Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey sings like a torch singer lost in an old Hollywood film: slow, lush and cinematic, her breathy, drowsy voice drifting over strings, hip hop beats and reverb-heavy guitars, with lyrics full of fast cars, bad boys and faded Americana.

'Video Games' went viral in 2011 and Born to Die made her a star, before Ultraviolence, produced by Dan Auerbach, leaned into hazy guitar rock. Norman Fucking Rockwell!, made with Jack Antonoff, is widely seen as her finest record, piano-led soft rock that drew comparisons with the great Laurel Canyon songwriters, and Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd kept the songs long, loose and confessional.