Lana Del Rey has opened up about her current marriage, and mentioned that the transfer was impressed by producer and collaborator Jack Antonoff.
The singer made headlines earlier this yr when rumours emerged that she had tied the knot in September – reportedly marrying alligator tour boat information Jeremy Dufrene.
Hypothesis in regards to the two started after the singer was seen holding arms with Dufrene at Studying Competition 2024, and on September 26, the Mail On-line claimed that the 2 acquired married at a ceremony in Des Allemands, Louisiana – reportedly on the identical bayou the place Dufrene operates his swamp boat excursions.
The outlet later printed a sequence of pictures and video footage from the occasion, the place Del Rey’s father Rob Grant was seen strolling her down the aisle, and the information was confirmed in October when the couple’s marriage license was signed and returned to Louisiana’s Lafourche Parish Clerk of Courtroom.
Now, Del Rey has spoken in regards to the choice to get married whereas on the Selection Hitmakers ceremony over the weekend, and confirmed that it was impressed by Jack Antonoff.
Whereas presenting the Bleachers frontman and producer with the Producer Of The Decade award on Saturday (December 7), the singer mentioned that it was Antonoff’s marriage to actor Margaret Qualley that pushed her to attend for the precise particular person to cool down with.
Lana Del Rey says Jack Antonoff is a “massive purpose why I waited so lengthy to get married and why I met my superb husband. And I actually really feel like there’s form of a singer’s curse round assembly an sincere associate who has no pores and skin within the sport, no canine within the race, and it is tremendous… pic.twitter.com/PHA3Pozpic
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“Most of all, I’m grateful for him for the instance that he gave me in his marriage to Margaret,” she mentioned in her speech. “I noticed the best way he checked out her when he met her, and he’s an enormous purpose why I waited so lengthy to get married, and why I met my superb husband.”
“I actually really feel like there’s a singer’s curse round assembly an sincere associate who has no pores and skin within the sport, no canine within the race,” Del Rey added. “It’s tremendous nerve-racking to have to carry onto an harmless notion of how issues might go while you’re in an trade the place possibly your values or your morals don’t fairly match up with what’s occurring — particularly when individuals suppose that you just in all probability don’t have any morals or values.”
Rolling Stone beforehand reported that the 2 met again in 2019, when Del Rey posted a Fb album with footage of her and her mates taking one among Dufrene’s excursions.
The marriage marks Del Rey’s first marriage and Dufrene’s second. Dufrene is already a father of two, it’s reported.
In different Lana Del Rey information, the American singer-songwriter introduced final month that she was planning to embark on a UK and Eire stadium tour subsequent summer season. The dates all are available help of her forthcoming album ‘The Proper Individual Will Keep’, which is because of arrive in Could.
Initially big gigs in Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin and London had been introduced, nevertheless following tickets occurring sale, big demand led to a second present within the UK capital being introduced. All exhibits quickly bought out and it was confirmed that Del Rey had change into the highest-selling solo artist in 2025 throughout the UK and Eire.
Her upcoming tenth album, ‘The Proper Individual Will Keep’, will mark the follow-up to her 2023 document ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Below Ocean Blvd’ and is about to reach on Could 21.
Little else is understood in regards to the document at time of writing, though Del Rey has instructed followers on Instagram that it’s going to comprise 13 tracks and probably include a lead single titled ‘Henry’.
Earlier than then, she had already confirmed that the brand new undertaking would see her enterprise into nation music, and that common collaborator Jack Antonoff and nation musician Luke Laird could be concerned. Initially, it was recommended that the album’s title was going to be ‘Lasso’.
Talking to NME earlier this yr, she hinted that the lyrics could also be lighter than on her newer materials. “I’ve possibly much less to say by way of any self-revealing issues like on ‘Tunnel’ or ‘Blue Bannisters’ or ‘Chemtrails Over The Nation Membership’, and simply extra melodic,” Del Rey mentioned on the Ivor Novellos. “Possibly extra American Songbook fashion?”
