"YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL" LANA DEL REY (2013)

Is this another case of the soundtrack outshining the movie? Tabbing Lana Del Rey to write and sing this song for “The Great Gatsby” just made total sense. Lana’s voice feels like it belongs in the roaring twenties. And she sang it like she could’ve been Daisy Buchanan herself. Except Lana escapes West Egg and shoves the narrative into a 21st century dystopian L.A. An unexpected interpretation of the film’s storyline. That’s the mark of a great soundtrack song.

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