A few years later, Del Rey got signed to 5 Point Records, an independent label of producer David Kahne, with

whom she released her first three-track EP titled Kill Kill in October 2008 and a fulllength album in 2010, titled Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant .[23][24] She explained that "David asked to work with me only a day after he got my demo. He is known as a producer with a lot of integrity and who had an interest in making music that wasn't just pop."[25] Del Rey later released her first full-length studio album titled Lana Del Ray A.K.A. Lizzy Grant [sic] in January 2010.[26] It was the singer's first professionally produced album, released under Lizzy Grant on an independent label with producer David Kahne.[27] Her father, Robert Grant, helped with the marketing of the album,[26] which was available for purchase on iTunes for a brief period before being withdrawn. David Kahne, who produced Grant and previous label owner David Nichtern have both stated that Grant bought the rights back from her label, 5 Points, as she wanted it out of circulation to "...stifle future opportunities to distribute itan echo of rumors that the action was part of a calculated strategy."[28][29] About choosing her stage name she has said: "I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue."