141. Lana Del Rey – Young & Beautiful (DH Orchestral Version)

If someone played you this track and said it WASN’T Lana Del Rey, you’d be surprised. She’s somehow managed to characterise that epic, morbid string soundscape sound and she does do it so, so well. This track, commissioned for the Great Gatsby film soundtrack (exec produced by Jay Z, no less). There are some definite misses on there (step away from “Back To Black”, Andre 3000) but this nails it head on. The chorus key change is arousing, to say the least.

I’ve plumped for the DH Orchestral Version here, where they’ve turned the Del Reyness up to 11.

Lana Del Rey Winstone