The eight tracks appended on The Paradise Edition exemplify a 'cinematic' musical style first introduced through Born to Die, and incorporates frequent electric guitar and piano instrumentation like the preceding record. A limited edition box set of the project was released on Decemit contained the physical version of the record, an eight-track remix disc, a six-music video DVD, four printed photographs, and a two-track vinyl record with remixes of ' Blue Velvet'.

The Paradise Edition was released in vinyl record packaging on November 20 it came with the vinyl for Paradise, and designated a slipcase to hold a separately-purchased vinyl of Born to Die.

The newly recorded material was simultaneously made available on the standalone extended play Paradise (2012). The Paradise Edition was packaged as a two- disc product in its physical variation, while a digital version was serviced to online music stores. The final product was first released on November 9 in Australia, and was later made available on November 13 in the United States. Del Rey unveiled its cover in September, in which she is photographed in a beige-colored one-piece swimsuit standing before a tropical background, and elaborated that the reissue would contain the fifteen-track deluxe version of Born to Die and nine previously unreleased songs. In July, Del Rey expressed her intentions release an expanded version of Born to Die subtitled The Paradise Edition, which was initially expected to contain seven newly recorded tracks to supplement the original record. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies in doing so, it became the highest opening week for a major-label debut by a female artist since Dream with Me (2011) by Jackie Evancho entered at number two in the United States. Дel Rey released her second studio album and major-label debut Born to Die in January 2012 by Interscope Records, Polydor Records, and Stranger Records. Del Rey describing the conception and meaning of The Paradise Edition. It's like seven new songs that kind of put a period on the statement that I was making when I was making the record. 'It's not a new album, it's more like an afterthought, it's the Paradise edition of Born to Die.

A remix of the track ' Summertime Sadness' from Born to Die, produced by Cedric Gervais, was released independently from either project on Jit was later included on select reissues of The Paradise Edition after experiencing success on record charts worldwide. While the project was not directly supported by singles of its own, the tracks ' Ride' and ' Burning Desire' were released from Paradise on September 25, 2012, and March 13, 2013, while ' Dark Paradise' was serviced from Born to Die on March 1, 2013. The Paradise Edition performed moderately on international record charts in Europe, where it charted separately from Born to Die and Paradise. Although having worked with several producers for each record, Emile Haynie and Rick Nowels are the only producers whose contributions are featured on both discs. Released ten months after the original, The Paradise Edition features eight newly recorded tracks, which were simultaneously made available on the standalone extended play Paradise (2012). It was released on November 9, 2012, by Interscope Records and Polydor Records. Born to Die: The Paradise Edition is the reissue of American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey's second studio album Born to Die (2012).

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