The singer said the song is based on a real life experience she had with a bird at her window Lana Del Rey shared a video on Instagram digging into the deeper meaning behind her new song "Bluebird." The track is the latest release from the singer's foray into country music.

Lana Del Rey dropped her new country-tinged single "Bluebird" on Friday and shared a story about how the song was inspired by a real-life bird that brought her a sign she should have listened to. "I had been seeing someone for a very long time,

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