Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an Amer… Read Full Bio ↴Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, with frequent references to contemporary pop culture and 1950s–1960s Americana.

Raised in upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue a music career. After numerous projects, including her self-titled debut studio album, Del Rey's breakthrough came in 2011 with the viral success of her single "Video Games"; she subsequently signed a recording contract with Polydor and Interscope. She achieved critical and commercial success with her second album, Born to Die (2012), which contained the sleeper hit "Summertime Sadness". Del Rey's third album, Ultraviolence (2014), featured greater use of guitar-driven instrumentation and debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200. Her fourth and fifth albums, Honeymoon (2015) and Lust for Life (2017), saw a return to the stylistic traditions of her earlier releases, while her critically acclaimed sixth album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019), explored soft rock. Her next studio albums, Chemtrails Over the Country Club and Blue Banisters, followed in 2021. Her ninth studio album, “Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” was released on all platforms March 24th 2023. It includes singles like the title track - "Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd", "A&W", and "The Grants".

Del Rey has collaborated on soundtracks for visual media; in 2013, she wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed musical short Tropico and released "Young and Beautiful" for the romantic drama The Great Gatsby. In 2014, she recorded "Once Upon a Dream" for the dark fantasy adventure film Maleficent and the self-titled theme song for the biopic Big Eyes. Del Rey collaborated with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus on "Don't Call Me Angel" for the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019), which peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Additionally, Del Rey published the poetry and photography collection Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (2020).

She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Brit Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and a Satellite Award, in addition to nominations for six Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Variety honored her at their Hitmakers Awards for being "one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century".

Kill Kill
Lana Del Rey Lyrics

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Bound up the stairs
I'm in the shower
Do you know I am going to leave you?
Do you know I am going
To leave you?

I'm in love with a dying man
I'm in love with a dying man

All our love's flying in the sand
I'm in love with a dying man
I'm in love with a dying man
I have done everything I can

Tell me about Ray and his girl
Do I know, Ray is going to meet you?
Love you, I do
Stay here, I won't
As stars fade from your eyes

I'm in love with a dying man
I'm in love with a dying man
All our love flying in the sand
I'm in love with a dying man
I'm in love with a dying man
I have done everything I can

One, two
Make it fun
Don't trust
Anyone

One, two
Make it fun
Don't trust
Anyone

I'm in love with a dying man
I'm in love with a dying man
I have done everything I can
I'm in love with a dying man
I'm in love with a dying man
I have done everything I can...

One, two
Make it fun
Don't trust
Anyone

One, two
Make it fun,

Make it fun,
Make it fun.

Overall Meaning

“Kill Kill” is a haunting song by Lana Del Rey which showcases her signature style of melancholic, nostalgic, and sentimental themes. The lyrics of the song narrate a woman's perspective who is stuck in a relationship with a dying man. The song begins with her packing her bags and getting ready to leave her partner. She asks her partner if they know that she is going to leave him. She repeats the line to emphasize her decision as if she is convincing herself to leave her partner.

Line by Line Meaning

Bound up the stairs
I am physically moving upstairs

I'm in the shower
I am currently showering

Do you know I am going to leave you?
Are you aware that I plan on ending our relationship?

Do you know I am going / To leave you?
Do you understand that I want to end our relationship?

I'm in love with a dying man
I am romantically involved with someone who is terminal

All our love's flying in the sand
All of our love feels as though it's drifting away and is not solid

I have done everything I can
I have tried my hardest

Tell me about Ray and his girl
Inform me about Ray and his partner

Do I know, Ray is going to meet you?
Am I aware that Ray is planning on seeing you?

Love you, I do
I truly love you

Stay here, I won't
I don't plan to stick around