

The video traces the women's relationship with spliced together through film bits – much like the effects used in her earlier efforts – and foggy scenes of the stars pouting and glancing seductively over their shoulders. The music video opens with the clouds parting during which a female voice is heard speaking through a phone call, telling her lover, "remember, i'll always love you, bye", then it shows Del Rey singing the opening verse before jumping from a cliff overlooking a waterfall. As the storyline progresses, one of the lovers commit suicide by jumping from perilous heights. The music video for the song features two lovers, one played by Jaime King and the other played by Del Rey. The same day, the video with the album version of the song was released worldwide on Del Rey's official YouTube channel. The radio mix edit of the video was released on July 20, 2012, in Germany on ClipFish. Newman's ex-wife, actress Jaime King, stars alongside Del Rey in the video, and said that, "It's about not being able to live without the one you love, friend or lover it doesn't matter, that's whatever you want it to be." Actor Alex Pettyfer reportedly also helped out on set as a production assistant. It was directed by Kyle Newman and Spencer Susser. The music video for "Summertime Sadness" was filmed in April and May of 2012. At the end of the performance, she stated: "I know you don't care, but you're gonna fucking like it when it's on the record." The song is now one of the songs Del Rey performs live most frequently, it has been included in the setlist for most of her concert tours. Live performances ĭel Rey first performed the song at the Bowery Ballroom on December 5, 2011, before the song was officially released.

But even though there is a palpable damaged girl in her voice, she commands attention with her lazy delivery." Los Angeles Times named it among the best tracks on the album along with " Video Games" and " Dark Paradise". Amy Sciarretto of PopCrush noted that "on an album marked by shoe gazing moments, is Lana Del Rey at her most head down. In his track-by-track review of Born to Die for Billboard magazine Andrew Hampp wrote about "Summertime Sadness" that "the pouty title alone drew giggles at Del Rey's Bowery gig, but the song itself proves to be one of the more durable tracks here even if its lyrics start to get redundant ('Kiss me hard before you go.

It is performed at approximately 112 beats per minute and runs at a duration of four minutes and twenty-five seconds. Del Rey's vocals cover exactly two octaves, ranging from C♯3 to C♯5. "Summertime Sadness" is a trip hop ballad written in the key of C♯ Minor. In mid-2022, the song went viral on TikTok, with hundreds of thousands of individual videos made using it, amassing millions of views. The original file of the leaked demo is called "Summertime Sadness KM mix 017". At first, it was mistaken as a demo or a different radio mix but the leaker confirmed it to be a different version of the album's track. This version has a more rock and electronic sound, featuring an electronic guitar. The first snippet was leaked in May 2016 and the second one on April 20, 2017. Three snippets of this version leaked between 20, with the last one leaking on Augduring an Instagram livestream. I felt happy in the warm weather and started writing about how sad and gorgeous the summertime felt to me." Ī second version of the song tagged as "Alternate Final", also known as "Final 2" exists. I wanted to take the electricity and absorb it so it would make me feel alive and electric again. I would sit under the telephone wires and listen to them sizzle in the warm air while he went to work. I was staying in Santa Monica, California with my composer and best friend, Dan Heath.

10.3 Summertime Sadness CD by Polydor and Universal Music France in France.10.2 Summertime Sadness - The Remix EP 12" Vinyl by Universal Music Group in Germany.10.1 Summertime Sadness CD by Vertigo in Germany, Austria & Switzerland.
