Although she is far from the only singer to embrace a dark, subtle vocal delivery, Del Rey scored mainstream success with her 2012 album “Born to Die,” where she sings with a light, airy tone with defined breaths that imprints her vocal performance with profound intimacy.
The emergence of the whisperpop style can be traced to the popularity of singer-songwriters like Lana Del Rey in the early 2010s. Although she is far from the only singer to embrace a dark, subtle vocal delivery, Del Rey scored mainstream success with her 2012 album “Born to Die,” where she sings with a light, airy tone with defined breaths that imprints her vocal performance with profound intimacy.