The Who’s Pete Townshend praises Taylor Swift’s songwriting: “I love what she does”

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The Who‘s Pete Townshend has revealed that he admires Taylor Swift.The guitarist and co-founder of The Who was discussing the art of songwriting with the What It Takes podcast earlier this summer.“I’m a song dreamer in a sense,” he told the podcast. “So I love the great songwriters of my father’s era, Gershwin and so on.

And also the great songwriters of today, past The Beatles and all the rest of them to Taylor Swift.”Townshend went on to praise Swift, saying: “I love what she does, too.

Not that she’s necessarily absolutely always to my taste, but I just love the fact that she seems to love it, that she seems to be having so much fun.

That’s what I identify with.”It’s not the first time the rock legend has spoken in support of Swift. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2019, he expressed sympathy for the ‘Cruel Summer’ singer, after Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group, which included Swift’s early work.