For the record, I actually do like Taylor Swift. I think she’s interesting and often highly amusing. There are parts of her life, career and charity work that I admire and respect. But I’ve noticed something funny about Tay-Tay: every so often, she overplays her hand and she gets smacked down in spectacular fashion, and it’s always amazing to watch. If she has any flaws, it’s that she’s super-sensitive, humorless about herself and she believes that the world revolves around her and the narrative that she drives.
So following Calvin Harris’s Twitter takedown of Taylor yesterday, Twitter started throwing a party. The party started with the hashtag #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty. This reminds me so strongly of when Taylor inserted herself into Nicki Minaj’s VMA-race conversation and Taylor completely missed the point, overplayed her hand and consequently got dragged for it online. That was nearly one year ago exactly. And now the anti-Swift people have Calvin Harris on their side and Calvin isn’t afraid to say OUT LOUD that Taylor thrives off petty beefs with people like Katy Perry. And Katy isn’t afraid to drop some shade. Oh, and Katy’s fans have been blanketing Taylor’s Instagram comments with “snake” emojis too!! So, here are some of the TaylorSwiftIsOverParty tweets. These are so amazing.
Why does #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty make me so happy?
— Emma (@emma_cunningxxx) July 14, 2016
I like Taylor but I'm with @CalvinHarris on this one 👏🏻👏🏻#TaylorSwiftIsOverParty #KatyETC
— S. (@Being_S07) July 14, 2016
Arriving to the #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty like https://t.co/eBEG5yQ6lR pic.twitter.com/THZRlpFVMK
— NY Daily News Gossip (@NYDNgossip) July 13, 2016
All the stuff that @CalvinHarris said about @taylorswift13 got me like: #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/bp6vzFlLKX
— Camila Acosta (@Camila_Acosta5) July 13, 2016
#TaylorSwiftIsOverParty is lit af. About time someone put that snake in place. pic.twitter.com/Y9C7suvYFD
— Carly (@HerondGrays) July 13, 2016
T Swizzle is basically dating her enemy. #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/ud3bTAcwPs
— Made In Katana (@madeinkatana) July 14, 2016
When #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty is still trending the next day pic.twitter.com/miZDdC0PGW
— Justin B (@jbrinkk) July 14, 2016
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
She is not over. Come on now people. If that Nicki Minaj thing did not end her then nothing will.
I feel the Nicki Minaj incident didn’t end her, because a lot of her demographic thinks/feels the same way and was similarly clueless about the conversation Nicki tried to have.
Or they didn’t pay that close attention. Honestly, I like Taylor, really enjoyed 1989, and comment on her here sometimes, but that’s about it. I don’t live and die with Swifty and I can’t imagine I’m alone I’m that.
That is what I was trying to say. She is a non controversial , white, pretty blonde girl and this no one will ever turn against her. The Nicki thing was a major transgression on her part and nothing happened to her.
Edited. Was mean, even for me.
Lynnie, now I really want to read what you originally wrote.
As far as Taylor goes, I think she and her fans genuinely underestimate how much people do not like her and really want to see her taken down a peg or two. She isn’t a monster but she is obnoxious and annoying to most people who have gone through puberty. She trashes people publicly I.e. see most past boyfriends and Katy so when she gets a taste of her own medicine people LOVE it.
I think she and Calvin agreed on the narrative regarding their breakup. He dumps her because she wants commitment and he doesn’t. They say it’s amicable. She gets to play the poor broken-hearted me role that she is so good at and he gets out relatively unscathed except for some minor shade from the most insane Swifties. Then, Satan aka Anne Wintour introduced Taylor and Tom. Taylor saw an opportunity to not be the one who was dumped and punish Calvin for not wanting her. She blindsided Calvin with Hiddleswift which makes it look like Tay played him and cheated on him making him look like a fool. I think he was shocked at first and has gotten progressively more pissed. When she implied that he was intentionally keeping credit for the song from her when even she says that was the plan all along trying to make him look bad, he fired back. He is more than willing to go to war with her. In fact, I think that he is looking for the opportunity.
She has loads of crazy immature fans, which is why no one really messes with her. But, when you combine his fans, Katy’s fans, Kanye’s fans, Kim’s fans, Tom’s ex fans, and regular people who find her annoying and are pissed because they have to put up with whatever Hiddleswift is, they significantly outnumber the Swifties as was seen yesterday.
My friend and I got into a huge conversation as to why Taylor swift isn’t a feminist. I’ll share some of my thoughts:
She hides under the guise of feminism. She uses a term that simply means “equality amongst and for everyone” to manipulate and tear others down. She doesn’t care about equality for men and women. She never has. She cares solely for herself and she’s using a great thing for her narcissistic agenda. No, she’s not a feminist at all. You don’t have to like all women, that’s absurd, but she’s different. There’s a self serving aspect to her “feminism.” She only touts its praises when she feels victimized. Suddenly, her narrative is “girl power! Feminism!” But when she’s doing well she will stamp others down. She had that whole girls squad thing but ditched them while with Calvin and brought them back once she needed good publicity. She doesn’t care about men’s rights, women’s rights, kid’s rights, animal’s rights, human’s rights etc. She only cares for herself and that’s not what feminism is about. It’s about everyone.
I feel very strongly about this.
@llamas very thought out and very accurate I believe!
Llamas- You can be a feminist and an a-hole at the same time.
Being a feminist is about a stance on society, laws & politics. It means that you promote equality. You can still be a self centered a-hole that alienates the people in your life, tears others down & is competitive. You can personally hate all the women in your life and still be a feminist.
