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"Groupie Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey featuring American rapper ASAP Rocky featured on her fifth studio album Lust for Life. The song was released for digital download on July 12, 2017, alongside "Summer Bummer" featuring ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti, as a promotional single with the pre-order of the album. The song was later sent to Italian radio on July 28, 2017 as the album's fourth single. The song was written by Del Rey, Rick Nowels and Rakim Mayers with the production being handled by Del Rey, Emile Haynie, Rick Nowels, Kieron Menzies, Hector Delgado and Dean Reid.
"Norman Fucking Rockwell" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey from her sixth studio album of the same name (2019). The track was written and produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff. The song was sent to UK mainstream radios on November 1, 2019, as the sixth single from the album.
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