No quantity of hate will cease Taylor Swift from reaching new heights. Her newest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” launched Oct. 3, bought greater than 4 million copies in its first week—which is rather a lot for somebody the president of america says is “no longer hot.”
Regardless of President Donald Trump’s August declare that the “tide” was turning towards Swift and her “woke” music, she has formally damaged Adele’s report for many album gross sales in a single week.
Swift has constructed herself into a global success, cementing her place on the throne of musical greats, and—regardless of what Trump says—she isn’t going wherever. However this feud would possibly outlast us all.
Swift first began voicing opposition to Republicans in 2018, when she spoke out towards GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
A fan walks previous posters of Taylor Swift forward of the official launch of her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” in San Francisco on Oct. 3
“She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. “She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values,” she wrote on Instagram on the time.
Trump responded to Swift’s put up by saying that he preferred her rather less.
“You know, Marsha Blackburn is doing a very good job in Tennessee, she’s leading now substantially, which she should,” Trump, who had a observe report of praising Swift, mentioned to reporters. “She’s a tremendous woman. I’m sure Taylor Swift doesn’t know anything about her. And let’s say that I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now, okay?”
The 2 celebrities haven’t had a transparent connection exterior of showing in advertisements collectively, however Swift did briefly date Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, Conor Kennedy, in 2012. Although it’s unclear how shut she ever ran with Trump’s circle.
Then in 2020, Swift known as out Trump’s incendiary method to politics amid protests following the police homicide of George Floyd.
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your whole presidency, you’ve got the nerve to feign ethical superiority earlier than threatening violence? ‘When the looting begins the capturing begins’??? We’ll vote you out in November,” she wrote on X.
And whereas Trump was in the end voted out in 2020, Swift expressed her opposition to his 2024 marketing campaign after Trump used an AI-generated advert stating that she supported his run.
A screenshot of the AI-generated faux commercial utilized by the Trump marketing campaign.
“Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site,” she wrote on Instagram in September 2024. “It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
Beyonce embraces Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris throughout a marketing campaign rally in October 2024.
Persevering with, she mentioned, “I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for [Harris] because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
However Trump’s public disdain towards celebrities who don’t help him isn’t simply restricted to Swift.
Seemingly in disbelief that stars like Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen might help his opponent, Trump claimed that Harris was utilizing marketing campaign funds to pay celebrities for his or her endorsements.
However regardless of Trump’s greatest efforts, Democrat-supporting artists like Swift appear to be doing simply fantastic with out his help.
