"It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue" she said. Inspired by Lana Turner and the Ford Del Rey sedan, the name reminded Del Rey and her friends of what she called the glamour of the seaside. While on a trip to Miami, Del Rey was speaking Spanish with a few of her friends from Cuba, when they landed on "Lana Del Rey". Between the release of Kill Kill and the album, Del Rey expressed the desire to change her name. The EP was a critical success, with critics calling it poetic and elegant and the album led to Del Rey being featured as an emerging artist. Instead of immediately releasing the full material, her label put out three of the tracks from the album sessions through a promotional EP titled Kill Kill on Octounder the name Lizzy Grant. Background and release Background ĭel Rey and producer David Kahne recorded 13 tracks for the album throughout 2008. Lizzy was crying and her Gramma has such a sweet smile on her face, in the sun at the beach. While we were recording, Lizzy had a picture of her Gramma holding her on her lap. On his official website, David Kahne wrote about the recording process and the story behind the song "Gramma" stating: "Lizzy's Gramma is so important in her life. Del Rey did however re-record and re-release "Yayo" on her Paradise EP. In May 2012, she announced that the album would not be re-released that summer.
In January 2012, upon the release of her major-label album, Born to Die, Del Rey stated to the BBC that she recently bought back the rights of the album and was planning on re-releasing it in the Summer of 2012. In an interview, Nichtern stated: "Her and her new manager came in and said, 'We want to get this off the market. According to David Kahne, who produced Grant and Label owner David Nichtern, Grant bought the rights back from her label, 5 Points, as she wanted it out of circulation. Del Rey stated that Kahne "is known as a producer with a lot of integrity and who had an interest in making music that wasn't just pop." Her father, Robert Grant, helped with the marketing of the album, which was available for purchase on iTunes for a brief period before being withdrawn. "Yayo" would later be re-recorded, released again, on the "Paradise Edition" of Born to Die. David Kahne recorded the album with Del Rey over a period of three months in 2008. Del Rey released a three-track extended play (EP) titled Kill Kill through 5 Points Records in October 2008, during which time she was known as Lizzy Grant.
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