Long before Lana Del Rey became the femme phenom we know her as today, she operated under her real name, Lizzy Grant, as well as other pseudonyms including Lana Del Ray, May Jailer, and Sparkle Jump Rope Queen between 2005, when her first unreleased record "Sirens" was created, and 2012, when "Born To Die" released (FUN FACT: in May of 2012, 4 months after "Born to Die" came out, "Sirens" leaked). During the time Grant remained underground, she produced scores of songs and demos that never saw the light of day until much, much later. These songs were born in fruitless recording sessions and performed in nightclubs and chintzy concert halls (one time at a Dave Matthews concert I met a guy who made out with Lizzy before she was Lana at one of her shows in New York), only to exist today on YouTube and a few CDs I keep in my car because bumping to unreleased Lana is EVERYTHING.

Because most of these songs were leaked on YouTube around "Born To Die's" release, many of those who found Lana around the time when the "Video Games" music video went viral were extremely likely to have run into some homemade music video or demo on a YouTube search that, strangely, wasn't on the record (myself included). How many one stumbled upon depended on how far deep they looked, but in my case, there was a point in time where I had 100+ Lana Del Rey songs downloaded to my computer. Moreover, every time a new album drops, new demos of album rejects leak as well, so there's always something new to find. As Grant and her team picked up on the fact that many fans were listening to her unreleased gems, Lana Del Rey began performing the ever-popular "Serial Killer" on her 2015 tour (from an eyewitness's POV, it was incredible). Even though songs get taken off YouTube periodically, there are still dozens left to be found. And, I think we can all agree, many of them are better than some tracks that actually have released on an official basis *cough* "Summertime Sadness" *cough*. These are just a few of my favorites that all hardcore fans will agree on, if you are a hardcore fan, that is...

1. "Architecture" (2016; "Lust For Life" reject)
2. "Pawn Shop Blues" (2006; "Sirens" era)
3. "Come When You Call Me America" (2008; Lizzy Grant)
4. "Young Like Me" (May Jailer)
5. "Kinda Outta Luck" (2010; "Born to Die" reject)
6. "You're Gonna Love Me"
7. "Back To Tha Basics" (2011)
8. "Your Band Is All The Rage" (2009; Lizzy Grant)
9. "Flipside" ("Ultraviolence" reject)
10. Boarding School (2009; Lana Del Ray)
11. "Dangerous Girl" (Lana Del Ray)
12. "Pin Up Galore" (2008; Lizzy Grant)
13. "Yayo" Version 1 (2009; Lana Del Ray)
14. "Jimmy Gnecco" (2007)
15. "Velvet Crowbar" ("Born to Die" reject)
16. "Maha Maha" (a.k.a. "Bollywood Hawaii"; 2009; Lana Del Ray)
17. "Driving In Cars With Boys" (2010; Lana Del Ray)
18. "Kill Kill" (2010; Lana Del Ray)
19. "Queen of the Gas Station"
20. "Queen of Disaster" (Lana Del Ray)
21. "On Our Way" (2010; "Born to Die" reject)
22. "Us Against The World" (2010; Lana Del Ray)
23. "Axl Rose Husband" (2000/2001; Sparkle Jump Rope Queen)
24. "Gramma"
25. "Damn You"
26. "Backfire" (2010; Lana Del Ray)
27. "Little Girls (Put Me In A Movie)"
28. "Smarty"
29. "JFK" ("Paradise" reject)
30. "1949" (2008)
31. "Oh Say Can You See"
32. "Trash" (a.k.a. "Trash Magic) (2007; Lizzy Grant)
33. "Heart Shaped Box" (Nirvana cover; 2013 tour)
34. "Daytona Meth" (2007; Lana Del Ray)
35. "Television Heaven" (a.k.a. "Coca Cola" or "Young And Free"; 2010; Lana Del Ray)
36. "Crooked Cop" (Lizzy Grant)
37. "Disco" (2007; Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena)
38. "Get Drunk"
39. "Methamphetamines" (2006)
40. "Butterflies Part 1" (Lana Del Ray)
41. "Butterflies Part 2" (Lana Del Ray)
42. "Put Me In A Movie" (a.k.a. "Little Girls" or "Ruby"; 2010; Lana Del Ray)
43. "Elvis" (2008; Sparkle Jump Rope Queen)
44. "Hollywood's Dead" (2011; "Born to Die" reject)
45. "Ghetto Baby" (2011; Lana Del Rey)
46. "Afraid" (2010; Lana Del Ray)
47. "Black Beauty" (2013; Lana Del Rey; "Ultraviolence" reject)
48. "Dum Dum" (2010; Lana Del Ray)
49. "Dynamite" (2010; Lana Del Ray)