Lana Del Rey has reportedly married alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene.
Rumours began circulating last month after the singer was seen holding hands with Dufrene at Reading Festival 2024. According to People, Dufrene is an airboat captain and a tour guide through swamps and marshes in Louisiana.
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Fans subsequently looked into Del Rey’s past Instagram posts for any hints of the pair’s relationship, and spotted a post from May where she called Dufrene “my guy”. Later, the ‘Video Games’ artist responded to the speculation online.
It has since been reported that Del Rey secured a marriage license so the couple could tie the knot, and that they were required to do so within 30 days.
Now, the Mail Online has claimed that the two got married at a ceremony in Des Allemands, Louisiana yesterday (September 26). The publication said this is the same bayou where Dufrene operates his swamp boat tours.
Additionally, the outlet has published a series of photographs and video footage from the outdoor wedding – where Del Rey’s father Rob Grant was seen walking her down the aisle.
Lana Del Rey got married to alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene today. (via Daily Mail) https://t.co/uwlWyK50xT
— Pop Base (@PopBase) September 27, 2024
lana actually getting married is actually insane 😭😭 like i’m speechless pic.twitter.com/wawyF2jQuM
— greg 🐊 (@dixiedemalio) September 27, 2024
It is said that the wedding and the reception took place along the public harbour, where numerous tables were set up in large white tents on the grass. Del Rey’s brother and sister – Charlie Hill-Grant and Caroline Grant – were reportedly in attendance too.
The wedding marks Del Rey’s first marriage and Dufrene’s second, with the pair having first met in 2019. Dufrene is already a father of two, it is reported.
Earlier this year, Del Rey announced her 10th studio album, ‘Lasso’, which she confirmed would see her venture into the country genre. The record is being made alongside both her regular collaborator, producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff, and country music maker Luke Laird.
Speaking about the forthcoming project recently, the singer explained that it wouldn’t be a “heavy departure” from her Americana roots.
“If anything, it will just be a little lighter lyrically, and more pointed in a classic country, American, or Southern Gothic production – which again, so many of my songs already are,” she continued.
In May, Del Rey told NME that the follow-up to 2023’s ‘…Ocean Blvd’ would be “more melodic” and “maybe more American Songbook style”.
She said: “When I gave Jack Antonoff his award for Best Producer Of The Year [at the 2024 Grammys], I said, ‘Welcome Nashville to Hollywood and Hollywood, welcome to Nashville’, because the music business has gone country.
“And it went silent; 5,000 people, dead silent. Then the next week, we had three major artists announce big country albums.”
You can revisit NME‘s video interview with Del Rey above.
In a four-star review of the star’s Reading 2024 show – which was cut short – NME said the performance “had the potential to go down as a classic” and “something much more glorious”.
“We’ll just have to wait for Lana Del Rey’s return to truly experience paradise with her,” it concluded.
