Lana Del Rey's Homage to Jackie O: National Anthem Video

So we've seen the teaser and now comes the full vid for Lana Del Rey's National Anthem, which is a cinematic-like visual journey featuring Lana and rapper A$AP Rocky channelling American icons Jackie O and John F Kennedy (with an homage to Marilyn Monroe's 'Happy Birthday Mr President' thrown in).

So we've seen the teaser and now comes the full vid for Lana Del Rey's National Anthem, which is a cinematic-like visual journey featuring Lana and rapper A$AP Rocky channelling American icons Jackie O and John F Kennedy (with an homage to Marilyn Monroe's 'Happy Birthday Mr President' thrown in).

It's a 60s fashion feast for the eyes with a full-on Instagram-filter edge which includes flashback-like video clips of Lana and A$AP acting out the romance between the once happy couple, alongside dreamy clips of Lana laying on a bear-skin rug where we get to see her 'Trust No One' and 'Paradise' tattoos.

The dreamy journey ends though with a re-enactment of Kennedy's 1963 assassination and a haunting monologue where Lana repeats 'I loved him' over and over while the music plays out. Finally, in her signature whispery voice she says 'and I still love him, and will love him.'

It's spine-tingly, sing-along'y and full of the usual Lana-lushness.

If you're also wondering why A$AP Rocky was chosen to be the indie chanteuse's latest love and not heavily-tattooed male mod Bradley Soileau (who appeared in the vids for Blue Jeans and Born To Die), it follows the pair's latest collaboration on a song called Ridin which will feature on the rapper's debut album, Long Live A$AP.

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