It's been 10 years since Lana Del Rey uploaded the music video for "Video Games"

[Urbanney]

It's been 10 years since Lana Del Rey first uploaded the music video for her song, "Video Games" onto YouTube. The video/song went viral and is ultimately what propelled Lana's career forward to become the success that it has been today.

The song is the first single officially released under the "Lana Del Rey" name and was the beginning of the "Born to Die" era. 

Happy 10 years to Lana Del Rey and to Video Games!

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Credit: Stolen from a thread on LanaBoards. Thanks to the user, Trash Magic, who tracked down the original date/upload of the video (it's been re-uploaded a few times).

 

 

 

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[bbbsss]

Iconic. Omg and the old youtube page

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Legendary song that influenced a generation of self-diagnosing teens that used depression, having issues, and being damaged as an aesthetic. Lana and Lorde sooo paved the way for all the alternative/dream/bedroom pop girls and boys of today. 

[CHAOTIC STYLE.]

Legendary and iconic this HOLLYWOOD SAD CORE song and video! I’m so lucky I witnessed a star growing, evolving and changing the face of a industry in front of my eyes. Lana’s the Queen and also so underrated! 

Lana walked so these new artists could run! Argue with your momma! 

[Slayer]

Loved this era of hers! 

[thebritmaster]

Her BOMT 

[Martini]

she really started a true cultural reset. Born to Die remains my favorite album by her 

[Garrett]

I miss her old music so much 

[Adriannn]

Video Games is absolutely gorgeous 

[PokemonSpears]

I remember seeing this on MTV and being like  

They wouldn't even put like the full credits as with other videos. 

 

I think the only song I like of hers is Born to Die, but I think she's really nice with her fans, so that's cool. 

[femmepop]

ugh wow 10 years!

we are getting old girls.

I'll never forget the first time I heard/saw this. it gave me literal CHILLS and my jaw dropped. Still such a beautiful song to this day.  

Lana is my #2 after Britney 💋

[PokemonSpears]

ok, after opening the youtube page, apparently there are more songs I like of hers, but I simply tend to forget about them lol 

I now remembered that Summertime Sadness song  

[Martini]

2 minutes ago, femmepop said:

ugh wow 10 years!

we are getting old girls.

I'll never forget the first time I heard/saw this. it gave me literal CHILLS and my jaw dropped. Still such a beautiful song to this day.  

Lana is my #2 after Britney 💋

same omg. they’re both pretty and mysterious 

[carlosallauca]

Lana is truly one of a kind, her lyrics, music and persona comes off so naturally to her! i've been a fan since Videogames <3

[electricopop]

Whoa, Happy 10th Years Anniversary!!!

[HIM]

7 hours ago, Garrett said:

I miss her old music so much 

Same. Her first 3 records are masterpieces without any skips 

[Garrett]

56 minutes ago, HIM said:

Same. Her first 3 records are masterpieces without any skips 

Exactly! After that, everything started to sound the same..

[rik]

9 hours ago, iAlwaysSingLive said:

Legendary song that influenced a generation of self-diagnosing teens that used depression, having issues, and being damaged as an aesthetic. Lana and Lorde sooo paved the way for all the alternative/dream/bedroom pop girls and boys of today. 

I WAS ONE OF THOSE TEENS  I WAS IN GRADE 9 WHEN BORN TO DIE CAME OUT AND I TRIED IGNORING IT

BY THE END OF GRADE 11 ULTRAVIOLENCE CAME OUT SO UM ALL OF HS WAS LANA

[Marcanthony]

Very nostalgic-ish video.

I like it

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1 hour ago, Rick101 said:

I WAS ONE OF THOSE TEENS  I WAS IN GRADE 9 WHEN BORN TO DIE CAME OUT AND I TRIED IGNORING IT

BY THE END OF GRADE 11 ULTRAVIOLENCE CAME OUT SO UM ALL OF HS WAS LANA

Omg, I was obsessed with Born to Die when it came out.  Back in 2012, my internet was like 20 kilobytes/second (yes, kilobytes ) slow, so I remember leaving on BitTorrent overnight, so that I could pirate it. I was like 12.  But then, Ultraviolence came out, and I didn't really vibe with it.  Thankfully, Lorde and Marina gave me my Tumblr girl fix instead.