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Taylor Swift (Kind of) Explains the Real Story Behind "Bad Blood"

Taylor Swift in GQ Magazine 2015

Taylor Swift (Kind of) Explains the Real Story Behind "Bad Blood"

October 17, 2015 by Laura Marie Meyers

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On how she's been perceived: "You take your creative license and create things that are larger than life. You can write things like 'I get drunk on jealousy but you'll come back each time you leave, 'cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream.' That is not my approach to relationships. But is it cool to write the narrative of a girl who's crazy but seductive but glamorous but nuts but manipulative? That was the character I felt the media had written for me, and for a long time I felt hurt by it. I took it personally. But as time went by, I realized it was kind of hilarious."
On studying the ins and outs of the industry: "I used to watch Behind the Music every day. When other kids were watching normal shows, I'd be watching Behind the Music. And I would see these bands that were doing so well, and I'd wonder what went wrong . . . And what I established in my brain was that a lack of self-awareness was always the downfall . . . So self-awareness has been such a huge part of what I try to achieve on a daily basis. It's less about reputation management and strategy and vanity than it is about trying desperately to preserve self-awareness, since that seems to be the first thing to go out the door when people find success."

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