Lana Del Reyhas announced her new single ‘White Feather-Hawk Tail Deer Hunter’,a song she wrote withher husband Jeremy Dufrene.
In an Instagram Story shared today (February 7), she gave fans an update on the progress of her upcoming 10thalbum ‘Stove’– revealing it is coming “soon” –and revealed that its latest single will be released on February 17.
“I just wanted to make a little message and let you know that my new single and my favorite song – this is the one I’ve been waiting for – ‘White Feather-Hawk Tail Deer Hunter’ is coming out on the 17th,”she said.
Turning to the album, she continued: “I know,you’reasking about the record. But honestly, soon, because vinyl takes three months, sothree months plus two weeks. I mean, it could begiveor take a bit less than that.”
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She saidshe was “really happy” about the new single,revealing that she made it withJack Antonoff, whoshesaid“finally found that magical chord that was missing.”
Del Rey also said that the track was writtenalongsideDufrene,as well asher brother-in-law and hersister. “There’s just so many bits and phrases thrown in by other people,”she explained.
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The singer’s follow-up to 2023’s‘Did You Know That There’sATunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ has been in gestation for a long time.She first announced it in 2024, teasing that it would boast a country sound, and it originally went by the title ‘Lasso’.
That shifted to ‘The Right Person Will Stay’ in late 2024, and it was due to be released in May last year,but that was later pushed back to September.
In August, however,she said that it would now “likely be released at the end of January” 2026, andrevealed that it had been renamed ‘Stove’.Shesaid the reason for the further delay was that she had decided to add six more songs to thetracklist, but restated that the record would have “a country flair”.
Last April, she did release the first singles from the album – ‘Henry, Come On’ and ‘Bluebird’ – but ‘White Feather-Hawk Tail Deer Hunter’ will be the first new music since then.
She has teased that another song on the record, ‘Stars FellOnAlabama’,was written about Dufrene, the alligator tour boat guide that she married in 2024.“Jeremy is the most impactful person in my life,” she said. “He’s quiet in public, but around me he talks all the time.”
In 2024,Del Rey spoke spoke toNMEabout the album, and suggested that the lyrics might be lighter than on herpreviousalbums.
“I’vemaybe lessto say in terms of any self-revealing things like on ‘Tunnel’ or ‘Blue Bannisters’ or ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’, and just more melodic,” she told us. “Maybe more American Songbook style?”
She also added that there would be a more “playful” feel to it than she originally planned, saying: “If you hang in long enough, it just feels easy.There’snovindication, no nothing –I’mjustkind of happyto be here.It’seasy-going in that way.”
In other news, Del Rey recentlyhit back at claims that she grew up rich, saying she has “no idea what that would’ve felt like”.