Hearth burn, and cauldron bubble — mess with Lana Del Rey, and also you’re in hassle.
That’s what spiritual influencer Traci Coston discovered just lately after accusing Del Rey, 38, of utilizing witchcraft. In a publish titled “Demonic Vitality Knocks Over Lana Del Rey Crowd,” Coston used footage of the August 17 live performance at Foro Sol in Mexico Metropolis, the place the viewers members fell like dominos. The occasion was described as a “progressive crowd collapse,” however Coston claimed the occasion was attributable to Del Rey’s involvement at the hours of darkness arts.
“No matter witchcraft Lana Del Rey is utilizing, no matter spell she’s utilizing to make it enticing, these demons are being into the group and into you once you attend [these shows],” she stated.
That was sufficient for Del Rey, who wasn’t thrilled with this fake Halloween trick. Utilizing her @honeymoon Instagram account, Del Rey dropped into the remark part. “B!tch I do know the Bible verse for verse higher than you do,” she wrote, in response to Stereogum. “PS You’re giving off tremendous gremlin vitality. Not in a great way.”
Coston has since disabled feedback on that publish. Del Rey has been linked to the Los Angeles chapter of Judah Smith’s Churchome. She additionally included a five-minute recording of one among Smith’s sermons on her 2023 album, Do You Know That There’s A Tunnel beneath Ocean Blvd.
Del Rey could be heard laughing through the recording, a lot in order that The Each day Beast described the observe as “an ironic and inflammatory sendup of commodified spirituality and a reminder that Del Rey’s inventive ethos is firmly about pleasing nobody however herself.”

Lana Del Rey performs on stage at L’Olympia on July 10, 2023 in Paris, France. Kristy Sparow/Getty Pictures
Whereas Del Rey has by no means publicly confirmed her spirituality, She spoke with The Quietus in 2011 about her beliefs. “My understanding of God has come from my very own private experiences. As a result of I used to be in hassle so many occasions in New York that should you have been me, you’d imagine in God too,” she stated. “I don’t find out about congregating as soon as per week in a church and all that, however after I heard there’s a divine energy you possibly can name on, I did. I suppose my method to faith is like my method to music – I take what I need and depart the remainder.”
Whereas the influencer claimed the group collapse was attributable to demonic forces, G. Keith Nonetheless, a visiting professor on the College of Suffolk and knowledgeable in crowd security/threat evaluation, advised The Messenger that the impact occurs once you don’t handle crowds correctly at live shows. “Usually, any penned space, should you don’t regulate the group move in, it may turn out to be too packed, and also you’ve obtained this threat of shockwaves, progressive crowd collapse,” stated Nonetheless.
