Overview

• On August 13, Del Rey shared a minute-long Instagram reel labeled “Track 13,” tagging Jack Antonoff and opening with the lyric naming Ethel Cain.
• Fans tie the “Chicago pose” lyric to past photos featuring Jack Donoghue and see the “most famous girl at the Waffle House” line as echoing a 2022 New York Times profile headline about Cain.
• Hours after the teaser appeared, Cain posted an Instagram Story revealing that Del Rey had blocked her on the platform.
• Del Rey commented on a Pop Base thread that Cain once posted disturbing side-by-side images comparing her to unflattering creatures and made repeated weight-shaming remarks.
• Mainstream outlets report that neither artist’s representatives has issued a formal statement, and requests for comment remain unanswered.