The 'Bad Blood' singer says she 'can sleep at night' knowing that she never said her song was about Katy Perry.
- Oct 15, 2015
AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift addresses her alleged feud with Katy Perry. In the accompanying article for her first ever GQ cover, the country/pop singer sets the record straight on the rumored story behind her friendship-gone-wrong single "Bad Blood" which is widely linked to the "Teenage Dream" hitmaker.
She explains, "You're in a[n] interview, and the writer says, 'Who is that song about? That sounds like a really intense moment from your life.' And you sit there, and you know you're on good terms with your ex-boyfriend, and you don't want him - or his family - to think you're firing shots at him. So you say, 'That was about losing a friend.' And that's basically all you say. But then people cryptically tweet about what you meant."
"I never said anything that would point a finger in the specific direction of one specific person, and I can sleep at night knowing that. I knew the song would be assigned to a person, and the easiest mark was someone who I didn't want to be labeled with this song. It was not a song about heartbreak. It was about the loss of friendship."
She continues, "I don't necessarily care who people think it's about. I just needed to divert them away from the easiest target. Listen to the song. It doesn't point to any one person or any one situation. But if you'd listened to my previous four albums, you would think this was about a guy who broke my heart. And nothing could be further from the truth. It was important to show that losing friendships can be just as damaging to a person as losing a romantic relationship."
Taylor also talks about the 2009 infamous moment at MTV Video Music Awards where she was interrupted by Kanye West when collecting her Best Female Video moonman. "When the crowd started booing, I thought they were booing because they also believed I didn't deserve the award. That's where the hurt came from," she recalls.
She adds, "I went backstage and cried, and then I had to stop crying and perform five minutes later. I just told myself I had to perform, and I tried to convince myself that maybe this wasn't that big of a deal. But that was the most happenstance thing to ever happen in my career. And to now be in a place where Kanye and I respect each other - that's one of my favorite things that has happened in my career."
Of her ever growing girl squad, Taylor says, "I honestly think my lack of female friendships in high school and middle school is why my female friendships are so important now. Because I always wanted them. It was just hard for me to have friends."
