On May 27, Lana Del Rey returned to the main stage after three years to perform at MITA Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lana performed a varied setlist, which included the live debuts of Flipside, Arcadia, The Grants, Candy Necklace, a shortened version of Venice Bitch x Ocean Blvd, and Did you know that there’s an ocean under Ocean Blvd.

It’s worth noting that the mic or monitor became unplugged causing some glitchy audio at the start of Lana’s performance which was fixed during a costume change. However, a remaining mic issue may have remained throughout the rest of the show.

Some songs from Lana’s setlist were cut because she was twenty minutes late. She mentioned to skip an interlude called ‘Bittersweet Anthem’ and her long, dramatic outro was cut for time also. Pretty When You Cry was cut from the televised recording. The full performance can be watched here, sans Pretty When You Cry which can be watched here.

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SETLIST:
A&W (shortened)
Young & Beautiful
Bartender
The Grants (live debut)
Flipside (live debut)
Cherry
Pretty When You Cry
Ride
Born to Die
Blue Jeans
Norman Fucking Rockwell
Arcadia (live debut)
Ultraviolence
White Mustang
Candy Necklace (live debut)
Venice Bitch (shortened Taco Truck x VB version)
Diet Mountain Dew
Summertime Sadness
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (live debut)
Video Games

Tours > Norman Fucking Rockwell Tour (2019-2020) > Performing at MITA Festival at the Jockey Club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 27)
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Lana Del Rey was spotted with her friends at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on May 26.

Candids > 2023 > At Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 26)
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Yesterday, May 26, Lana Del Rey was spotted at Italian restaurant NINO Cucina in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lana will perform today at MITA Festival. She will be onstage at approximately 12:20AM MAY 28 BST. There’s a livestream here. Click opção 1, may not work on your phone. If so try laptop/PC.

Candids > 2023 > At NINO Cucina in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 26)
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On May 24, Taylor Swift revealed the Midnights (Til Dawn Edition) deluxe album which features new tracks, including a version of ‘Snow On the Beach’ that features more Lana Del Rey. Taylor said: “You asked for it, we listened: Lana and I went back into the studio specifically to record more Lana on Snow on the Beach. Love u Lana.” The song is out now.

On May 16, Lana Del Rey was spotted by a fan at Moniso Boutique in Los Angeles. Lana was then seen on May 25 arriving at Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and later dining with friends and family at Copacabana Palace Hotel. Lana will be performing at Rio de Janeiro’s MITA Festival.

Candids > 2023 > Spotted by a fan at Moniso in Los Angeles, California, USA (May 16)
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Candids > 2023 > Arriving at Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 25)
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Candids > 2023 > Dining with friends and family at Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 25)
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Lana Del Rey has officially released ‘Say Yes to Heaven,’ a previously unreleased and leaked fan favourite, alongside a sped-up version that is popular on TikTok. The song is available to purchase and stream and the artwork image has been uploaded to the gallery.

Today Lana Del Rey released the official music video for ‘Candy Necklace’ featuring Jon Batiste, her neck single from her latest album ‘Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd.’ It was directed by Rich Lee, who has previously directed music videos for ‘Love,’ ‘Lust for Life,’ ‘White Mustang,’ ‘Fuck it I Love You/The Greatest,’ and ‘Doin’ Time.’

Shot in black and white, the music video is almost 11 minutes in length. It’s self referential and features behind-the-scenes footage. The concept also references famous women in history, such as Marilyn Monroe and the Black Dahlia, as it appears to explore the idea of creating a character that is killed or otherwise by fame and Hollywood, but the behind the scenes footage and the video turning to colour at the end shows that the real her is still alive and breathing; that she escaped the story of the character she once portrayed herself to be, shedding the media criticism and industry constraints along with it. She broke the cycle and thrived with the happiness many never got to experience.

In the video, at 4:06, Lana says: “‘Cause the whole thing about the video was like why it was all supposed to be behind the scenes was because all these woman who like changed their names, changed their hair like me and stuff, it’s like they all fell into these different like snake holes, so the whole point is like how do you learn from that and not fall into your own thing.”

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In this year’s Culture issue, New York Times Style Magazine asked mid- and late-career artists and other creatives (the majority of them over 45) to identify a younger female artist who inspires them. It didn’t have to be someone they knew, or even someone in the same field or discipline, but it had to be someone they saw their younger selves in or who gave them a sense of hope. They were brought together, some their first meeting, for some photos and an interview about their relationships with ambition, legacy and mentorship. Legendary American folk singer-songwriter and activists Joan Baez chose Lana Del Rey.

The interview, which can be read below and also online here, is titled “Lana Del Rey Wanted to Sing With Joan Baez. But First, She’d Have to Find Her.” The singers talked about the audition that changed them both — and the “secret to real success.” The print edition will be available on Sunday, April 23.

Joan Baez: In 2019, Lana, whom I’d heard about from my granddaughter, Jasmine, invited me to sing with her in Berkeley. I said, “Why? Your audience could be my great-grandchildren.” And she said, “They don’t deserve you.”

Lana and I are sort of opposites. When I was starting out, I wouldn’t let anyone else onstage. I had two microphones — one for me, one for my guitar — and I stood barefoot, singing sad folk songs. I didn’t even write for the first 10 years, and she’s a songwriter.

I stopped singing three years ago; it was time to move on. After 60 years as a musician, I started painting. An artist friend said I need to loosen up and make mistakes so, if a painting isn’t working out, I dunk it twice in the swimming pool to see if it becomes something interesting. A hose will also do.

If people want to learn from me, I tell them to look beyond the music to my engagement with human and civil rights. My voice was what it was, but the real gift was using it. A documentary has just been made about me [“Joan Baez I Am a Noise,” 2023]. There’s footage of me marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Grenada, Miss., in 1966. At another point in the film, I mention in a letter to my parents that I want to save the world. Lana doesn’t make such grand political statements — at Berkeley, she brought me out to do it for her. And yet, amid the colorful chaos and glitter of her show, she was at one point, I believe, barefoot.

Lana Del Rey: I was having a show at Berkeley three years ago and wanted Joan to sing “Diamonds & Rust” (1975) with me. She told me she lived an hour south of San Francisco, and that if I could not only find her but also sing the song’s high harmonies on the spot, she’d do it. I was given a vague map to get to a house distinguishable only by its color and the chickens running in the yard. At one point during my audition, she stopped me with a steely look to let me know I didn’t get it right. By the end, she said, “OK, that’s good. I’ll sing with you.”

Midway through the performance, I said to the audience, “I have someone coming onstage who is the most generous-of-spirit singer I know, and the most important female singer of the ’60s and ’70s, and we’re gonna do ‘Diamonds & Rust’ together.” After the show, we went to an Afro-Caribbean two-step club, and she told me not to stop dancing until she did. That’s what my song “Dance Till We Die” (2021) is about.

I think the secret to real success is to make sure you’re always emotionally intact. I learned that from Joan. I recently said to her, “I just want you to know that I’m keenly aware that, in this lifetime or any other, I have no right to be standing shoulder to shoulder with you.” And she replied, “Oh, shut up.”

Photoshoots > 2023 > For New York Times Style Magazine by Katy Grannan
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