Lana Del Rey Breaks Down the That means Behind Her New Track ‘Bluebird’

Lana Del Rey shared a video on Instagram digging into the deeper that means behind her new tune “Bluebird.”

The monitor is the most recent launch from the singer’s foray into nation music. Del Rey, 39, recounted the distinctive inspiration for the ethereal ballad, which thematically makes use of the titular bluebird as a metaphor for self-healing. She improvised the melody when a hen flew into her window throughout a time of uncertainty.

The Grammy nominee recalled, “I had been seeing somebody for a really very long time and we hadn’t seen one another for some time, and he referred to as and he requested me if I wished to go for a stroll, and I used to be sort of excited, however I did not suppose it was an excellent thought. And I stated sure, and I began getting dressed, and swiftly a hen smacked into the double pane window doorways of my bed room, and I used to be shocked. I opened the little door and I noticed this little, I feel it was like a bit of sparrow, proper there. And I simply was so emotional.”

The “Video Video games” singer continued, “As a result of, once you simply know that one thing is supposed for you, generally I really feel like nature has its personal method of speaking with you, particularly in extraordinarily extreme conditions, not in a sacrificial method, simply in a method so that you can know. And I did not actually care about what sort of well being the hen was in. Once I picked it up, I simply wished to carry it, and I used to be so hoping that it will be okay. And I keep in mind, excellent earlier than I may even suppose, I simply sat there, and I simply sang ‘little hen fly away’ for each of us. I used to be simply sort of tearing up for myself and for the hen.”

Del Rey revealed that the hen did survive the hit and finally fly away. She took it as an indication of the state of her relationship on the time. “I did find yourself occurring that stroll. And I did not actually like the place the stroll led to–extra years of confusion. That isn’t the primary time that I’ve had one thing occur the place a hen has been a signal for me.”

The monitor is a single off of Del Rey’s upcoming nation album. The singer beforehand acknowledged that the album can be titled Lasso, but in one other current Instagram video in regards to the monitor “Henry Come On,” she confirmed that she can be altering the title. “I do have much more to say, that — I imply, you understand it’s not gonna come on time, proper?” she stated. “Like, ought to I even inform you that the title modified once more? Ought to I inform you that now whilst you’re so completely satisfied that you just also have a tune? Yeah. Perhaps I’ll wait.”

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The singer has made a reputation for herself with a singular mix of Americana songwriting that continues to discover various cornerstones of the American expertise, together with her classic aesthetic aptitude and easy crooner vocal fashion.

In an October 2024 interview with Vogue Italia, she stated of the album, “I would flip it into one thing extra ‘southern gothic’,” she suggests, “prefer it was purported to be at first, and fewer nation.”

Del Rey additionally teased a music video for “Bluebird” on Instagram.