Witchcraft and Wizardry

Yes, Lana Del Rey Hexed Donald Trump

“Look, I do a lot of shit.”
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Lana Del Rey, an earth-bound sea witch born from primordial goo and singer, asked her fans to cast a spell on Donald Trump in February. Remember February? The inauguration was still fresh. It wasn’t clear whether Trump would make it to summer in office or ever leave Mar-a-lago. Sean Spicer was just warming up.

At the time, the performer tweeted a mysterious message that only offered four dates and these cryptic instructions: “Ingredients can b found online.” Swiftly, Internet sleuths did what they do and traced the tweet to an international witch effort to “bind” Trump. The dates corresponded to monthly waning crescent moons; the instruction were indeed found online.

And now, months later, when President Trump is still president for worse or worse, Australian outlet NME asked Del Rey whether she actually did cast a spell on Trump.

“Yeah, I did it,” she replied. “Why not? Look, I do a lot of shit.”

Remarkable. Best read in an exasperated Brooklyn teen voice. She added, “I’m in line with Yoko [Ono] and John [Lennon] and the belief that there’s a power to the vibration of a thought. Your thoughts are very powerful things and they become words, and words become actions, and actions lead to physical changes.”


Did the hex work? It was meant to bind Trump, that is keep him from mucking things up with his words and his tweets, and deliver the U.S. safely from any harm he’s capable of. So . . . sort of? He hasn’t been able to get too much done, and though no aide has successfully wrestled his phone from his grip, the tweeting has turned on his own kind: Jeff Session and Republican senators standing up to the health-care bill. Eh, it couldn’t hurt, then. Go forth and hex, Lana.