“White Mustang” is thematically similar to “Groupie Love,” another Lust for Life track that looks at a relationship between Lana and a musician. Though at first she seemed just like a groupie who fell in love, Lana later realized her lover won’t change his reckless behaviour.

Lana conjures a “White Mustang,” a powerful and fast car. It is also worth noting that a white mustang appears in her “Born to Die” music video.

Lana teased snippets of the song via Instagram on June 8th and July 6th and 20th.

Lana’s tendency to use American car brands as metaphors for past relationships or life phases can be also seen in other of her songs: in “On Our Way”, where she’s traveling with her lover in a Chevrolet, in “Hawaiian Tropic” where she’s driving a Cadillac, or in her road trip across the USA in a Pontiac, in “1949”.

The car imagery is also used as motifs for her album’s design, as it can be seen in the covers of Born to Die and Ultraviolence.