Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” has reached an enormous streaming milestone. The pop singer’s hit has surpassed two billion streams on Spotify.
“Summertime Sadness,” from Del Rey’s 2012 album, Born To Die, is revered as considered one of her signature songs. The LP, which marked her major-label debut, additionally featured singles like “Video Games,” “Born To Die,” “Blue Jeans,” “National Anthem,” and “Dark Paradise”.
“Summertime Sadness” is among the singer’s extra melancholic songs (with lyrics like “Got my bad baby by my heavenly side/I know if I go, I’ll die happy tonight”), because it particulars absorbing the ultimate blissful moments along with your lover earlier than the sunny season ends. Its preliminary launch hit the highest 10 on varied charts throughout Europe, however its 2013 remix by Cedric Gervais made it a global hit. The French home DJ/producer reworked the tearful tune right into a dancefloor anthem. His model hit No. 6 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, making it Del Rey’s greatest single so far.
“After the success of my track ‘Molly,’ a lot of people asked me to remix big artists,” Gervais informed Billboard of the remix. “To me, it’s not about the money, so I turned down a lot of people. But Lana Del Rey came in. I didn’t even ask how much money, I just said, please send me the vocals right away and I did the track in one day. I wasn’t thinking if it was going to be a hit or not, I just love and respect the artist that she is.”
Del Rey has beforehand entered the Spotify Billions Membership with “West Coast” from 2014’s Ultraviolence, Born To Die’s “Video Games”, “Young And Beautiful” from 2013’s The Nice Gatsby soundtrack, and her visitor function on The Weeknd’s “Stargirl Interlude” from his 2016 Starboy album.
Earlier this summer time, the singer launched into a U.Ok. and Eire stadium tour with opening acts London Grammar, BANKS, and Addison Rae. It kicked off on June 23 and wrapped at Wembley Stadium on July 4. Del Rey has additionally been teasing tracks from her tenth album, The Proper Particular person Will Keep, whereas on the street. Whereas there’s no set launch date as of now, it’ll embrace “57.5″ (which she premiered at Stagecoach Pageant in April), the place she sings about kissing nation star Morgan Wallen.
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