As an ex-dragonfly, I can say that I completely agree with cyn.
Yeah, and why would she be “over” when it was just revealed that she wrote another massive hit?
Because people want to believe what people want to believe. It’s crazy how differently see situations. Because watching yesterday’s drama, Calvin came off like a pissy little baby, honestly. But when people are looking to take someone down, they’ll clutch at anything.
Carry on all.
I can’t agree with you more PrincessMe!! Everything I read about Calvin yesterday just made me realize how immature and pathetic he is.
I don’t think Taylor saw Tom and saw a way to hurt Calvin, I think she saw what I would see, a chance to dance / get with Tom!! Maybe Calvin can go write his own breakup song and work through his feelings…
immature and pathetic unlike taylor swift who built her entire career on playing the victim, the media and writing petty songs about her exes? (ex’s?)
Yeah, I don’t believe Taylor is “over” either. But she may be entering another phase in her celebritydom with Hiddles by her side.
@llamas
+100,000,000,000
Some people defend her because they honestly believe feminism is “giving men a taste of their own medicine”, like guys who date underage girls, trash women in songs, stalk women, confront women who leave them etc. Swifty does all the above but it’s applauded or called “harmless”.
To them everything Swifty does is justified and fair. As their aviator of revenge feminism, anyone who points out her bad or unfair behavior is automatically called sexist or a misogynist. You cannot change their minds no matter how outrageous Taylor acts. An attack on Taylor is an attack on ALL women-kind!
@MC2- Please tell us exactly how Taylor Swift is a feminist?
Lmao awesome. She is so annoying.
Those gifs are awesome. I love the girl expression in the audience gif and the Katy Perry “roar’ gif.
the DM had even better ones last night. One was with Kim K getting ready for the party, one was with Kayne (I think).. there were a bunch that were very creative.
I think now more than ever Tay needs Hiddles to stay and not bolt. If this is a fauxmance then I wonder if Hiddles just cashed in on a bonus due to unforeseen circumstances?
She really does overplay her hand and unfortunately for her everyone knows some version of their own ‘Taylor Swift’ and the combination of their feelings towards those fake individuals added to Taylor’s overly aggressive image domination could only erupt in a lot of animosity and mockery.
It gets old. The new boyfriend in the exact same Fourth of July pose, the little smug smile everytime the paps show up. She’s free to do as she likes but the shine has left the ring when it comes to people giving her the benefit of the doubt about things.
That smug smile tho. Cat who ate the canary. Watch out for those feathers!! Or the boy who cried wolf too many times?
She’s going to be fine with this, I think, because Calvin is also known for his Schtick of being a little wee one who constantly gets his knickers in a bunch over
She is absolutely the archetype of the under cover mean girl who did bad stuff to you but always spun it to make herself look good and when you tried to tell people they just thought you were crazy. So to see her get smacked down in real time, is a sort of wish fulfillment, of what you wished had happened then.
Maybe, but because the involvement of CH and Katy Perry there’s no one really here to root for.
That’s a perfect description, lexx….!! Taylor is more like the archetype of the undercover mean girl….I have to agree 100% with that. She’s trying to look sweet and innocent, but she’s not by a long shot…..however, I love Katy Perry, trust her, and I would take her word over anything Swift says……
I want that Tom-to-Katy morph gif to be posted everywhere and make it to the 9 o’ clock news because it is a thing of GLORY
The Loki/kate gif is perfection 🙂 Thanks Who did it.
Hat’s off to the maker of that gif. It’s a must see.
It really is amazing, I didn’t see it coming. LMAO
That gif has been around a while, remember seeing it a couple of yrs ago.
The internet is a glorious place.
Word up. That gif is as miraculous as the origins of the universe. Taylor still has a big ol’ boner for Katy. Hiddlestunted is second choice.
–TheRealPinky
Oh, yes, that’s a good one as well.
I was laughing at ALL of these last night. Twitter will come for you ASAP. Anyways, Taylor is still getting royalties for that song with Calvin, so I’m not sure why she’s so upset. If anything, this shows her great business sense. She essentially said, “Hey babe. I wrote a song that would be perfect for you. Sign here, initial here and it’s all yours.” #WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt 🙂 Like Calvin said, it sounds like faux outrage to once again act like the relationship was “unofficially” over, in order to excuse the overlap with Tom.
Sometimes Twitter knows exactly what to say. Those were a-MAH-zing!!
On one end I think Calvin is a whiney little maggot, and just awful, on the other hand I do think Taylor just got handed the most appropriate clap back.
Kaiser is 1000% right with her flaws being sensitive, humorless about herself and believe she is the axis upon which we revolve around.
But I like her more than him, to be fair. He seems like SUCH a douche waffle.
*nods in agreement* I am clapping at your comment because it sums this situation up perfectly.
Likewise.
I don’t get why people think it’s a huge transgression for her to reveal her pseudonym. She wasn’t contractually obligated to never utter the words that she was the actual writer. It was beneficial to her (for whatever reason, and who knows that reason but them) at the time to use the pseudonym. Now she feels like revealing that it’s actually her – big deal, writers do it all the time.
Calvin was not upset that she wanted credit for the song. He gave her props. He was pissed when she tried to make him look like a bad guy by implying that he had “disrespected” her during an interview with Ryan Seacrest when he stuck to the narrative that she had requested. She further implied that this was the reason for their breakup. She tried to make him look bad and he wasn’t having it.
@cyn
Well, I don’t know who leaks what where, who really feels what way and what’s just made up bullcrap – so I tend to just go by what I hear out of people’s mouths. There have been people saying that she cheated (claiming it’s leaked by him) and we don’t know if that’s true or not, maybe she’s just one of those people who moves on quickly.
