"The Subway" comes a few months after Roan dropped "The Giver," which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Before that came breakout single "Good Luck, Babe!," which catapulted the Missouri native to superstar status last year following the release of debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

Chappell Roan breaks down seeing her ex on public transit on her new song "The Subway," which dropped Thursday. The ballad has been a highly anticipated song for her fans ever since she began singing it during her live sets last summer.

Despite the universal love for the song from her fans, Roan had been struggling with whether she wanted to release the song or not. “I’ve been banging my head against the wall with ‘The Subway,’