The ethereal piano. The sweeping, memorable melody which feels both timeless and bittersweet. We could be in a Lana Del Rey song. But we're not. We're listening to a track by her father, pianist and composer Robert Grant (Del Rey's birth name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant). The song, from his upcoming album "Lost at Sea," due out June 9, is music only, but one could easily imagine Del Rey's nostalgic vocals drifting over the keys (and they will, on several tracks). "The talent really runs in the family," reads one comment on a YouTube video of another song.
It's almost like … it's really hard to break into the arts and having a famous, wealthy and industry-established family helps.
