Lana Del Rey has been into butterflies lately. Earlier this month, the singer tweeted a quote that, as Spin notes, is often miscredited to Nathaniel Hawthorne or Henry David Thoreau: “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” Now she’s bringing her butterfly love full circle by sharing a 30-second snippet of a new song based on the quote, called “Happiness Is A Butterfly.”
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She shared the lyrics of the snippet on Instagram, and in addition to butterflies, it also seems like she’s making a reference to Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO TOUR Llif3,” in the last line:
“Happiness is a butterfly
Try to catch it like every night
It escapes from my hands
into moonlight.
Every day is a lullaby
I hum it on the phone like every night
and sing it for my babies on the tourlyfe.”
This is likely a taste of Del Rey’s upcoming album, which it seems like Taylor Swift and Lorde collaborator Jack Antonoff might have a hand in: In an Instagram live video from February, Del Rey filmed herself in the studio and Antonoff is quickly seen in the background.
Listen to the “Happiness Is A Butterfly” snippet above.
