Stand away from the closing doorways, please. Chappell Roan‘s “The Subway” has lastly pulled into the platform.
After greater than a 12 months since she debuted the observe at her 2024 Governor’s Ball set — for which she was in full inexperienced physique paint for Statue of Liberty cosplay — “The Subway” lastly dropped on streaming providers Thursday (July 31). Followers are well-acquainted with the music at this level, because the pop star usually performs it at her reside exhibits, however now, they’ll have an official studio recording to hearken to finally.
On the lovelorn ballad about experiencing heartache in New York Metropolis, Roan eagerly awaits the day she’ll have lastly moved on from her ex. “It’s simply one other day/ And it’s not over ’til it’s over,” she sings earlier than belting cathartically on the outro: “She’s bought, she’s bought a means/ She’s bought a means, she’s bought a means.”
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“The Subway” comes a couple of months after Roan dropped “The Giver,” which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Earlier than that got here breakout single “Good Luck, Babe!,” which catapulted the Missouri native to celebrity standing final 12 months following the discharge of debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.
Roan has since hinted that she’s gearing as much as begin work on her sophomore effort, however not earlier than she performs a string of pop-up exhibits in Los Angeles, Kansas Metropolis and New York Metropolis. “I like these three cities a lot + wished the possibility to do one thing particular earlier than going away to put in writing the following album,” she wrote on Instagram in July. “I actually can’t wait to see you.”
Take heed to Roan’s “The Subway” under.