"Life is Beautiful" is a song by Lana Del Rey that was featured in the trailer for the 2015 movie The Age of Adaline.[1]
Background
The song was written by Del Rey and produced and co-written by long-time collaborator Dan Heath for The Age of Adaline.
Composition
"Life is Beautiful" is a cinematic ballad in the key of C♯ major with a slow tempo of approximately 63 beats per minute. The track features lush strings and layered vocal harmonies in the chorus.
Release
On April 21, 2015, a snippet of the track was released in a new trailer for the film. On September 14, another snippet was released in a promotional ad on Instagram, including the end of the song's chorus and the beginning of its bridge.[2] It was rumored to be included on Del Rey's 3rd full-length LP Honeymoon, since it wasn't featured on the soundtrack for The Age of Adaline, but the track has yet to be released. On June 2, 2016 a fan asked Del Rey about the song and she responded by saying "It was just for the movie".[3]
Cross-references
- The title, "life is beautiful", is prominently featured in "Black Beauty" as well as "Without You".
Lyrics
Don't be that way
Don't you pretend
You're not awake
Your soul's on fire
I don't believe
This is the end
Come on boy let's go
We can hit the road
We don't have to say
Where we're going
We can go anywhere
We can go anywhere
Right now
Life is still so beautiful
References
- ↑ ISRC Code: GBUM71502702
- ↑ Adam Samouel twitter status, 14 September 2015
- ↑ Lana Del Rey Latest twitter status, 2 June 2016