Dropping top 5 best-of-the-best Lana Del Rey!

Yudha Satria Syahrial
4 min readJan 10, 2021

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I actually sort of one of the hardcore fans of Lana Del Rey, just to let you know. Even though I listen to so many genres of music (Pop, RnB, Rock, etc), Lana’s voice and music are, still being the primadonna in my fuck*ng head. Simply, Lana’s music gives me a story in life, Lana’s music makes me more enthusiastic about running life and living a good life, the lyrics that Lana whispers through her songs supply me memories and a vibe that I will never, ever ever forget. Lana Del Rey and her musical works are; sacred. So, I appreciate Lana and her music a lot.

In fact, this particular writing can be actually done by listing literally all songs that have been released (and unreleased as well). Come on, all of her songs are dope, like morphine and I dissolve in them, all the songs. But anyway, I’ll drop you 5 songs of Lana that are “intoxicating” my brain and you must give those tracks a chance, right after reading this!

  1. West Coast
Source: Vevo Youtube Clip

As I wrote earlier, Lana’s music whistles me stories in life and carving memories out, the West Coast is no exception. I was actually kind of confused to drop which song deserves to be in the first top position, pretty much confused (because all the songs are so dope). Eventually, my choice falls vo the West Coast. One particular reason, why I chose West Coast to be number one is because West Coast gives me the strongest, most memorable, most memorable memories. Regarding the quality of music and lyrics, will never discuss it, like for sure West Coast is a masterpiece from Lana, please make yourself comfy!

2. High By The Beach

I personally do not recommend this to listen to y’all who haven’t heard any of Lana’s, seriously. In my opinion, this song is quite underrated yet one of her masterpieces tough considering that Lana’s voice at the end again really gives me goosebumps. Again, Lana gave me a story through this song and left me with memories that I will never forget. It’s so personal.

“Boy, look at you lookin’ at me, I know you don’t understand, You could be a bad motherfucker. But that don’t make you a man”

3. Off The Races

This song is very adventurous, listening to this song feels like you are being taken to an old Lamborgini for a magnificent show, taking you to the wheel. Listening to this song drives you to feel that you are simply being rushed using a motorbike without any fear of dying in an accident. On average, mostly, Lana’s songs hidingly describe her admiration for the man she loves so much through her both beautiful and charming lyrics, just like Lana herself. The song Off The Races is one of them, telling about how amazed she was at a man and was willing to die for the heart of her life. Off The Races is a must-listened track from Lana, in my opinion!

4. Cinnamon Girl, How To Disappear, The Greatest, Fuck it I Love You

Source: Americana

4 ballad/emotionally-driven songs (best) of Lana. For me, which are able to drag me into such a blue emotional situation cause’ of Lana’s angelic music and voice. Actually, Yayo is a cool little track too but Yayo simply doesn’t give me much more memory unlike those three titles above, so yeah.

5. Norman Fucking Rockwell, Young and Beautiful, Love

Bloody hell, got no idea. I’m getting more and more confused about which song-list to complete because all of them are crazy amazing. As told, Off The Races assembles an adventurous sensation, now these three songs are very dreamy. These three songs will definitely conjure you up and your fuck*ng brain! See how beautiful the melody and Lana’s voice is in it, believe me!

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PS: I feel badly guilty af for not including a list-track, such as; 3B (Blue Jeans, Brooklyn Baby, Bartender), Venice Bitch, Without You, Carmen. Please, God, you owe me the mercy.

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Yudha Satria Syahrial

Gratitude Journal & Random Thoughts Collections. Besides Medium, I’m currently writing on Quora: https://id.quora.com/profile/Yudha-Satria-Syahrial