Lana Del Rey previews Ethel Cain diss track?

Lana Del Rey shared a snippet of new music on Instagram that has a lot of people talking. The clip, which is captioned “Track 13” and tags her frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff, begins with the lyrics “Ethel Cain hated my Instagram post, think it’s cute reenacting my Chicago pose.” A few lines later, it continues, “the most famous girl at the Waffle House, I don’t regret it.” (Jack Antonoff clearly likes producing diss tracks.)

People are speculating that the Instagram post in question could refer to a photo Lana posted in 2022 of herself with Jack Donoghue of Salem, who she is rumored to have been dating at the time. Cain reportedly shared a picture of herself and Donoghue after that, though it’s unclear how old it is, and it’s since been deleted.

The origin of the “most famous girl at the Waffle House” line, meanwhile, seems to refer to New York Times‘ 2022 article about Ethel. In 2023, footage of Lana working at a Waffle House in Alabama went viral.

Lana commented on Pop Base’s Instagram post about the clip, writing, “I didn’t know who Ethel was until a few years ago – when someone brought to my attention the disturbing and graphic side-by-side images she would often put up of me next to unflattering creatures and cartoon characters making constant comments about my weight, I was confused at what she was getting at. Then when I heard what she was saying behind closed doors from mutual friends and started inserting herself into my personal life I was definitely disturbed.”

Ethel, meanwhile, posted an Instagram story with white text on a black background, reading “update: lana del rey has blocked ethel cain on instagram.”

What’s going on with these two? We’re not entirely sure either. Stay tuned.