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"'''White Dress'''" (originally titled "'''White Dress / Waitress'''" or "'''Waitress'''"<ref>{{Cite web|last=angelwitprblmz|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/lanadelrey/comments/ndskhv/i_have_a_friend_who_works_at_a_certain_studio_and/|title=I have a friend who works at a certain studio and she sent me this. Peep an unreleased track and some alternate song titles + tracklisting.|work=Reddit |date=May 16, 2021|accessdate=July 9, 2023}}</ref>) is a song by [[Lana Del Rey]], which is featured on her seventh studio album, ''[[Chemtrails Over the Country Club (album)|Chemtrails Over the Country Club]]''. It serves as the opening track from the album.
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"'''White Dress'''" (originally titled "'''White Dress / Waitress'''") is a song by Lana Del Rey, which is featured on her upcoming seventh studio album, ''[[Chemtrails Over the Country Club (album)|Chemtrails over the Country Club]]''. It serves as the opening track from the album.
  
   
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==Background==
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The title was revealed in ''Interview'' magazine. About the track, Del Rey commented that it will be a defining moment for the album:
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The title was revealed in ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]'' magazine published September 2020. About the track, Del Rey commented that it would be a defining moment for the album:
   
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<blockquote>“What I like about that song is that despite all the freakiness over it, you understand exactly what it’s about when it ends. I hate when I hear a song that has a great melody, but I have no idea what they're talking about.”<ref>[https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/who-is-lana-del-rey-jack-antonoff-september-poetry-cover "Who is Lana Del Rey? In Coversation with Jack Antonoff". September 8, 2020. Interview Magazine.]</ref></blockquote>
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: "What I like about that song is that despite all the freakiness over it, you understand exactly what it’s about when it ends. I hate when I hear a song that has a great melody, but I have no idea what they're talking about".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Antonoff|first=Jack|url= https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/who-is-lana-del-rey-jack-antonoff-september-poetry-cover|title=Who is Lana Del Rey?|work=Interview|date=September 8, 2020|accessdate=July 9, 2023}}</ref>
   
 
On December 18, 2020, it appeared on Shazam alongside the rest of the tracklist for [[Chemtrails Over the Country Club (album)|''Chemtrails Over the Country Club'']].
  
On December 18, 2020, it appeared on Shazam alongside the rest of the tracklist for [[Chemtrails Over the Country Club (album)|''Chemtrails Over the Country Club'']].
   
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The song has been described as "one of the saddest of her career" and hearkens back to her Lizzy Grant days, with vocals akin to "[[In My Feelings (song)|In My Feelings]]" and "[[Stargirl Interlude (song)|Stargirl Interlude]]".
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Before the songs official release, it was described as "one of the saddest of her career" and hearkens back to her Lizzy Grant days, with vocals akin to "[[In My Feelings (song)|In My Feelings]]" and "[[Stargirl Interlude (song)|Stargirl Interlude]]" according to a reliable source. In an interview with ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine, they described the song as being sung in a breathlessly rapt whisper of being "only 19", working as a waitress, listening to The White Stripes and Kings of Leon. "Look how I do this," she sings with trembling innocence, "look how I've got this." Then comes the fall: "It kind of makes me feel that I was better off."
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In an interview with MOJO magazine, they described the song as being sung in a breathlessly rapt whisper of being "only 19", working as a waitress, listening to The White Stripes and Kings of Leon. "Look how I do this," she sings with trembling innocence, "look how I've got this." Then comes the fall: "It kind of makes me feel that I was better off."
  
   
 
==Music video==
  
==Music video==
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<blockquote>"When you see my second video for this album, don’t think that the fact I’m wearing a cast is symbolic for anything other than thinking I was still a pro figure skater. I wiped out on my beautiful skates before the video even began after a long day of figure eights and jumps in the twilight of the dezert."<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CJUWxWPhYvN/ Lana's Instagram post about the music video for White Dress]</ref></blockquote>
  
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During an interview with BBC Radio 1, Del Rey confirmed that the track would have a music video.<ref>{{Cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115211209/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r3k5|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r3k5|title=Radio 1's Future Sounds with Annie Mac, Lana Del Rey Hottest Record|work=BBC Radio 1|date=January 11, 2021|archivedate=January 15, 2021}}</ref> On December 27, 2020, Del Rey posted an announcement to Instagram.
   
