Sharing a video of herself singing the poignant song, the 'Summertime Sadness' singer delivers touching lyrics, 'I'm still looking for my own version of America.'
- Aug 6, 2019
AceShowbiz - Lana Del Rey is among the numerous celebrities who have reacted to the back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton this past weekend. While other stars turned to their social media accounts to let out their thoughts about the tragedy, the songstress used the power of music to express her opinion. On Monday, August 5, Lana previewed a new song inspired by the incident.
Taking to Instagram, the "Summertime Sadness" singer shared a video of her singing to the song, which is titled "Looking for America", as her collaborator Jack Antonoff played guitar nearby. Lana could be heard softly delivering touching lyrics, "I'm still looking for my own version of America/ One without the guns, the flag can freely fly/ No bombs in the sky, only fireworks and you and I."
In the caption of the video, Lana explained the inspiration behind the song. "Now I know I'm not a politician and I'm not trying to be so excuse me for having an opinion," she said. "But in light of all the mass shootings and the back to back shootings in the last couple of days which really affected me on a cellular level I just wanted to post this video that our engineer Laura took 20 minutes ago. I hope you like it. I'm singing love to the choruses I recorded this morning. I'm going to call it 'Looking for America'."
Less than a day after 20 people were shot and killed inside a Walmart in El Paso, 9 people were gunned down outside a popular bar in Dayton. The suspects were identified as white males who used assault riffles to carry out the attacks.
Following the tragedy, many people have attacked and urged President Donald Trump to change gun laws in America. POTUS himself responded to them in a press conference, offering few specifics related to potential gun legislation he would support. He also said that he's "ready to listen and discuss all ideas that will actually work and make a very big difference."
