Lana Del Rey by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 66 Lana Del Rey songs in our library — tempo, dynamic range, texture, how abruptly each song shifts, how hard the vocal pushes — and rolled it into a single intensity score from 0 to 100. No other site scores a catalog this way. Here is Lana Del Rey by the numbers: a genuinely gentle catalog — quieter than most of what gets filed under their genre.
The catalog at a glance
- Average intensity: 28/100
- Average dynamic range: 4.9/10
- Average tempo: 88 BPM across 66 timed songs
- One of the widest emotional ranges we've measured for any single artist — a 75-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest Lana Del Rey songs
- Bartender — intensity 10/100, 60 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman like Me to Have – but I Have It — intensity 11/100, 65 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- Say Yes to Heaven — intensity 11/100, 72 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
The most intense
- A&W — intensity 85/100, 75 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
- Ultraviolence — intensity 60/100, 95 BPM, dynamic range 7/10
- Ride — intensity 50/100, 85 BPM, dynamic range 7/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- A&W — dynamic range 9/10
- Ride — dynamic range 7/10
- Venice Bitch — dynamic range 7/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Shades of Cool (46 BPM), fastest is Born to Die (128 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the Lana Del Rey artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 66 Lana Del Rey songs as of 2026-06-24. The intensity score combines dynamic range, tempo, texture, sudden changes, vocal force, and predictability. Figures update as the catalog is refined.