{"id":124513,"date":"2025-11-09T19:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/124513\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T19:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:34:19","slug":"why-taylor-swift-sparked-backlash-after-sabrina-carpenter-night-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/124513\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Taylor Swift Sparked Backlash After Sabrina Carpenter Night Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a> stepped out for a very visible dinner with Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> in New York City on Friday night \u2014 the kind of outing where the avant-garde \u201cEnglish Teacher\u201d Thom Browne ensemble, the Gucci slingback platforms (yes, the same designer she name-drops in \u201cCancelled!\u201d<\/a>), and the \u201cI know you\u2019re watching\u201d sidewalk stride all worked together. But while the photos (and the height comparisons) hit the timeline in record time, something else did too: a second Trump-administration TikTok<\/a> using one of Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl<\/a> tracks. And once again, Swift said nothing.<\/p>\n

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\n\tLet\u2019s back up. Three days earlier, the official White House TikTok account<\/a> posted a video set to Swift\u2019s single \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d recut as \u201cThe Fate of America\u201d and paired with footage of the military, a missile launch, J.D. Vance, and President Donald J. Trump\u2019s mugshot, per Rolling Stone<\/a>. Then, on the same night Swift dined with Carpenter, another TikTok from Trump\u2019s official campaign account<\/a> surfaced \u2014 this time using \u201cFather Figure.\u201d Two songs in one week. Two political videos built on Swift\u2019s work. Zero response.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s the contrast that\u2019s impossible to ignore, because if there\u2019s one thing Swift has been historically allergic to, it\u2019s unauthorized use of her music or image. She pulled her entire catalog off Spotify<\/a> in 2014 over compensation concerns. In 2017, her legal team sent a cease-and-desist letter to blogger Meghan Herning over an essay linking Swift to alt-right symbolism, prompting the ACLU to step in<\/a> and publicly call the move \u201ca heavy-handed attempt to silence a critic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tTaylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter are seen on Friday, November 7, 2025 in New York City, the same day one of Trump\u2019s official accounts used a track of \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl\u201d in a video.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd it isn\u2019t just public figures. Fans have felt the legal perimeter, too. In 2015, a UK couple had their wedding video muted entirely<\/a> on YouTube after Swift\u2019s \u201cShake It Off\u201d played during their first dance \u2014 vows, speeches, and all. That wasn\u2019t an isolated glitch; Swift\u2019s team has reportedly issued DMCA claims on fan-uploaded videos, even when they weren\u2019t monetized.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the president she\u2019s publicly opposed \u2014 the same one who blasted \u201cI HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!\u201d on Truth Social last year and the same one she accused of using an AI-generated Swift<\/a> to fake an endorsement \u2014 turns around and uses her music for political messaging, and Swift, who openly endorsed Kamala Harris in 2024<\/a>, says nothing, fans notice. As one put it, \u201cThis is the second video with a Taylor Swift song and Swifties are still coming up with excuses. She could say something at any time.\u201d Another was even blunter: \u201cTaylor hasn\u2019t said a word. She\u2019s letting us know who she is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd the silence isn\u2019t happening in a vacuum. The Life of a Showgirl era<\/a> is already testing her base\u2019s patience: Over 30 physical album variants, costing north of $650 for completists, limited Instagram comments, lyrics seen as dog whistles, and a teaser video flagged by YouTube as \u201caltered or synthetic content,\u201d which fans described as \u201cthe billionaire using AI to promote a record.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, another artist in her lane handled things very differently. When the Trump administration used Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cAll-American Bitch\u201d in an ICE-themed self-deportation video this week, Rodrigo called it out within hours, labeling it \u201cracist, hateful propaganda.\u201d It\u2019s a clean point of comparison because Swift could have done the same \u2014 and didn\u2019t. And that contrast hits even harder when you remember their history: in 2021, Swift and her co-writers were quietly added to the credits<\/a> of two Rodrigo songs (\u201c1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back\u201d and \u201cdeja vu\u201d) after Rodrigo interpolated Swift\u2019s work, a move that kicked off a whole discourse about power, ownership, and how fast music credits can get sorted out when the people at the top decide they matter.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo yes, Swift gave the internet a Sabrina Carpenter dinner moment. But the bigger story may be what she didn\u2019t do: respond, object, or even acknowledge that the sitting president has now used two of her songs for political messaging. For an artist known for controlling every pixel of her narrative, this silence doesn\u2019t feel accidental. It feels like part of the strategy \u2014 and fans are starting to say that out loud.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see all the times Donald Trump<\/a> has gone off about celebrity women\u2019s looks.\"Donald<\/a><\/p>\n

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