List of unreleased songs recorded by Lana Del Rey
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Since the beginning of her career in 2005, American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey has recorded a number of demos and even finalized studio recordings under a series of pseudonyms including Lizzy Grant, Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, May Jailer, and with her former band, The Phenomena. Throughout the years, many of her tracks from these sessions have been leaked online, with Del Rey even furthering the popularity of songs including "Serial Killer" and "You Can Be the Boss" through her live performances. Del Rey has currently only published eleven previously unreleased songs on a new album, namely "Black Beauty" on Ultraviolence in 2014, "Beautiful People Beautiful Problems" on Lust for Life in 2017, "The Next Best American Record" and "California" on Norman Fucking Rockwell in 2019, "Yosemite" on Chemtrails over the Country Club and "Cherry Blossom", "Dealer", "If You Lie Down with Me", "Living Legend", "Nectar of the Gods", and "Thunder" on Blue Banisters in 2021. She released "Say Yes to Heaven" as a single, along with a sped up version in May 2023.[1] She has also repurposed some of her unreleased songs for film and TV soundtracks, including "Young and Beautiful" for The Great Gatsby, "Life Is Beautiful" for The Age of Adaline, and "I Can Fly" for Big Eyes, while her only song to be re-recorded was "Ghetto Baby" by Cheryl Cole. "Watercolor Eyes" was an outtake from Del Rey's album Blue Banisters and was repurposed for the season 2 soundtrack of the series Euphoria.
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Del Rey stated in 2017 during a show that she intends to release a collection of "25 of [her] favorite" leaked songs of hers.[2][3][4][5] In a livestream in July of that same year, Del Rey said she wanted to release "TV in Black & White", "Us Against the World", "I Caught You Boy", "On Our Way", "Trash Magic", "Hollywood's Dead" and "Hollywood". When questioned about including her song "Kill Kill", Del Rey jokingly replied with "that's funny", and in response to including "Say Yes to Heaven", she agreed stating "that's a good one."[6]