Maybe she really leaked that she felt disrespected by how he said what he said and that’s her right if she felt disrespected. There’s a difference between being coy and pretending that something didn’t happen and outright lying/sounding condescending. For example, my husband and I were “discreet” in the beginning of our relationship. So if somebody asked if we were together and he said “she’s a really good friend”, I wouldn’t have had a problem, but if he said “No way would I do that”, I would feel disrespected.
At the end of the day though, I still found his response OTT.
douche waffle LOL
I don’t know, I feel like the news that Taylor wrote the lyrics and melody for this huge hit outside of her genre kind of proves how not over she is.
So why did she have her credit as a pseudonym, that only her hardcore fans picked up on, and only now told the press that she wrote/collaborated on it with Harris? Why not when it was released?
Because C Harris is a typical male who doesn’t want it known that a WOMAN, could write a better song than him.
Haha, Palar, my thought too.
But I don’t think it matters the reason. She was doing something new and used a pen name, that’s not rare. From what I’ve read she only took credit once the rumours began to fly. But the truth of the matter is that pen name or no, she has proven she’s a talent outside of her current style and now the industry is aware. Seems like her career could only grow from that.
Seeing as none of us were actually in the room, we don’t really know how much she wrote, vs how much he wrote, vs how much his other writing partners wrote. He had to build the entire track and create the melody off whatever 5 words she wrote. She is annoying and any song she touches sounds like a 13 year olds diary entry, this song included..
Team make them all go away.
” I don’t know, I feel like the news that Taylor wrote the lyrics and melody for this huge hit outside of her genre kind of proves how not over she is.”
Please like someone else said. She wrote a song with like five words and a bunch of oohs. Yeah, that’s some talent.
Lmao at that gif of Loki morphing into Katy.
You know Taylor is going to spin this as bullying right? She’ll pronounce herself the unofficial anti-bullying ambassador and even put out a special song with all proceeds going to anti bullying charities. It will be obnoxious and painful to witness. But still worth it for that glorious Loki/katy gif.
If she does that, it’s yet one more box checked off for similarities to another teenage singer who seems emotionally stunted (named Leann).
STOP. JUST STOP. This is too much. I’m dying. Someone call an ambulance. “Named Leann.” I love everybody. Thank you for the laughs.
Glad to add to the funny factor. I really do see several similarities in the teen-singer-sweethearts-turned-pop-passive-aggressive-find-a-B-list-actor-etc.
Granted, I think this one is a tad smarter than her older counterpart, but that’s not saying much. 😀
I thought she already played that card with that song Mean?
Lmao some of these tweets had me dyinggggg. Is she really over though? She never appealed to the cool kids, and Swifties are doing mental gymnastics as usual to placate themselves. Idk, this party seemed more of the same to me. I haven’t seen any true fallout yet, but it’s still early.
this is all so entertaining and immature and petty and amazing and stupid and hilarious and I love it all
That Loki tweet is awesome.
Marvel super villain my arse !
#teamME
I saw that as patty beefs instead of petty beefs……
Again I’m neither team and think they are as bad as each other. Calvin has a history of going of on twitter on people and exes . Taylor has a history of trying to control the narrative. Carry on..
I don’t have a dog in this fight since I don’t really care much about any of the players (although I do kinda like Hiddleston), but this seems pretty childish. And that ex boyfriend is really making himself look foolish. Sorry if she broke his heart, but on the other hand she raised his profile significantly. I doubt that he’d be nearly as well known as he is now if it weren’t for his association with her. Man up, lick your wounds and behave with a little dignity.
Welcome to the party, one and all. I will be your host. Refreshments will be served on the veranda courtesy of Lilacflowers. In the living room, we will be having a listening party complete with full albums by Katy Perry, John Mayer, Joe Jonas, One Direction, and Calvin Harris playing on an endless loop. In the theater, we’ll be playing any and all SNL clips, TV shows, and movies that involve Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. By the pool, there will be a giant inflatable slide decorated with gigantic #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty hashtags, and at 4:45 there will be a spontaneous poolside Instagram photo session to show everyone that we’re having way more fun than they are. Please post all preapproved photos with the mandatory hashtag, and enjoy the party.
That sounds like the worst party ever, just for the John Mayer soundtrack alone 🙂
I’ll be hanging out in the theater!
Hurry up and step inside! I want to get a good seat!
–TheRealPinky
Rlmao, I love the parties you guys throw! I’ll take my mimosa to the theater area, love Tina and Amy!
Are there t-shirts with a not-so-cryptic message that will be endlessly analyzed by fans and the media? I really need for there to be t-shirts. And alcohol, lots and lots of alcohol.
You know we ALWAYS have plenty of alcohol!
I want in on that epic party as long as someone promises to spoon me on a giant swan floatie!
I’m down for the #TaylorSwiftisOverParty but she has every right to claim credit for her work. Calvin has 0 right to shade her for it. I don’t care what their agreement was, or what her motivations are….it’s still her work and he needs to stfu about her claiming it.
Let’s start the #taylorswiftisoverparty over something really wrong with TayTay.
Agreed I am laughing about that Loki Katy gif tho
Right ? Where were these people when Taylor dated an underage guy? Or when the Whole Nicki Minaj debacle happened?
An underage guy whose mother committed suicide just three months before, too! Yeah, I think she’ll be fine, which to me is very sad.
