In the video recorded while driving her car in February 2023, Lana Del Rey softly sang revised lyrics to “A&W” that seemed to take shots at Sean Larkin. Fans believed the new lyrics were a reference to Del Rey dating the former Tulsa police officer while he was planning to marry his future wife. “Got a policeman who turn on the backbeat … Slips out the back door to talk to me … You should’ve told me,” she sang. One Redditor speculated that the “White Dress” singer started seeing Larkin again after they broke up, but he never disclosed his relationship status. That was not the only time Del Rey used lyrics to strongly hint at how Larkin had mistreated her.
While performing “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” in July 2023, the singer once again revised her lyrics. “He’s born in December, and he got married when we were still together,” she sang. Larkin’s birthday happens to be December 7. “Sometimes I wonder what his wife would think if she knew that I didn’t know anything … he got married while we were in couple’s therapy together,” Del Rey sang. The Lana stans had all the evidence they needed as they flocked to Larkin’s Instagram page after footage of that performance surfaced. “Lana is too much sand for your truck,” one fan wrote.
Prior to the updated lyrics, Del Rey had made other digs directed at Larkin.
