Video Games

E495461

"Video Games" is a melancholic, retro-inspired ballad by Lana Del Rey that became her breakout hit and introduced her signature cinematic pop style to a wide audience.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Video Games canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Born to Die ⓘ
artist Lana Del Rey ⓘ
breakthroughWorkFor Lana Del Rey ⓘ
chartSuccess international ⓘ
composer Justin Parker ⓘ
Lana Del Rey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs breakout hit ⓘ
genre art pop ⓘ
ballad ⓘ
baroque pop ⓘ
chamber pop ⓘ
indie pop ⓘ
sadcore ⓘ
hasStyle cinematic pop ⓘ
lo-fi video aesthetic ⓘ
orchestral ⓘ
retro-inspired ⓘ
includedOn Born to Die ⓘ
introducedSignatureStyleOf Lana Del Rey ⓘ
label Interscope Records ⓘ
Polydor Records ⓘ
Stranger Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme escapism ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
mood melancholic ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Lana Del Rey ⓘ
musicVideoPlatform YouTube ⓘ
musicVideoStyle homemade collage ⓘ
notableFor reviving interest in cinematic pop aesthetics in mainstream music ⓘ
performer Lana Del Rey ⓘ
producer Robopop ⓘ
recordedIn 2010 ⓘ
releaseDate 2011-06-29 ⓘ
releaseYear 2011 ⓘ
signatureElements cinematic production ⓘ
lush strings ⓘ
tragic romance themes ⓘ
vintage Americana imagery ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
vocalist Lana Del Rey ⓘ
writer Justin Parker ⓘ
Lana Del Rey ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lana Del Rey → breakthroughSingle → Video Games ⓘ
Born to Die → hasTrack → Video Games ⓘ