Taylor Swift Defends John Mayer Against Fan Backlash Before Performing ‘Dear John’ at the Eras Tour
glamour.comprepares to release the on July 7, she has a message for fans about online harassment. You see, Swift's music inspires a lot of passionate support from fans—sometimes at the expense of the songs' alleged subjects.
For example, , who dated Swift when she was 20 and he was 29, received a following the release of “," which appeared on the re-recording of Red in 2021. “It is her expression.
Artists tap into personal experiences for inspiration, and I don’t begrudge anyone that," Gyllenhaal in an interview with in February 2022. “At some point, I think it’s important when supporters get unruly that we feel a responsibility to have them be civil and not allow for cyberbullying in one’s name.
That begs for a deeper philosophical question. Not about any individual, per se, but a conversation that allows us to examine how we can—or should, even—take responsibility for what we put into the world, our contributions into the world.
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