![]() Releases an EP, Kill Kill, produced by David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Linkin Park), under her real name. ![]() October 2008: Lizzy Grant signs with New York indie label 5 Points Records. ![]() Teaches herself to play guitar and plays open-mike nights in Brooklyn. “Her parents saw her going in a bad direction,” a childhood friend tells the New York Post.Ģ004: Thoughtful Artist cred established: Grant enrolls at Fordham University where she studies metaphysics ( specifically: “working out whether we could mathematically prove God’s existence”). The family moved to Lake Placid, where Lizzy sang in the church choir.Ģ001: Troubled Artist cred established: Grant is sent to boarding school in Connecticut after developing a drinking problem. June 21, 1986: Elizabeth Grant is born in New York City to parents Patricia, an ad exec, and Rob, a real-estate investor. So herewith, Vulture’s timeline of the Great Lana Del Rey Controversy, from her birth as Lizzy Grant to her first secret show to the SNL disaster, all the way up to her actually releasing an album. While it’s doubtful that Del Rey’s album will bring an end to the waves of criticism and backlash-to-the-backlash, it does seem like a good opportunity to assess just how she became so discussed. You’d be forgiven for any surprise or exhaustion you felt while reading that last sentence it does feel like certain corners of the Internet have been arguing about her (or her lips) forever. Tomorrow, Lana Del Rey will officially release her major label debut, Born to Die, into the world.
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