| Candy Necklace | |
| Cover: | Lana Del Rey - Candy Necklace.png |
| Caption: | Picture disc single cover |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste |
| Album: | Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd |
| Released: | October 6, 2023 |
| Recorded: | 2022 |
| B-Side: | Jon Batiste Interlude |
| Length: | 5:14 |
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| Chronology: | Lana Del Rey |
| Prev Title: | Say Yes to Heaven |
| Prev Year: | 2023 |
| Next Title: | Take Me Home, Country Roads |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
"Candy Necklace" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey featuring American singer and songwriter Jon Batiste from her ninth studio album, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2023).[1] It was released as a limited-edition picture disc on October 6, 2023.[2] On November 10, 2023, the song was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
The accompanying music video directed by Rich Lee received general favorable reviews by critics, being nominated at the Art Directors Guild and winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video.
On August 23, 2022, Lana Del Rey posted a snippet of the song onto her Instagram account.[3] The song was then officially released onto streaming platforms on March 24, 2023. Coinciding with the release of the song, a visualizer for the song was released on YouTube to tease the then upcoming music video.[4]
The official music video, directed by Rich Lee, has a duration of eleven minutes and was shot in Los Angeles.[5] The visual starts with a cameo by American filmmaker John Waters, who introduces the viewers to Del Rey and Batiste's performance.[6] At the end of the video, Del Rey explains the meaning of the visual: "Why it was all supposed to be behind the scenes was because all these women who, like, changed their name, changed their hair, like me and stuff. It’s like they all fell into these different snakeholes. So the whole point is like, how do you learn from that and not fall into your own thing?".[7] [8]
| Year | Award | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTV Video Music Awards | 2023 | Best Alternative Video | [9] | |
| Best Art Direction | [10] | |||
| Grammy Awards | 2024 | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | [11] | |
| Art Directors Guild | 2024 | Short Format & Music Videos | [12] | |
| Gold Derby Music Awards | 2024 | Best Collaboration | [13] | |
| Peak position | |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[14] | 8 |
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| Date | Format | Label | ||
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| Various | March 24, 2023 | [15] | ||
| October 6, 2023 | 7-inch single | [16] |