A seven-nation army came for Jack White.<\/p>\n
After the White Stripes\u2019 lead singer suggested that writing about \u201cpublicly aired breakups\u201d like Taylor Swift was \u201cboring,\u201d he was forced to clarify his comments on Monday.<\/p>\n
Taking to his Instagram Stories, per Rolling Stone<\/a>, White said, \u201cWhat I was trying to say in an interview I did about poetry and lyric writing, was that I don\u2019t find it interesting at all for ME to write about MYSELF in my own lyric writing and poetry because I think that it could be repetitive for ME to always write about and It could be uninteresting for people who listen to my music to delve into, and that imaginary characters are more attractive to me as a writer.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack White (seen here in 2025) clarified his comments about Taylor Swift on social media Monday. Getty Images<\/p>\n He originally went viral for suggesting that writing about \u201cpublicly aired breakups\u201d like Swift (seen here in 2025) was \u201cboring.\u201d Disney<\/p>\n The 50-year-old went on to praise Swift\u2019s \u201ctremendous success,\u201d as well as the other songwriters who have their own unique songwriting process.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause I say I have a way of doing things doesn\u2019t mean that I think that EVERYONE should do it the same way,\u201d White continued. \u201cThey should do what works for them, And they do, and it is obviously appealing to many people, and I\u2019m glad to hear that.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee\u00a0pointed out that he has been \u201cmade less and less interested in doing interviews\u201d amid the \u201cage of this massive demand for click bait and content.\u201d<\/p>\n He claimed in part that any \u201cscrape of anything interesting\u201d will be used for dramatics and \u201cspit out as bait.\u201d<\/p>\n White (pictured here in 2003) said via Instagram Story, \u201cI don\u2019t find it interesting at all for ME to write about MYSELF in my own lyric writing and poetry because I think that it could be repetitive for ME to always write.\u201d AP<\/p>\n White (photographed here in 2025) also praised Swift\u2019s success in his social media statement. Getty Images for RRHOF<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n White\u2019s Instagram statement comes just one day after his interview with\u00a0The Guardian<\/a> went viral. <\/p>\n When asked if any of his songs were \u201cautobiographical,\u201d he responded, \u201cNot too much. Now it\u2019s become very popular in the Taylor Swift way of pop singers writing about all of their publicly aired breakups, which I don\u2019t find interesting at all. I think it\u2019s a little bit boring for me to write about myself.\u201d<\/p>\n The six-time Grammy winner further told the outlet that, even if he has had an \u201cinteresting day,\u201d he\u2019s \u201calready lived that\u201d and doesn\u2019t feel the need to rehash it in a song.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it\u2019s something really painful, I\u2019m not going to put this important, painful thing that I went through out there for some idiot on the internet to stomp all over,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo I put a percentage of that into what I do and then morph it into somebody else\u2019s character. I can\u2019t really learn about myself until I put it into somebody else\u2019s shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n The singer (seen here in 2023) has long opened up about how writing about her relationship has helped her heal. Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n When previously speaking about \u201cTortured Poets Department,\u201d Swift (photographed here in 2024) called songwriting a \u201clifeline.\u201d Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n Meanwhile, this kind of songwriting has paid off for Swift, 36, who is set to be\u00a0inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame\u00a0later this year. She will be the youngest woman to be inducted.<\/p>\n In 2024, the hitmaker opened up about her 11th studio album,\u00a0\u201cThe Tortured Poets Department,\u201d in which she gushed over being able to create from her own pain.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019Tortured Poets\u2019\u00a0is an album \u2014 I think more than any of my albums that I\u2019ve ever made \u2014 I needed to make it. It was really a lifeline for me,\u201d she told the crowd during a Melbourne Eras Tour stop in February 2024, via\u00a0NME<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cJust the things I was going through and the things I was writing about. It kind of reminded me of why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life, and I never had an album where I needed songwriting more than I needed it on\u00a0\u2018Tortured Poets.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A seven-nation army came for Jack White. 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