Overview
- Swift, in a New York Times video interview published Tuesday as part of its 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters feature, said it gets “a little bit weird” when fans treat her songs like a “paternity test.”
- She said criticism has been “a huge fuel” for her writing, citing how public digs helped spark hits like Blank Space and Anti-Hero.
- She urged new artists not to read or reply to online comments and to use sharp critiques as prompts to write songs instead of posting Notes‑app statements.
- She revealed that Elizabeth Taylor began after a drive with fiancé Travis Kelce, when a melody about the screen icon’s violet eyes came to her and she rushed to record it.
- She added that listeners will interpret her work once it is released, while pushing back on detective work that assigns songs to exes, a pattern long amplified by fans and media.