Taylor Swift Reacts to Olivia Rodrigo’s Grammys Performance After Rumored Feud
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Friends again? Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo both attended the Grammys 2024 after their rumored feud. The 66th annual Grammy Awards were held on February 4, 2024, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
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For the Grammys red carpet, Taylor wore a white dress with a train and leg slit and long black gloves. She accompanied her look with several silver necklaces, which fans believe is an Easter egg to the music video for her 2017 song, “Look What You Made Me Do” from her album Reputation, one of the two albums she hasn’t released a “Taylor’s Version” for, along with her debut album, Taylor Swift. Olivia, for her part, also wore a white bedazzled with beads. The two walked the red carpet about an hour from each other, according to the live telecast.
Swift was nominated for six Grammys: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for her 2022 LP Midnights; Best Pop Solo Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year for her 2023 single “Anti-Hero”; and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her song “Karma” featuring Ice Spice. Rodrigo, for her part, was also nominated for six Grammys: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for her 2023 LP Guts; Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance for her 2023 single “Vampire”; and Best Rock Song for “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl.”
Later in the night, Olivia also performed her 2023 song, “Vampire,” which some fans believed to be about Taylor. During the performance, Taylor was seen in the audience singing along to “Vampire.” She also gave Olivia a standing ovation at the end of her performance.
Olivia sparked rumors of a feud between her and Taylor in June 2023 when she released “Vampire,” her lead single from Guts, who some some fans speculated to be about Taylor based on lyrics like “bloodsucker, fame fucker, bleedin’ me dry like a goddamn vampire!” Olivia addressed the rumors in an interview with The Guardian in August 2023. “How do I answer this? I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about. I’ve never done that before in my career and probably won’t. I think it’s better to not pigeonhole a song to being about this one thing,” she said. “I was very surprised when people thought that.” While Olivia hasn’t confirmed who “Vampire” is about, the most popular theory is that the song is about Olivia’s ex, Zack Bia. “I don’t think it’s really about me,” Zack told GQ in 2023 when asked about the song. “I think the Internet just ran with it.”
In an interview with The New York Times in August 2023, Olivia was also asked about whether she had attended Taylor’s Eras Tour. “I haven’t yet,” she said. “I’m going to Europe this week.” After she released her song “Deja Vu” from her debut album, Sour, Olivia was accused of plagiarizing Taylor’s song “Cruel Summer” from her 2019 album, Lover. Olivia’s song, “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back” was also accused of copying the melody of Taylor’s song, “New Year’s Day,” from her 2017 album, Reputation. Olivia addressed the speculation in an interview with Teen Vogue in 2021.
“I came up with the ‘1 Step Forward’ concept and I sort of wrote a verse and a chorus. I was in the car on a road trip, and when I got home, I decided to sing it over the chords of ‘New Year’s Day,'” she said at the time.
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