

"The whole thing is just this lament of a time gone. “Hence her lyrics, ‘ The culture is lit and I had a ball / If this is it I’m signing off," he said. Next, he brought in piano to help the song "really come to life."Īntonoff revealed the inspiration for the instrumental choices made on the song was that they wanted 'The Greatest' to sound like "a death march to the end of culture.“ That idea is certainly reflected in the lyrics, Antonoff explained. She posted this message to her Twitter: Just saw the beauty queen Lana Del Rey sing and she was a dream. Lana Del Rey referred to herself as a beauty queen in the song 'Summertime Sadness' and she isn't the only one who thinks that way about her Katy Perry seems to agree. Once he and Del Rey established the foundation of 'The Greatest,' Antonoff added 12-string guitars to the track. 10 Katy Perry Called Lana A Beauty Queen. And in that way, I understood him and I loved him. He describes the foundation of the song as a “kind of an English-sounding progression,” which he finds “pretty regal." LanaDelRey Love 7Chills LyricsvideosLove by Lana Del Rey Thanks for watching. I always got the sense that he became torn between being a good person and missing out on all of the opportunities that life could offer a man as magnificent as him. While sitting down for an appearance on Mix with the Masters, Antonoff revealed how one song from the album came to be.Īntonoff highlights Del Rey's 'The Greatest' as his favorite track off Norman F***ing Rockwell.

He served as a writer and producer on Lana Del Rey's 2019 Norman F***ing Rockwell album. Fresh off the release of Bleacher's highly anticipated third album Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night, Jack Antonoff is looking back on another major project.