You know, Lainey at Laineygossip brought up an interesting point yesterday: That maybe Calvin isn’t going for real dirt cause there’s none there. Maybe it’s true; perhaps he’s got nothing on her except this, and other things from before (like the signing her BF out of school) that everyone’s heard and ignored.
If true, it’s a testament to how strong TayTay’s game is- she keeps herself spotless.
@Rapunzel I dont know if I agree with Lainey on that one. I read his tweets as a warning shot. He literally told her that he wont stand by if she decides to seek her team out on him like she did Katy and her other exes. That says to me he does have dirt. Even if he didnt, he could always make it up. Remember Ambers “finger in the booty bitch” jab at Kanye? Whatever Calvin puts out would be considered both true and part of the public record and her challenging it would only result in publicising it aka the Streisand effect.
#StopStopStop
#GrowUp
#LetItGo
#YouAreSoBoring
#Kindergarten
Taylor, what goes around, comes around. I hope that this is the beginning of her reaping what she has sown – she finally might grow up and start behaving like an adult. She’s played the ‘i’m just a teenage princess victim’ card one too many times.
What a glorious Summer ! There’s not time to be boring .Tay, Tom, Katy ,Calvin, Kim, Kaney … if we keep our prayers to gossip Gods they make it last until December.
It’s so much fun to see shit erupt when you got nothing to do with it and you can judge the hell out of every participant. They are all sad and petty and how glorious it is for us, the audience! These people are ‘mature’, successful, rich and famous but so so fragile and up their own ass. Celebs in a damn nutshell. It’s when celebs show their true colours that gossip is at its most interesting. Thank you Summer 2016.
That said, Taylor is far from over. If anything, the people who hate her so much are the ones that will make her bounce back. When the hate is too much, it might tip over into sympathy for Taylor again as her default image is ‘victim’. Or she puts out another good generic album and the public will eat it up. People have short memories and bringing the goods usually does it to bring people back to liking her anyway. This sentiment of hate-love-hate-love has happened with the last 2 albums sooooo she’s still in the game.
Funny how they hated the song (bland) until Swift claimed it. It is a typical bland Swift song and now it has jumped up the charts apparently. Her name sells even when they know it’s blander than oatmeal.
+100
YESSSSSS!
I just wish this would be over something Taylor really screwed up on. “You can join me up on stage” – hell yes. But this? Considering that we constantly drag Taylor for not writing her own music, I don’t fault her for taking credit for her own work here, especially after Calvin behaved as though he would be lowering himself to work with her. Yes, it was an incredibly petty move on her part, but she’s also telling no lies here.
Taylor Swift will always give us ammunition to criticize her. It is in her nature. I just would have rathered Twitter wait for that (of course, that’s like trying to tell the wind to blow in a different direction).
Seems to me like Calvin Harris’s party is over and he’s still hella mad.
I can’t stop laughing at resemblance between Puddle Tom and Katy Perry in that gif. That is amazing!
“She’s super-sensitive, humorless about herself and she believes that the world revolves around her and the narrative that she drives”
This^
She’s a talented artist and songwriter, hard-working, and gives her time for fans and charity. I used to have respect for her, and still do as an artist.
I remember all the bf drama from a few years ago, then she was single for a while and seemed to have matured. There were the daily pap/fashion walks and Katy Perry drama, but then she had a serious bf in Harris without a lot of drama.
Until that broke down and she reverted to her 16 yr old self instead of behaving like an adult. Yes CH is also immature, he’s just lowering himself to her level. She became famous quite young and I have no doubt that’s part of her problem. That and not being able to cope with rejection/break-up (it happens to all of us, therapy helps).
Taylor isn’t over. This is what I don’t like, pile-on-hate-bullying type crap. Let’s all pile on TS now. Dumb and immature. For the record, I would feel the same way if people jumped on almost anyone else.
Yeah, I’m not her biggest fan or anything, but these tweets — and the glee that so many commenters seem to derive from them — just feel mean. Especially with SO many other deserving targets of vitriol these days.
I get that Taylor bases some of her image around feuds and shaming other women in various ways… there are valid criticisms to be had. But how does *that* make *this* okay?
“Especially with SO many other deserving targets of vitriol these days. ”
I guess that’s what I don’t get. Has Swift made problematic comments in the past? Sure. The famous comment about Fey and Polar comes to mind. Is she a bit corny and embarrassing with the #squad stuff? Sure, that stuff is undeniably cheesy and immature.
But still, in a world in which we have Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen, Woody Allen and plenty of other people deserving of our scorn THIS is who we’re slamming? She seems so insignificant when compared to the aforementioned aholes.
I don’t get it. It sort of feels like all the people who are still holding onto residual anger from being snubbed by the cheerleaders and cool kids in high school are projecting that anger onto Swift. It really does have the vibe of some sort of personal vendetta.
So at the absolute worst she’s immature and manipulative but who gives a sh*t? What actual impact does Swift’s high school behavior have on any one of us?
It’s weird sh*t, man.
@Kitten, very nicely put and I soooooo agree ☺
Spot on, Kitten!
Hear hear!
I don’t like the pile-on either, unless it’s for something truly terrible. This is just a lot of petty adults playing out junior high drama. They may all deserve a little scorn and eye rolling, but not a pile-on.
LOL at the idea of Taylor being over though. I don’t really follow her music, but even I know she sells tons of albums, has big tours, and is a pop culture phenomenon. Breaking up with (another) boyfriend and spatting with others (again) isn’t going to take her down. She was just named the highest earning celebrity by far. This isn’t going to stop her fans from buying her music and going to her concerts. And while others may dislike her, as long as those fans show up, she’s not over.
