The song, which Roan co-wrote with its producer, Daniel Nigro, proved an arduous creative undertaking. She compares “The Subway” to her early hit “Casual,” a song about wanting someone who won’t commit, both in terms of its content and the production process. “It took an annoying amount of time to just get it right,” she says.

Following “Good Luck, Babe!” and “The Giver,” it’s her third single since releasing The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess in 2023