This episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast sees us pulling out the Rollout Report Card to evaluate the full release of one of the most anticipated pop songs of 2025.

The song, which Roan cowrote 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.