page_title: List of unreleased songs recorded by Lana Del Rey
section_title: 2011–12: Demo recordings as Lana Del Rey
hierarchical_section_title: List of unreleased songs recorded by Lana Del Rey / 2011–12: Demo recordings as Lana Del Rey
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Cheryl Cole au festival de CannesEnglish: Cheryl Cole at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014
context_page_description: Since the beginning of her career in 2005, American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey has recorded countless demos and even finalized studio recordings under a series of monikers including Lizzy Grant, Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, May Jailer, and with her former band, The Phenomena. Throughout the years, many of her tracks from these sessions have been leaked online, with Del Rey even furthering the popularity of songs including "Serial Killer" and "You Can Be The Boss" through her live performances. Del Rey has currently only published two previously unreleased songs on a new album, though she has repurposed some of her songs for film soundtracks, including "Elvis" for The King, "Life is Beautiful" for The Age of Adaline, and "I Can Fly" for Big Eyes, while her only song to be re-recorded was "Ghetto Baby" by Cheryl Cole.
  Del Rey stated in 2017 during a show that she intends to release a collection of "25 of [her] favorite" leaked songs of hers. In a livestream in July of that same year, Del Rey said she wanted to release "TV In Black & White", "Us Against The World", "I Caught You Boy", "On Our Way", "Trash Magic", "Hollywood's Dead", and "Hollywood".
context_section_description: "Hot Hot Hot"  — It leaked on August 8, 2013 and is speculated to have been recorded sometime in 2011.
   "Fake Diamond"  — The song was recorded in 2011 and the demo version leaked on September 17, 2012. The final mix was leaked on June 7, 2019.
   "Gangsta Boy"  — It was recorded in 2011 and leaked on July 30, 2012. The song was produced by Harry James Angus.
   "Ghetto Baby"  — In May 2012, singer Cheryl Cole confirmed that she and Del Rey had collaborated on a track for her then-forthcoming album, A Million Lights. In an interview with Capital FM, Cole stated that she had noticed Del Rey "about a year ago. I was hearing these songs that were really fresh to my ear and amazing and I asked the guy who she was and he said, 'Watch out for her, it's a girl called Lana Del Rey'." The singer explained that she was played another one of Del Rey's tracks and loved it so much, that it eventually led to a collaboration. "It all happened really organically just like that. And then 'Video Games' came out and I fell in love with her as an artist as well, so yeah, she's super talented." Del Rey had penned the song, which was cut from her second studio album, Born to Die. In September 2012, Del Rey's version of the track leaked online.
   "BBM Baby"  — Recorded in 2011, the song leaked on Tumblr in August 2016. John Bonazzo of Observer called the song "an ode to Blackberry Messenger" and said the track "transports listeners to a time before iPhones and Facebook Messenger, when young lovers tapped messages back and forth on QWERTY keyboards." Chris Glvoer of Penguin Prison confirmed in a 2011 interview that he wrote the song with Del Rey.
   "Back To The Basics"  — It was recorded in 2011 and leaked on December 21, 2012. The song is sometimes credited as "Back to tha Basics".
   "Butterflies, Pt. 2"  — It was recorded in 2011 and leaked on September 13, 2012. The song was co-written and produced with Jim Irvin and Tim Larcombe.
   "Big Bad Wolf"  — Believed to have been recorded in 2011, the song was leaked in August 2012.
   "Joshy & I"  — The track leaked on August 6, 2015.
   "Making Out"  — It was recorded in December 2011 and leaked on December 9, 2012. The track was produced by Matthew Benbrook.
   "Live or Die"  — It was recorded in 2011 and leaked on October 14, 2012. The song was produced by Jarrad Rogers. An "alternative version" of the song was popularized online in 2015, though it has been regarded as being merely a fan edit of the original track.
   "Queen of Disaster"  — Recorded in 2011 and leaked in summer 2013, the song was initially believed to have been recorded as an outtake of Born to Die (2012). The song was originally rumored to have been a leaked single. Upon its leak, the song was being illegally played in clothing stores, shopping malls, and other public spaces, due to its popularity.
  Background and composition
  Produced by Chris Braide, the song is noted for being more upbeat than traditional Del Rey releases. Thematically, it is about being in a troublesome romance with someone who makes Del Rey feel alive.
  While Del Rey has referred to herself as the "Queen of New York City" and "Queen of Saigon" in previous songs, "Queen of Disaster" follows a more symbolic note, with Del Rey suggesting she herself is the ultimate havoc reeker. Michael Biggs of Gigwise called the song a "sixties-influenced track" that is "unlike the gloomy Americana sounds she has pioneered" and called it her "most up tempo track heard from the star to date". Further, the song was likened to the releases of pop girl groups in the early 1960s.
  Critical reception
  Dan Weiss of Billboard called the track one of her best leaked demos, commenting that "Since Del Rey uses chamber orchestras so much, why not make some chamber-pop out of them? On this glockenspiel-flecked, one-woman girl-group jam she fancies herself a ballerina over a Motown chord progression, with backing soulettes echoing the phrase “so far gone” and bragging how she celebrates “by twisting fate.” Her ability to turn a phrase, melodically or lexically, is often overshadowed by her auteur's mask, but
caption: Del Rey wrote "Ghetto Baby" for Cheryl Cole's album, A Million Lights.
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