'|date=November 21, 2019|magazine=Billboard|last=Shouneyia|first=Alexa}} Critics and journalists alike agree that Born to Die influenced the works of Lorde, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, among others. Swift herself named Del Rey the "most influential artist in pop."{{cite magazine |title=Taylor Swift Gives Empowering Speech, Tips to Scooter Braun Rift While Accepting Billboard Woman of the Decade Honor |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8546193/taylor-swift-billboard-woman-of-the-decade/ |magazine=Billboard}}

Born to Die was listed among publications' best-of lists of the 2010s decade, including NME (#10){{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019-2580278|title=NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s|date=November 30, 2010|work=NME|access-date=November 30, 2010}} and The Independent (#3).{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/best-albums-decade-2010s-frank-ocean-adele-taylor-swift-kanye-west-ranked-a9204121.html|title=The 50 Best Albums of the Decade|work=The Independent|date=November 18, 2019|access-date=November 23, 2019}} The Guardian included the album at number 70 on its 2019 list of The 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century|title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century|work=The Guardian|date=September 13, 2019|access-date=November 23, 2019}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Born to Die.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Born to Die|others=Lana Del Rey|year=2012 |publisher=Polydor Records. Interscope Records. Stranger Records}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Born to Die{{nobold| – Standard edition}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Born to Die

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Elizabeth Grant
• Justin Parker

}}

| extra1 = {{flatlist|

• Emile Haynie
• Parker{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length1 = 4:46

| title2 = Off to the Races

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Tim Larcombe

}}

| extra2 = {{flatlist|

• Patrik Berger
• Haynie

}}

| length2 = 5:00

| title3 = Blue Jeans

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Haynie
• Dan Heath

}}

| extra3 = Haynie

| length3 = 3:30

| title4 = Video Games

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Parker

}}

| extra4 = Robopop

| length4 = 4:42

| title5 = Diet Mountain Dew

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Mike Daly

}}

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Jeff Bhasker{{ref|a|[a]}}
• Daly{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length5 = 3:43

| title6 = National Anthem

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Parker
• David Sneddon
• James Bauer-Mein

}}

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Bhasker{{ref|c|[c]}}
• Sneddon{{ref|b|[b]}}
• Bauer-Mein{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:51

| title7 = Dark Paradise

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Rick Nowels

}}

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Nowels{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length7 = 4:03

| title8 = Radio

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Parker

}}

| extra8 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Parker{{ref|c|[c]}}

}}

| length8 = 3:34

| title9 = Carmen

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Parker

}}

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Bhasker{{ref|c|[c]}}
• Parker{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length9 = 4:08

| title10 = Million Dollar Man

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Chris Braide

}}

| extra10 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Braide

}}

| length10 = 3:51

| title11 = Summertime Sadness

| writer11 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Nowels

}}

| extra11 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Nowels{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length11 = 4:25

| title12 = This Is What Makes Us Girls

| writer12 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Larcombe
• Jim Irvin

}}

| extra12 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Al Shux

}}

| length12 = 3:58

| total_length = 49:28

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Born to Die{{nobold| – North America iTunes Store and Japan editions (bonus track)}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/born-to-die/493341469|title=iTunes - Music - Born to Die by Lana Del Rey|publisher=iTunes|date=2012-01-31|access-date=2014-05-11}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/born-to-die/493341469|title=iTunes - Music - Born to Die by Lana Del Rey|publisher=iTunes|date=2012-01-31|access-date=2014-05-11}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/born-to-die/id493983499|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610150451/http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/born-to-die/id493983499|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2012|title=iTunes - ミュージック - ラナ・デル・レイ「ボーン・トゥ・ダイ」|publisher=iTunes|access-date=2014-05-11}}{{cite web|author=ラナ・デル・レイ|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/universal-international/lana-del-rey/products/uics-1244/|title=LANA DEL REY | ラナ・デル・レイ - ボーン・トゥ・ダイ[通常盤] - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN|publisher=Universal-music.co.jp|access-date=2014-05-11}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Video Games

| note13 = Joy Orbison Remix

| extra13 = {{flatlist|

• Robopop
• Orbison{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length13 = 4:59

