The internet’s favorite popstar, Chappell Roan, is back with a new song and video, “The Subway.” First performed in June at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City in June, it’s an ode to the city — and love, a theme Roan is very familiar with.
The video begins with Roan in The Addams Family Cousin It drag, pining over a similar head-to-toe hair creature in green. The figure runs away from Roan, hopping the subway turnstiles as the singer croons about nearly having a breakdown when seeing this stunning love interest on public transport.
But, much like her song “Casual,” “The Subway” is about unrequited love. Surrounded by hair, Roan sings about a woman who moved on before her, being so heartbroken that she wants to move to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In the video, Roan stays put in New York City, sees The Green Lady on the subway, and swims in the fountain at Washington Square Park.
At some point, Roan sheds her famous Rapunzel-like hair for a bob as she sings about the woman who got away. The video ends with a scene New Yorkers are familiar with: waking up on the subway, wondering where the hell you are.
