Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine described the video as "somber" and the singer's look as "especially demure". She is shown singing the song in a dark room with glittery diamond-tears on her cheek which look like tattoos. Flanked by a full-string orchestra, Del Rey sings Dan Heath's Orchestral version of her song in 1920s art deco fashion. Directed by Chris Sweeney, the video's production was helmed by Adam Smith and Jacob Swan-Hyam, with Sophie Muller shooting the footage. The music video for "Young and Beautiful" was set to be released on April 22, 2013, but was officially released on.
It was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio by Universal Music on January 10, 2014. In October 2013, a remix by Cedric Gervais was commissioned for the record label Universal Germany. A snippet of the track appeared in the official trailer for the film and played during the scene where the characters portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan express their romantic feelings for one another.
The song was released to contemporary hit radio as a single and was used as the film's kickoff single. It clearly was always intended for Paradise, which did get picked up by various media. Luhrmann changed some of the lyrics in the beginning of the second verse from the demo version of "Will You Still Love Me" to fit with the film. īaz Luhrmann later gave an interview which contained a Skype chat with Del Rey, where Luhrmann said "we are very lucky that the song found a film", implying the song had already been penned prior to the film. In an interview with Catalunya Ràdio, Del Rey said she had three new songs for her third extended play, Paradise: "I Sing the Body Electric", "In the Land of Gods and Monsters" and "Will You Still Love Me When I'm No Longer Young and Beautiful." Del Rey sang the chorus of "Young and Beautiful" during the Catalunya Ràdio broadcast. Working with the film's director, co-writer, and co-producer Baz Luhrmann, Del Rey penned the original song "Young and Beautiful" for the soundtrack of the 2013 film adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby, written from the perspective of Daisy Buchanan. On January 26, 2014, "Young and Beautiful" was announced as number 7 on the annual Triple J's Hottest 100 in Australia. They eventually won the Best Original Song at the 18th Satellite Awards. Shortly after, the song also peaked at 3 on the Hot Rock Songs chart.ĭel Rey and Nowels received accolades for their songwriting from various music and film awards, including nominations for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, and Best Song at the 19th Critics' Choice Awards. In May 2013, the song broke into the Billboard Hot 100 it peaked at 22 on the chart, making it Del Rey's highest peak since " Video Games" peaked at #91 in 2012. "Young and Beautiful" reached the top ten in Australia where it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). A music video, directed by Chris Sweeney and filmed by Sophie Muller, was released on May 10, 2013. Lyrically, "Young and Beautiful" follows a young lover's apprehension about whether love can last. The song was also used for the trailer for the Amazon Prime Video documentary Lucy and desi.Ĭontemporary music critics lauded the single, calling it "haunting" and "somber". Among her awards and nominations, Del Rey has received 2 Brit Awards, 2 MTV Europe Music Awards, a Satellite Award and 9 GAFFA Awards, and has been nominated for 6 Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award." Young and Beautiful" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey used for the soundtrack to the drama film The Great Gatsby. In 2019, Del Rey also released the singles “Doin’ Time” and “Don’t Call Me Angel”, the latter being a trio with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus.Īs of 2020, Del Rey has sold 19.1 million albums and over 13 million singles worldwide,while her YouTube and Vevo pages have combined lifetime views of 3.8 billion. Del Rey’s sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019), received widespread critical acclaim and two Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. She released the album Honeymoon in 2015 and Lust for Life in 2017, the latter of which topped the charts in the U.S. That same year, Del Rey recorded the eponymous theme for the drama film Big Eyes, which garnered her Grammy and Golden Globe nominations.
Del Rey subsequently issued her sophomore major label effort, Ultraviolence (2014), to critical success, topping the charts and spawning the single, “West Coast”.
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