Zach Bryan’s new EP Young Manhood and Other Donable Organ Journeys is here, and it includes his highly anticipated duet with Lana Del Rey, “Lies.”
The track opens with piano and twinkling string arrangements while Brian takes the first verse. After Del Rey’s laughter can be faintly heard in the background, they take on the latter verse, before harmonizing together. Like the rest of the EP, “Lies” was cut at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, and produced by Brian, Jamie McLaughlin, and Eddie Spear.
Del Rey posted about the collaboration on Instagram last month, adding the caption “Whale, we finally finished our song. And that’s no lie,” alluding to the title. Brian has a history of successful collaborations with everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Kacey Musgraves. Her 2023 duet “I Remember Everything” with Musgraves was nominated for two Grammys (Best Country Song and Best Country Duo/Group Performance) and peaked at number one. board Hot 100 (first number one hit for both parties).
Brian’s Young Manhood and Other Donable Organ Journeys This also includes the “Plainsman” with the Turnpike Troubadours. The EP follows their massive 25-track album With heaven at the top, Released at the beginning of the year. They recently announced a 23-date stadium tour across North America and Australia for next year. John Fogerty, rising singer-songwriter Emma Ogier and others are scheduled to open on select dates.
Meanwhile, Del Rey fans are eagerly awaiting her new album stoveFollow up by 2023 Did you know there is a tunnel under Ocean Blvd? (The record was initially set for May 2025, before it was formally postponed). Since then, he released the brilliant single “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter” and revealed stove Will be released with a “beautiful secondary album”.
He wrote, “Thank you for waiting.” “It’s definitely two of my most beautiful pieces of work, one that I thought would be composed of growth and happiness, but it included a secondary compilation of songs that stemmed from doubt, hope, and the understanding that new beginnings really do mean starting completely fresh and over again. When life decides to send you down another river, it’s not really your choice, and that’s really an adventure in itself.”