Any press is good press.
Taylor Swift cheekily addressed her music critics after releasing her new “The Life of a Showgirl” album in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe Tuesday.
“I welcome the chaos,” Swift said with a smile. “The rule of show business is, if it’s the first week of my album release and you are saying either my name or my album title, you’re helping.”
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The Grammy winner added that she has “a lot of respect” for “subjective opinions on art.”
“I’m not the art police,” she quipped. “It’s, like, everybody is allowed to feel exactly how they want, and what our goal is as entertainers is to be a mirror.”
Swift, 35, noted that some listeners may not connect with her songs at first because it’s not a reflection of where they are in their own lives at that time.
“Oftentimes, an album is a really, really wild way to look at yourself, right?” she said.
“What you’re going through in your life is going to affect whether you relate to the music that I’m putting out at any given moment,” the singer further explained.
Swift’s 12th studio album — which includes several lyrics centering around her relationship with fiancé Travis Kelce — broke streaming and sales records, and Swifties have expressed their love and support for many of the tunes via social media.