has been rumbling on for eight years now, and is showing no signs of slowing down. With the release of Taylor’s new albumIn many ways, Taylor versus Kim is the archetypal rivalry – just one steeped in internet lore. Down-to-earth versus glamour. Musician versus reality star. Blonde versus brunette.
Soon, Kim entered the chat, echoing Kanye's allegations that Taylor had given the lyrics her blessing, adding that Taylor had allegedly backtracked on the claims even when Kanye followed ‘proper protocol’. Kim also said that the phone conversation had been recorded, but that Taylor’s lawyers had asked them to ‘destroy’ the footage. Soon,all over X and eventually posted the recorded call on Snapchat. It appeared to show Taylor agreeing to the use of her name in the song.
In the years that followed, Swift spoke about the incident in a number of interviews. She told Elle in 2019, ‘A few years ago, someone started an online hate campaign by calling me a snake on the internet. The fact that so many people jumped on board with it led me to feeling lower than I've ever felt in my life.’ The drama was stirred up once more, when an unedited version of the call leaked in March 2020.