This past month, singer songwriter Lana Del Rey, or Elizabeth Grant, released two singles from her upcoming album. The themes of these songs are more country influenced, a genre Del Rey has touched little on in her past work.
The first single, titled “Henry, Come On”, came out on April 11th, 2025. Del Rey had teased the song’s release on her Instagram account a few weeks prior. At the time of this announcement, fans had been growing impatient, as Del Rey hadn’t released a song since July of 2024 when she collaborated with rapper Quavo on “Tough”.
The song is about Del Rey telling a past lover that she is done with their on-again-off-again relationship. She plays around with the country narrative, using lyrics like “Hey y’all” and “Go on and giddy up” in the chorus of the track.
There are, however, still ties to her old music in the song, with the strings used in the background similar to those in previous albums Chemtrails Over the Country Club and Blue Banisters.
The second single, released one week later on April 18th, is titled “Bluebird”. The song starts out with simple guitar, just like in “Henry, Come On”, and continues throughout the song, with additions of a harmonica and some strings.
Del Rey sings about escaping an intoxicating abusive relationship, using the Bluebird as a symbol of freedom. “I hear the door slam/ but the window’s wide open/ we both shouldn’t be dealing with him/ find a way to fly”, Del Rey sings in the Pre-Chorus.
She builds the imagery of an imaginary bird sitting in her hand, and telling it to fly away to safety. It’s a powerful message of the freedom people in toxic relationships long for, and the trapped feeling they hold.
Seeing how these two singles have been about broken relationships, I believe that a new “Sad Girl” album is on its way this year. After the announcement of “Henry, Come On”, Lana Del Rey posted that her new album The Right Person Will Stay, previously teased as Lasso, was releasing on May 21st. Fans were overfilled with excitement and began to count down the days.
That was until Del Rey posted a video on her Instagram account the day of “Henry, Come On” ’s release. “I mean, you know it’s not gonna come on time, right?” Del Rey said in the driver’s seat of her car, chatting about the album. “Should I even tell you that the name changed again?
When this video made its rounds on social media, many were upset with the singer. They said it was unprofessional of her to make that announcement, only for it to be untrue. Others weren’t surprised, as it’s not the first time she’s done something like this, and claimed it was just in true “Lana fashion”.
Since then, Del Rey has deleted the video on her Instagram, but the album post remains. With that in mind, I’m not sure what to expect these next few weeks. I wouldn’t be surprised if no album comes out, nor would I be upset, but hopefully she can get the project finalized and officially released at some point this year.
