Every now and again you hear a song so wonderful that it stops you dead in your tracks. You crave it like a drug and want to hear it again and again. Then you need to find out as much as you can about it: Who is the artist? Where are they from? When are they playing live near me!? How did this incredibly beautiful and fully formed piece of art come about? Video Games by Lana Del Rey is one such song.
Video Games grabs you by the heart on the very first listen and sends shivers down your spine and through your soul. It’s a haunting paean to love, or maybe loss. Or both. It is at once achingly familiar yet sounds like nothing else around. Lizzy Grant (Lana Del Rey seems to be the band name) has a voice reminiscent of Nancy Sinatra, and the lush strings eloquently recall the 1960s of Sinatra in her heyday. The nostalgic feel is emphasised by an unapologetically retro-styled video made up of home movie snippets which is perfectly suited to the mood of haunting melancholy. The figures appear flickering like ghosts from a forgotten past. A perfect complement to the song itself. Video Games is not overtly sentimental, like all great songs it possesses an underlying something that makes it at once sad and euphoric.
Video Games should see Lana Del Rey and Lizzy Grant making headlines all over the place once it’s released in October. The word of mouth is spreading and there’s already a buzz growing about this record which is richly deserved.
Infinite Sparks 
Video Games is a top track but think it be a one hit wonder…
I agree my dear Robotic. She’s probably peaked way too early, one hit but boy what a hit.