Yes this is me. The more people pile-on, the bigger my side-eye becomes. Call it a reflex or maybe I’m just naturally contrary.
Ha, me too, Kitten.
I enjoyed the hell out of that tag yesterday. Taylor needs to grow up and stop her games, but as long as she wants, there will be opportunities like these to drag her. Carry on, my petty peeps!
Well, it’s not like Taylor couldn’t see that coming.
She wants to be the centre of the conversation, always, EVER.
If she knew when and how to disappear for a while, she wouldn’t be the receiving end of the internet mock-machine.
I agree with Calvin saying that he doesn’t understand why Taylor should go into so much trouble bringing him into the mud, when she is now in a happy relationship, and still at the top of her game.
God, famous people really live in a world of their own. If I was uber-rich, travelling the world with my new boyfriend, i swear I would know how to make the most of my time and money rather than to spend my days at the phone with my PR team, plotting the next chapter of the “Celebrity: how to alienate everyone” handbook.
How is taking credit for her own work slinging him in the mud? I don’t like the woman or her music but all she did yesterday was acknowledge what many people were already guessing. She did and said nothing more than that. He then decided to act in an unprofessional manner and drag others into his drama
Maybe she could have called Harris to release the info together rather than leak a story to tmz, which basically said she’s alone responsible for the success of that song.
Yup
@Lilacflower MM, not exactly. Her own team spilled the beans to TMZ , so that she could jump straight in and confirm it. The fact that she wrote the song might have been a popular theory among Taylor’s fans, but personally, I had never heard about it before. It certainly wasn’t mainstream. If she wanted to remain anonymous, which she did in the first place, why going to the press now?
And why does she care exactly? The money is going to her bank account anyway.
The excuse of Calvin’s interview is ridiculous. That interview took place several weeks ago. If she really was offended, she should have said something then.
My understanding is that they agreed to not disclose her involvement, which Harris did. Then Swift said that she was one of the people who wrote the song. The way she did it implies that Harris was lying when he simply did what they agreed on.
I have a strong feeling that this is a PR stunt, though.
I agree with lilacflowers. Separately, although i hate the “if she were a man” argument, I really can’t imagine a man confirming he wrote his ex-girlfriend’s song and then HIM being accused of being supersensitive, thinskinned, a princess, thinking he was the center of the universe. How?
I’m not a fan and I had heard weeks ago that they collaborated on a song using a pseudonym although I never heard the song. Whatever they agreed to before, unless it was in writing and this deny it stuff wouldn’t have been, ended the second he dumped her. The fact that she wrote the song doesn’t make him look bad. The fact that she claimed her work doesn’t make him look bad. All the TMZ stuff about the song doesn’t make him look bad. His own unprofessional behavior is what makes him look bad.
Again, lilacflowers yes. How is the fact that Taylor Swift wrote a song a diss? Is she some kind of contaminant? I am not a swift fan, I got into this for Hiddleston’s sake but now I’m #teamswift #ifihavetochoose
As a songwriter, there is no way I am not attaching my name to a track I have written unless it’s something I am not sure about and then I use an alias. Clearly that’s what she did. She doesn’t get to be a victim, because the choice as to whether or not she attached her name to the song was hers, and hers alone. I get why he would be mad at the victim-esque tone she is taking. I don’t think he should have responded or engaged, but I get it. Either way I think this move is PR to generate more sales and tacky on all sides.
Its not like she had MJ fame
I guess I just don’t see the humor in the situation. She, like many others who write under a pseudonym, took credit for her own work…lolololol
Taylor has to learn the world doesn’t revolve around her. It’s impossible to live in a perfect world. Too many people calling her out on her “mean” girl side. Time to do a check and get better.
Can we get a LeAnn vs. Taylor story? That would be hilarious. The only problem is, I think LeAnn is so far below the radar, that kind of drama would only make LeAnn happy, and Taylor wouldn’t give a crap.
Complete opposite ends of the celeb spectrum. Taylor packs stadiums, Leann doesn’t pack State Fairs.
How incredibly petty and juvenile.
Hear! hear!
conspiracy theory ahead:
this whole new relationship roll-out is a Machiavellian scheme to bait calvin harris into doing something really stupid or maybe illegal and complexly destroy his career. whatever she caught him doing w/ that car wreck was bad but he must have something on her in 15 months. one slip up from her that he thinks he’s holding over her head but in reality – it is something she is willing to allow to happen/be seen. something tells me there is a straight up evil side of taylor swift and we’re about to see it.
phase 1: the more he talks, the more she’s seen phase 2: he gets too lippy, she blows the lid off writing his summer hit phase 3: he gets even more angry and starts spilling tea about her personal drama phase 4: he leaks something serious – nudes/texts/emails – whatever and she takes that and deserving obliterates him
just a theory
The thing is Calvin Harris is primarily a producer and DJ right ? His following is in the EDM scene. And they just dont care unless he committed a heinous crime ( Hopefully they care then) .
This is not true for Taylor who has an image to uphold. If it was the case that both of them had images to uphold and one wrong move would destroy them then you theory was a great one.
Actually Lizzie might have a point. Calvin has successfully crossed over into the mainstream, and there are people there who would take him to task if he pulled something damaging like nudes. Especially since “Girl Power,” is the in thing right now. (I agree about EDM world not caring that much.)
Texts and emails on the other hand, it depends on what they would be. The same people who threw the Taylor Swift is Over Party would LIVE for similarly petty tweets/emails. I can only see that backfiring on him if he signed a NDA or leaked some business info along with them.
