Alternative music star Lana Del Rey might be stretching into a new genre.

Taking to Instagram yesterday (18 January), the singer left a 50-second snippet of a new song entitled .

Tagging songwriter and producer Luke Laird, Del Rey shared a tender, acoustic number with her typically emotionally resonant vocal, maybe indicating a move towards country music.

In the snippet, she sings, “”. You can listen to the stripped-back tune below.

Del Rey’s Instagram comments section was packed with excitement, with fans leaving messages like “country era is coming” and “Ah, so is this what you’ve been cooking up here down south?” – referencing the singer’s stint in Alabama, including

– “Ooo my let me saddle up!” and “Come on and giddy up”.

Last July, Del Rey was waitressing at a Waffle House in Alabama and was spotted in a nail salon in Birmingham and walking through downtown Florence.

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At the time, she wasn’t playing shows in support of her new album, , released last March, but there a lyric in the song  that might have hinted at why she was in Alabama: “.”

Del Rey’s ninth album, ,  on the ARIA Albums and Vinyl Chart last year, giving the singer her fifth #1 album in Australia.

In the UK, she scored her sixth #1, beating Depeche Mode

 with their latest album, , and tied with Radiohead, Blur and Arctic Monkeys on the list of artists with the . She also topped the UK vinyl releases chart.