SWIFT JUDGMENT
TAYLOR Swift fans are convinced she’s reignited a feud by shading ex-BFF Karlie Kloss in her new song about a “crook who got caught.”
Taylor dropped two songs, “Right Where You Left Me” and “It’s Time To Go,” from the album Evermore on Thursday, leaving Swifties intrigued.
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The lyrics of “It’s Time To Go” – a song about knowing when it’s time to leave something, or someone, behind – appeared to be autobiographical.
The track is all about divorcing a partner but also, losing a friend.
In the first verse, she sings: “When the words of a sister, come back in whispers, that prove she was not, in fact, what she seemed.
“Not a twin from your dreams, she’s a crook who was caught.”
The chorus is also gut-wrenching, with the lyrics: “That old familiar body ache / The snaps from the same little breaks in your soul / You know when it’s time to go.”
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Many Taylor fans think this is a reference to Karlie being managed by her enemy Scooter Braun.
Karlie didn’t defend Taylor when she feuded with Scooter after he got the rights to her masters in 2019, prompting a major feud.
Up until then, Karlie and Taylor had been best friends, in the same “squad,” and appeared in a joint Vogue photoshoot together.
Fans think this is where the “twin” lyric stems from considering how alike they looked in the shoot and took to Twitter to share their thoughts.
“Taylor calling Karlie a crook is still the funniest part of Evermore,” one fan wrote.
“Taylor calling Karlie a crook is so funny to me HELP,” said another.
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A third commented: “Taylor swifts [sic] song dress was written about karlie kloss [sic] and nothing can convince me otherwise.”
Taylor and Karlie’s last photo was taken during her Reputation tour when the model hung out with the “22” crooner backstage.
Speaking about their reported “feud” on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in March 2019, Karlie said: “Taylor is incredible and I feel really lucky to call her a friend.”
She said they were still pals during her 73 Questions segment with Vogue in October 2018.
Taylor and Karlie met at the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show after connecting on Twitter.
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Meanwhile, Taylor also appears to slam record label exec Scott Borchetta of Big Machine Records, which signed a teenage Taylor.
She left the label in 2018 because Borchetta wouldn’t allow her to earn the rights to the masters of her first six albums.
In a blistering blog post, Taylor indicated that she could only earn them back by recording six new albums on the label.
Borchetta then allowed Braun to buy the masters for $300 million.
In the revealing song, Taylor sings: “Fifteen years, fifteen million tears, begging til my knees bled.
“I gave it my all, he gave me nothing at all, then wondered why I left. Now he sits on his throne, in his palace of bones, praying to his greed. He’s got my past, frozen behind glass, but I’ve got me.”
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