Lana Del Rey speaks out on friendship with Camila Cabello and shuts down Coachella collab fan theory

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Lana Del Rey has spoken out about her friendship with Camila Cabello, and quashed rumours about why she brought the singer out during her Coachella set.Speculation about the relationship between the two came into the spotlight once again following Del Rey’s recent headline set at the 2024 edition of Coachella.

During her performance during the second weekend of the California festival last month, the ‘Candy Necklace’ singer surprised fans by bringing out Cabello as a surprise guest.The moment saw them come together to perform a rendition of the latter’s recent single ‘I LUV IT’, and caught some fans off guard as it was widely thought that it would be Taylor Swift who would be joining Del Rey as a guest on the night.Some viewers also questioned why the headliner chose to bring out Cabello, particularly because the track they duetted is unlike anything in Lana Del Rey’s discography and not the obvious choice when it comes to a collaboration.For some devoted fans, a consensus emerged that the appearance at Coachella may have been somewhat of a peace offering, following the ‘Video Games’ singer seemingly calling out the pop star in a past post.The alleged tension between the two arose back in 2020, when Lana Del Rey shared a now-infamous post on Instagram titled ‘Question for the culture’.

In the update, the singer complained about how so many artists had reached the Number One spot on the charts “with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating, etc”, however, she had faced backlash for “glamorising abuse” and been “crucified” because of it.In the post, Cabello was one of the artists Del Rey mentioned in relation to topping the charts.Happy 3 years to Lana’s “controversial” question for the culture.