MusicFirst LookHear Lana Del Rey sing alternate ‘West Coast’ lyricsThe GRADES Icon Remix layers a previously-unheard vocal take over a blissy disco beatShareLink copied ✔️May 16, 2014MusicFirst LookTextOwen Myers Lana Del Rey obsessives (guilty!) are blessed with a wealth of alternate vocals, live variations and scrapped lyrics from the scarlet starlet’s unofficial discog. The crown jewel? “Let me fuck you hard in the pouring rain” from an NC-17 version of “Born To Die” that Del Rey often revives in live performances. Now, woozy current single “West Coast” gets an alternate vocal rendition (originally purposed solely for German radio) in a shimmery disco remix by UK producer GRADES, who lays on a disco-house beat and handclaps, as well as additional production on the track. The lyrical highlights to the new version – officially named The GRADES Icon Remix, BTW – sparkle with the forthright flirtation of a disco heroine amidst cascading bar chimes. “Your love, your love, your love” is switched out for “Hush baby hush”; “…feel I’m a child” is swapped for a less-Daddy-issues-riddled “higher and higher”. Who knows what’s in her coffee cup, but it suits Lana to get a little loose. If you’re not drinking, then you’re not playing, after all. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationTrail shoe to fashion trailblazer: the rise of Salomon’s ACS PROThe only tracks you need to hear from November 2025Inside the world of Amore, Spain’s latest rising starLella Fadda is blazing a trail in the Egyptian music sceneThe rise of Sweden’s post-pop undergroundNeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen 6 Flog Gnaw artists on what’s inspiring them right nowDazed Mix: Ziúr Parris Goebel is creating the music she wants to dance toPxssy Palace are ‘rewriting what freedom looks like’