“Lady Lady” by Olivia Dean was released on 11 July 2025 as the second single from her second studio album, The Art of Loving. The song arrived a few months ahead of the album, which was issued on 26 September 2025 through Capitol Records and Polydor Records, further strengthening the British singer’s growing international presence within contemporary pop and R&B.

The track forms part of an album that reflects on different ways of experiencing love and on the personal transformations that accompany it. In this context, the song offers a calm meditation on trusting the passage of time and the natural course of events, an idea that resonates with the introspective tone running throughout the record.

Musically, “Lady Lady” blends elements of pop, soul and neo-soul through a warm, understated production built around soft rhythmic patterns, keyboards and subtle instrumental layers. The arrangement remains deliberately restrained, allowing the vocal line to remain clearly at the centre of the piece.

Dean’s performance is marked by a smooth, flexible timbre that moves naturally between intimate passages and moments of greater expressive intensity. This vocal restraint, together with a clear and engaging melodic line, reinforces the song’s musical appeal within the current landscape of British soul-pop.

Lady Lady by Olivia Dean

Lady Lady by Olivia Dean.

Olivia Dean. Our Saturday music video. (Official Music Video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT

Credits.-

Starring - Francesca Hayward @francescahayward

Director / DOP - Jake Erland @jakerland
Producer - Rowan Mackintosh King @rowanmackintosh
Choreographer - Meshach Henry @meshhenry

Creative Director / Manager - Emily Braham @aslanpegasus @ Yo and Co
Management - Sarah Howell @sarhwl @ Yo and Co

Label - Capitol Records @capitoluk
Creative Commissioner - Louis Danckwerts @dnckwrts

Production Company - Park Pictures @parkpictures
MD / Executive Producer - Fran Thompson @fran.thompson
Executive Producer - Shelley Jones @shelleybones
Production Manager - Cerys Kenneally @cerysimo
Production Manager - Coco Marinese @cosmarinese
On-Set Editor - Honor Evans @honor.evans

Artist Stylist - Simone Beyene @simonebeyene
Artist Makeup - Emily Engleman @emilylengleman
Artist Hair Stylist - Sophie Jane Anderson @sophie_jane_anderson
Francesca Hair Stylist - Hiroshi Matsushita @mr.hiroshi.matsushita
Manicurist – Imarni

Casting Director - Coralie Rose @coralie_blamo_rose
Casting - Rachael & Hana @roadcasting
Chaperone & Licensing - Sharon Cunningham @talent4kidz

1st AD - Dan Gibling @dangib
2nd AD - Dani Castro Garcia @foreignerdigital
3rd AD - Rene Rehak @rene.sansa
Floor Runner - Alexandra Visone @alexandrasara8
Production Runner - Samuel Jackson @swavybeats
Production Runner - Ella Parla @ellaparla

Steadicam Op - Marcus Albertsen @marcusalbertsen
1st AC - Kai Newton @kainewtonn
2nd AC - Anna Patterson @annaniamphpatterson

Key Grip - Darren Quinn 
Crane Grip - Grant Rowe
Grip Trainee - James Quinn
Crane Tech - Luke Skerton 
Crane Tech - Tom Street

Playback Op - Steven Toft @stevestaccato

Gaffer - Massimo Filippi @miserotti
Spark - Maxence Ewers @maxenceewers
Spark - David Zrolko @davidzrolko 
Balloon Tech - Jon East @skyliteballoonsltd
Balloon Tech - Lui Bachini @skyliteballoonsltd

Production Designer - Furmaan Ahmed @furmaan.ahmed
Art Director - Isabella Furness @issiefurness 
Props Assistant - Patrick McAlindon @patrickmcalindon
Props Assistant - Josh Hooper @joshuahoooper
Props Assistant - Shireen McCormack @bl_y_the
Carpenter - Bradley Childs @bradley.childss

Cast Stylist - Doug Broad @dougbroad_
Cast Styling Assistant - Molly Swatman @mollyswatman
Cast Styling Prep Assistant - Omoyeme Enaholo-Atole @9ja.gail
Cast Makeup  - Shani Mushington @shanimushington
Cast Makeup Assistant  - Kiera O’Brien @kierobmakeup
Cast Makeup Assistant  - Nicky Harrington @nickyharrington
Cast Makeup Assistant  - Aurore Garrigou @aurorablancomakeup
Cast Makeup Assistant - Tyeesha T Scott @et.scott

Dancers: Mbayang Ndiaye, Inaya Fraser, Sonia Kamara, Eden Bourne-Moses, Ella May Smith, Skylar Blu Copeland, Safia Francis, Kyahna Scarlett, Izzy Peterkin-Duku, Caelin Stewart, Rosanna Lindsey, Teyarnie Galea, Sarina Martinez de Osaba, Rae Miller, Nafisah Baba, Maria Alejandra Sheffer, Kemi Drew, Erin McShaw

Post Production House - Anchous
Online Editor - Aleksandr Predko
Compositing Artist - Art Serg

Colourist: Tim Smith 
Senior Colour Producer: Jai Mhach Durban

BTS - Lola Mansell 
BTS - Aliyah Otchere

Medic - Ronnie Richardson

Special Thanks - Charing Cross Sports Club, Location Works, Honey & Thyme, Blundell Studios, Location One.

Lyrics.-

God I’m gonna miss this house
But I guess I’m moving out
Sunday morning
All the things I couldn’t live without
I don’t need em now
God I used to love this hair
Now there’s something in the air
Something’s calling
Overnight the clothes I always wore
Don’t suit me anymore
She’s always changing me
Without a word
And I was just
I was just getting used to her
Keep’s rearranging me a little but
And I was just
I was just getting used to it
That lady lady, she’s the man
I think she’s got a master plan
That lady lady, she’s the man
That lady lady, she’s the
It always had to be like this
So if that was our last kiss
Now we know that
Now we know that dream ain’t coming true
There’s room for something new
She’s always changing me
Without a word
And I was just
I was just getting used to her
Keep’s rearranging me a little but
And I was just
I was just getting used to it
That lady lady, she’s the man
I think she’s got a master plan
That lady lady, she’s the man
That lady lady, she’s the
Growing on growing into it
And it’s all going on
Growing on growing into it
And it’s all going on
Growing on growing into it
That lady lady she’s the

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Published on: March 7, 2026
Cite:
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
"Pop, soul and neo-soul. Lady Lady by Olivia Dean" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/pop-soul-and-neo-soul-lady-lady-olivia-dean> ISSN 1139-6415
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