"Blue Banisters" is the title track from Lana Del Rey's eighth studio album and seventh major-label studio album. It was produced by Del Rey and Gabe Simon and will be released May 20, 2021 along with "Text Book" and "Wildflower Wildfire".[1]
Background
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. Clayton first posted a photo of him in his music video costume back in November 2020.[6]
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
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBxisHg_hq/
- ↑ Lana Del Rey. Instagram. Access date: April 28, 2021
- ↑ Lana Del Rey. "BLUE BANISTERS Album out July 4". Instagram. Access date: April 28, 2021
- ↑ Lana Del Rey. "Sometimes life makes you change just in time for the next chapter". Twitter. Access date: April 28, 2021
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CIADEA7HVpN/