FASHION Magazine
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Lana Del Rey’s “Bel Air”: The singer proves she can captivate even in 4 minutes of reused video footage
Coming off an over the top 10-minute music video (read: short film) for “Ride”, Lana Del Rey, true to her shape-shifting persona changed it up again. In anticipation to the release of her next album “Born To Die: The Paradise Edition”, a promo video has surfaced for the track “Bel Air” comprised of outtakes from the video for “Summertime Sadness” which released earlier this year.
We want to ignore the fact that the smokey and ghostly scenes have been featured before because the lip syncing-less video works perfectly for the mysterious sounds of the song “Bel Air”. As smoke whirls around her and changes colour, Lana Del Rey’s vulnerable and dark stained pout seem as iconic as the flower crown from “Born To Die” or the fro-like curls as we saw in “Ride”. She has shown us that she excels at over the top videos and now, keeping it simple.