Taylor Swift explains herself about why she wrote ‘Charli XCX diss track’ Actually Romantic

Ever since the lyrics started to leak from Actually Romantic, the track on Taylor Swift’s just released The Life of a Showgirl, it went mega viral as everybody interpreted it to be a Charli XCX diss track. The lyrics all seemed to point Charli’s way, and whilst everyone was analysing it online Taylor Swift has actually given more context about how she wrote the presumed Charli XCX diss track Actually Romantic – because there are some quotes where she actually explains what it’s really about. And I have to say these quotes do absolutely nothing to quash the rumours.

What the hell is going on, sorry?

Charli XCX last year released a song called Sympathy is a Knife, where she references being around a big pop star who makes her feel insecure about her success and says she hates seeing her backstage at her husband George Daniels gigs and forcing smiles. At this time, Taylor Swift was dating Matty Healy – in The 1975 with George Daniels.

It was quickly interpreted to be about Taylor Swift – but the song is more critical of Charli XCX with Taylor making her feel a type of way without doing anything malicious. About the track, Charli said ““People are going to think what they want to think. That song is about me and my feelings and my anxiety and the way my brain creates narratives and stories in my head when I feel insecure and how I don’t want to be in those situations physically when I feel self-doubt.”

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Taylor also gave a complimentary quote gushing about Charli’s talent for that same interview. But now Actually Romantic came out, quickly interpreted to be about Charli XCX, and sees Taylor Swift write the savage diss lyrics “I heard you call me ‘Boring Barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave / High-fived my ex and then said you’re glad he ghosted me / Wrote me a song saying it makes you sick to see my face/ Some people might be offended / But it’s actually sweet / All the time you’ve spent on me.”

Taylor Swift explains what the Charli XCX diss track is really about when she wrote it

Taylor Swift has released a version of The Life of a Showgirl where she discusses each track on the album, and explained more about Actually Romantic.

Taylor explains that it’s “a song about realising that someone else has kind of had a one-sided, adversarial relationship with you that you didn’t know about. And all of a sudden they start doing too much and they start letting you know that actually, you’ve been living in their head rent-free and you had no idea.”

“It’s presenting itself as them sort of resenting you or having a problem with you but you take that and just accept it as love and you accept it as attention and affection, and how flattering that somebody has made you such a big part of their reality when you didn’t even think about this. It’s actually pretty romantic if you really think about it.”

Not doing much to quell the drama, I fear.

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Taylor Swift picture credit by Mert Alas & Marcus Pigot (supplied by publicist).