Lana del rey

Written by Kimaya Gupte, 08/02/2026. 

So, right now, I’m sitting in my bed at an ungodly hour, listening to an unreleased version of Stars Fell on Alabama, by Lana del Rey. It’s been stuck in my head forever, which is funny considering the fact that it was never even officially put out into the world. In fact, the album that it will be one day probably maybe eventually hopefully released on, has been delayed a grand total of three times over the last two years. It’s rough out here.

It’s also been revamped and redesigned endlessly, its name having changed from Lasso, then to The Right Person Will Stay, and finally (for now) to Stove. Despite endlessly scouring Reddit for answers, I’m still unsure as to what this last name could possibly symbolize… but trust the process I guess?

 Lasso-TheRightPersonWIllStay-Stove will be Lana’s 10th studio album, and is expected to have 19 tracks, 6 of which were added much later, and contributed to the massive delays. According to the singer, the reason these songs have taken forever to write is that they are “more autobiographical” than her previous work. 

This statement was one of many hints that Stove has gone through significant changes to its aesthetic, as it had started off as country music. Why did Lana decide to strike that idea? 

“Eight years ago, when I was looking to make a country record, no one else was thinking about country. Now everyone is going country! I’ve asked myself, Should I retire all my snakeskin boots? Should I put my cowboy hats in storage?”

NO, my queen, “retire”, is not a word I ever want to be hearing from you. 

So far, Lana has released two singles from Stove: Henry, Come On, and Bluebird, both of which are absolutely beautiful, if you ask me, though the unreleased Stars Fell on Alabama is my favourite. One more single is slated to come out on the 17th of February, titled White Feather Hawk Tail, as announced by Lana in a “chill update” via Instagram story. In this same story, she acknowledges that we’re all desperately waiting for the album, promises that she’ll have more information soon, and sets another tentative release date somewhere around “three months and two days”. 

Until then, I – and Lana’s 57.5 million Spotify listeners, as mentioned in another unreleased song, aptly named 57.5 – will be waiting ever so patiently to be graced with what I know will be another straight masterpiece.