@Lynnie : I agree on his mainstream crossover but what I was getting at is that even if that is blown he can always DJ for 1 million a night. I dont think they are comparable.
yes! that is the best theory thus far and panning out like clock work. I swear, you just said all of it. I cannot wait for the next bomb in this scenario to drop because She will do exactly what you said. It is remarkable that he is falling for it hook, line, and sinker. His ego cannot be usurped.
pre-teen girls will hopefully wake up from this mess. they view Swift as the girl who sang “Mean” a few years ago, who is an ~underdog~ just like them. when in fact, Swift is more like the popular mean girl regina george type that all those pre-teen fangirls of her are being weary of in their real-life in school.
This is what the whole hashtag was about. The ‘party’ that’s over is the party at which TS is a constant victim, at which no one sees her PR stunts, her media manipulation, her half lies and total lies. That’s the party everyone went to.
It all seems rather childish, does it not?
Childish like agreeing to ghost write a song, but then leaking that you wrote it before confirming your own leak via a rep? Childish like showing off your new toy in front of the world’s media, which you yourself called? Childish like writing songs that are obviously about your exbfs in order to embarrass them?
Poor Tay-Tay! She’s having a bad week. I kind of feel bad for her, the hashtag and snake comments are pretty rude. I’m guessing she got a little more drama than she asked for, though. She’ll play it off as the victim in the press, too. I’ll be team Swift over Team Perry any day.
I think her age and the age of her fans drives a lot of the narrative. People most likely to act twee and crazy on social media are crazy twees. I really do not like her music but I find her inoffensive and harmless.
Everyone. This is clearly a pr stunt. Obviously Taylors people came up with this whole debacle. Both Taylor and calving are getting press coverage on a mediocre song. It’s a win win for both.
Yes, let’s be petty af because we dislike someone for being petty af. Calving, Katy, and all the people who like this hashtag aren’t any better than Taylor.
I did laugh with all this going on, and then the new candids of Taylor is her shopping , and all I could think of was the Beyoncé lyrics
“stay gracious, best revenge is your paper”
… and now reports she’s at the cinema with Tom, and the Thor cast!
Where did you see that pls?
It’s all over tumblr and Twitter , a lad who works at the cinema confirmed it, they hired the place out, and came through the loading dock .
I hope they’re seeing Ghostbusters!!
They did. Chris Hemsworth arranged for a private screening.
Sorry I can’t hate on Taylor Swift, in a world full of people who are famous for little to no talent at least she is a great song writer. So many of these pop stars don’t write their own music, don’t play any instuments, can barely dance and are auto tuned to oblivion.
Taylor is autotuned to within an inch of her life. Go check out her duet with Stevie Nicks. SN doesn’t allow autotune during her performances so TS had to sing without it. Check it out on YT and hear the real TS.
Calvin and Katy made themselves look silly—it doesn’t reflect poorly on Taylor at all, really. Calvin pitched a fit because Taylor confirmed she wrote his song, and then Katy says “time reveals all” or something to that effect—what? I feel like I missed something. Yes, time revealed that she wrote the song. How stupid.
This is the second time (that I’ve seen) where Katy jumped on the Taylor-hate bandwagon on Twitter. Does she track the tag on Twitter or something? LOL.
Taylor may be just as petty as the rest of them, but at least she stays out of the mudslinging ridiculousness on Twitter. Smart move. Even if she’s as childish as they are, she comes out looking better by avoiding social media drama.
The “time reveals all” was in response to Calvin publicly confirming that Taylor had a vendetta against Katy. The “Bad Blood” music video and all surrounding promotion was a Katy-hate bandwagon that Taylor orchestrated for quite a while and publicly too. (I think she even premiered the video at the Billboard Awards.)
Personally, I feel Taylor avoids Twitter, because it can just go so wrong super fast (see Nicki Minaj incident) , and she avoids all scenarios where she can’t ensure she’ll be on top 100%.
If I understand the Katy-Taylor feud correctly, it was over backup dancers leaving Taylor’s tour for Katy’s? Is that really it? All that nonsense over something so petty? Because people dared to choose someone else?
Someone please correct me if that’s wrong, or there’s more to it than that, but that is honestly absurd.
I thought part of the Taylor v Katy feud also was related to John Mayer which is just puke inducing …
The thing that I fail to understand is why now with the timing on coming out as the writer of that song? Why now? The supposed disrespectful CH interview was weeks ago so why now? She is in Oz with her new love having the time of her life so I just don’t get it. She is getting paid the same whether anyone knew it was her writing or not so what gives?
Nope. It was all about dancers opting to join Katy on tour over TS. Are we surprised these dances picked one over the other!?! Are we surprised TS had a melt down and went after Katy (like CH finally confirmed?).
She released the info @cricket because she is THAT petty and vindictive. Simple.
Oh please she is just as petty as them.
I feel the same way you do about her, Kaiser. Something that bugs me is that the moment you dare not to kiss her ass when talking about her, you automatically become a sexist hater. Not that calling her a snake and wish for her to crash and burn is any better, of course. The only person here who must be chilling right now while remaining happily uninvolved is Rihanna.
Yup, that’s how Taylor understands feminism. With a narcissistic slant.
Conversely, if you don’t want her to die in a fire then you are automatically labeled a super-fan.
The Swift threads are tiresome because people seem incapable of viewing her as a human being who’s likely a mix of good and bad–you know, like the rest of us. She’s probably NOT the evil person that most of you think she is, and she’s probably NOT the angel that her fans think she is.
Sadly, there is no nuance, no productive criticisms or interesting analysis on these posts because the view of Taylor is one based on conjecture and a media-fueled image that is partly of her own making and partly the creative imaginings of both her detractors and her fan base.
