Lana Del Rey Helps Stranger ‘Trying to Stay Out of an Abusive Relationship’ While Listening to Tate McRae

Lana Del Rey gave $100 to a woman who approached her car in Los Angeles while she was listening to Tate McRae’s music.

The “Summertime Sadness” singer posted a video Sunday (Oct. 25) on her Instagram Story. It shows her listening to music in the car while driving at night. As McRae’s 2021 song “Rubberband” plays, Del Rey notices someone outside the window.

“When you’re listening to Tate’s song about Highland when you’re sitting at a light on Highland and a woman sticks a sign on your window that says trying to stay out of an abusive relationship,” Del Rey explained in text typed over the clip.

The video then shows Del Rey reaching into her bag for $100 to pass to the woman. “You got me when I was filming,” she says through the open window. “Try to stay away. Be careful.”

“Rubberband” appears on McRae’s Too Young to Be Sad EP. In the song, McRae sings about midnight driving through Highland and asks whether she is the criminal for letting a partner go after she broke things off and left.

Del Rey is earning praise for “Lies,” a new collaboration with Zach Bryan that came out Oct. 15 on his eight-track project Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs. She also recently released “First Light,” the theme song for the James Bond video game of the same name.

Del Rey hasn’t been doing many live performances as she continues working on her country album Stove. She did recently perform at the F1 Grand Prix in Singapore. “I can’t even tell you how happy we were to be there, thank you so much for showing up and getting us so excited,” she wrote Friday (Oct. 23) on Instagram after the show. “And to my amazing crew, band, singers dancers, etc. we really did it. I loved our rehearsals loved the show and everything that we did afterwards. Hope everybody is doing well, sending love.”

Source: Billboard