Taylor Swift knows you have thoughts about her latest album, and she’s ready for it.
The billionaire superstar singer-songwriter appeared on The Zane Lowe Show for Apple Music on Tuesday, where she said she “welcomes chaos” when it comes to what fans and listeners think of her new music — the good, the bad and the ugly.
“The living room rule is if it’s the first week of my album coming out and you say either my name or my album title, you’re helping,” Swift explained.
Swift’s album “The Life of a Showgirl” – which peels back the curtain on her life on tour and in the throes of passionate love with fiancé Travis Kelce – was released last week.
“I have a lot of respect for people’s subjective opinions on art. I’m not the art police,” Swift said. “It’s, like, everyone is allowed to feel exactly how they want. And what our goal is as artists is to be a mirror.”
The 14-time Grammy winner also reflected on how this isn’t the first time she’s heard her fans and followers offer less-than-takes on one of her albums.
“What I often like to see my fans say is, ‘I was someone who didn’t need (his 2017 sixth studio album) ‘Reputation.’ And now that I’ve experienced other things in my life, it’s my favorite album,’ Swift said, continuing to observe that she has her eye on the long game when it comes to her devoted Swiftie fan base.
“We’re doing this thing for the guards,” she said. “I have such an eye for legacy when I make my music. I know what I did. I know I love her, and I know that on the theme of what the showgirl is – that’s all part of it.”
Last week, Swift fans across the country and world lined up at music retailers and gathered for listening parties to announce the release of “Showgirl,” which has since garnered a mixed response.
Some have called the multiple and expensive versions of physical media around it excessively liberating, while others take issue with the heavy-handed way it appears to have treated a classic Shakespearean character. And this is just the beginning.
Not to be deterred, the “anti-hero” singer continues her media blitz of a tour in support of the album on Wednesday, when she will appear as the only guest on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”