“All you are is mean, and a liar, and pathetic and alone in life...” You almost feel bad for some of the idiots Taylor Swift writes about. Almost. This diss lyric from her song ‘Mean’ could be directed at Donald Trump and his campaign team, who pathetically posted a video on Instagram featuring a Swift song. The pop superstar has endorsed Trump's political rival Kamala Harris and previously incited Trump to rage tweet “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT”. The clip, captioned “Women for Trump!” and featuring “Team Trump” led by Lara Trump lip-syncing to Swift’s song ‘22’, was widely criticized on social media as “cringe”. The video starts with the group miming the lyrics “I don’t know about you, but I’m…” before abruptly switching to “voting Donald Trump, baby!” Many are urging Swift to sue...
Swift endorsed Harris after her debate with Trump last month, using her statement to address a viral AI-generated image falsely showing her endorsing Trump. “Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site,” Swift wrote. “It really conjured up my fears around AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation.” “It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter,” she added. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
Trump recently delivered a bizarre performance in Pennsylvania, where he stopped answering political questions and instead hosted a 30-minute listening party, dancing to music by artists who have threatened legal action against him. Rufus Wainwright condemned Trump’s use of his music, stating that his version of Leonard Cohen’s song ‘Hallelujah’ was “an anthem dedicated to peace, love and acceptance of the truth” and that he was “mortified”. Trump is notorious for using music at his rallies without permission. Artists from Tom Petty to The White Stripes have issued cease-and-desist orders. Isaac Hayes’ estate sued him for 134 counts of copyright infringement, and in August, both Woodkid and Céline Dion called out the unauthorized use of their songs at Trump’s rallies. The most recent case involves Beyoncé reportedly threatening legal action for the unauthorized use of her song ‘Freedom’ in a social media video, days after she approved it as the official anthem for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.
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