| total_length =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Born to Die{{nobold| – French FnacMusic edition (bonus track)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musique.fnac.com/a3907373/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-to-die-Edition-limitee-CD-album|title=Born to die - Edition limitée|publisher=Fnac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207180225/https://www.musique.fnac.com/a3907373/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-to-die-Edition-limitee-CD-album|access-date=February 7, 2012|archive-date=2012-02-07}}

| title13 = Video Games

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Parker

}}

| note13 = White Lies C-Mix

| length13 = 7:32

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Born to Die{{nobold| – French digital reissue (bonus track)}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/born-to-die/id518101113?l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208011646/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/born-to-die/id518101113?l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2015|title=iTunes - Music - Born to Die by Lana Del Rey|publisher=iTunes|date=2012-04-16|access-date=2014-05-11}}{{cite web|url=http://musique.fnac.com/a3801454/Lana-Del-Rey-Born-to-die-CD-album#ecoutes|title=Born to die - Lana Del Rey - CD album - Fnac.com|publisher=Musique.fnac.com|access-date=2014-05-11}}

| title13 = Born to Die

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Parker

}}

| note13 = Woodkid and The Shoes Remix

| length13 = 4:01

| total_length =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Born to Die{{nobold| – Target edition (bonus tracks)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.target.com/p/Born-to-Die/-/A-13985365#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink|title=Target Exclusive Bonus Track Version|publisher=Target.com|access-date=May 9, 2014}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Without You

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Sacha Skarbek

}}

| extra13 = Haynie

| length13 = 3:49

| title14 = Lolita

| writer14 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Liam Howe
• Hannah Robinson

}}

| extra14 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Howe{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length14 = 3:40

| total_length = 56:51

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Born to Die{{nobold| – Deluxe edition (bonus track)}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title15 = Lucky Ones

| writer15 = {{flatlist|

• Grant
• Nowels

}}

| extra15 = {{flatlist|

• Haynie
• Nowels{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length15 = 3:45

| total_length = 60:40

}}

; Notes

• ^{{{note|a|[a]}}} signifies a co-producer
• ^{{{note|b|[b]}}} signifies a vocal producer
• ^{{{note|c|[c]}}} signifies an additional producer
• ^{{{note|d|[d]}}} signifies a remixer

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Born to Die.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Born to Die|year=2012|type=booklet|publisher=Polydor Records, Interscope Records|location=London, United Kingdom; Santa Monica, California}}

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• Lana Del Rey – vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Emilie Bauer-Mein – backing vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
• James Bauer-Mein – backing vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
• Lenha Labelle – French vocals {{small|(track 9)}}
• David Sneddon – backing vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
• Hannah Robinson – backing vocals {{small|(track 14)}}
• Matihandz – additional vocals {{small|(tracks 7, 15)}}

{{Div col end}}

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• Patrik Berger – guitar, bass guitar, percussion, synthesizer, sampler, drum programming {{small|(track 2)}}
• Jeff Bhasker – guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 5, 6)}}; keyboards {{small|(track 5)}}; additional keyboards {{small|(track 6, 9)}}; additional strings {{small|(track 9)}}
• Chris Braide – guitar, acoustic piano, strings, drum programming {{small|(track 10)}}
• Pelle Hansen – cello {{small|(track 2)}}
• Emile Haynie – drums {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)}}; keyboards {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15)}}; additional keyboards {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 10, 12)}}; guitar {{small|(tracks 3, 8, 9, 13, 15)}}
• Dan Heath – flute {{small|(track 11)}}, additional strings {{small|(track 13)}}
• Erik Holm – viola {{small|(track 2)}}
• Liam Howe – additional keyboards, programming {{small|(track 14)}}
• Devrim Karaoglu – additional synthesizer, orchestral drums {{small|(track 7)}}; additional pads {{small|(track 11)}}
• Brent Kolatalo – additional drums {{small|(track 5)}}
• Ken Lewis – additional vocal noises {{small|(track 1)}}; additional drums {{small|(track 5)}}
• Rick Nowels – guitar {{small|(track 7)}}; additional strings {{small|(track 11)}}; keyboards {{small|(track 15)}}
• Dean Reid – pads {{small|(track 7)}}
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