In a time when albums often come out the same day they’re announced, the road to Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over The Country Club has felt especially long; She first revealed the album’s title nearly a year ago, back in May 2020. Now, it’s finally out, and to mark the occasion, Del Rey has shared a video for the album-opening “White Dress,” in which she roller skates down a desolate highway.
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In a September 2020 interview with Jack Antonoff, Del Rey said of the song, which was then titled “White Dress/Waitress,” “Now that [the album] done, I feel really good about it, and I think a defining moment for this album will be ‘White Dress/Waitress.’ […] We did that early on, and it started with you just playing the piano. […] What I like about that song is that for all of its weirdness, when you get to the end of it, you understand exactly what it’s about. I hate when I hear a song that has a great melody, but I have no idea what they’re talking about. In the grunge movement, a lot of the lyrics were super abstract, but the melodies and the tonality were such a vibe that you felt like you knew exactly what the singer was thinking. Nowadays, you get a beautiful melody but you don’t really know what the person is talking about, or if it’s even important to them.”
Watch the “White Dress” video above.
