Lana Del Rey is an American singer/songwriter. Born in New York in 1986, her birth name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant.She was
raised in Lake Placid, a quiet village outside of New York State. Aged 15, she was sent to boarding school in Connecticut, before
moving to New York City when she was 18 to study metaphysics at Fordham University - "that was when my musical experience began.
I kind of found people for myself,".
She began performing in clubs around the city under various names, including her birth name Lizzy Grant, as well as Sparkle Rope Jump Queen and Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena. "I wasa lways singing, but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously," she told us. "When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it."
Aged 20, she signed a record contract for $10,000 and moved into a trailer park outside of the city. The album she recorded was later shelved, causing her to shift her focus. Instead, she began to work in community service. "Homeless outreach, drug and alcohol rehabilitation - that's been my life for the past five years,". She decided to rebrand herself as Lana Del Rey and in October 2011, she signed a joint record deal with Interscope Records and Polydor.
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