Lana Del Rey Declined to perform at Kanye West ‘s Proposal to Kim Kardashian.
A 50-piece orchestra played Lana Del Rey’s “Young &
Beautiful” when Kanye West proposed to Kim Kardashian at
AT&T Park in San Francisco on October 21, but that was not
how West envisioned the proposal would be.
A source said that West asked Indie Pop singer, Del Rey to
perform at the surprise engagement, but she turned down his
offer.
“Lana politely declined, and didn’t give any reason for not
being able to perform. It was a very firm no from Lana and
her camp. Kanye did try to push it, but didn’t get anywhere.
Kanye decided to hire an orchestra to perform the song for
Kim, and he was much happier with how it turned out.”
As it turns out, West actually admitted during an interview
that he attempted to get the 27-year-old singer to fly out to
San Francisco for his proposal, but couldn’t convince her. It
remains unclear if the rest of West’s over-the-top proposal
would have been different had the singer accepted the gig, as
the orchestra followed up “Young & Beautiful,” with the
rapper’s own hit, “Knock You Down,” featuring Keri Hilson
and Ne-Yo.
West who claims he had wanted Kardashian for a long time
and that the proposal was nerve-racking said,“I was nervous.
I was talking to her cousin. I was like, ‘I don’t know, what do
you think she’s going to say?’ I’m not arrogant about love
and feelings at all. I’m confident in the work I put so much
work into, but this is someone else’s feelings. You never
know what someone else may feel at the time. I just knew I
wanted her to be my girl for a long time.”
Del Rey has however denied the rumours saying,”I would
never deny his request, that’s not true.”