Oklahoma-based singer-songwriter Samantha Crain has returned with ‘Dragonfly’ via Real Kind Records, her new single and first original solo release since 2021.

‘Dragonfly’ is a comeback track with a punchy slacker vibe; confident and carefree like the enigmatic creature in flight as it cruises along with the elements surrounding it. “I only wanna be free at last // live to see where I arrive at,” Samantha declares in the song’s opening moments as she opens the door to life’s mercurial nature and welcomes it in. ‘Dragonfly’ arrives with a music video directed by Dylan Friese-Greene; a visual cloaked with the warp of an old VHS tape that aptly mirrors the track’s lushly fuzzed guitars and echoes of feedback that shimmer like a prism in the sunlight.

“Dragonflies are an amazing insect,” adds Samantha about the inspiration behind the song. “They can fly in all six directions with great efficiency. They have iridescence, which allows them to appear differently depending on the light and polarization around them. They live most of their lives as nymphs, immature, not flying at all, but preparing for the coming moment of flight. They can see 360 degrees around themselves because of their compound eyes. To me, a dragonfly symbolizes the type of creature I aim to be: flexible and resilient in this ever-changing world that I have no control over, living moment to moment and moving towards potential moments of wisdom and lift–observant in my mind and seeing beyond the limitations of the physical self. This song is an ode to the simple sophistication of the dragonfly and how it mirrors the self-actualization that I have been searching for my whole life.”