Lana Del Rey Breaks Down the Which means Behind Her New Music ‘Bluebird’

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

The observe 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 chook 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 concept. And I mentioned sure, and I began getting dressed, and impulsively a chook 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 just a little sparrow, proper there. And I simply was so emotional.”

The “Video Video games” singer continued, “As a result of, if 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 chook was in. After I picked it up, I simply wished to carry it, and I used to be so hoping that it could be okay. And I keep in mind, excellent earlier than I may even suppose, I simply sat there, and I simply sang ‘little chook fly away’ for each of us. I used to be simply sort of tearing up for myself and for the chook.”

Del Rey revealed that the chook 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 happening that stroll. And I did not actually like the place the stroll led to–extra years of confusion. That’s not the primary time that I’ve had one thing occur the place a chook has been a signal for me.”

The observe is a single off of Del Rey’s upcoming nation album. The singer beforehand said that the album can be titled Lasso, but in one other current Instagram video concerning the observe “Henry Come On,” she confirmed that she can be altering the title. “I do have much more to say, that — I imply, you already know it’s not gonna come on time, proper?” she mentioned. “Like, ought to I even inform you that the identify modified once more? Ought to I inform you that now when you’re so joyful that you just actually have a music? Yeah. Possibly I’ll wait.”

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

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

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