""Stay In Your Lane" is Barnett at her most funky and defiant, as the Australian singer seeks both a sense of release ("Gotta get this off my chest") while damning her need for something new ("This never would've happened if I stayed in my lane, stayed the same way"). Check out the Alex Ross Perry-directed music video below, which makes One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest look like a day at the park."
"Barnett has proven to be decidedly quiet in recent years. In 2023, she closed down her label, Milk! Records after over a decade. (The move came due to "persistent financial concerns" spurred on by COVID-19 restrictions across Australia.) Beyond that, Barnett has played a smattering of concerts and festival gigs, including the Flaming Lips-curated Psychic Salamander Festival and the G*ve a F*ck LA wildfire benefit concert."
"As mentioned, "Stay In Your Lane" is Barnett's first new song since 2021's excellent Things Take Time, Take Time. (She also surprise-released an instrumental record, End of the Day, back in September 2023.) A press release noted that Barnett has also been "road-testing new music at a series of intimate shows," including gigs at California's Joshua Tree and New York's Levon Helm Studios."
Courtney Barnett released "Stay In Your Lane," a funky, defiant single that juxtaposes the need for release with regret about change. The song includes lines like "Gotta get this off my chest" and "This never would've happened if I stayed in my lane, stayed the same way." The Alex Ross Perry-directed video presents a bleak, intense visual tone. The single is Barnett's first new original material since 2021, following a surprise instrumental in 2023. Barnett closed Milk! Records in 2023 due to "persistent financial concerns," has road-tested new music at intimate shows, and will perform the song on The Tonight Show.
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