Lana Del Rey drags FKA Twigs into ‘racism’ row in lengthy Instagram video

Lana Del Rey has shared a lengthy video in which she defends herself against a huge fan backlash for attacking black singers, including Beyonce.

The singer copped the wrath of social media users for an Instagram post in which she complained about female artists singing about being “sexy, wearing no clothes, f—king, cheating etc”, while singling out a list made up mostly of black artists.

The post — which named Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj and Beyonce — prompted accusations of racism from the American singer, who posted a video attempting to clarify her controversial comments last night.

“Hey, so I don’t wanna beat a dead horse, and I don’t wanna go on and on about this post thing,” Del Rey said in the new video.

“But I just wanna remind you that in that post, my one and only personal declaration that I’ve ever made – thanks for being so warm and welcoming – was about the need for fragility in the feminist movement. It’s gonna be important.”

The 34-year-old previously said that she had been previously unfairly criticised for glamorising abuse, with critics slamming her for her 2014 song Ultraviolence which includes the lines “I can hear sirens, sirens. He hit me and it felt like a kiss”.

“When I mentioned women that look like me, I didn’t mean white like me. I mean the kind of women who other people might not believe, because they think, ‘Oh, well look at her, she f—-ing deserves it’ or whatever. There are a lot of people like that,” Del Rey said.

Del Rey continued name dropping in her latest video and has now dragged English singer FKA Twigs into the firing line.

“The difference is, when I get on the pole, people call me a whore, but when [FKA] twigs gets on the pole, it’s art," she said.

“I just wanna say that the culture is super sick right now, and the fact they want to turn my post, my advocacy for fragility into a race war, it’s really bad.

“I’m super strong… you can call me whatever. I’m sorry that I didn’t add one 100% Caucasian person into the mix of the women that I admire. It really says more about you than it does about me.”

Del Rey wrapped up her non-apology by plugging her upcoming poetry books and telling everywhere where they can stick it.

“I’m not the enemy, and I’m definitely not racist, so don’t get it twisted. Nobody gets to tell your story except for you, and that’s what I’m gonna do in the next couple of books. So god bless, and, yeah, f*** off if you don’t like the post,” she said.