Fastest Kids In School are an indie band who seem to have only been around for a few months and have yet to release any music. Yesterday they were playing a small gig outside Institution Ale Co. in Santa Barbara, California and were covering Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast.” Lana Del Rey herself happened to be walking around the area and heard her song being covered. So she approached the band and did some surprise guest vocals right there on the spot. (Stereogum)
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The Fastest Kids In School’s Dan Grimes explained in an Instagram comment: “She just happened to be walking by while we were playing her song and motioned to see if we wouldn’t mind if she came on stage. Of course we obliged and that is when my head exploded. She was just ‘out getting some ice cream’ she said.”
Lana may have been in jeans and sneakers during this surprise appearance, but one year ago she was wearing a wedding dress. To commemorate her first anniversary with husband Jeremy Dufrene yesterday, she shared a carousel of wedding photos that feature some familiar faces.
Now, Del Rey has shared more insight into the record, telling W that she has now decided to call it ‘Stove’, and that it will most “likely be released at the end of January” 2026.
While bits and pieces of the song have leaked over the years, this is the most substantial chunk yet of what appears to be a formal recording. Fans have surmised that the lyrics relate to Cain’s apparent involvement with Salem’s Jack Donoghue, Del Rey’s ex. The mention of an Instagram post in the lyrics seemingly refers to a pair of posts, by the respective artists, in 2022: Del Rey with Donoghue outside a prison; Cain with him by a dam. Another portion of the song, in which she sings the line “The most famous girl at the Waffle House,” is a quote of the headline of an Ethel Cain profile in The New York Times. (Del Rey subsequently took a pretend shift at a Waffle House in Alabama.) Cain is also thought to have alluded to Lana Del Rey on social media in the past.
