Lucy Dacus says Taylor Swift texted her for approval of ‘Tortured Poets Department’ namedrop

nme.com:

Lucy Dacus has revealed that Taylor Swift texted her ahead of the release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, asking for approval to mention her name in the lyrics.The album arrived last April, and got fans talking when one of the lyrics name-dropped a person called ‘Lucy’.

Heard in the title track, Swift criticises her ex-partner’s “self-sabotaging” behaviour, and makes reference to him “coming undone”.

She then goes on to recall how the lover in question once told “Lucy” that he would take his own life if Swift left him.Many fans were convinced that the ex in question was The 1975’s Matty Healy, and that the ‘Lucy’ referenced was Lucy Dacus – a third of the Grammy-winning group boygenius and someone who has connections to both Swift and Healy.Now, nearly a year since the album dropped, Dacus has confirmed that the reference was made about her, and said that Swift asked her for permission before she shared the record.Dacus shared the update in a new interview with People Magazine, which went live yesterday (March 27). “I think it’s fair game to say yes.

She actually texted me and asked for my approval,” she said when asked whether she was the ‘Lucy’ in question.She then went on to recall what it was like to see the song, and the album as a whole, get so much momentum, saying: “This [was] the first Taylor record to come out since meeting her, and listening to a friend’s record feels so much different than a stranger’s record.”“So I was like, ‘This is really weird.