12+ Reasons Why Taylor Swift Isnt As Sweet And Innocent As We All Think

1. Cheating allegations

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Did you know that Taylor Swift admitted to cheating on Calvin Harris with Tom Hiddleston? Despite dating her fellow musician, Taylor was photographed at the Met Ball dancing with Tom. Nothing suspicious! Until we all learned of her breakup with Harris through a tweet. Later on, in one of her songs, Taylor alluded to the pleasure of the vice.

2. Unfair bragging

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We all need a little help from those we love. However, it is not right when those people announce to the world that your success is attributed to them. When dating Calvin Harris, Taylor helped him write the lyrics to his hit song "This Is What You Came For." Taylor Swift remarked that Harris succeeded because of her, obscuring his hard work and contribution.

3. Feuding with Katy Perry

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Taylor Swift looks like someone who would hold no grudges. However, for some petty reason, she does not like Katy Perry. According to her, Katy Perry poached some of her dancers during a musical tour. She even wrote a song, 'Bad Blood,' to lament about the friendship fissure between her and Katy. If she is sweet, it would be reasonable to repair the friendship.

4. Taking Rihanna down

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Taylor cannot just take anything lightly. Although her feud with famous musician Rihanna has been silenced, Taylor has made it known numerous times that she wrote ‘This is What You Came For,’ which Rihanna performed. This is because Rihanna stated that she does not think her brand and music align with Taylor’s. Why would anyone get riled up over such a trivial thing?

5. The John Mayer fiasco

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A 32-year-old John Mayer, a renowned playboy, dated Taylor Swift when she was just 19 years old. It was not difficult to see why the relationship crumbled. The age difference was too significant, and Mayer's intentions have always been suspect. However, Taylor Swift wrote a song 'Dear John' addressing what she called a manipulative union. What cold humiliation!

6. A bitter tongue for older men

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Many of Taylor's dates have been older men. Whenever she broke up with them, she composed songs that seemingly attacked them. Immediately after she started dating Joe Alwyn in 2017, Taylor made a song called "Ready for It." The track depicts Taylor going through doors marked '91' and '89', which were the couple's birth years, indicating she did not wish to date older men anymore.

7. Regarding previous dates as “playthings”

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Taylor does not seem to prefer warmer endings. A vicious woman, we must admit, when it comes to throwing jabs at her exes. She regards the men she has dated as mere 'playthings' in one of her albums. Check out the lyrics of 'Don't Blame Me' where she sings, "I have been breaking hearts for a long time, and toying with these older guys. Just toys I can play with.

8. Breaking up with Joe Jonas

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In 2008, Joe Jonas broke up with Taylor Swift in a 27-second phone call. Unlike most women who would take it gracefully, Swift was candid and bitter. In interviews she attended, she never concealed the heartbreak they caused her. Moreover, she even composed four songs deriding Jonas' betrayal. Now, that is one woman you wouldn't want to mess with.

9. Ultimate Loyalty

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There is no space for neutrality in Taylor’s world. You’re either for her or against her. While most people find it difficult to pick sides in her brazen beef with Katy Perry, in Taylor’s world, you ought to stand with her. Perhaps this is one reason why people dislike her fan base. Team Taylor demands that everyone supporting Taylor’s foes remain their sworn enemy.

10. Not yet, Katy!

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The conflict between Katy Perry and Taylor Swift took another twist when Perry tried to diss her in her Witness album. As expected, the attempt was a failure. As Katy contemplated her loss, Taylor savagely attacked her in a song called 'Look What You Made Me Do.' The video depicts Taylor killing a denigrated version of what appears to be Katy Perry. What a low blow!

11. Hold up, Kanye!

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Taylor does not hide the fact that she dislikes Kanye West. Kanye is at fault here because he made it his business to claim that Taylor became famous thanks to him. However, Taylor has publicly denounced Kanye as 'a backstabber' and 'a narcissist.' She even wrote a song 'If I Did Something Bad' to jibe at Kanye's obsession with her. Not so innocent, huh?

12. Kim's not off the hook!

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When Kim Kardashian was still Kanye's wife, she imagined involving herself in her husband's brawl with Taylor was a good idea. When she released a recorded phone conversation between her husband and the pop star, Taylor, in her savage fashion, has no sweet words for her in her track "Look What You Made Me Do." Kim certainly did not see this coming.

13. Tom Hiddleston used?

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Perhaps Tom Hiddleston was not so lucky to have been Taylor's escape plan. It turns out that Taylor intended to break up with Calvin Harris and needed a vessel to do this. Tom was the vessel. Tom danced with the glamorous Taylor during the Met Ball, causing a rift between her and Calvin. She even wrote a track for it called "Getaway Car." It doesn't seem kind to be a getaway car.

14. Dumb Lyrics

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A famous singer like Taylor Swift should be bold in her songwriting prowess. She has purportedly written songs for other equally renowned artists. Then, one wonders how she could deteriorate her skill in ‘Shake it off.’ The song has a massive and catchy beat, but the message is plain, lazy, and repetitive. It is surprising how the song has captured an array of acclamation.

