Overview
- After headlines recirculated a Guardian quote about the “Taylor Swift way” of writing about public breakups, White posted that he does not think Swift’s music is boring.
- He said his point was that he personally finds writing about himself uninteresting and prefers inventing characters, which he called more attractive for him as a writer.
- White acknowledged Swift’s and other confessional songwriters’ success and stressed he was not prescribing how others should write.
- He criticized click‑driven framing of his interview and said episodes like this make him less inclined to do interviews.
- The comments came in an interview promoting his collected lyrics book, where he also said he avoids naming individuals or writing explicitly political songs, favoring character-driven narratives.