In her interview with guardian she said on record “I wish I was dead already”) or depending on rich older men to buy her things she fancied (Eg: Shades of Cool).
Through out her first two album all she really talked about is two things either it was about her obsession with death (Listen to Dark Paradise. One of the things about Lana that never pushed me to listen to her music and buy her album was this fake caricature she created of herself. Lyrically, Del Rey has never been so liberated in her life. You can call Lana Del Rey’s music boring, one note, common place etc, but what you can’t call her is unoriginal. As an avid consumer of music in 2011 – when lana made her debut – hearing a girl singing in a smoother than silk lower register telling a guy to “go play your video games” while making old Hollywood references, in a sea of songs by glorified DJ David Guetta, borderline crazy Lady Gaga and and i’ll-catch-a grenade-for-you Bruno Mars was not only refreshing but was integral as it was the first time in years when a anti-pop song which didn’t meet all the requirement of a certified hit – like “an EDM dance break” or “a feature by *insert rapper name* ” – managed to top the charts all over the world. This care-fee proclamation of getting sedated by the shore of a water-body is where you’ll find Lana Del Rey delivering her most liberating and commercial tune ever.