After over a year of cryptic teases and shifting album details, Lana Del Rey has finally released the first official single from her long-anticipated new record. Fans have been waiting patiently since she shared a brief snippet over a year ago, hinting at a sonic shift to country and now, ‘Henry, come on’ has arrived, bringing that vision to life.
In what’s become typical Lana fashion, the rollout has been characteristically chaotic. The album was originally titled ‘Lasso’, complete with cover art made on Picsart and a release date set for last September. That came and went. Then came a title change and new Picsart cover named ‘The Right One Will Stay’, and a new release date of 21st May 2025. But even that seems shaky now, with Lana hinting at yet another title change and casting doubt on whether it’ll actually drop on time. Confused? Same. But amidst the uncertainty, she did promise a follow-up track tentatively titled ‘Bluebird’ coming next week. Or is it?
Thankfully, ‘Henry, come on’ is more than enough to tide us over. It’s a slow-burning, country-inflected breakup song that delivers on the musical direction Lana had hinted at. The production leans into Americana with soft twangs and a dusky warmth that suits her voice beautifully.
The lyrics are pure Del Rey: mournful, poetic, and laced with quiet defiance. “Yesterday I heard God say, ‘You were born to be the one / To hold the hand of a man / Who flies too close to the sun,’” she sings, painting a picture of a woman exhausted by loving someone who keeps destroying himself. Still, she leaves with grace, assuring him she’ll be nice to his mum and ultimately closing the track with the devastating line: “Don’t you get it? That’s the thing / You can’t chase a ghost when it’s gone.”
It’s a gorgeous, melancholic piece—classic Lana in theme, but with a familiar sonic palette dusted with inflections of the new country direction she’s headed toward. If ‘Henry, come on’ is anything to go by, we’re in for something really special. If we ever get the album, that is.
