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© 2014 Lana Del Rey, under exclusive licence to Polydor Ltd. (UK). Under exclusive licence to Interscope Records in the USA
℗ 2014 Lana Del Rey, under exclusive licence to Polydor Ltd. (UK). Under exclusive licence to Interscope Records in the USA

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This moody, reverb-heavy love song finds Del Rey exalting her older musician beau as well as poking fun at Brooklyn hipsters. She wrote the song with her actual boyfriend, singer Barrie-James O'Neill. The pair began dating shortly after the release of "Video Games." Former frontman of Scottish rock band Kassidy, Barrie-James O'Neill left the band in 2013 and adopted the stage name "Nightmare Boy" as a solo artist.


The song was originally meant to be a collaboration with legendary rocker Lou Reed, who was born in Brooklyn. Tragically Reed passed away the same day they were scheduled to have a studio meeting. "I took the red eye, touched down at 7am…and two minutes later he died," Del Rey told The Guardian.


After crooning throughout the song about her love for her hip musician boyfriend, Del Rey ends it with the couplet: "Yeah, my boyfriend's really cool. But he's not as cool as me. " Asked by Fader magazine about the lyrics, the singer replied: "That wasn't even supposed to be there, and I kind of sang it with a smile, and Dan (Auberbach, producer) was looking at me and laughing. I'm just kind of fu--ing around."

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