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:"When you see my second video for this album, don’t think that the fact I’m wearing a cast is symbolic for anything other than thinking I was still a pro figure skater. I wiped out on my beautiful skates before the video even began after a long day of figure eights and jumps in the twilight of the dezert [''sic'']."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Del Rey|first=Lana|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJUWxWPhYvN/|title=When you see my second video for this album, don’t think that the fact I’m wearing a cast is symbolic for anything other than thinking I was still a pro figure skater. I wiped out on my beautiful skates before the video even began after a long day of figure eights and jumps in the twilight of the dezert. Anyways my fracture isn’t that bad kind of goes with my new bucket hat. Thanks to my beautiful family for my gifts|work=Instagram|date=December 27, 2020}}</ref>{{Dead link}}
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During an interview with BBC Radio 1, Del Rey confirmed that the track will have a music video.
  
   
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On February 27, 2021, she posted a sneak-peek on her social media accounts<ref>{{Cite web|last=Del Rey|first=Lana|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CLz5U1Vhews/|work=Instagram|date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>{{Dead link}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Del Rey|first=Lana|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227213520/https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/1365777428941918208/|url=https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/1365777428941918208/|work=Twitter|archivedate=February 27, 2021|date=February 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Del Rey|first=Lana|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1364934110507929|work=Facebook|date=February 27, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2024}}</ref> and an extended snippet on March 15.<ref name="March 15">{{Cite web|last=Del Rey|first=Lana|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CMc957PhYWh/|title=Well! What to say! This is my last post as my album rapidly approaches. Thank you so much to all my friends for your support up until now and... for everything. Until we meet again, I’ll be out there somewhere Running with the wolves Thank you @ganna_bogdan for teaching me so much and taking over after I broke my 💪🏼|work=Instagram|date=March 15, 2021}}</ref>{{Dead link}}
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It was rumored that the music video would be released on February 26, though neither the single nor the video were released that day.
 
   
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Filming for the music video took place during December 2020 and was directed by Constellation Jones. Originally Del Rey was set to shoot the roller skating scenes but due to an elbow injury while filming the idea was scrapped and instead a body double was used, although it is speculated Del Rey skates around a bonfire in some shots towards the end of the video. Shots of Del Rey skating through the desert are played by model Ganna Bogdan.<ref name="March 15"/>{{Dead link}}
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On February 27, Lana posted a sneak-peek of the music video on her social media.
  
   
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*Similar to a white dress, a white nightgown is mentioned in "[[Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman like Me to Have – but I Have It (song)|Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman like Me to Have – but I Have It]]", "[[Playing Dangerous (song)|Playing Dangerous]]", "[[Cult Leader (song)|Cult Leader]]", and "[[If I Die Young (song)|If I Die Young]]".
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*God is mentioned in many of Del Rey's songs, for example: "[[Without You (song)|Without You]]", "[[Chemtrails Over the Country Club (song)|Chemtrails Over the Country Club]]", "[[Money Power Glory (song)|Money Power Glory]]", "[[Gods & Monsters (song)|Gods & Monsters]]", "[[Carmen (song)|Carmen]]" and "[[God Knows I Tried (song)|God Knows I Tried]]".
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*The phrase "my head in my hands" is similar to "your head in your hands" from "[[Norman Fucking Rockwell (song)|Norman Fucking Rockwell]]".
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*Being a waitress is also referenced in "[[I Learned How to Make Love from the Movies (song)|I Learned How to Make Love from the Movies]]" and "[[Every Man Gets His Wish (song)|Every Man Gets His Wish]]".
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*Jazz is also referenced in "[[Fuck It I Love You (song)|Fuck It I Love You]]", "[[Brooklyn Baby (song)|Brooklyn Baby,]]" "[[Terrence Loves You (song)|Terrence Loves You]]," "[[Shades of Cool (song)|Shades of Cool]]" and "Salvatore".
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*The phrase "I only mention it" also appears in "[[Let Me Love You like a Woman (song)|Let Me Love You like a Woman]]".
   
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==Lyrics==
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== Cross-references ==
  
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* Similar to a white dress, a white gown is mentioned in "[[Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman like Me to Have – but I Have It (song)|Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It]]".
  
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Sun stare, don't care with my head in my hands
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*God is mentioned in many of Del Rey's songs, for example in "[[Without You (song)|Without You]]", "[[Chemtrails Over the Country Club (song)|Chemtrails Over The Country Club]]", "[[Money Power Glory (song)|Money Power Glory]]", "[[Gods & Monsters (song)|Gods & Monsters]]", and "[[God Knows I Tried (song)|God Knows I Tried]]".
  
