Del Rey sings 'Hallelujah' in ' Money Power Glory', ' Religion', and ' Ben'.Sure, the joy of a new romance is often about the fizz and excitement, but, if Lana Del Rey's song 'Cherry' is about G-Eazy, then perhaps the 32-year-old experiences the early days of dating someone more intensely than the average person.'Rosemary and thyme' is a direct quote from the famous traditional English song ' Scarborough Fair', that Del Rey covered on the LA to the Moon Tour right after playing 'Cherry'.A fiend is also described in ' Disco' and ' Florida Kilos'.Del Rey similarly exclaims 'Fuck' in ' Scarface' and a variation, 'I'm fucked,' is used in ' Tired of Singing the Blues'.In the bridge, the sample of Del Rey singing 'Why?' is also used in ' Born to Die' and ' Art Deco'.Cherries and wine are mentioned together on the 1967 song ' Summer Wine' by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, which Del Rey covered featuring Barrie-James O'Neill.Cherries are also mentioned in ' Carmen', ' This Is What Makes Us Girls', ' Cherry Blossom' and ' Black Beauty'.Beaches are also a recurrent theme, being mentioned in ' 13 Beaches', ' Summer Bummer', ' Mariners Apartment Complex' and ' Bartender' and in the poems ' Salamander', ' Happy', ' My Bedroom Is A Sacred Place Now - There Are Children at the Foot of My Bed' and ' Paradise Is Very Fragile'.'Black beaches' are also mentioned in ' Summer Bummer'.

A rose garden is also mentioned in ' Burnt Norton (Interlude)' and the poem ' My Bedroom Is A Sacred Place Now - There Are Children At the Foot of My Bed'.Peaches are referenced in ' Put the Radio On', ' Girl That Got Away', ' 13 Beaches', and the demo version of ' Trash Magic'.Del Rey also describes herself 'falling' in ' Wait for Life'.The phrase 'darlin', darlin'' is also repeated in ' Carmen'.While on her visit to Australia on March 27, 2018, Del Rey was asked about the video and allegedly revealed that the idea for a music video was entirely scrapped in favor of another music video for a new song. On January 28, 2018, Del Rey commented that 'it's still not happening' and added she had yet to shoot it but hoped to while on break before her LA to the Moon Tour resumed. In another interview for MTV, Del Rey further mentioned that no director liked her idea for the music video, and said that she was considering on making the video herself along with her sister, Chuck Grant. In an interview with Gabrielle Wilson for MTV which was published on October 31, 2017, Del Rey expressed interest in creating a music video for 'Cherry' or ' Get Free'. The song is performed live with ' Scarborough Fair'. In 2018, the song was featured on the setlist of the LA to the Moon Tour. It was performed live again on at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hull, United Kingdom.

On May 20, 2017, Del Rey premiered the song by performing it live for the first time at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Carson, California, and also confirmed the title to be 'Cherry'. Another snippet of the song was used in a behind the scenes video of the 2017 V magazine photoshoot shot by Steven Klein. She then posted another video of the same rehearsal session with the caption 'When you're chatting through the verses but snap back into it for the chorus. On May 17, 2017, Del Rey posted a video to her Instagram page of a rehearsal to an unknown song, but deleted it right after.

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