“Blue Jeans” by Lana Del Rey

"Blue Jeans" was the third single from Born to Die, Lana Del Rey's 2012 album, and it also sits on her self-titled 2012 EP. Del Rey shares the writing credit with Dan Heath and Emile Haynie, who produced it and plays drums, guitar and keyboards; Dan Grech-Marguerat mixed, with Duncan Fuller assisting. The sound is a slow, sultry brood, blending sadcore, trip hop and gothic pop at a ballad's pace.

Interscope took it to Italian radio at the end of March 2012, and it cracked the top 10 in Israel, Poland and Belgium. It went through 3 music videos: a homemade one, a stark clip of Del Rey singing at a microphone in a plain room with an electric guitarist, and the official one, shot and directed by Yoann Lemoine, full of film noir touches and crocodiles. Critics loved the song itself.

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