Taylor Swift was caught off guard when her songwriting was questioned in am interview between Mikael Wood and Damon Albarn.
In the interview, Wood mentions Swift as an “excellent songwriter” after Albarn’s said that modern musicians are primarily relying on sound and attitude rather than writing and storytelling. Albarn responded that he is unimpressed by Swift’s songwriting abilities and even went as far to say, “she doesn’t write her own songs.”
When Wood defended Swift, Albarn said, “there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes.” While he criticized Swift for music that seems to be “endlessly upbeat,” he went on to praise Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell for their work in songwriting and producing music that is “darker” and “way more minor and odd.”
Swift rebuked the false claim by Albarn in a tweet on Monday. “I write ALL of my own songs,” the Folklore singer highlighted before slamming Albarn. “Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging,” she declared. “You don’t have to like my songs but it’s really f—ed up to try and discredit my writing.”
A follow up tweet by Swift accented the first, stating “PS. I wrote this tweet all by myself, in case you were wondering.”
PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were wondering
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) January 24, 2022
Albarn apologized “unreservedly and unconditionally” to Swift on Twitter an hour later stating, “I had a conversation about songwriting and...
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