How Faith Became a Central Part of Lana Del Rey’s Story

For most casual listeners, Lana Del Rey’s name doesn’t immediately bring faith to mind. Her world has usually been understood through old Hollywood melancholy and doomed romance, but God has been closer to the center of her work than people tend to notice.Long before she became one of the defining songwriters of the last decade, Del Rey was raised Catholic, attended Catholic school and sang in church. In interviews over the years, she’s described faith less as a trend or identity marker and more