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Lana Del Rey accuses rival singer Ethel Cain of body-shaming her amid ongoing feud
Lana Del Rey has accused fellow singer-songwriter Ethel Cain of body-shaming her in an explosive social media post.
The Born to Die hitmaker, 40, has also reportedly blocked the up-and-coming Ethel on Instagram and recorded a diss track about her.
The drama started when Lana namechecked Ethel in one of her new songs, which she previewed on Instagram on Wednesday.
'Ethel Cain hated my Instagram post,' she crooned in the ballad.
After pop music fan account Popbase posted the clip, Lana left a comment accusing Ethel of body-shaming her.
'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,' she wrote.
'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 reacted to the drama on her Instagram Stories on Thursday, writing, 'Update: Lana Del Rey has blocked Ethel Cain on Instagram'.
While it's unclear how exactly Lana and Ethel's beef started, fans have long speculated that the pair have been trading subtle jabs at each other for years.
One of the most glaring instances of shade between the two stemmed from a 2022 New York Times article about Ethel titled, 'The Most Famous Girl At The Waffle House.'
After the article was published, Lana famously worked a shift at a Waffle House in Alabama.
She also referenced the incident in her unreleased diss track to Ethel.
Fans have claimed that Ethel has made several shady posts about Lana on social media over the years, and that that's where their issues stem from.
Making things more awkward, Ethel is friends with Lana's longtime ex-boyfriend Jack Donoghue.
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Ethel Cain for comment.
Ethel burst onto the music scene in 2022 with her debut album, 'Preacher's Daughter'.
Ethel reacted to the drama on her Instagram Stories on Thursday, writing, 'Update: Lana Del Rey has blocked Ethel Cain on Instagram'
The album was acclaimed by critics and reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200, making Ethel the first openly transgender artist to score a top ten album.
Her indie-pop style has earned her comparisons to Lana from music critics, which Ethel has dismissed as 'lazy'.
She released her sophomore album, 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You', on August 8.
Meanwhile, Lana has been busy working on her tenth studio album for the last two years.
It was originally a country-inspired record called Lasso, but the songstress scrapped the idea and changed the album's title to The Right Person Will Stay.
She has since scrapped the second title and the album currently has no release date.
She most recently completed a sold-out stadium tour of the UK.
