Did you know that two of your favorite artists are beefing? Lana Del Rey and Ethel Cain picked up the drama that last started in 2022. Now, they’ve been firing shots at each other again in August 2025 on Instagram because the famous singer/songwriter Lana Del Rey gave a not so friendly mention of Ethel Cain’s name in a recent official snippet. Lana Del Rey? More like Lana Del Cray! Ethel Cain and Lana Del Rey are both American singers and songwriters. Ethel Cain is from Florida, and Lana is from New York, many people know Lana Del Rey from her hit song “summertime sadness” and Ethel Cain from memes.
In the official snipped, called “Track 13” the starting lyrics were “Ethel Cain hated my Instagram post, think it’s cute reenacting my Chicago pose”. Fans quickly connected this to Ethel posting a similar photo with Lanas ex, Jack Donoghue, Infront of the county jail in Chicago. But this beef has been ongoing, since 2022, when Ethel Cain would post old memes and made comments about Lanas’s weight. The snippet also said, “The most famous girl at the waffle house…” which is believed to be a blow at Ethels 2022 New York Times profiled “The Most Famous Girl at the Waffle House”. While Lana herself famously worked at Waffle House in 2023. In July 2025 Ethel apologized for the old post and controversies about Lana Del Rey. Fans are going crazy because apparently, the snippet she released on her Instagram will be in her new album “Stove” she plans to release this year. Fans have been dying to hear the whole song, and for Lana to release something new in general. Reddit has been a hub for fans to communicate about this topic. Mostly speaking of the past and making memes out of the situation. TikTok has also been a very interesting place to get opinions from all the fans and people.
After Lana released the snippet, Ethel Cain had revealed on her Instagram stories that Lana Del Rey had blocked her. Lana later responded in a comment that she was unsettled by Ethels behavior and felt that she became overly involved in her personal life. Fans on Reddit went crazy, started sharing past incidents between Lana and Ethel. Ethel was alleged to have edited Lana related content out of her Wikipedia for about a year. But ultimately Ethel has not made a song in response to Lana, and the fans are waiting. Will Ethel Cain snap back at Lana Del Rey, or will she let the long-lasting drama die down and call it wraps? Overall, they are both very powerful and influential people, and the media always tries to put two icons against each other, and we see it very often.