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\nTaylor Swift is engaged to NFL star Travis Kelce, with the couple announcing their engagement in August<\/p>\n
Taylor Swift has said it can get “a little bit weird” when her fans go to “extreme” lengths to try to decipher hidden meanings behind her songs.<\/p>\n
The US pop star reflected on how she has to “hold tight” to her perception of her music, as her fanbase often overanalyses aspects of her songs and turns them into a “paternity test”.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The New York Times about her songwriting process, the 36-year-old said: “There’s corners of my fan base who are going to take things to a really extreme place. There\u2019s nothing I can do about that.<\/p>\n
“There\u2019s people who are gonna try to do detective work, figure out the details \u2013 who is that about? What is this?”<\/p>\n
The chart-topper continued: “When it gets a little bit weird, for me, is when people act like it\u2019s sort of like a paternity test \u2013 like this song\u2019s about that person, because I\u2019m like, ‘that dude didn\u2019t write the song, I did\u2019.<\/p>\n
“But that\u2019s part of it. You have to hold tight to your perception of your art, your art, and your relationship with it.<\/p>\n
“Then you just kind of have to be like, there it goes, I hope you like it. If you don\u2019t now I hope you do in five years and, if you never do, then I was doing it for me anyway.”<\/p>\n
Swift also reflected on how criticism has been a “huge fuel” during her career, and said: “It\u2019s been a huge jumping off point, like a creative writing prompt or something.”<\/p>\n
\nTaylor Swift is engaged to NFL star Travis Kelce, with the couple announcing their engagement in August<\/p>\n
The star has faced controversy throughout her decades-long career for having many high-profile ex-boyfriends, including Matty Healy, Harry Styles, Tom Hiddleston, Calvin Harris and Jake Gyllenhaal.<\/p>\n
She has also been faced with accusations that she only writes songs about her previous romantic partners, a notion which she has previously challenged by pointing out the double standard with male artists who do the same.<\/p>\n
Swift said: “There are so many songs in my career that would not exist, like Blank Space would not exist if I hadn\u2019t had people being like, \u2018here\u2019s a slideshow of all her boyfriends\u2019.<\/p>\n
“Then Anti Hero is a song that I\u2019m so proud of still \u2013 that song doesn\u2019t exist if I don\u2019t get criticised for every aspect of my personality that people have a problem with or whatever.”<\/p>\n
The pop star added: “When I sit down with new artists or songwriters I\u2019m like, \u2018why are you reading your comments?\u2019<\/p>\n
“Like, that\u2019s too much of it, you\u2019re inundating yourself with too much criticism that doesn\u2019t really have a focus.<\/p>\n
“But, I think a little bit of it, you\u2019ve got to just be like \u2018this is part of it\u2019<\/p>\n
“Don\u2019t make this make you stop writing, or make you edit yourself, or whatever. If it\u2019s an interesting point for you to kind of respond to, then that\u2019s a gift for you to be able to write something.<\/p>\n
“Don\u2019t respond to like trolls in your comments. That\u2019s not what we want from you. We want your art.”<\/p>\n
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