Taylor Swift will not be recognized for diss tracks, however she isn’t new to side-eying different celebrities in her songs (Kim Kardashian, anybody?). She’s not afraid to name individuals out when she thinks she’s been wronged—and her track “Really Romantic” on The Life Of A Showgirl is the right instance.
The track, by which Taylor croons that one other woman’s seemingly obsessive dislike of her appears truly fairly romantic, is fairly clearly geared toward Charli XCX. How do I do know? Effectively, there are many clues, together with the title, which appears to echo Charli’s Brat-era track “All the things Is Romantic.” However Taylor’s track is definitely a direct response to a different track on Brat: “Sympathy Is A Knife.”
Within the track, Charli talks about her insecurities a few particular feminine popstar, and it’s clear she’s referencing Swift, particularly with these lyrics:
“Don’t wanna see her backstage at my boyfriend’s present / Fingers crossed behind my again, I hope they break up fast”
Charli lately married her companion George Daniel, who occurs to be the drummer of The 1975. And who else is in The 1975? Matty Healy of The Tortured Poets Division fame. Taylor had a publicly unstable and short-lived love affair with Healy in 2023.
Taylor makes it clear that she is aware of that Charli was referencing her within the track when she sings in “Really Romantic”:
“I heard you name me “Boring Barbie” when the coke’s acquired you courageous / Excessive-fived my ex and you then mentioned you’re glad he ghosted me / Wrote me a track sayin’ it makes you sick to see my face”
Whereas the coke reference is sufficient to make it clear the track is about Charli (who’s well-known for her drug use), mentioning the ex is particularly a callback to “Sympathy Is A Knife” and Charli’s personal point out of her connection to The 1975. Taylor makes it extra apparent when she references the “boyfriend” once more:
“What number of instances has your boyfriend mentioned / ‘Why are we at all times talkin’ ’bout her?’”
Was the diss monitor well-deserved? Who’s to say. All I do know is that this can be a clear dialog between the 2 songstresses that we’re seeing in real-time.
