Lana Del Rey posted an Instagram video about her new song "Bluebird", and broke down its uniquely natural inspiration.

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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