Lana Del Rey says she recorded a “Spyda” companion album to go with her anticipated country project “Stove”

Lana Del Rey is continuing to build anticipation for her stalled country-era plans, telling Billboard that she has secretly recorded a companion album to her long-awaited project “Stove.” In the interview, Del Rey said fans who have been waiting for “Stove” will also eventually get “Spyda,” an additional LP she described as connected to the same creative period.

The Billboard report characterizes Del Rey’s “Stove” material as something she has been working on for years, and it frames the work as more than a genre shift. Del Rey told the outlet the album is “a commentary of sorts on everything that has been going on,” tying the music’s themes to broader events rather than presenting it as a purely aesthetic move.

According to Del Rey’s account in the Billboard piece, “Spyda” was not presented as a simultaneous headline project, but as something she recorded more quietly while the “Stove” follow-up remained in the background. The report does not give a release date for either project, but it positions “Spyda” as the companion record that will share context and narrative elements with “Stove.”

Del Rey has not publicly enumerated the full slate of what each album will contain, and the Billboard report does not provide additional confirmed track-level details in the published summary. The central update for audiences is that an additional completed body of work, “Spyda,” exists alongside the country-focused material associated with “Stove,” and that the two are meant to be read together.

While album-release timelines remain unclear, the development matters for the way Del Rey’s music is typically scheduled and marketed. For streaming platforms, physical distributors, radio programmers, and touring planners, delays can cascade into staffing, inventory, and promotional windows. The existence of a finished companion LP can also shift how labels and teams sequence announcements, since audiences often respond to concrete release communications rather than extended uncertainty.

The Billboard article also indicates that Del Rey views the projects as conceptually linked. Her “commentary” description for “Stove” indicates she intends the music to be interpreted as a cultural snapshot, and the companion nature of “Spyda” suggests the themes may continue rather than restart from scratch.

As with other delayed or evolving releases in pop music, the next confirmed step would be formal release announcements, such as artwork, single choices, and distribution dates. Until those details are provided by Del Rey’s label team and management, the most durable fact for fans and industry watchers is that “Spyda” has been recorded and framed as a companion to “Stove,” expanding the scope of what may be released next.

If and when “Stove” and “Spyda” are scheduled, the companion-lp concept could also affect how the public and media interpret Del Rey’s catalog from this period, since reviewers and listeners often group releases into eras. For now, the Billboard interview leaves the timing open but clarifies that Del Rey’s planned country-era output includes more than one album’s worth of material.