Who’s got the better swarm, the Beyhive or the Swifties? Both groups will attack their queen’s enemies with abandon, even if it means committing crimes. I feel like the Swifties are more dangerous, while the Beyhivers think long-term and keep extensive receipts. Anyway, the Swifties swarmed again. It’s been a minute, but this was, ahem, Taylor-made for them. Zach Bryan is a country singer and he dared to compare Taylor Swift unfavorably to none other than Kanye West. It did not go well for Zach Bryan.

Zach Bryan has learned a powerful lesson—don’t drink and tweet. The country singer found himself in hot water on Sept. 18 when he tweeted about Taylor Swift and Kanye West with the message, “Eagles > chiefs,” followed by, “Kanye > Taylor,” adding, “Who’s with me?”

Not surprisingly, Swifties everywhere were not with Zach, who later deleted his X account (formerly Twitter) in the wake of the backlash from the post.

Zach backpedaled early in the morning on Sept. 19, posting lengthy messages to his Instagram Story apologizing and explaining his actions.

“For the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” the “Heading South” singer wrote on top of a screengrab of Taylor’s song with Post Malone “Fortnight.” “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong… I know there’s a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically. I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and tweet stupid things often.”

Zach added that he hoped to “one day explain” his comments to the “Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” singer.

“Twitter gets me in trouble too much and I’d say it’s best I stay off it,” he noted. “I’m sorry to any Taylor fans I pissed off or let down. Love you guys and I’m trying my best!”

But the message didn’t end there. Zach continued in a new post featuring Taylor’s song “The Albatross,” sharing that he’s been “going through a hard time in my own life,” adding, “I think I was projecting a little.” Praising the Grammy winner, Zach continued, “I respect her so much as a musician that the last thing I want is people thinking I don’t appreciate and love what she has done for music.”

He concluded his message with a warning to fans: “Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!!”

[From E! News]

Do I feel sorry for him at all? No. The Swifties will never support him now either, so he could have stood on business and just left the tweet up. I mean, it’s all going to do irreparable damage to his career anyway, so why not hold the line? Anyway, this man is lying. He wasn’t comparing them musically or comparing albums. Even if he was, I couldn’t see how Kanye’s discography is better than Taylor’s? My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was a great album, but that was kind of the last time Kanye made something good? And he’s a Nazi these days too. So that’s another element to how bad this is.

Literally anyone else > Zach Bryan. pic.twitter.com/8LWeYXoEMG

— Vic 🤍 MIAMI N2 🤍 (@getawaycarvic) September 18, 2024

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