I get that this is true with every celeb–at the end of the day they’re all strangers, but with Swift it seems extreme. The way people discuss her with such certainty, right down to her clandestine motivations…It’s like people forget that we don’t actually KNOW this person.
I think that is a very interesting perspective.. I’m not a fan of hers but will admit to being amused by the entire Tiddles/Harris debacle because it’s just mindless summer gossip to escape the horrors of our reality be it terrorism, politics, etc..
ETA: and just like that the headlines about Nice, FR.
The one thing I do find intriguing from all the interest is based on what a friend told me who took his daughter to see her 1989 concert. He said he’s been to a lot of concerts growing up and he was just shocked at how marketed everything was – literally there was marketing promotion everywhere.
I think Taylor Swift is not just a human/girl she is a brand, a very calculated, developed, profitable brand. That is where the vitriol stems from I think – people get so sick of being taken/conned and in some ways, this exposes her brand. If anything goes off the painstakingly crafted brand that is TS, it’s as serious as a company not meeting their quarterly numbers for their shareholders.
Maybe I’m just rambling incoherently but I think there is more to this than just a teeny bopper drama high school fight.
@Kitten, I think you make an excellent point, and a well-written one at that. I think her image is far more hated than the young woman behind it all. And I know this because I absolutely couldn’t stand her for YEARS, based on headlines and articles making fun of her and general public opinion. It’s “cool” to pick on her. After a while, I started noticing that the narrative around her was far more overdramatic than anything she had actually done—it was this huge, crazy idea of her built from tabloids and song lyrics, basically. I felt a bit bad for judging her so harshly once I realized she seemed to actually be a reasonably talented, well-spoken, generous person. Childish and petty, too? There are definitely indications of that as well. But none of us are just one thing. Under a microscope, all our flaws would come out. Every single person, once you get to know them, is a bit different from who you expected them to be.
I don’t think she’s the most innocent little flower, but I don’t think she’s a maniacal Emily Thorne-like character who plots her revenge on all who cross her and plans her every breath, either. People forget she’s a flawed human being, but a human being nonetheless, and seemingly not a horribly bad or unlikable one, either (in my view). There’s no middle ground when it comes to discussing her, sadly.
So Calvin Harris leaks to the press that Taylor is bland, boring and just wrote Ole which insinuates cheating, paints her as vindictive and now she confirms she helped write his hit ..and Twitter goes off on Taylor? I honestly don’t get it. This is a guy who wouldn’t let his ex perform a song he had a hand in writing. Obviously he is vindictive. Taylor’s not perfect but I would rather see Calvin get taken down a notch with his ego and smugness.
Taylor is getting to old to behave as she is. When she was younger people excused her childish behaviour on youth, but as she approaches 30 her behaviour is getting harder and harder to overlook. She is still the high school mean girl that everyone wanted to be seen hanging out with, but really they hated everything about her. At nearly 27 that image should be long gone.
Sadly, some people never outgrow it, even if they aren’t famous from an early age. I worked with someone who never missed a chance to stir up drama, paint herself as the victim, and then actively tried to get people fired if they didn’t properly kiss her a$$ when she wanted them to. This woman was in her 40’s and had a demanding job that she was very good at, but she still never missed a chance to make herself look good at the expense of others.
Here’s a different take on it: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/07/13/taylor_swift_ghostwriting_hits_as_nils_sjoberg_is_a_genius_jab_at_sexist.html
Not that I think Taylor doesn’t have problems, but I don’t get the glee in dragging her for writing Calvin’s biggest hit to date and his continued whining over the fact that she didn’t run off into seclusion after “he dumped her,” and in fact went on to have a great time without him. We should feel sorry for Calvin because he’s had to admit the truth? Sorry, hard pass from me on that one.
Exactly!
I linked to that on the other thread. And Lainey linked to it in her article I love Slate😀
This made me so happy yesterday 🙂
It’s obvious they are not over each other and TH is being used as a pawn in TS’s Revenge Rebound. All of this is designed to make CH jealous. Bingo. It worked. And backfired spectacularly. The internet was a glorious place yesterday.
Rhetorical question: Why is a guy reviled for expressing his hurt over a breakup? When a woman does it, it’s “Girl Power,” and when guy does it, he’s a whiny douche?
#doublestandard
#TeamCalvin
Well, I am not sympathetic to him because he put out the story at first that he dumped her for being to clingy and wanting babies and all that. And given his bitter drama with Rita Ora, I already have a tendency to blame him for breakup drama. He can dish it but can’t take it.
…and she can? There’s been no drama from her re. exes. Right.
and she IS a Stage 5 clinger. That’s well documented.
TH HAS to be questioning his life choices at this juncture.
Can you clear up what the Rita Ora drama is ? from what I gather he banned her from performing in one tv show one single song. She was not allowed to release her album due to Roc Nation , her record label, right ? I mean not that Calvin was not incredibly petty banning her but if someone cheated on me i would do that too. Similarly I get it if Taylor wants to stop Rihanna from performing
But Ora cheated on him. Id be 10x more petty if my boyfriend cheated on me. If he had cheated on Ora everyone would scream to send him to the guillotine. But he gets cheated on, pulls a song because who tf wants to sing with their cheating ex, and is still branded petty. He is petty but not for that one.
@Llamas. Yes. This. As women we are conditioned to position ourselves as victims. There is no power in that.
Men have feelings too and they should be allowed to express them.
#Equality
His biggest hit is still We found love, surely?
