young and beautiful lana del rey lyrics meaning
Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey song) With the lyrics "Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?", Del Rey adds a hint of desperation which parallels the idiosyncrasies faced by the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby.[9] Del Rey's dreamy vocals are draped over sedated strings and canned percussion.[9] The soft and dreary vocals, falling in line with Del Rey's retro affectation, fits the atmosphere of the 1920s when the novel is set.[10] The lyrics rotate around the themes of pleasing a lover, nostalgia, and the gloom of aging.[11] The Cedric Gervais remix of the song was released on October 11, 2013.
All About That Bass Trainor and Kadish discussed their love for 1950s music, and decided to incorporate the style into the song[9] along with doo-wop because Trainor felt that the genre was very catchy.[13] Kadish then developed a modern beat for the song and Trainor began freestyling the first verse.[9] She felt encouraged by the result and pictured the song to contain a theme of girl power.[14] Trainor intended for the song's lyrics to be about self-acceptance of body type, a theme inspired by her own struggles in self-image as a teenager.[9][11] Kadish related to Trainor's lyric ideas due to his own experiences with weight insecurities during adolescence.[6][15] Trainor wanted the track to criticize the use of photoshopped images after she saw a feature on The Ellen DeGeneres Show of a model whose photographs were graphically edited.[11] She obtained additional inspiration for the song from American singer Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are" (2010)[16] and The Chordettes' "Lollipop" (1958).[17]