Lana Del Rey: Paradise

2012 eight song mini album from the New York-based singer. songwriter and performer. the follow-up to her enormously successful Born to Die album. She has described herself as a "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" and cites Britney Spears. Thomas Newman and Bruce Springsteen as her musical influences. Lana Del Rey's direct influences were visual as well as musical; David Lynch. soundtracks for '50s black and white movies. the whirring sound of the Ferris at Coney Island. fame itself.