This Is A Review about Summer Time Sadness by Lana Del Rey

"Summer Time Sadness" is a Baroque Pop/Ballad Pop and Trip Hop song, It was released in 2012 as one of the tracks from Lana Del Rey's Second Album "Born to Die", The song had much success around the world and it became a hit song. there is also a remix of this song by Cedric Gervais that he released in 2013. It was arranged and composed by Emile Haynie and Rick Nowels and the lyrics were written by Rock Nowels and Lana Del Rey.

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In its music video Del Rey and actress Jaime King and performing as two lovers and as the story keeps going forward, it ends like a tragedy but it also means that they are still together even if they left this world.

The music starts with a strumming sound like Guitar and a voice talking (a lover's message) then there is a pad, strings, and there is also the special classical tune of the guitar which we can hear in some of Del Rey's songs and a bell sound (the composition actually starts with Chorus) When Lana starts to sing there is a sound in the background which it is a sample of her voice I think and it keeps repeating in the background and it makes a feeling like if it is sound of people talking in the background or like a sound in the beach (sound of birds) there are also lines of back vocals added along with Lead Vocals, then the first verse starts with drums which it is performing a kind of Army rhythm only with snare, In the verse, her vocals become one line, In that section of the song, we can also hear synth and Ukulele which adds a nice vibe to the song and then in the bridge section, the full drums start performing then a deep bassline adds and the drums kick notes change in the Chorus and the Break Down section, Then the second verse starts soft with a synth and snare and it keeps growing till the next chorus after the second Chorus there is a nice Bridge and she performs new notes for the vocals in that section and then there is the third chorus and bridge but at the ending chorus the violin becomes louder and adds a nice effect on the music, the song ends with an instrumental outro and it becomes silent with a filter and volume change.

a photo of Lana Del Rey at Studio:

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I hope you enjoyed listening to this song and reading this review, please leave a comment and let me know your idea about it :)

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@davidfar