Clayton Johnson

Clayton Johnson
Information
Full name	Clayton Johnson
Born	February 4, 1989
Hometown	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Family	Chantry Johnson (brother) Connor Johnson (brother)
Relationships	Lana Del Rey (ex-girlfriend) Ciara Hanna (ex-girlfriend)

Clayton Johnson is an American musician and singer. He dated Del Rey from late 2020 to mid-2021, and contributed production to her eighth studio album.

Biography

Personal life and career

From 2007 to 2010, Johnson was a member of A Bird A Sparrow. Johnson was also a member of the band The Johnsons, alongside his two brothers. The band is popular on YouTube with over 7 million total views, with their most successful video being a cover of "FourFiveSeconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney. The band has not been active since 2017. In 2022, Johnson released his debut solo single, "Everybody Breaks Up". It is possible the song was written about Del Rey.

Alongside his two brothers and bandmates, Johnson also has a sister. He is an avid baseball fan, supporting the San Francisco Giants.

Relationship with Lana Del Rey

Clayton and Lana purportedly met through Bumble. Johnson first appeared in Lana Del Rey's public life via an Instagram story in September 2020, wherein Del Rey was dancing in Johnson's 49ers t-shirt in a video captioned "Fantasy season". The same month, Johnson and Del Rey were seen holding hands while at a friend's birthday in Baja California, Mexico, on September 19, 2020.

In December 2020, following Del Rey's performance of "Let Me Love You like a Woman" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the media reported the couple had got engaged after Lana was spotted with a ring on her fourth finger. However, as Del Rey often wears rings on this finger, it is unknown if they were truly engaged. As of June/July 2021, they have split up.

Work with Lana Del Rey

Johnson, along with his brother Chantry, provided additional production to the song "Interlude – The Trio", the fourth track off of Del Rey's eighth studio album and seventh major-label album Blue Banisters released on 2021.

Johnson also appeared in a teaser video, posted in April 2021, for the single "Blue Banisters". Johnson had previously posted a photo in his costume for the video in November 2020. The teaser was possibly a snippet of a music video – however, this version remains unreleased.

Controversy

Following his first appearance in Del Rey's Instagram story in September 2020, fans of Del Rey unearthed tweets from Johnson containing derogatory language and wherein he expressed his support for U.S. President Donald Trump. On September 8, 2020, Johnson apologised via a series of tweets:

"Yesterday, tweets from my teenage years 12 years ago were dug up, and while age is not an excuse for any derogatory language, I'm thankful to have grown and learned over the years from friends, family and my community. I sincerely apologize to you all for such insensitive” or about supporting Trump. I did not vote for him. I've followed every president on twitter, whether I liked them or not. As the leader of the most powerful nation I think it's important to see what our president is saying and doing"

"I don't think being ignorant in the past makes me racist. Education and action are most important. Currently enrolled in an intercultural comm class to educate myself and continue to grow. Nothing but love for my black brothers and sisters and I'll continue to fight for them"