Charli XCX is categorical about people who attack Taylor Swift. The 31-year-old singer, who opened for the tour Reputation Tour of the pop star in 2018, wanted to put an end to the insults uttered by some of his fans online and in the audience of his show in São Paulo, Brazil, yesterday.
Alerted by chants chanting “Taylor is dead” in Portuguese, the British star, whose real name is Charlotte Emma Aitchison, gave her point of view in a Story on Instagram and it is real.
“Can the people who do this stop? Online or at my concerts. This is the opposite of what I want and it bothers me that anyone would think there is room for this in this community. I will not tolerate it,” she wrote.
A series of rumors
Especially since these attacks were born from speculation around an alleged rivalry between the two singers, as reported by the BBC. The two women have notably been linked in the past by rumors of a relationship between Taylor Swift and Matty Healy, singer of the group The 1975 in which Charli XCX’s fiancé, George Daniel, also plays.
Furthermore, some time after participating in the country star’s concerts, the British singer declared in 2019 to Pitchfork being “very grateful” to her colleague, but having had the impression at the time “of going on stage and greeting five-year-old children”. Attacked by Swifties for her unfortunate comment, the star insisted on the fact that she had “absolutely not” wanted to “denigrate” the success of her colleague.
Musical competition
More recently, Charli XCX unveiled her new album, Bratand her fans accused Taylor Swift of releasing new digital versions of her album The Tortured Poets Departmentinitially released last April, to prevent his colleague from rising to the top of the music charts.
Finally, Charli XCX’s album, which discusses relationships between women, and the lyrics of one of her hits, Sympathy is a Knife, brought to light other rumors according to which the singer was referring to Taylor Swift when she spoke of a person “bringing out her insecurities”, so much so that she did not want to “see her backstage at my concert boyfriend “. Atmosphere…
