The couple made their romance public earlier this month when they attended Karen Elson and Lee Foster’s wedding together at New York’s Electric Lady Studios.

Del Rey at a Met Gala afterparty in May 2024

Overall, Dufrene and Del Rey have kept their love story almost entirely private. However, they posted about the meeting in 2019. Del Rey took a tour at Arthur’s Air Boat Tours, where Dufrene works, while in the area for the BUKU Music + Art Project Festival.

Dufrene wrote on Instagram: “I never know who I may meet on my tours but it’s always a joy @lanadelrey.” She shared her own Facebook post about her visit in March 2019, calling it out in her caption: “Jeremy let me be captain at Arthur’s Air Boat Tours x.”

Their romance comes less than a year after Del Rey spoke to them Harper’s Bazaar in November 2023 about being single. The outlet asked if she was currently in love with anyone. “I’m definitely not in love at the moment. No,” she said. “Absolutely not in love. It was, but no.”

When asked if she wanted that, she shrugged and said, “Well, I’ll tell you.” That hasn’t occurred to me in the last five months on the road or here. But give it a week. Sure, my story will overwhelm me at some point. Yes. It would be interesting if that wasn’t the case. It would be interesting if that wasn’t the case.”

Alyssa Bailey is senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees celebrity and royal coverage (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle And Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running through Central Park, getting people to take #ootd photos of her, and exploring New York City.