Israeli singer Yehonatan Margi released his new single “Trendy” on Tuesday, the eve of his ex-girlfriend Noa Kirel’s first wedding anniversary to Israel national team goalkeeper Daniel Peretz. The timing, along with lyrics that appear to take aim at a woman obsessed with social media, has set off a wave of speculation online over whether the release date was deliberate.
The song describes a woman who will do anything to look her best online, including a line suggesting that her wedding only counts if it appears on Reels. Many listeners immediately connected it to Kirel, whose wedding last year was one of the most publicized celebrity events in Israel. Margi has not said the song is about her. People close to the singer said the release date was set in advance.
The single follows a recent musical back-and-forth between the two. About two weeks ago, Kirel and the singer Static released a song about obsessive exes. Some of its lyrics were widely read in the Israeli media as a reference to Margi, though neither artist said so. Five days later, Margi posted a teaser of “Trendy” on Instagram and TikTok.
According to Mako, people around Margi said he has grown used to songs that are interpreted as hints about his relationship with Kirel. They said he wanted to show that “every story has two sides.”
Kirel and Margi met at rehearsals for the 2018 Festigal and dated for about three years. They were one of Israel’s most popular celebrity couples and even recorded a duet, “Ambulance,” before announcing in 2021 that they had split by mutual decision. Margi has since been in a relationship with singer and model Anna Zak.
Kirel married Peretz on November 11, 2025, in an intimate ceremony in Jaffa, followed the next day by a large celebration with about 1,000 guests in Tel Aviv. On Tuesday, she marked the anniversary by posting a photo of the couple at the Western Wall, with a one-word caption: “Amen.”
