When Video Games became a hit and her second album, 2012's Born to Die, cemented the singer's mainstream breakthrough, she was plagued by accusations of "fakeness". With Del Rey branding herself a "gangster Nancy Sinatra", this image was so effective and well realised that it sparked a bit of a backlash. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue." "I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba – Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. "I wanted a name I could shape the music towards," she told Vogue in 2011. After releasing her debut EP as Lizzy Grant in 2008, she adopted a stage name that better fitted the enigmatic image she was developing – one steeped in glamour, but with a tragic undertow. We know she grew up in upstate New York as Elizabeth Woolridge Grant and began writing songs at 18 when her uncle taught her to play "six basic chords'' on the guitar. This mystique is a key part of her appeal, but it comes at a price – namely, fans and critics asking: "Who is the real Lana Del Rey?" The basic facts can be pieced together from her early interviews. Why musicians are having prosthetic makeovers Since she broke through in 2011 with the single Video Games – a stunning retro-pop song that sounded eerily familiar yet startlingly unique – she has managed to keep fans captivated without giving too much away. Lana Del Rey is one of the most fascinating and mysterious artists of her generation.
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