General Research of set song

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Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby

 Genre:  Baroque pop (sometimes called baroque rock) is a fusion genre that combines rock music with particular elements of classical music. It emerged in the mid 1960s as artists pursued a majestic, orchestral sound and is identifiable for its appropriation of Baroque compositional styles (contrapuntal melodies and functional harmony patterns) and dramatic or melancholic gestures. 
Lana Del Rey is known for her retro music videos and majestic vocals that prevail with the combination of instrumentals. 

 Artist Research
  • Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality; its preoccupation with themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia; and its references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana
  • With her music often being noted for its cinematic score-like qualities, Del Rey's videos are also often characterized for their usually cinematic quality with a retro flair. 
  • Since her career beginnings as an independent artist, Del Rey has recorded clips of herself singing along to her songs on webcams and juxtaposed them alongside vintage home videos and films to serve as "homemade music videos", a style which helped gained her early recognition. Following her early success, Del Rey had a series of high budget music videos including the videos for "Born To Die" and "National Anthem" (both 2012) and "Young and Beautiful" (2013), both of which incorporated elements of 90s cult films while paying tribute to aspects of Americana and New York hip-hop cultures. Her following videos for tracks such as "Summer Wine", "Carmen", and "Summertime Sadness" were all produced off of significantly lower budgets and retained more elements of Del Rey's earlier style. 
  • Critics have noted Del Rey for her typically simple, but authentic live performances
From this and the inspiration archived from her persona, i have concluded on creating a retro music video with effects, experimenting with chiaroscuro lighting, as well as using inter-textual references from 'summertime sadness'. She has a strong female identity which i wish to represent in my music video. 

 Lyrics

 I identified the lyrics to draw out ideas, themes, intertextual references, help establish the correlation between visuals and lyrics (Goodwin) and understand the context of the singer/ song.


They say I'm too young to love you
innocence and romance
I don't know what I need
Confusion/hyperbole to inject irony
They think I don't understand
The freedom land of the seventies
Freedomland was an American-themed Bronx theme park that opened and closed in the late-60’s. At the time it was coined ‘The World’s Largest Entertainment Centre’. In all likelihood, Lana’s lover experienced the 70s in great detail due to his age, her relationship with him links her to the past.
I think I'm too cool to know ya
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
I'm churning out novels like
Beat poetry on Amphetamines
In the 1950’s, Beat poets took drugs like speed to assist themselves in their art. It led to many premature deaths
I say
I say
The spacey, dreamy, detached tone to this repeated pre-chorus line hints that she’s lost in the image she so desperately wants to display. The spacey, dreamy, detached tone to this repeated pre-chorus line hints that she’s lost in the image she so desperately wants to display
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
Nostalgia for the artist, singing in a lounge with her boyfriend before her music career 
Lou reed was a highly influential American artist – the velvet underground
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to Beat poetry
She tries to relive and revive the characteristics of the bygone American era that she fantasizes and idealizes about
And my jazz collection's rare
I can play most anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Jazz music, beat poetry and Lou reed all have aspects that originate from Brooklyn 
A reference to Lou reed's song: ‘Coney island baby’ 
They say I'm too young to love you
You say I'm too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
By the colors, like they forgot to read
LDL and Marlyn Monroe share an intimate bond, the iconic actress is constantly referred to in most of her work. Lana paraphrases this lyric from late Monroe, who noted the same in her diaries. 
I think we're like fire and water
I think we're like the wind and sea
You're burning up, I'm cooling down
Binary oppositions of elements, both are mutually destructive, symbolism. Fire requires careful moderation and control, perhaps presents the stereotypical rage of men – being more primitive than women. Water symbolizes fertility, life, refreshment and femininity – feminist theory, representation of gender varies depending on historical and cultural context. Gauntlett – identity theory  
You're up, I'm down
You're blind, I see
But I'm free
Ooh, I'm free
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to Beat poetry
And my jazz collection's rare
I can play most anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby

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