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Thinking of a simpler time
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Like Sun Ra, I feel small
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But I had it under control every time
   
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When I was a waitress wearing a white dress
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Look how I do this, look how I got this
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I was a waitress working the night shift
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It made me feel
  
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Made me feel like a god
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You were my man, felt like I got this
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Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
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Down in Orlando, I was only nineteen
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Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
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I only mention it 'cause it was such a scene
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And I felt seen
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Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
   
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Summer, sizzling
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Look how I do this
  
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Listening to jazz out on the lawn
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Look how I've got this
  
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Listening to White Stripes when they were white hot
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Listening to rock all day long
   
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When I was a waitress wearing a tight dress handling the heat
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It kinda makes me feel
  
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I wasn't famous, just listening to Kings of Leon to the beat
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Like maybe I was better off
  
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Like, look how I got this, look how I got this
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</poem>}}In Orlando, I was only nineteen
  
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Just singing the street
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Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
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I felt free 'cause I was only nineteen
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Hey, such a scene
   
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Summer, summer's almost gone
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==Credits==
  
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We were talking about life, we were sitting outside till dawn
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But I would still go back
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If I could do all again, I thought
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Because it made me feel, made me feel like a God
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'Cause it made me feel, made me feel like a God
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'Cause it made me feel, made me feel like a God
   
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When I was a waitress wearing a white dress
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* [[Lana Del Rey]] — vocals, producer.
  
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Look how I do this, look how I got this
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* [[Jack Antonoff]] — composer, producer, mixer, bass, drums, guitar, piano.
  
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I was a waitress working the night shift
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* [[Laura Sisk]] — engineer, mixer.
  
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You were my man, felt like I got this
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* Chris Gehringer — assistant recording engineer.
  
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Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
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* John Rooney — assistant recording engineer.
  
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Down in Orlando, I was only nineteen
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* Jon Sher — assistant recording engineer.
  
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Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
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I only mention it 'cause it was such a scene
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And I felt seen
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Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
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When I was a waitress wearing a tight dress
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Like look how I do it, look how I got this
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I was a waitress wearing a tight dress
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Like look how I do this, look how I got this
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Made me feel, made me feel like a God
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It kinda makes me feel like maybe I was better off
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'Cause it made me feel, made me feel like a God
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Kinda makes me feel like maybe I was better off
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</poem>}}
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==Credits==
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* [[Lana Del Rey]] — songwriting, production, vocals
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* [[Jack Antonoff]] — songwriting, production, bass, drums, guitar, piano, mixing
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* [[Laura Sisk]] — engineering, mixing
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* Chris Gehringer — recording engineering assistance
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* John Rooney — recording engineering assistance
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* Jon Sher — recording engineering assistance
   
 
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 30 January 2024

"White Dress" (originally titled "White Dress / Waitress" or "Waitress"[1]) is a song by Lana Del Rey, which is featured on her seventh studio album, Chemtrails Over the Country Club. It serves as the opening track from the album.

Background[]

The title was revealed in Interview magazine published September 2020. About the track, Del Rey commented that it would be a defining moment for the album:

"What I like about that song is that despite all the freakiness over it, you understand exactly what it’s about when it ends. I hate when I hear a song that has a great melody, but I have no idea what they're talking about".[2]

On December 18, 2020, it appeared on Shazam alongside the rest of the tracklist for Chemtrails Over the Country Club.

Before the songs official release, it was described as "one of the saddest of her career" and hearkens back to her Lizzy Grant days, with vocals akin to "In My Feelings" and "Stargirl Interlude" according to a reliable source. In an interview with Mojo magazine, they described the song as being sung in a breathlessly rapt whisper of being "only 19", working as a waitress, listening to The White Stripes and Kings of Leon. "Look how I do this," she sings with trembling innocence, "look how I've got this." Then comes the fall: "It kind of makes me feel that I was better off."

Music video[]

Music video Information
Lana_Del_Rey_-_White_Dress_(Official_Music_Video) Released March 19, 2021
Length 5:47
Director Constellation Jones
Producer
Filmed December, 2020
Location Hicksville Trailer Palace, Joshua Tree, California
Vevo views 9.4 million views

Background[]

During an interview with BBC Radio 1, Del Rey confirmed that the track would have a music video.[3] On December 27, 2020, Del Rey posted an announcement to Instagram.