15. The Apple Ad

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Taylor Swift raised concern 2015 about Apple selling artists’ music for costly prices but underpaying the music owners. She advocated for a policy change, and her complaints were considered in what was seen as a fantastic gesture. However, after a short time, Taylor appeared in an Apple commercial, making us wonder if this was a gimmick.

16. A Boob job?

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The artiste is known to be somewhat lean in appearance. When photos of her emerged after the Fourth of July vacation with Tom Hiddleston, rumors speculated that she had undergone surgery to increase her boob size. Taylor has made it clear in the past that she loves her body, and she intends to keep it that way. Any slight change would have us wonder if she was lying.

17. Cultural Appropriation

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Like many of her musical peers like Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus, Taylor cannot evade the charge of cultural appropriation. In her ‘Shake it off’ video, she has no qualms about using sections of the Black hip-hop culture without taking further interest in the people who partake in them. Interestingly, a large fraction of her fan base remains the urban white middle-class.

18. White Feminist

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Taylor is perhaps the poster girl for the superficial form of feminism that does not delve deeper into women's issues. Her music depicts an attractive prospect of gender equality but remains divested from the real issues that face ordinary women. Her inability to recognize her privilege has set her up on that mare called 'white feminism,' only focusing on empty sisterhood.

19. Playing the victim

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We all know that Taylor Swift has an inexhaustible catalog of songs whining about her broken relationships. However, let’s admit it. It’s getting way too tiresome. Writing songs about everything toxic about your exes may serve us well when we experience our heartaches. However, is it possible that Taylor is the saint here? How she portrays herself as the only one hurting pisses off some listeners.

20. Partner violence

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To date, the music video of 'Blank Space' makes us shudder. The personality behind Taylor in the video makes us wonder if she truly portrayed her real self. Taylor is seen carrying out some outrageous acts, like hurling objects at her partner and ripping his shirt. While alluding the insanity to jealousy, we all hope that Taylor was not revealing who she truly is. Frightening!

21. For the profit

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The music industry is a capitalist machine, and Taylor Swift is one of its drivers. Pop stars like her are made to appear cool and relatable, but surely, nothing is uniting us with them. Taylor's net worth is immense! What about the rest of her fans? Not so much. However, when she sings, she gives us the impression that our struggles are similar and reconcilable. Naah!

22. Misunderstanding Nicki

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Nicki got snubbed again at the 2015 Video Music Awards. She lamented that the reason why her video got passed over was because of institutional racism ingrained in the industry. Taylor Swift decried Nicki's intent to 'pit women against each other.' But that was not even the point—another moment for us to see how Taylor's privilege prevents her from grasping the real issues.

23. Bad Blood with Spotify

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In what may seem to be an impulsive decision, Taylor felt that her music was not being valued by the streaming site Spotify. In 2014, her fans urged her to pull out of the service. Some of us feel that she ought to have sought a better agreement with the service before making the move. Although she came back to the service, we can always remember this fiasco.

24. Feud with Scooter Braun

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The fight between Taylor Swift and Big Machine executive Scooter Braun can barely be forgotten. When her contract with the recording company came to an end in 2018, Braun wanted Taylor to sign another 10-year contract if she wanted her masters sold back to her. She bitterly declined this deal and went on a rampage on social media, calling out Braun fiercely for being manipulative.

25. The ‘Folklore’ logo

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Who would have thought that Taylor Swift would steal someone else's logo? In her July 2020 album 'Folklore,' Taylor shamelessly copied a design from Amira Rasool. She did not even care that Amira was a small business owner who did not deserve her creativity spat on. The complaint was quickly resolved, but black women have thought Taylor to be untrustworthy.

26. Fatphobic

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The clash of personalities is explored in Taylor Swift's track 'Anti-hero.' What could have been an exceptional song, however, became an avenue to offend audiences. In the video, one of Taylor's versions steps onto a scale and is saddened when it reads 'Fat.' Despite her fans' attempts to defend the video, the musician had to edit out the offensive scene.

27. The man with the Swastika

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Taylor Swift attended Katy Perry's birthday in 2009 when photos surfaced online showing her beside a man in glasses. The shocking part is that the man had a swastika painted in red across his shirt. Taylor was dressed in a white dress painted 'JH,' which unfounded speculation claimed meant 'Jew Hater.' A stretch, maybe, but what was she doing with a man with a Swastika? A symbol of Nazi hate.

28. Private Jets

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It is impossible to believe that Taylor Swift would make the shortest distances using a private jet when the world ails for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. If that is not enough, it was revealed that she also hires out the jets to be used by other individuals. It is unbelievable how anyone would think Sweet Taylor cares about climate change.

29. Copyright lawsuits

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Some of Taylor's songs have faced numerous lawsuits over accusations of plagiarization or outright idea theft. Teresa La Dart sued Taylor for $1 million, claiming that her song 'Getaway Car' was copied from Teresa's poetry book, ' Lover'. Let us not forget that 'Shake It Off' was sued by songwriters who accused the singer of copying their song 'Playas gon' play.'

30. Ticket sales

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The Eras tour presale tickets were distributed in November 2022 before Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated performance. However, just before her fans could satisfactorily get their tickets, the company in charge of the role canceled the process, angering many of her fans. Taylor did not sufficiently address these inconveniences, disappointing many ardent fans.