KJ - Her Own Way

Kendall Jenner Opens Up To Lana Del Rey About Her Famous Family, Friends, And What Frustrates Her The Most.

- Katie L. Connor

“I’m super chilled-out right now,” Kendall Jenner says with a skater-dude lilt. That’s because for her first-ever ELLE cover story, the 22-year-old model asked that she not talk with just anyone. She wanted it to be someone she knew and was comfortable with. Someone with whom she shared a love of good music and classic cars. Enter Lana Del Rey, the pop star, fashion darling, and friend of House Kardashian.

The two are chatting on the phone—Jenner in her house in L.A., and Del Rey in Brazil, in between tour gigs—discussing their mental health. Jenner’s struggles with anxiety were a central topic on the last season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and Del Rey, for one, gets it. “I haven’t spoken that much about my anxiety over the years,” the singer, 32, tells Jenner. “But one of the cool things that’s come up is the focus on self-care. I do meditations for joy and happiness and try not to spread myself too thin.” Jenner welcomes the advice. “It’s interesting; ever since I said something about being anxious, a lot of people in the spotlight have come to me, being like, ‘Oh my God, me too!’ There’s this community. I take what they do to help themselves and piece it together to find what helps me.” Jenner has started practicing Transcendental Meditation and winds down at night with light Netflix fare. “When I’m about to fall asleep, I’ll put on Trailer Park Boys,” she says. “I love it; it’s so stupid.” She mentions that a friend has a healer who “just hangs out at the house for good energy. I got such an amazing vibe from him. I was like, You need to be around me now.”