Taylor Swift has sent a message to the critics who want for her to “go away”.
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On Wednesday (December 10), the pop star made an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and discussed everything from her upcoming Disney+ docuseries The End of an Era to her friendship with Stevie Nicks, and also addressed the critics who complain about her over-exposure and want her to “just go away.”
“I think what I look up to most in people is career longevity, career longevity, friendship longevity, longevity in their relationships, how do you keep a good thing going? I think there are certain corners of our society that really love that and look up to longevity,” she said.
“There are also corners that are like, ‘Give someone else a turn. Can’t you just go away so we can talk about how good you were?’ And I’m like, I don’t want to, you know?”
Notably, Swift has either released or re-released at least one album every year since 2019, and has often been accused of intentionally blocking other artists – including Charli XCX – from topping the charts.
Swift rebuttal to her critics follows news that a coordinated online attack was launched to accuse Swift of having Nazi connections, which fans inadvertently may have helped gain momentum.
A behavioural intelligence platform driven by AI, Gudea, recently shared a report showing how there was a massive spike in posts across social media accusing the pop star of subtly making dogwhistle references across her new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’.
The posts claimed that one of the lightning bolt necklaces in her merchandise line was designed to resemble an SS symbol, fixated on the out-of-context use of the word “savage” in lyrics in one song, and more. Gudea’s findings shared that, between the album release date (October 4) up until October 18, there were over 24,000 posts like this from over 18,000 accounts.
As highlighted by The Guardian, the false claims put forward fed into the conspiracy theory that Swift is pushing “trad” or conservative values with her engagement to Travis Kelce, and has alleged ties to the MAGA movement – despite the singer publicly endorsing Kamala Harris‘ candidacy during the most recent US presidential election.
Meanwhile, Swift has recently shared the official trailer for her new concert film, The Eras Tour: The Final Show.
The movie captures the star’s last ‘Eras Tour’ stop at the BC Place stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, last December. The Final Show features “the entire ‘Tortured Poets Department’ set” from her huge run of dates.
