Taylor Swift Slams Damon Albarn’s ‘F–ked Up’ Claim That She Doesn’t Write Her Songs: ‘Completely False and So Damaging’

usmagazine.com:

Not here for it. Taylor Swift set the record straight after musician Damon Albarn claimed that she wasn’t considered a songwriter because she cowrote her hit tracks.“I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this.

I write ALL of my own songs. Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging. You don’t have to like my songs but it’s really f–ked up to try and discredit my writing.

WOW,” Swift, 32, tweeted on Monday, January 24 in response to comments from Albarn, 53. “PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were wondering.”The Blur band member originally made headlines for saying Swift “doesn’t write her own songs” because other songwriters are credited as well.“That doesn’t count.

I know what cowriting is. Cowriting is very different to writing,” the England native explained during an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, January 23. “I’m not hating on anybody, I’m just saying there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who cowrites.