Released on September 8th, the track “The Grudge”, from the album “Guts” by Olivia Rodrigobecame a topic on X (formerly Twitter), after the singer’s fans began to speculate that the track was intended for an old inspiration of the artist: Taylor Swift. Listen!
On the track, Olivia reflects on someone who betrayed her trust and took everything she loved — and that’s where the theory comes from that the track is for the blonde. This because, Rodrigowho is an admitted Swiftie, would have a good relationship with Taylor until 2021, when he had to give up part of the royalties and composition rights for two of his tracks to the owner of the hits “Look What You Made Me Do” and “Bad Blood”.
The news began to circulate in the media in July of that year, where, according to The Guardian (via Hollywood Forever), Taylor was credited and received 50% of the royalties from “Deja Vu” due to its similarities to the song “Cruel Summer” by Swiftas well as “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back” from the album “Sour”, as there is an interpolation of “New Year’s Day”, from the album “Reputation”, by Taylor.
The idea that the two are no longer friends gains strength not only because of the request for Taylor and his team for co-writing two songs, but also for the fact that, Swift chose the supposed rival of Olivia, Sabrina Carpenterto open “Eras Tour” in Latin America.
Fans also list the lack of public interaction from Rodrigo It is Taylor in this year’s edition of the Grammys, as one of the points that show that things are not going well, just as they believe that “The Grudge” would not be the first song dedicated to the relationship between Olivia It is Swiftas “Vampire”, also reflects on someone who took advantage of her.
But, is there really a rivalry between Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo?
Rumors that the tracks would be about Taylor were commented by Olivia for the first time on September 2:
How do I answer that?” she told The Guardian (via E!News). “I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about. I’ve never done that in my career and probably never will. I think it’s better not to classify a song as if it’s just about one thing.”
The subject returned to the agenda of new interviews with Rodrigo this Tuesday, the 12th, when the artist was asked by Rolling Stone magazine (via Hugo Gloss) if she had fought with Swift. She replied that she does not have any kind of disagreement with any artist, in addition to reinforcing who her true friends are.
I have no beef with anyone,” she said. I’m very calm. I’m reserved. I have my four friends and my mom, and those are really the only people I talk to. There’s nothing to say. There are so many conspiracy theories on Twitter. I just look at these alien conspiracy theories.”
The singer also spoke about “Sour”, which in addition to Tayloralso had another song with rights shared with other artists, as the composers of “Misery Business”, by Paramore, appear in the credits of “Good 4 U”.
I was caught a little off guard,” she confessed. “At the time it was very confusing and I was inexperienced, innocent and naive. It wasn’t something I was very involved in,” she admitted. “It was more team to team. So I wouldn’t be the best person to respond,” she explained.
Source: Recreio
