Indirect? Fans believe Taylor Swift talks about Charli XCX in new music

The launch of The Life of a Showgirl (2025), new album of Taylor Swiftat dawn on Friday, 3, brought with it a new controversy in the singer’s universe: an alleged “indirect”, highly coded, or even a said track to the artist Charli XCX.

Track “Currently romantic” is the one in question, which quickly spread over the internet for containing letters that closely mirror the complaints that Charli XCX He had made publicly about the superstrela. The dialogue between the two singers is complex, involving personal and professional ties that started there in Reputation Stadium Tour 2018, in which Charli made the opening.

The new song of Swift It seems to be the final response to a conflict kept under the radar, confirming the existence of a tension between the main pop star and the AltPop icon.

The conflict publicly climbed with the album Brat (2024) of Charli XCXwhich included the track “Sympathy is a Knife”. Although Charli Having tried to disguise the song as being insecure and self -comparison, fans quickly identified the “another girl” as Taylor Swift. The strongest evidence in the letter of Charli It was the discomfort of having to share the social space of its boyfriend (now husband), George Danielband drummer The 1975with Taylor. The verse “Don’t Wanna See Her Backstage at My Boyfriend’s Show / Fingers Crossed Behind My Back, I Hope They Break Up Quick” was a clear reference to the brief relationship Swift with Matty Healyfrom the same band, in 2023.

Taylor Swift not only responded to criticism, but did so to nullify the credibility of Charli. Title “Currently romantic” Ironically mirror the range of Charli “Everything is romantic” Album Brat (2024), suggesting that the onslaught of Swift It was intentional. Right away, Swift sings verses that ridicule Charli and your social circle.

The answer to Swift It is accurate and brutal. She attacked the persona of Charli With the derogatory nickname “I Heard You Call Me ‘Boring Barbie’ When the Coke’s Got You Brave. ”Besides, Swift downgraded the criticism of Charli To something insignificant, describing it with the metaphor “Like a Toy Chihuahua Barking at me from Tiny Purse”.

The final attack of Swift is personal and direct, aiming again at the husband of Charli, George Daniel: “How Many Times has your boyfriend said / ‘how are we always talking’ bout her? ‘” By classifying all the time that Charli He dedicated to criticizing her as “currently romantic” and stating that “no man has ever loved me like you do”, Swift transforms rivalry into a unilateral obsession, reinforcing its own cultural omnipresence and annulling the argument of rival.

In a marketing action where Taylor explains each of the tracks, she says: “’Currently romantic‘It’s about that person who is always thinking about yourself when you have no idea that. That’s very romantic, isn’t it?

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