Lana Del Rey unveils full-length 'National Anthem' video
Published Jun 27 2012, 14:55 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Lana Del Rey has unveiled the full-length video for her upcoming single 'National Anthem'.The singer-songwriter yesterday teased the promo with a song-length trailer and has now premiered the complete 7-minute 40-second film.
The video opens by featuring Del Rey imitating Marilyn Monroe singing 'Happy Birthday' to President John F Kennedy in 1962.
It then recreates the infamous Zapruder film of Kennedy's assassination intercut with Del Rey playing Kennedy's then-wife Jackie. Rapper A$AP Rocky plays the late president.
The track is the latest cut to be taken from Del Rey's Born To Die album.
'National Anthem' is released on July 8 and follows previous singles 'Video Games', 'Born to Die' and 'Blue Jeans'.
amazing video and song-hope it does well
June 28th 2012 at 7:06am
she is one of the sexiest women in music fosure..
June 27th 2012 at 10:55pm
Great song and best video of 2012.
June 27th 2012 at 10:21pm
Love this song. One of the best from her album I think.
June 27th 2012 at 10:01pm
This chick is very talented, she deserves best new artist in next years Grammy's. Awesome video
June 27th 2012 at 9:30pm