"When you see my second video for this album, don’t think that the fact I’m wearing a cast is symbolic for anything other than thinking I was still a pro figure skater. I wiped out on my beautiful skates before the video even began after a long day of figure eights and jumps in the twilight of the dezert [sic]."[4][dead link]

On February 27, 2021, she posted a sneak-peek on her social media accounts[5][dead link][6][7] and an extended snippet on March 15.[8][dead link]

Filming for the music video took place during December 2020 and was directed by Constellation Jones. Originally Del Rey was set to shoot the roller skating scenes but due to an elbow injury while filming the idea was scrapped and instead a body double was used, although it is speculated Del Rey skates around a bonfire in some shots towards the end of the video. Shots of Del Rey skating through the desert are played by model Ganna Bogdan.[8][dead link]

Cross-references[]

Lyrics[]

Sun stare, don't care with my head in my hands
Thinking of a simpler time
Like Sun Ra, I feel small
But I had it under control every time

When I was a waitress wearing a white dress
Look how I do this, look how I got this
I was a waitress working the night shift
You were my man, felt like I got this
Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
Down in Orlando, I was only nineteen
Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
I only mention it 'cause it was such a scene
And I felt seen
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

Summer, sizzling
Listening to jazz out on the lawn
Listening to White Stripes when they were white hot
Listening to rock all day long

When I was a waitress wearing a tight dress handling the heat
I wasn't famous, just listening to Kings of Leon to the beat
Like, look how I got this, look how I got this
Just singing the street
Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
I felt free 'cause I was only nineteen
Hey, such a scene

Summer, summer's almost gone
We were talking about life, we were sitting outside till dawn
But I would still go back
If I could do all again, I thought
Because it made me feel, made me feel like a God
'Cause it made me feel, made me feel like a God
'Cause it made me feel, made me feel like a God

When I was a waitress wearing a white dress
Look how I do this, look how I got this
I was a waitress working the night shift
You were my man, felt like I got this
Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
Down in Orlando, I was only nineteen
Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
I only mention it 'cause it was such a scene
And I felt seen
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

When I was a waitress wearing a tight dress
Like look how I do it, look how I got this
I was a waitress wearing a tight dress
Like look how I do this, look how I got this

Made me feel, made me feel like a God
It kinda makes me feel like maybe I was better off
'Cause it made me feel, made me feel like a God
Kinda makes me feel like maybe I was better off

Credits[]

  • Lana Del Rey — songwriting, production, vocals
  • Jack Antonoff — songwriting, production, bass, drums, guitar, piano, mixing
  • Laura Sisk — engineering, mixing
  • Chris Gehringer — recording engineering assistance
  • John Rooney — recording engineering assistance
  • Jon Sher — recording engineering assistance

References[]

  1. ↑ angelwitprblmz (May 16, 2021). "I have a friend who works at a certain studio and she sent me this. Peep an unreleased track and some alternate song titles + tracklisting.". Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/lanadelrey/comments/ndskhv/i_have_a_friend_who_works_at_a_certain_studio_and/. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ Antonoff, Jack (September 8, 2020). "Who is Lana Del Rey?". Interview. https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/who-is-lana-del-rey-jack-antonoff-september-poetry-cover. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Radio 1's Future Sounds with Annie Mac, Lana Del Rey Hottest Record". BBC Radio 1. January 11, 2021. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210115211209/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r3k5.
  4. ↑ Del Rey, Lana (December 27, 2020). "When you see my second video for this album, don’t think that the fact I’m wearing a cast is symbolic for anything other than thinking I was still a pro figure skater. I wiped out on my beautiful skates before the video even began after a long day of figure eights and jumps in the twilight of the dezert. Anyways my fracture isn’t that bad kind of goes with my new bucket hat. Thanks to my beautiful family for my gifts". Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJUWxWPhYvN/.
  5. ↑ Del Rey, Lana (February 27, 2021). Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLz5U1Vhews/.
  6. ↑ Del Rey, Lana (February 27, 2021). Twitter. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227213520/https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/1365777428941918208/.
  7. ↑ Del Rey, Lana (February 27, 2021). Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1364934110507929. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Del Rey, Lana (March 15, 2021). "Well! What to say! This is my last post as my album rapidly approaches. Thank you so much to all my friends for your support up until now and... for everything. Until we meet again, I’ll be out there somewhere Running with the wolves Thank you @ganna_bogdan for teaching me so much and taking over after I broke my 💪🏼". Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMc957PhYWh/.
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