Songs Similar to Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey
Released 2013 · Album: The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film · Indie · Romantic
Lana Del Rey wrote "Young and Beautiful" with Rick Nowels for Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film The Great Gatsby, where it plays as Daisy's theme and recurs throughout the score. It is a slow, sweeping ballad: Del Rey's low, hushed vocal sits over sparse piano and drums before a full orchestra and choir rise up around her. The question at its heart, whether a lover will still care once youth and beauty fade, suits both the film's Jazz Age glamour and Del Rey's own fascination with faded Hollywood romance.
Songs that sound like this one are usually slow and cinematic, with lush strings, reverb-heavy production and a languid, melancholy female vocal that stays restrained rather than belting. Look for vintage glamour filtered through modern production, lyrics about devotion and impermanence, and a sense of a film score swelling behind a torch song. It connects to the baroque pop of the early 2010s, the James Bond-theme tradition, and the moody, dream-pop leaning singers who followed Del Rey.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Young and Beautiful”
What songs are similar to Young and Beautiful?
The closest matches are slow, orchestral ballads with a hushed, melancholy female vocal, lush strings and a vintage Hollywood atmosphere, often about devotion, glamour and the fear of losing love as time passes. On our list, the closest matches are “Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Rey, “Brooklyn Baby” by Lana Del Rey and “Play Date” by Melanie Martinez.
Who does Young and Beautiful sound like?
It is often compared to Nancy Sinatra and the 1960s girl-singer tradition that Del Rey draws on, and to the orchestral Bond themes of John Barry's era for its cinematic swell. Portishead's moody trip-hop is a common reference for her vocal phrasing. Among peers and successors, Florence + The Machine, Lorde, Billie Eilish and Ethel Cain share its dark, romantic ballad style.
Is Young and Beautiful Indie?
Partly. Lana Del Rey is widely filed under indie and alternative pop, and the song shares the moody, retro aesthetic her indie audience loves. But it was released through a major-label film soundtrack with a full orchestral arrangement, so it is closer to a cinematic pop ballad or baroque pop than to indie in the guitar-band or lo-fi sense.
How do you find similar songs to Young and Beautiful?
Follow the strings and the slow tempo: seek out film-soundtrack ballads, torch songs with a vintage or noir mood, and female singers who favour a low, restrained delivery over power. Del Rey's own Born to Die and Ultraviolence eras, Bond themes and 'sad girl' or 'cinematic pop' playlists are good places to dig, and SongSimilar's list above ranks matches by what "Young and Beautiful" listeners actually play next.