Though the tones and themes featured in Tropico are pretty synonymous with what Del Rey's style is considered to generally be, the 'Born To Die' singer more recently stepped away from such heavy use of nostalgia and American iconography in the past year. What we were trying to get to was that Adam and Eve are abolished from the Garden and kind of catapulted into this hell on earth, where nobody really does anything.'

Shortly after Tropico was released, Mandler explained the meaning of the film in several interviews: 'We’re essentially retelling the creation of the universe, but by starting with the pop icons of the '50s and '60s, that will recalibrate any sense of the norm. It's 30 minutes of surreal imagery that's as confusing as it is resplendent. In the video, the two of them were living in a Garden of Eden populated by Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Jesus, Elvis, and unicorns. Tropico featured Del Rey and model Shaun Ross as Eve and Adam, respectively.

The height of her nostalgic tendencies, however, came in 2013's Tropico - Lana Del Rey's short film collaboration with director Anthony Mandler. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963) in what now feels like an endless loop of referential homage. Clark Gable screen tests from the '30s, footage of the day John F. From her earliest videos as Lizzy Grant to her Paradise album, Del Rey has consistently utilized iconic imagery from ages past (i.e.

By now, most fans are fairly familiar with this style of hers - in fact, it's why many love her. Lana Del Rey is an artist who has centered her work around what appears to be a burning desire for an age in which she did not live.

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