Lana Del Rey recently slammed an influencer who accused her of knocking a crowd of fans down with “witchcraft.” According to social media screenshots, Del Rey commented on Christian Instagram influencer Traci Coston’s post about her, saying, “I know the Bible verse for verse better than you do. PS, you’re giving off super gremlin energy. Not in a good way.”
In late August, Coston posted a video saying the “Summertime Sadness” singer caused the domino effect of people falling at her concert in Mexico City. In a video, Coston said, “Lana Del Rey has been open about practicing witchcraft.” In 2017, the singer-songwriter told NME she tried to hex then-President Donald Trump with a spell. She said, “Yeah, I did it. Why not? Look, I do a lot of stuff.”
She added at the time, “I’m in line with Yoko [Ono] and John [Lennon] and the belief that there’s a power to the vibration of a thought. Your thoughts are very powerful things, and they become words, and words become actions, and actions lead to physical changes.”
Coston continued, “And y’all look what happened at one of her concerts,” showing the video of the wave of people falling over at the August show. “Whatever witchcraft Lana Del Rey is doing, the spell she’s putting on her music to make it attractive, those demons are being invited into the crowd and you when you attend.” She added, “These demons will destroy your life,” claiming people had previously come to her for “deliverance” from demons that had become attached to them from attending concerts.
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Coston said, “There’s a reason the Bible tells us to stay away from witchcraft; it’s because God loves you, and he’s trying to protect you.” Coston disabled comments after Del Rey commented on the post. The singer-songwriter has previously said that she believes in God. Del Rey told the Quietus in 2011, “My understanding of God has come from my own personal experiences because I was in trouble so many times in New York that if you were me, you would believe in God too.”
She continued, “When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying. I don’t know about congregating once a week in a church and all that, but when I heard there is a divine power you can call on, I did. I suppose my approach to religion is like my approach to music — I take what I want and leave the rest.”
Del Rey also included a track on her new album “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard” called “Judah Smith Interlude,” in which she recorded herself listening to and, at times, giggling at a sermon by the titular preacher. Del Rey has been linked to Smith’s Churchome chapter in Los Angeles.