Chappell Roan Brings The Music Video for “The Subway”

Just hours after dropping her long-teased single “The Subway,” Chappell Roan has delivered a stunning visual companion. To say the least, it’s every bit as cinematic, surreal, and heart-wrenching.

Directed by Amber Grace Johnson, the video transforms New York City into a kaleidoscopic heartbreak dream. Thus, Roan drifts through the streets in wigs with impossibly long hair, dives fully clothed into the Washington Square Park fountain. Also strips a business suit on a windswept corner, and, of course, rides the subway. All of this while haunted by the memory of a love that slipped through her fingers.

Chappell Roan originally debuted the track live over a year ago during her 2024 Governors Ball set. Hence, ever since the anticipation for an official release has only intensified. In a press release, she reflects: “The cliché of ‘the girl that got away’ barely scratches the surface for me with this song.”

Though it officially dropped on streaming platforms on Friday, “The Subway” has already taken on a life of its own online. TikTok users in particular latched onto the track’s soaring outro: “She’s got, she’s got a way.” Now, there are over 100,000 nostalgic edits and memory-drenched photo dumps before the track even had a title on DSPs.

Chappell Roan Brings New Projects With “The Subway”

The release arrives as Roan continues to ride the wave of her breakthrough year. Earlier in 2025, she hit a new high with “Good Luck, Babe!” It soared to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped charts across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Her most recent single before “The Subway” was the emotionally charged “The Giver.”

Now, with the video out in the world, Chappell Roan is looking ahead. She recently announced a string of intimate pop-up shows. A limited run dubbed “Visions of Damsels” and “Other Dangerous Things” will come out in September and October. So, the tour includes a four-night stand at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, two shows at the Kansas City Museum. Also, she will have a Memorial Park, and two more at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

“This is my way of doing something special before disappearing for a bit to write the next album,” she shared. She also shared that the work is underway on the follow-up to “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.”

With “The Subway,” Chappell Roan proves again she’s not just making pop music. She’s building an entire world, one heartbreak anthem at a time.