Indie Pop veteran releases musical stretch attacking rival after blocking her on Instagram for dispute involving ex-boyfriend Jack Donoghoue
Lana Del Rey released an excerpt from new song that attacks directly Ethel Cainclimbing a feud that has become public on social networks. The singer shared the preview of the track yesterday, August 13, where she appears in a car swing to the sound of the song while the lyrics play in the sound.
The music starts with “Ethel Cain hated my post on Instagram / Finds cute to recreate my post from Chicago “before continuing” hard to roll in slow motion / hard to say no to precaution / hard to stop when it’s like an ocean / I’m not afraid to say that I’m going down on fire. ” Waffle house / I don’t regret / the most famous girl from Waffle house“.
🚨Lana Del Rey Shares Snippet of New Music Mentioning Ethel Cain:
“Ethel Cain Hated My Instagram Post.” pic.twitter.com/wf9tkt0fbd
– Ethel Cain Data (@ethelcaindata) August 14, 2025
The conflict apparently revolves around Jack ownerex-boyfriend of Lana and band member Salem. In 2022, Lana posted a photo with Owner Outside the Cook County chain in Chicago. Later, Ethel Cain shared a photo with the same Owner node Twitter before deleting it quickly.
“I find it cute recreate my post in Chicago”
– Lana Del Rey playing Shade to Ethel Cain in her new song 👀 Pic.twitter.com/6FynisSxy
– Lana Del Rey Brasil (@lanabrasil) August 14, 2025
The reference to “Waffle house“seems to connect with a 2022 article from the New York Times on Ethel Cain entitled The most famous girl in the waffle house. Ironically, Lana was caught working as a waitress in a branch of the Waffle house In Birmingham, Alabama, the following year.
So Lana Del Rey Really Started Working at Waffle House to Spite Ethel Cain and Becoma The Most Famous Girl at Waffle House … The Layers to This Beef Lmfaooooo 😭 pic.twitter.com/vo4u5gqyzb
– Alex ☆ (@byeitsax) August 14, 2025
The tensions among the artists apparently arose from the constant musical comparisons made by fans and critics. Old posts of Ethel Cain node Tumblr show irritation with these comparisons, where she wrote that she would probably be compared to “you” (presumably Lana) until the day of his death.
In response to a fan who said “Lana Del Rey paved the way for Ethel Cain run”, Cain He replied “I pushed her when I ran” and “she will never reach me with her Macy’s dress.” These comments suggest a rivalry that had been developing for a long time behind the scenes.
Lana confirmed the escalation of the conflict blocking Ethel Cain node Instagramaction that was disclosed by Cain in your stories before Lana Post the excerpt from the song. Timing suggests a direct and calculated response from veteran singer.
Lana Del Rey has Blocked Ethel Cain on Instagram. pic.twitter.com/xhucb06qyr
– Base pop (@popbase) August 14, 2025
The track is part of the tenth album of Lanapreviously entitled Lasso and renamed The Right Person Will Stay. The album promises to explore country sounds and has had two singles released: “Bluebird” and “Henry, eat on”. DISS TRACK PRODUCTION is due to Jack Antonoff.
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Source: Rollingstone

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