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"President of Polydor Records UK Ferdy Unger-Hamilton has denied claims that Lana Del Rey is a manufactured artist. The music boss revealed that he did not sign the singer up when he first met her, which was a year prior to when the star agreed a deal with him back in September. Unger-Hamilton told Q magazine: &amp;quot;Lana knows what she wants like few artists I&amp;#039;ve ever met. &amp;quot;She likes to control every aspect of her career. Often we come across someone who is really good at writing songs or singing them, but Lana is that rare thing - someone who can do it all.&amp;quot; Del Rey has previously confirmed that her debut album Born To Die will be released on January 30 in the UK and January 31 in the US. Talking about how hip-hop inspired the record, the 25-year-old explained: &amp;quot;People talking about their lives - it gave me the freedom to write about whatever I felt over whatever strange melody I wanted.&amp;quot; The album&amp;#039;s title single &amp;#039;Born To Die&amp;#039; will be available to download on January 23. &amp;gt; Lana Del Rey debuts &amp;#039;Off to the Races&amp;#039; music video - watch &amp;gt; Lana Del Rey: &amp;#039;Nirvana&amp;#039;s Kurt Cobain inspired me&amp;#039; Watch the music video for Lana Del Rey&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Born To Die&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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