And just like that, T. Swift’s back. But maybe not for the best reasons.
Remember Kanye West’s song “Famous”? Just a refresher: There is a line at the beginning of the song that goes, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why / I made that bitch famous.” Swifties everywhere were upset about that lyric, as was Taylor. Or so we thought.
Turns out, Taylor knew about it before the song was released—at least, that's what Kanye’s wife and GQ’s newest cover star Kim Kardashian West claims. In her interview for the magazine, Kim tells GQ that Kanye called Taylor and told her about the reference in the song. Kim says a bunch of other higher-ups in the music industry also knew about the phone call.
Kim even says, “It was funny because [on the call with Kanye, Taylor] said, 'When I get on the Grammy red carpet, all the media is going to think that I’m so against this, and I’ll just laugh and say ‘The joke’s on you, guys. I was in on it the whole time.’' And I’m like, wait, but in your Grammy speech, you completely dissed my husband just to play the victim again.”
Taylor’s people responded via GQ, saying Kanye didn’t play Taylor the song before it was released to the public. Even though she “has never denied that conversation took place” with Kanye, according to her spokesperson.
But honestly, when a rapper you’ve had beef with tells you he has mentioned you in one of his songs, what would you really expect? Probably not something super nice, tbh…
