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Birth of Lana
Lana Del Rey, born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant on June 21, 1985, in the state of New York. She grows up in Lake Placid, a small town in upstate New York. Lana was born into a family of three children. Her father, Robert England Grant Jr., was a domain investor, and her mother, Patricia Ann Hill, worked as a teacher. Lana has a younger sister named Caroline (known as Chuck), who is a photographer and visual artist, and a brother named Charlie. -
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Lana's childhood
She grew up primarily in Lake Placid, a small, rural town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. She has described her childhood as being filled with natural beauty but also isolation, which would later influence her music’s melancholic tone.During her time in boarding school and high school, she began to develop her interest in music, though she initially intended to study philosophy or pursue a career in community service.She taught herself to play the guitar and began writing songs. -
Early Exposure to Music
Although Lana didn’t initially grow up with aspirations to be a singer, music became an outlet for her as a teenager. After struggling with personal issues, including alcohol dependence, she was sent to Kent School, a boarding school, where her life began to stabilize. It was during this period that she started exploring music more seriously. -
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Boarding School and her earlier Challenges
In her teenage years, Lana struggled with alcohol dependency, which led her parents to send her to Kent School, a boarding school in Connecticut, when she was around 15. She has spoken openly about her struggles with addiction during this time and how overcoming it profoundly shaped her life and future work. -
Learning Guitar and Songwriting
When she was about 18 years old, her uncle taught her how to play basic chords on the guitar. With just a few chords under her belt, she realized that she could start writing songs. She has described this as a pivotal moment in discovering her love for songwriting. In her words: "I realized I could probably write a million songs with those six chords."