As Taylor Swift’s long-running feud with Kanye West takes a strange turn on social media, the singer has made an odd move.
The 47-year-old, who has made headlines recently for his new SKIMS-inspired clothing line, took another swipe at Taylor recently, after appearing to reference her on his 2024 album. Lil Wayne, a guest vocalist on Vultures 2, says, “I twist my Taylor spliffs tight at the end like Travis Kelce.”
The line was presumably a reference to Taylor’s new partner, who is a Kansas City Chiefs tight end. The couple never commented on the song’s use or its association with them.
And now that there has been a decade and a half of bad blood between the two, Kanye has made Taylor the sole person he follows on social media. Taylor doesn’t follow Kanye back.
The artist has a history of unpredictable behavior on social media, with some deleting all of his posts and others limiting posts to Bianca Censori’s posts. Following accusations that he had made anti-Semitic remarks, his Twitter account was also suspended.
Anyone who has followed the pair’s saga, which has been ongoing for the past ten and a half, is likely to find the decision perplexing. Taylor, 34, was dragged into a feud by Kanye, aka Ye, 15 years ago, when he ambushed the singer-songwriter on stage at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Taylor, aged just 20 at the time, was giving an acceptance speech when Kanye emerged, grabbing the mic from her and declaring she shouldn’t have won. He told the audience and Taylor: “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish. However, Beyonce produced one of the greatest videos ever! One of the best videos of all-time”. Taylor was later asked back on stage so she could finish her speech by Beyonce.
Since, Kanye has embarked on a largely one-sided vendetta against Taylor Swift, following up the mortifying incident when he went on to call her a ‘ b**** ‘ in one of his tracks. He claimed at the time he had her permission, which led to a public feud between Taylor and Kanye and his then-wife Kim Kardashian. In a tweet about “National Snake Day,” Kim later made another comment about the controversy.
In 2019, Taylor spoke to Vogue about how the spat had affected her and her mental health, describing the feud as a “mass public shaming”, which made her feel ‘ very isolated’.
She told the publication: “When you say someone is canceled, it’s not a TV show. It’s a human being. You’re sending mass amounts of messaging to this person to either shut up, disappear, or it could also be perceived as, ‘ Kill yourself'”.
Taylor continued, “I knew right away that I needed to make music about it because I knew it would be my only way to survive.” It was the only way I could maintain both my mental health and tell the story of what it’s like to go through such humiliating circumstances.
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