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Patti Smith recently thanked Taylor Swift for her namecheck on The Tortured Poets Department. Now, the punk icon expressed gratitude for another pop star: Lana Del Rey, whose 2012 hit “Summertime Sadness” she covered on Tuesday in Brighton and tonight in Dublin.

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Last month, Taylor Swift released her latest album The Tortured Poets Department, which contained a lot of namechecks. Patti Smith, The Starting Line, and American Pie’s Alyson Hannigan reacted to their references, and now so has Charlie Puth.

Taylor Swift’s new double-album The Tortured Poets Department came out on Friday, and it’s full of namechecks. On the title track, the pop star mentions rock legend Patti Smith; on “The Black Dog,” she summons pop-punk band the Starting Line. Both acts have shared their reactions.