Zach Bryan Apologizes For ‘Drunkenly’ Comparing Taylor Swift and Kanye West After Backlash
Zach Bryan apologizes for “Kanye > Taylor” tweet which led him to deactivate his account:
“for the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night. I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong…I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and… pic.twitter.com/jLpz26vrUL
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) September 19, 2024
Country singer Zach Bryan tweeted the following: “Eagles > Chiefs, Kanye > Taylor, who’s with me.” The backlash was quick and swift, prompting Bryan to deactivate his Twitter account altogether.
He issued an apology this morning: “For the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night. I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong. I know there’s a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically. I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and tweet stupid things often. Hope one day I can explain this to her. Twitter gets me in trouble too much and I’d say it’s best I stay off it. I’m sorry to any Taylor fans I pissed off or let down. Love you guys and I’m trying my best!”
He then followed up: “I’ve been going through a hard time in my own life and I think I was projecting a little. To be completely honest, it just came off as rude and desensitized to Taylor. I respect her so much as a musician that the last thing I want is people thinking I don’t appreciate and love what she has done for music. Okay, that’s the last of it! Love you guys and hope you guys understand. Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!!”
Then he had more to say: “Not saving face here, but Taylor has been a force of nature for as long as we've all been growing up and I admire that. I'm gonna go listen to this record now, I never want people to think I have a hint of malice or meanness towards anyone, ever, that's why I'm saying all this. Everyone have the best day of all time, I love ya.”
And more: “This year has been an awful lot on me in personal ways that no one knows and I’ve been trying to cope and balance too many things at once. So I’m going to take a breather from tweeting stupid stuff, finish my tour, and ground myself somehow in the midst of all this. I feel very, very blessed each day. Not taking it for granted and holding onto it has been so important to me, Okay, needed to get this off my chest, yall are the best and I’ll see you at Bourbon and Beyond.”
Country star Zach Bryan deactivates X/Twitter account following backlash to tweet:
“Eagles > chiefs
Kanye > Taylor” pic.twitter.com/JBNgtf5g55
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) September 19, 2024
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