There are countless bands playing gigs every day over on the west coast, but very few can say that they were joined on stage by a superstar like Lana Del Rey for a surprise duet.
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Fastest Kids in School, as it happens, is one of those bands. During an outdoor gig in Santa Barbara, Calif., the local musicians were stunned when Del Rey asked to sing with them on stage after hearing them play “West Coast” from her album Ultraviolence. In a video shared on Instagram by the rock group, the alt-pop star looks casual in a light jacket and jeans as she sings the track’s chorus, sharing a microphone with guitarist Magic Jordan.
“Super honored @honeymoon joined us on stage at Institution today!” Fastest Kids wrote in the caption. “Truly a show we’ll never forget!”
Drummer Dan Grimes also shared what led up to Del Rey entering the scene. “A moment I will never forget,” he wrote on Instagram. “I still can’t believe that just happened. Thank you Lana!!! 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,” he continued in the comments. “Of course we obliged and that is when my head exploded. She was just ‘out getting some ice cream’ she said.”
The impromptu performance comes more than a decade after Ultraviolence dropped in 2014, marking Del Rey’s first-ever No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when it debuted in the top spot. “West Coast” peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The singer is now working on her much-delayed country album, which she revealed in August will now be titled Stove after previously saying it would be named Lasso and The Right Person Will Stay. Also over the weekend, Del Rey celebrated her first wedding anniversary with husband Jeremy Dufrene by sharing photos from their Sept. 26, 2024, Louisiana ceremony on Instagram.
