Taylor Swift has shot back at Kanye West for his controversial song “Famous,” with a fierce acceptance speech at the Grammys this year.
“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there: There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,” Swift said in her acceptance speech, without calling West out directly.
“But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you. Someday, when you get where you’re going, you’ll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world,” Swift said, reported Today.com.
West poured gasoline on the fire of their already tense acquaintance with lines from the song “Famous” off his new album “The Life of Pablo.” In this song, West made some very derogatory comments about Swift.
In typical Kanye West fashion, he went right to Twitter to rant. He claimed that he had Swift’s permission to say the derogatory line in his song, but Swift’s public relations team denied the claim and said that he did not call for approval. Instead, he asked her to release his song on her Twitter account, which she denied. Her PR also said that Swift warned him about releasing a song with a strong misogynistic message.
Now, I have learned over the years that if there is an award show coming up, West and Swift are probably arguing or engaging in some sort of drama.
In 2009, West created a feud with Swift after interrupting her accepting Best Female Video at the VMAs for "You Belong With Me."
In 2010, West retracted his apologies and said he helped her “have 100 magazine covers and sell a million her first week.”
Over the next few years, West and Swift attended award shows without incident and they appeared almost friendly toward one another. Swift even presented West with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 VMAs.
In her speech, she poked fun at West and said, “All the other winners, I’m really happy for you, I’m going to let you finish, but Kanye West has had one of the greatest careers of all time.”
With his latest fiasco on Twitter, West disputed Swift’s past claims of his great career by announcing that he is $53 million in debt.
Was his recent feud with Swift just a way to make his new album sell?
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