Charli XCX Avoids Talking about Taylor Swift; Taylor Swift Praises Charli XCX

[zodgory]

Charli XCX has finally addressed the fan-fueled theory that her song "Sympathy is a knife" is about Taylor Swift. https://t.co/kDNVQxMTjj
- TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 26, 2024
During Charli's interview with New York magazine, the song "Sympathy is a knife" came up as well as the speculation that it is about Taylor Swift

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[fart]

Is that the breakdancer from the Olympics

[mspopstar]

Taylor always listened to the first song ever released by an artist at the specific time the artist released it. She was always blown away by it. And also she was already a star when that happened a decade ago.

Make sure you print that.

[anachan87]

And she is always a massive fan since ever of anyone who does not 100% praise her.

[glitterslugs]

Lmao yess the specicifity killlled me

[anachan87]

the thing is that i checked on wiki out of curiosity, because I never really followed Charli's career and... Stay Away doesn't seem to have charted? Neither did the album the song was on (like, they don't even seem to have it's wiki page). Her bio basically says that she blew up with Icona Pop's I Love it in 2012...?

[genbu_no_miko24]

Hell no to that remix!

It is funny seeing Taylor going into PR clean up.

[scooterology]

You just know that Taylor is seething that Charli has the best reviewed album of the year compared to the middling reviews TTPD got which is her worst album by a mile.

[kachna_junior]

I'm actually so mad that she decided to go so hard for the numbers for TTPD cause this is not an album that deserves any record breaking milestones... and I say that as a fan - folklore, evermore or reputation deserved this more but I know it wouldn't have been possible back then... but still I hate TTPD

[icetypejim]

I wonder if she's lowkey reaching the Kanye stage of her success where she's just surrounded by yes men who tell her every idea she has is amazing, so the quality control just leaves the room entirely? Because I'm with you, her giving this full court press of endless marketing and shilling to an album that isn't even in her top 5 albums feels like any remaining shred of real self-awareness is gone and she's just completely disappeared up her own ass.

[sirlolsworthy]

re your first sentence, working with Jack I've gathered is like that. He doesn't rein his artists in or challenge them to do better. Her work with him vs Aaron Dessner is night and day - who honestly I'm thinking now that, along with Joe, actually had a LOT of input into how folk-more was written and sounded, because she's never done anything like that before or since. Even on MIDnights the few Aaron tracks immediately stood out and above the rest

[glitterslugs]

Wait, so they asked taylor about charli to get a quote even tho it was charli’s interview ? And also asked charli about taylor? God lol

[odetothefool]

i wanna know if charli knew taylor was going to give a quote before this was published or had to find out today

[glitterslugs]

Idt she did, it also sounds like she’s a little less “on” in this interview so i wonder if she could feel the sneaky vibes from the interviewer

[totteringg]

I mean that’s pretty normal. She’s a huge popstar and one of the songs on Charli’s album is pretty clearly about Taylor.