I don’t think anyone would care if he was upset over the breakup. It’s the fact that he changed his story about the breakup following the Tiddles reveal that has people side-eyeing him. It started off as somewhat amicable, posturing him as the one who broke it off and ready to move on, then turned into a “she’s a cheater” narrative after she rebounded so quickly. Like, which one is it, dude? Are we really talking about hurt feelings here or hurt pride?
First of all, I think Calvin is being a little hypocritical considering his drama with his ex Rita Ora.
Secondly, I dont really care about their petty drama. I like both Taylor and Katy’s tunes and will continue to do so.
I still don’t get why Taylor is the one deemed the loser here. Calvin Harris sure as hell isn’t winning to me. Katy Perry piggybacks onto any fight against Tay-Tay, but she’s yet to hit back with anything meaningful on her own. She annoys me sometimes, but what am I supposed to be angry at her for here? Rebounding quickly and cavorting with the new beau? Pretend that Harris’s assertion that she cheated – with no visual or audio proof that she had – is 100% true? Outing herself as the writer to his newest smash hit after a month of his complaining?
I feel like I shouldn’t have laughed as much as I did at those tweets. Oh well, nice way to start my last day before surgery!
Good luck! Sending good vibes and hope you have a speedy recovery 😊
Awww thank you lynnie!!! That’s very much appreciated!! 😊😊
Be well, LLamas!
Thoughts and prayers coming your way Llamas.
I don’t think TS is over. The fans, media, and public are just too fickle. They will love you, hate you, then love you again. All she has to do is keep putting out hit songs and the fans will still be there.
I have a theory…Taylor is VERY calculated in her business, we can all agree. I think she wrote this song under a pseudonym knowing the Calvin-Rita situation and knew she could make him look bad by way of writing credits. I see no other reason for her to use a pseudonym, she loves publicity and would have loved using this as their power couple anthem. And I don’t think Calvin is a sexist pig like people are making him out to be, he would’ve happily given her writing credit like he did yesterday.
And her fans are really childish and post mean comments on his Instagram and Twitter so I can see him being fed up with the situation. I thought the same thing when Justin Beiber fans were threatening Janelle Monae when she won best new artist – I feel like it’s their responsibility to tell them to not be online bullies but they love that sh-t…they praise their fan base for it.
I think she’s calculated, sure, but frankly, the decision to keep her name off the song initially benefitted him more than her. It gave him a smash hit primarily credited to him rather than her, and allowed him to keep the DJ cred without having it being undermined by a pop star association. It’s something a professional would do, and certainly something that one partner would do for the other. *shrugs* It doesn’t strike me as intentionally manipulative to start with. The song is a hit and they’re no longer together, so there’s no reason for her to hide it anymore. I could care less if she reveals her role in it – even if it’s a blatant PR move at this point.
Swifty is narcissistic to the point of being self delusional about the role she plays in all of her personal/professional drama productions. Emotionally and mentally immature, she surrounds herself with a ‘squad’ because I personally think Taylor needs constant affirmation that she is “beautiful, talented, etc.” And when things go south in her relationships, she always seems to be the common denominator, including friendships. She’s a fantastic manipulator of the media and conducts her public attacks on other people in an almost strategic fashion. For all that Taylor Swift has going for her talent wise, she is an incredibly insecure person, who will lash out and strike back at anyone who she perceives as having done her wrong. Girl has issues man.
Does anyone think there is truth to some of her squad are simply paid actors and it’s a job for them not just friendship? I read that somewhere and after seeing the staged 4th photos of the posing and the costumes, it sure looked like it could be a paying gig.
Apparently Blake L and Ryan R were there via the promise of PR. Blake went along with the hope that TS will help her revive her defunct website and Ryan had to go along as part of the package.
That song wouldn’t have been a hit without Rihanna.
Oh Tom, what were you thinking.
A little off topic, but Johnny Depp must be so glad with this TS/CH breakup, TS/TH hook-up. Sure took some negative heat off of him….sadly.
I noticed that too. It’s gotten SO quiet in their court and PR developments
ZOMG — that gif that morphs Tom Hiddleston into Katy Perry!
Watch out, Tom, there’s a reason she’s obsessive about you!
People here misunderstand the meaning of Taylorsoverparty. Doesn’t mean her career is over, means her image as always the victim never the instigator is over. Sorry his career won’t be over either. He didn’t make because he’s a celebrity.. As long as he will produce hits people will always want to work with him. This isn’t his first hit, his first song with Rihanna was much bigger and better.
Correct.
A completely shallow comment apropos of nothing, but, she looks like a married Hasidic woman with the hair and scarf.
It looks like a wig.
Hair of a soccer mom, emotional age of a teenager.
Seriously, Calvin, Taylor and Katy just act like big babies. This is just so stupid and immature, not even talking about fans taking time to comment proKaty or proSwifty on their social.
I love how worked up people are getting over this! It’s fun to watch/read😁😁
It applies to both Royalty and people like Swift: Do not let daylight into the magic.
She’s nothing but daylight right now and it’ll cost her. Heck, even the Washington Post had a column questioning her oversharing of her ‘entitled’ lifestyle and how it goes against her previously projected image as the ‘social underdog’.
So to recap..Taylor wrote Calvin’s song, he acknowledged this while being a pissy baby. Therefore, Taylor swift is over?
Who is Calvin Harris? (besides someone who’s Taylor’s ex, spins records and uses other people songs..) At least Katy Perry is well-known, although she hasn’t had a hit in years.
So to recap – Calvin Harris is the world’s most successful DJ and was before TS. And Katy Perry is the successful singer with whom dancers WANT to work…unlike TS.