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"Blue Banisters" is the title track from Lana Del Rey's eighth studio album and seventh major-label studio album.

Background

Clayton posted a photo of him in his music video costume in November 2020.[1] Del Rey first teased the title in an Instagram post on April 10, 2021.[2] On April 28, 2021, Del Rey announced that her eighth studio album would be called Blue Banisters.[3] Later that day, she posted a clip of the song and its accompanying music video to Instagram with the message: "Sometimes life makes you change just in time for the next chapter",[4] and to Twitter with: "I'm writing my own story. And no one can tell it but me"[5]

Music video

Background

A clip of the music video was teased by Del Rey on April 28, 2021.[5] The music video features Del Rey with her partner Clayton Johnson.

Lyrics

[Snippet]:
Said he'd come back every May,
Just to help me if I paint my banisters blue
Blue banisters, ooh

Said he'd fix my weather vane
Give me children, take away my pain
And paint my banisters blue

References

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