Claim: Lana Del Rey released the Paradise EP in November of 2012.

`` Summertime Sadness '' is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey from her second studio album , Born to Die . The trip hop ballad was released on June 22 , 2012 by Interscope Records as the fourth single of the album . Charting across Europe , the single reached the top ten in Austria , Bulgaria , Germany , Greece , Luxembourg , and Switzerland . In the spring of 2013 , `` Summertime Sadness '' reached number one in Poland and Ukraine . Trap and house remixes of `` Summertime Sadness '' helped Del Rey break into the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart . That chart is where Del Rey 's song became a modest hit and marked her first foray into the chart . On the accompanied Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart , the single gave Del Rey her first US number-one single in August 2013 . Earlier in 2012 , the song also managed to become a rock hit in the US .   In the summer of 2013 , a remixed version of the track by Cedric Gervais was released to American contemporary hit radio and helped the single become a sleeper hit , debuting it at 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the highest charting single of her career in that country with a peak of 6 . Switzerland and Austria gave `` Summertime Sadness '' a gold certification ; it reached platinum status in Germany and became a top forty year-end hit . The record also reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart . It joined BBC Radio 1 's and BBC Radio 2 's playlists . Gervais ' remixed version won a 2014 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording , Non-Classical .   The song 's accompanying music video depicts Del Rey and actress Jaime King as a couple . As the storyline progresses , both characters commit suicide by jumping from perilous heights . Cinematography was handled primarily by King 's husband , Kyle Newman . The video gained success on video-hosting website YouTube , and circulated through social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter . In general , critics lauded the artistry of the single 's music video , comparing it to Instagram . The musical arrangement was composed by Del Rey 's long-time collaborators Emile Haynie and Rick Nowels , with Nowels and Del Rey writing the lyrics . The song is also referenced in The Chainsmokers ' hit single '' #Selfie '' .