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Young & Beautiful Song Analysis
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Intro
Young & Beautiful
Lana Del Rey
L.D.
Literary Devices
A
Imagery
''I've seen the world, done it all [...] Diamonds, brilliant [...] I've seen the world, lit it up / As my stage now / Channeling angels in a new age now [...] when I get to heaven [...]''
B
Allusion
''[...] Dear Lord, when I get to heaven [...]''
C
Simile
''[...] He's my sun, he makes me shine like diamonds [...]''
Tone
D
Set as solemn and nostalgic; sets us in a difficult dilemma as she struggles and contradicts herself constantly with concerns to her lover’s faithfulness and love, and she worries that her lover only stays with her for materialistic benefits rather than her inner beauty.
Rhyming Scheme
R.S.
ABBCDEE ABCB
Translation & Analysis
Analysis
Artist
Lana Del Rey
Artist
Born
New York, United States of America.
Born
Main Performances
- Ultraviolence Tour 2014
- Coachella 2014
- Sweetlife Festival 2014
- Lollapalooza 2013
- Paradise Tour 2013
- The Voice 2014
Important Event at Time
''Young and Beautiful'' was written for the soundtrack of the 2013 film, The Great Gatsby, which takes place in the 1920s. The lyrics in each verse parallel directly with the conflicts that Gatsby and Daisy come into contact with. The fear of aging is prominent in the song and in the end, when Lana sings that question as the last line; it mirrors the end of The Great Gatsby, when Gatsby dies not knowing if Daisy will return to him.
Important Event at Time
Verse 1, 2, and Chorus
Verses
The arrangement of the verses describes the development of the persona’s life and relationship, and she is likely to be reminiscing of the past.
Verse 1
I’ve seen the world
Done it all, had my cake now
Diamonds, brilliant, and Bel-Air now
Hot summer nights mid-July
When you and I were forever wild
The crazy days, the city lights
The way you’d play with me like a child
Verse 1
- Suggests that the persona was probably living a rather leisurely and dull life, having “done it all”, maybe with this man she speaks of.
- Suggests that the persona and her lover were riding on a Bel-Air, most likely during summer, enjoying each other’s company.
- The use of the word “cake”, indicates sweetness; like a sweet romance. Also, cake is normally eaten last, and thus it describes their relationship, a sweet finish.
- This verse also makes reference to a crazy, carefree relationship with each other.
- Also says that she was pure and loved to have fun, like a child.
- Suggests that the persona was probably living a rather leisure...
Verse 2
Dear lord when I get to heaven
Please let me bring my man
When he comes tell me that you’ll let him
Father tell me if you can
Verse 2
- Describes how she’s thinking into the future when she dies, asking for God to accept her and her lover in together, so that they will never be separated from each other and be together for eternity. The use of the words makes her sound like she’s begging to be with him forever.
- Shows how she is using every way possible to be with him, even praying to the Gods, how she loves him so much she wants to be with him even in the afterlife.
- Reflects a rather extreme side to her love, in which the reader can feel her extreme dedication to this relationship.
- Describes how she’s thinking into the future when she dies, aski...
Chorus
Will you still love me when I’m no longer young and beautiful
Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul
I know you will, I know you will
I know that you will
Will you still love me when I’m no longer beautiful
Clearly, she is not merely infatuated with the man, but deeply in love with him as she hopes he will be with her, until they’re in their old age. However, along the song, she repeats “[...] I know you will, I know you will [...]”, a way of reassuring herself that the lover would stay by her and to ensure herself that she could be confident in his companionship.
Clearly, she is not merely infatuated with the man, but deeply in lo...
Artist Background
Lana Del Rey is 32 years old. She grew up singing and performing, but was officially signed at age 19 by and indie label. Her first breakout single was ''Video Games'', and her first album was released and recorded under her birth name, Lizzy Grant.