Lana Del Rey surprise-released “The Grants,” the opening song of her upcoming album, 'Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,' which features a nod to some of music’s greatest background singers.
soothing vocals over the soft sounds of a piano. It’s the type of sonic beauty we’ve come to expect from the beloved songstress. On Tuesday, Del Rey surprise-released “The Grants,” the opening song of her upcoming album,, which features a nod to some of music’s greatest background singers.
“The Grants” — named after Del Rey’s own family — opens with background singers Melodye Perry, Pattie Howard, and Shikena Jones recording the backing vocals for the song as they receive direction. “One more time, you ready?” one woman instructs, before they sing Del Rey’s chorus to perfection, and the songThe piano chords of the sweet song begin as Del Rey asks a mystery lover if they’ll truly have a chance of being together forever. “Do you think about heaven? Do you think about me?” she sings.
, which highlighted the world of background vocalists — shine alongside Del Rey’s voice during the second chorus and over the bridge where Del Rey shares an ode to her family. “My sister’s first-born child, I’m gonna take that too with me. My grandmother’s last smile, I’m gonna take that too with me,” she sings. “It’s a beautiful life. Remember that too for me.”
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