Charli XCX Claps Back at Taylor Swift's 'Actually Romantic' Drama
TEA TIME: CHARLI XCX FUELS RUMORED FEUD WITH TAYLOR SWIFT
The music industry is abuzz with whispers of a long-standing beef between pop princesses Charli XCX and Taylor Swift, but the British songstress isn't spilling any tea. In a new cover story for Vanity Fair, Charli "declined to comment on the situation" when asked about her rumored diss track aimed directly at T-Swift.
The drama began with the release of Charli's album The Life of A Showgirl, which features the song Actually Romantic. Fans are convinced that this track is a veiled jab at Taylor, and the lyrics seem to back up their theory: "I heard you call me 'Boring Barbie' when the coke's got you brave." Ouch!
But wait, it gets juicier! During Charli's recent appearance on Saturday Night Live, she wore a Kansas City T-shirt that fans speculated was a subtle reference to Taylor's fiancé Travis Kelce, who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. Some even pointed out that Role Model, the musical guest, also wore the same shirt at one point during the broadcast – but let's be real, folks, it's all about Charli's deliberate choice of attire.
And if that wasn't enough, Charli's last album Brat dropped in 2024 and included a song called Sympathy is a Knife, which fans have interpreted as a thinly veiled diss track aimed at Taylor. The lyrics are unmistakable: "You're so fake, you make me wanna scream / You're just a joke, a pathetic little dream." Burn!
The situation got even more heated when one viewer wrote on X, "Iconic cameo and that 'Boring Barbie' top is the petty cherry on top!" Another user chimed in, "Charli and Role Model just owned SNL! Taylor's probably screaming into her pillows right now."
But not everyone is convinced that Charli is throwing shade at Taylor. Some fans are defending the pop star, saying, "The KC T-shirt... oh tiny chihuahua, you will be dealt with," referencing a line from Actually Romantic.
When asked about the drama on Amazon Music recently, Charli broke down the meaning behind her buzzworthy track Actually Romantic: "Actually Romantic is a song about realizing that someone else has kind of had a one-sided adversarial relationship with you that you didn’t know about. And all of a sudden they start doing too much, and they start letting you know that, actually, you’ve been living in their head rent free and you had no idea."
She continued, "It’s presenting itself as them sort of resenting or having a problem with you, but taking that and you just accepting that as love, and you just accepting it as attention and affection. How flattering that someone has made you such a big part of their reality and you didn’t even think about this. It’s actually pretty romantic if you really, really think about it."
The question on everyone's mind is: will Taylor Swift respond to the alleged diss track? Neither Charli nor Taylor has confirmed or denied their rumored fallout, leaving fans hanging like a bad 90s boy band song.
Stay tuned for more updates on this juicy feud, and don't forget to follow The Scholarly Note (thescholarlynote.com) for all your latest celebrity gossip and news!
