Henry, Come On - Single [OUT NOW!]

[IanadeIrey]

What an earnestly warm yet bittersweet song...

But yesterday I heard God say you were born to be the one...to hold the hand of the man who flies too close to the sun.

The thing that I get the most out of listening to Lana is being privy to her moments of self-reflection like this. It's all good and well to write a song simply about the end of a relationship, but she always takes it a step beyond and presents a very complex self-portrait that sees her songs about 'love' address so much more than that. It's not merely the fact that she's in these relationships that's interesting. It's how she interprets her positionality within these relationships as part of a lifelong journey towards self-understanding and acceptance. She accomplishes this through subtle but impactful lyricism like the line above. 

 

I'm excited to hear this in the context of the entire record! 

 

 

[venicebitch]

11 minutes ago, Let the Light In said:

I believe it's about her relationship with Nikki Lane as her nickname is Henry. Lyrics like flying too close to the sun, being dangerous etc. points to her too.

Wasn’t Henry the name of her ex’s dog? So she’s singing about the breakup as she recalls him calling his dog 

[honeymoon is alive]

1 minute ago, Rust Dress said:

 

ohhh sri lanka we love u

she’s the cover of new music friday india, bangladesh and sri lanka! let’s wait for the rest of the countries 

[Francesco Carrozzini]

2 minutes ago, honeymoon is alive said:

NEW PROMOTIONAL PIC 

 

they missppeled  Lana LMAO

[Platinum Greenwich]

1 minute ago, Francesco Carrozzini said:

 

they missppeled  Lana LMAO

 

this is the stupidest fucking thing i've ever read and yet i'm laughing so hard i can't breathe 

[Lustformoney]

6 minutes ago, honeymoon is alive said:

NEW PROMOTIONAL PIC 

Of course she had to pick the worst photo for the cover..

[That Venice Bitch]

they missppelled  Lana

[Normann]

7 minutes ago, honeymoon is alive said:

NEW PROMOTIONAL PIC 

I NEED this to be her spotify pfp... If thats the official cover I wouldnt complain tho, but probably just promotional shoot 

anyways we know now that this photoshoot is the SAME as the albume cover then 

[NikoGo]

8 minutes ago, honeymoon is alive said:

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Ugh I love it!!!

 

album photoshoot time!!

[Chanele]

Its a good day to be in Australia 🙏🏼

[vicdelrey]

9 minutes ago, honeymoon is alive said:

NEW PROMOTIONAL PIC 

On my way to email Sri Lanka Spotify for exclusive pics 

[vicdelrey]

I already imagine the album cover omg im so excited 

[That Venice Bitch]

2 minutes ago, vicdelrey said:

On my way to email Sri Lanka Spotify for exclusive pics 

 

Dear Sri LANkA,

[takemybreath]

4 minutes ago, That Venice Bitch said:

they missppelled  Lana

[poisonivy44]

the fact that the album is called The right person Will stay and you can clearly see her big wedding ring omg

also this looks a bit more darker than the cover idk more southern gothic ethel cain kinda vibe 

[misselectrarockwell]

1 hour ago, The Missing Shade of Blue said:

 

I wrote this a couple of pages back:

 

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No because you know what really gets to me? The first time you listen to this song and you hear "I heard God say you were born to be the one" right before a slight pause.

 

And the pause is absolutely everything. Because it tricks you for a moment into thinking this is a romantic revelation, like "I was born to be the one for him", the ultimate soulmate narrative, right? And then boom, that next line shatters the illusion: “to hold the hand of the man who flies too close to the sun”

 

Suddenly it’s not about being chosen for love, it’s about being chosen for sorrow. She isn’t the prize, she’s the witness. The supporter. The collateral beauty to someone else’s destruction. And the fact that this is coming from God, not her heart, nor from him, makes it inescapable. It's like she's been cosmically assigned this role of loving the doomed. She's not just unlucky in love, she was born to be it. That’s what makes it so devastating.

 

Perhaps, it’s not even about the romance, it’s about the resignation. The mythology of being the woman who stays, even when she knows he'll leave and it’ll break her. 

 

And I guess that's why the right person will stay...

 

Might write a bit more later on the song as whole 

Oh wow this is gorgeous, please tag me if you do! 

[ilovetati]

Neil saving the era imagery as usual 

[NikoGo]

Does she know she’s releasing today? I can’t believe she hasn’t posted anything yet! At least LMLYLAW got a post at like 4:30 

[littleredpartydress]

My guess is she will post tomorrow, I doubt she will post before it’s out in the US lol

[ultrablvd]

1 minute ago, NikoGo said:

Does she know she’s releasing today? I can’t believe she hasn’t posted anything yet! At least LMLYLAW got a post at like 4:30 

she probably don’t even know it’s being released today and she thought we already had it

 

for all she knows shes already made her post on instagram