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video games song "Video Games" is four minutes and 42 seconds long (4:42).
Set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 123 beats per minute, Del Rey's vocal range spans from E3 to A4. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian praised
how Del Rey's vocal performance, against ballooning orchestration and pizzicato strings,
overlapped the subdued theme of an aloof, beer-drinking boyfriend figure.[8] Del Rey described her music and day-to-day style as "gangsta Nancy Sinatra",[7] with contemporary critics noting the song as a doom-filled ballad that unapologetically displays vulnerability
Prominent lyrics in the song include, "I heard you like the bad girls, honey, is that true?";[11] "Heaven is a place on earth with you/ Tell me all the things you want to do"; and "open up a beer... and play a video game?"[12] In an interview for British online magazine
The Quietus, Del Rey stated that the inspiration for the song came from her ex-boyfriend, commenting, "I think we came together because we were both outsiders. It was perfect. But I think with that contentment also comes sadness.
There was something heavenly about that life – we'd go to work and he'd play his video games – but also it was maybe too regular."[13] The singer also stated that she used lower vocals for "Video Games" because she felt that the public did not see her as a serious artist
Thematically, the lyrics have been labeled as antifeminist.[14][15] Of the musical composition, MTV lauded the cinematic atmosphere of the song, adoring its feathery violins, echoing electronic thumps, and melancholic crescendos — wound into a dramatic exhibition