Kanye West is under fire for name-dropping Taylor Swift in his new song, Carnival, featured on his just-released album, Vultures, Volume 1.
In response to the “objective” lyrics that seemingly took aim directly at the pop star, 34, her legions of fans accused the 46-year-old rapper of being stuck in the past and “obsessed” with her.
Many expressed anger at some of the X-rated lyrics, including: ‘Why does she say she sucked my dick? (Ha) Then she says that she hasn’t sucked my cock (Ha). She’s going to take it up the ass (Ha), like a ventriloquist (Ha).’
Following those explicit lines, he raps: ‘I made six Taylor Swifts (Ha), Since I got the Rollie on my wrist (Ha), I’m the new Jesus, bitch (Ha), I pour water on Christ (Ha).’
Given his well-documented history of harassing the singer, beginning with him ambushing her Video of the Year acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV VMAs, thousands of Swifties began chiming in on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Kanye West is under fire for naming Taylor Swift in his new song, Carnival, featured on his just-released album, Vultures, Volume 1 (seen in 2015)
In response to the ‘objective’ lyrics seemingly aimed directly at the pop star, 34, her legions of fans accused the 46-year-old rapper of being stuck in the past and ‘obsessed’ with her.
“He’s 46 years old and still alive in 2009,” one fan joked.
Another asked: ‘Isn’t Kanye tired of being problematic? To be honest, I’m sick of him.’
“You know Kanye West is desperate to be talked about and famous again when out of nowhere he puts our beautiful Taylor Swift in his lyrics again,” a third tweeted. “It’s sad, Kanye, honestly.”
A fourth claimed: “He knows he only gets attention when he mentions Taylor or his ex Kim Kardashian.”
‘Kanye has really been stalking Taylor since she was 19. When will he stop? another questioned. ‘How to really leave this girl alone…’
A handful of social media users speculated that he was “chasing clout” and simply seeking controversy to generate sales and streams.
Still, it was noted that West’s decision to include “Taylor’s name next to a group of men who are sex offenders is definitely a choice.”
Others complained that they thought we were “over this.”
Despite using their names, one fan joked that the album will “still flop.”
Given his well-documented history of harassing the singer, beginning with him ambushing her Video of the Year acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV VMAs, thousands of Swifties began weighing in on X (formerly known as Twitter).
One asked: ‘Isn’t Kanye tired of being problematic? I’m sick of him to be honest (to be honest)’
A handful of social media users speculated that he was “chasing clout” and simply seeking controversy to generate sales and streams.
He previously mentioned the Love Story singer in his 2016 track titled Famous.
He had rapped: ‘For all my south side blacks that know me best/ I feel like me and Taylor could still have sex/ Why?’ I made that bitch famous.’
At the time, Swift made it clear that she was offended by the lyrics of her song Famous, and the accompanying music video also showed a naked Taylor lying on her bed next to him, along with a host of other celebrities, including Kim naked. On the other hand.
Kanye defended the line, claiming that he had a conversation with Taylor about the lyric in question beforehand, which she denied.
However, Swift went on to accuse Kanye of lying about asking her permission to reference her in his lyrics, prompting now ex-wife Kim to release a partial recording of the call in question.
‘I’m so glad you had the respect to call me that and tell me that as a friend about the song. “It’s something really great and a very good sign of friendship,” Taylor is heard saying.
Taylor responded by stating that although Kanye spoke about some aspects of the lyrics, she did not consent to being called a ‘bitch’.
The Bad Blood hitmaker recently opened up about the effect the lyrics had on her, as well as the bitter feud between the rapper and the SKIMS founder.
while talking to TIME After being named Person of the Year by the magazine in December 2023, she spoke out about the feud that began when West wrote the vulgar lyric about the rising star.
He previously mentioned the Love Story singer in his 2016 song titled Famous, in which he rapped, “I feel like me and Taylor could still have sex/Why?” I made that bitch famous’ (pictured earlier this month)
Taylor said the public fallout felt like “the death of a career,” adding, “Make no mistake: My career was taken away from me.”
Discussing the consequences and the brutal toll this took on her well-being, Swift added: “You have a completely fabricated frame, in an illegally recorded phone call, that Kim Kardashian edited and then published to tell everyone that I was a liar.” .’
“That took me psychologically to a place I had never been before. I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid of receiving phone calls.
She later took another swipe at Kardashian, West and anyone else she believes has tried to stifle her success, commenting, “The trash takes itself out every time.”
“But I’ve also learned that there’s no point in actively trying to, quote, defeat your enemies,” he said. “The garbage takes itself out every time.”
Taylor’s feud with Kim and Kanye had been bubbling to the surface as early as 2009, seemingly out of nowhere, when 19-year-old Taylor was at the MTV Video Music Awards, accepting the award for Best Female Video for You Belong with Me. .
West interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, when we were just 19, to say he thought Beyoncé should have won the trophy (seen above).
But the tension only continued when the father of four humiliated the star once again at the VMAs in 2015 by claiming that he was only selected to present her with an award because of ‘ratings’ when she alleged that he personally asked her to come on stage with him. ; seen in 2015
Suddenly, in the middle of her acceptance speech, Kanye jumped on stage, grabbed the microphone out of her hands and yelled, ‘Hey Taylor, I’m so happy for you and I’ll let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all times. One of the best videos of all time!’
In an attempt to ease the tension, Beyonce then called Taylor on stage when she won the Single Women’s Video of the Year award (Put a Ring on It), allowing the country music star a moment in the spotlight .
But the tension only continued when the father of four humiliated the star once again at the VMAs in 2015.
The pair seemed to be getting along well when Kanye joked, “Do you know how many times they announced that Taylor was going to give me the award because it gave them more ratings?”
However, Taylor later announced that his statement really upset her, as he publicly stated that it was for ratings, but privately asked her to come on stage with him because “it would mean a lot.”