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Lana Del Rey thinks 'Video Games' is a happy song

  • January 3, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

Lana Del Rey has claimed that her break­through single 'Video Games' is actually about how happy she was to be living with her then-boyfriend.

Talking to The Sun, the 'chanteuse' said the song was inspired by watching him play video games and the two of them "being together in the same room".

Despite the heart­warm­ing nature of that image it's important to note that Del Rey never picked up a console. "I never joined in," she said, "as I'd get killed straight away."

Referring to her forth­com­ing debut album 'Born To Die' she called it a "dark love story seen through hopeful eyes". The album is due at the end of January.

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