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Lana Del Ray Removes Line About How She “Kissed Morgan Wallen” From Unreleased Song, & Her Fans Are Thrilled: “We Don’t Like Him”
I’ll be honest… I kinda want to know the tea.
In April while playing Stagecoach festival, alt-pop star Lana Del Ray threw some major shade at country’s biggest star Morgan Wallen, and it was honestly completely random and no one could really ever figure out why or what the context was.
Lana has been dipping her toes in the country world, so to speak, over the last year or so, and she previously said she was going to put out a country album (I have no idea if that will actually happen at this point), and has covered John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man”, and more recently, appeared on The Ryman stage alongside Lukas Nelson to sing “Find Yourself.” She also appreciates the mainstream side of country, noting previously how much she loves Morgan Wallen’s music.
But I’m not so sure things are still fine and dandy between Lana and Morgan because like I said, while at Stagecoach, she debuted a new song called “57.5” which explicitly states that she “kissed Morgan Wallen,” and then says something about how it went to his head… she even warned people not to go “ATV’ing with him when you’re out west.”
She also said at the time that it was the “last time” she would ever say that particular line, but I kind of thought she might’ve said that as part of the performance or to stir up publicity, and it was unclear if the whole verse is actually going to be on the final cut. I didn’t really think it would, because that would mean she’d actually have to explain herself at some point, but here’s what she said a couple months ago:
“This is the last time I’m ever gonna say this line:
“I kissed Morgan Wallen,
I guess kissing me kind of went to his head,
If you want my secret to success,
I suggest don’t go ATV’ing with him when you’re out west”
Watch it here:
@kickzster Lana what’s the tea w Morgan Lana Del Rey name drops Morgan Wallen at Stagecoach 2025 #lanadelrey #morganwallen ♬ original sound – JC | Festivals | Creator
She seemingly waits a few beats where the Morgan line is then keeps going, because you can hear some of the fans yell it while she smiles and then keeps singing rest of the lines about “ATV’ing with him”:
@rhiannleighh such a good night #lanadelrey #lanadelrey #lanadelreycardiff #575 #lanatok #cardiff #lanadelreyedit ♬ original sound – rhi
It’s obviously a shady remark, but I have no idea if they ever had some sort of fling or not… I don’t think I’ve ever heard Morgan speak about her publicly and they’ve obviously never been pictured together or anything like that, but Morgan is very private when it comes to his dating life, for obvious reasons, so that clearly doesn’t mean they never hung out or anything of that nature.
Lana made tons of headlines last year when she married Jeremy Dufrene, just a regular ol’ Louisiana alligator tour boat guide, so it does seem a little weird she would say this since she’s so recently married. Regardless, I definitely think it’s shade and there obviously has to be more to this story.
When she sang that line, many of her hardcore fans were upset over it, so they should be happy to find out that Lana seemingly meant that really was the last time she would name drop him in the song, as she performed it again recently and it was gone.
This is from a show at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, UK:
@dvnielrhh i kissed morgan wallen?? #lanadelrey #principalitystadium #cardiff #lanadelreytour #fy #lanadelreytour #lanadelreyuktour ♬ som original – Daniel de Almeida
Fans certainly took notice of the lyric change, and many were in the comments saying they were glad she took it out because, believe it or not (that’s sarcasm, in case it wasn’t obvious), Lana Del Rey fans don’t love Morgan:
“Guess she meant it when she said it was the last time she’s gonna sing that line.”
“Lmao we sang ‘I kissed Morgan Wallen’ and everyone around us gave us dirty looks.”
“SPEAK UP GIRL OMG.”
“So she was telling the truth when she said ‘It’s the last time I’m gonna say this line.'”
“She said ‘This is the last time I’m gonna ever say this line’ at Stagecoach.”
“This is the last time I’m ever gonna say this line”
“Oh she KNOWS.”
“I was so sad I was ready to scream it.”
“She’s said she was only saying it once.”
“These lyrics are better than the Morgan Wallen ones.”
I honestly don’t know too much about Lana and her lore, to use the hip term, but the whole thing seems strange to me especially because it’s not fair to drop something like that and not share more… I mean, rude.
If this song does make an album, like I said before, I highly doubt the line about Morgan would make it, and that seems pretty certain at this point. Lana is a massive pop star, and her using a platform like Stagecoach certainly felt like a choice, and taking it out does too. That being said, Morgan is the biggest thing in music right now, so it seems super convenient to throw it out there… seemingly years later.
But I wasn’t surprised a few months ago that she said it, and I’m still not, because shading Morgan Wallen to make some headlines is straight out of the Hollywood playbook these days. And I think there should be a rule that if you do it so publicly, especially about something so juicy, you must share with the rest of the class. That’s just the basic rules of gossip, and no one is exempt…
You can watch the Stagecoach performance here:
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