Hear Lana Del Rey’s Contribution To ‘The Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack, ‘Young & Beautiful’

Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful,” from the upcoming cinematic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, both look and sound stunning and empty. A gorgeous exterior hides a vacant interior, like a hollow chocolate egg wrapped in gold foil. They’re a perfect match, and “Young and Beautiful” is everything a song from a movie about rich, sad white people living in Long Island should be.

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