Music / First LookLana Del Rey's TropicoExclusive gallery: Gang tattoos and American Dreaming in her shocking new short filmShareLink copied ✔️December 5, 2013MusicFirst LookTextOwen MyersLana Del Rey – Tropico Last night, Lana Del Rey premiered her new short film Tropico at Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, a 30-minute visual directed by Anthony Mandler ("National Anthem", "Ride") and starring model Shaun Ross. Featuring her tracks "Body Electric", "Gods and Monsters" and "Bel Air", it's a lurid tangle of Americana and an extension of her aesthetic, with themes of innocence lost, good vs. evil, and trading your body for money. As she puts it in the iconic words of Allen Ginsberg: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness." Lana Del Rey exclusively premieres these stills with Dazed, showing her with doorknocker gold hoops, stained lips and gang tattoos. Also expect backroom booty-popping, the poetry of Walt Whitman, and cameos from Jesus Christ, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley in Tropico, which hits Vevo at 4pm GMT today. In the monologue of "Ride" she spoke of a "chameleon soul", and here the colours are more searing than ever. Update: Watch Tropico in full below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhen did UK underground rap get so Christian? Why listening parties are everywhere right nowA night out with Feng, the ‘positive punk’ of UK UgDoppel-gäng gäng gäng: 7 times artists used body doublesWesley Joseph is the Marty Supreme of R&B (only nicer) How Turnstile are reinventing hardcore for the internet ageWill these be the biggest musical moments of 2026?Rising singer Liim is the crooning voice of New York CityFrench producer Malibu is an ambient antidote for the chronically online10 musicians to watch in 202610 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsZukovstheworld on the UK Ug scene: ‘It’s modern pop music’