{"id":237353,"date":"2026-04-28T22:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/taylor-swift-says-people-who-try-to-figure-out-who-her-songs-are-about-are-weird\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:50:41","slug":"taylor-swift-says-people-who-try-to-figure-out-who-her-songs-are-about-are-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/taylor-swift-says-people-who-try-to-figure-out-who-her-songs-are-about-are-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Says People Who Try To Figure Out Who Her Songs Are About Are Weird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Swift says &#8220;it gets a little weird&#8221; when her fans become obsessed with figuring out what songs are about which guys because &#8220;that dude didn\u2019t write the song, I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s corners of my fanbase that are going to take things to a really extreme place. There\u2019s nothing\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJuvicVywx\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kJuvicVywx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2049143348909498425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s corners of my fanbase who are gonna take things to a really extreme place,\u201d Swift said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can do about that. There\u2019s people who are gonna try to, like, do detective work, figure out the details \u2014 who is that about? What is this?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it gets a little bit weird for me is when people act like it\u2019s a paternity test,\u201d she said. \u201cLike, \u2018This song\u2019s about that person.\u2019 Because I\u2019m like, \u2018That dude didn\u2019t write the song, I did.\u2019 But that\u2019s part of it,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the scrutiny, Swift expressed the importance of abiding by her own \u201cperception\u201d when songwriting. \u201cYou have to hold tight to your perception of your art and your relationship with it, and then you kind of have to [mimes blowing it out] there it goes. Hope you like it. And if you don\u2019t now, hope you do in five years, and if you never do, then I was doing it for me anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1\"\/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1777438800%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262182026%26%26%26youtube%26K7xQiYlPasA%3A1fe62d7406c9ff38dc8d9db3099a17295cc665c4&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=K7xQiYlPasA&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;moduleid=2182026&amp;noads=\" width=\"306\" height=\"544\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2182026\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Taylor Swift on sombr&#8217;s songwriting to NYT:<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Swift praises sombr\u2019s songwriting in her new interview with The New York Times. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/42iUQ2XhCA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/42iUQ2XhCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/2049167658038575130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a massive sombr fan, of his songwriting. And his lyrics are so intensely confessional. \u2018I don\u2019t want another man\u2019s child to have the eyes of the girl I can\u2019t forget.\u2019 Are you kidding me? Having a male artist say stuff like that is really good for the cause of women to be able to say stuff. If there\u2019s any way we can make confessional songwriting a little bit more of something that isn\u2019t, like, people take that as like you were being messy. You have to be fair to everyone then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>On reputation (<s>and what I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;s hoping happens to <i>Showgirl<\/i> in a few years<\/s>):<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8Taylor Swift talking about people sleeping on rep:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved reputation. I know what I did\u2026 You can come around if you want. It\u2019s OK if you don\u2019t.\u2019 And then 6 or 7 years later, people are like, \u2018OMG, like, \u2018\u2026Ready For It?\u2019\u2019 People slept on that song.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6jqGQFONx\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/o6jqGQFONx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Swift Updates (@TSUpdating) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSUpdating\/status\/2049105602568184140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s part 1 with fucked up audio for copyright reasons I guess:<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1777438800%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262182027%26%26%26youtube%26ET87x2mmITE%3A350ca8cb6b57dff279ffce407e50cf973abec52c&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=&amp;moduleid=2182027&amp;vid=ET87x2mmITE&amp;source=youtube&amp;preview=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2182027\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1777438800%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262182028%26%26%26youtube%26bm-pBzgnfDU%3A069ef945cc2ba7658601c39034c00adddcd90b32&amp;moduleid=2182028&amp;noads=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;preview=&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=bm-pBzgnfDU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2182028\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Swift looks pretty and witty for The New York Times. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/phoTo9xkF9\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/phoTo9xkF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/2049187189322391885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Sources:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2049143348909498425?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/K7xQiYlPasA?si=4OSKv4sxVcTKPZEJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ET87x2mmITE?si=UYpKxGdbUkDG64mL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TSUpdating\/status\/2049105602568184140?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">4<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopBase\/\" target=\"_blank\">5<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bm-pBzgnfDU?si=-sy8gulNmCy1poS7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132274021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift says &#8220;it gets a little weird&#8221; when her fans become obsessed with figuring out what songs are about which guys because &#8220;that dude didn\u2019t write the song, I did.&#8221; \u201cThere\u2019s corners of my fanbase that are going to take things to a really extreme place. There\u2019s nothing\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/kJuvicVywx \u2014 Variety (@Variety) April 28, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-237353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}