Jack and Me

Lana Del Rey seemed to appear fully-formed with her melancholy viral hit 'Video Games' - but the story started long before. In this anatomy, F.A. Mannan considers everything that has gone into the equation: the music, poetry and films but also the places and experiences that allow the songs to communicate despite the media circus around them.

F.A. Mannan has a BA in Computer Science from Cambridge and an MMus in Songwriting from Bath Spa. His thesis was on academic notions of authenticity in Born To Die by Lana Del Rey. From London, he has worked both as a software engineer and a sound engineer.