White Dress (Lana Del Rey song)

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White Dress is a song by Lana Del Rey from her seventh album, Chemtrails over the Country Club. It was released as a single on March 19, 2021. The track was recorded at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles and runs 5 minutes and 33 seconds. It was written by Lana Del Rey (Elizabeth Grant) and Jack Antonoff, and produced by Elizabeth Grant and Jack Antonoff. The song was released by Interscope and Polydor.

The music video, directed by Constellation Jones, was filmed at Hicksville Trailer Palace in December 2020. It features a woman roller-skating to represent Del Rey at age 19. Del Rey had planned to skate herself, but elbow injuries led to using a body double for the skating scenes. The video is about 5 minutes and 47 seconds long and was released on March 19, 2021, the same day as the song and album.

Before its release, White Dress was described as one of the saddest songs in her career, echoing elements from her Lizzy Grant days. Mojo described the song as being sung in a breathy whisper about being only nineteen. In September 2020, Del Rey told Interview that the song would be a defining moment for the album and that its meaning becomes clear by the end, even if the melody feels unusual.