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"Hollywood" is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It was recorded in December 2012 and produced by Rick Nowels. The track was leaked on July 18, 2013 and may be an early outtake from the Ultraviolence sessions. The original file is labeled "Hollywood-KM-mix-015".
Background
Del Rey acknowledged the song during an Instagram livestream on July 27, 2017 after a fan asked about "Hollywood's Dead". "Actually, there was a song, 'Hollywood', that got [leaked] with the wrong production", she stated. This implies that there is another version of the song that remains unleaked. Del Rey went on to sing a verse of the song and expressed that she intends to officially release it in the future.[1]
Cross-references
- Jim Morrison is also referenced in "Gods & Monsters".
- Direct reference to "Body Electric", "Bel Air" and "Heroin".
- Hollywood is the subject of many of Del Rey's songs, perhaps most notably "Hollywood's Dead".
- A Mercedes is mentioned in "Driving in Cars with Boys" and "Children of the Bad Revolution".
- Joplin is also referenced in the demo of "Young and Beautiful", which may reference Scott Joplin, while this song presumably references Janis Joplin.
- The phrase, "c-can you see me?" is sung similarly to the phrase, "c-can you hear me?" from "Without You".
- Getting high is a common subject in songs such as "Florida Kilos", "High by the Beach", "Carmen", among others.
- The feeling of being "alive again" is also described in "Paradise" and "Carmen".
- Del Rey sings about her hoops in "Breaking My Heart".
Lyrics
One day my hoops will be made of diamonds
And my knuckles made of real gold
I'll spend my days gettin' high with all my friends
In the glamorous and green old part of Hollywood
Sun will rise, I'm a supernova
Body electric and I dance like Morrison
When the night begins
Baby comes alive again
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
I'm alive again, I'm alive again
One day I'll drive in a gold Mercedes Benz
Singin' opera on Bel Air road
Hair to my ass, we'll be flyin' in the wind
Shootin' heroin and speedballs
See the sea, I'm a supernova
I walk on water and I dance like Joplin
When the sun descends
I dive into the waves again
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
I'm alive again, I'm alive again
Oh, oh, c-can you see me?
Oh, oh, my heart beatin' fast
I can feel it chasin' in the speed lights
I was built to last
Oh, oh, c-can you feel that?
Oh, oh, my heart shakin' fast
I can feel that you're the one for me
You'll be my first, you'll be my last
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
I'm alive again, I'm alive again
I'm alive again, I'm alive again
Mm, mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm-mm
