Yes. Lana Del Rey co-writes around 95% of her catalogue, writing her own cinematic, personal lyrics. She works within tight partnerships, mainly with producer Rick Nowels early on and Jack Antonoff from Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019). Songs like 'Video Games,' 'Venice Bitch,' and 'A&W' are hers, written with just one or two collaborators rather than large writing rooms.
Across all 122 tracks: how many Lana Del Rey wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 122 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Lana Del Rey's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Lana Del Rey sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
5 Points
Polydor / Interscope
Polydor / Interscope
Polydor / Interscope
Polydor / Interscope
Polydor / Interscope
Polydor / Interscope
Polydor / Interscope
Polydor / Interscope
No albums from this decade.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. RN Rick Nowels · JA Jack Antonoff · KM Kieron Menzies · DR Dean Reid · DK David Kahne · EH Emile Haynie
Data Insight
Lana Del Rey is a strong songwriter in the data: she co-writes nearly every song, so her lyricist credit is close to total, and she is usually one of only a few names per track. The composer column is where her producers live, most often Rick Nowels in her early work and Jack Antonoff later, who shape the music she writes over. The story the credits tell is of a consistent author working in tight partnerships rather than crowded writing rooms.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
A consistent author in tight partnerships: Lana Del Rey co-writes around 95% of her catalogue, writing her own cinematic, personal lyrics with a small circle of producers, especially Rick Nowels and, from Norman Fucking Rockwell! on, Jack Antonoff.
The Story
Lana Del Rey is an American singer-songwriter whose cinematic, melancholy take on pop reshaped the sound of the 2010s and beyond. Breaking through with the viral 'Video Games' and the 2012 album Born to Die, she built a persona steeped in old-Hollywood glamour, Americana, and doomed romance, set to lush, orchestral production. She co-writes the overwhelming majority of her material, working closely with a small circle of producers, especially Rick Nowels in her early career and Jack Antonoff from Norman Fucking Rockwell! onward. Critical opinion shifted from early skepticism to wide acclaim, and her later albums are routinely ranked among the decade's best. A prolific writer, she has released nine studio albums and a book of poetry, with her authorship sitting near the top of the pop songwriting scale.
