Courtney Love has come under furious criticism from Taylor Swift’s fanbase after claiming she thought the singer was “unimportant” as an artist.
The singer, 59 years old, aimed at Fastthe artistic merits of in a new interview with The evening standard, where he stated: ‘Taylor is not important. She may be a safe space for girls and she’s probably the Madonna of today, but she’s not interesting as an artist.
Unsurprisingly, Love’s comments haven’t gone down well with Swift’s legions of super fans, who have accused the Holes hitmaker of “downplaying women in music.”
Lana Del Rey, 38, Madonna, 65, and Beyoncé, 42, were also the target of Love’s acid tongue, as she took aim at their abilities in the same interview.
Angry fans claimed there was a pattern of Love criticizing the “most talented women” in the music industry and accusing her of “trying to stay relevant.”
Courtney Love has been the subject of furious criticism from Taylor Swift’s fanbase after she claimed she thought the singer was “unimportant” as an artist (pictured in March).
The singer, 59, took aim at Swift’s artistic merits in a new interview with The Evening Standard, where she stated: ‘Taylor is not important’ (pictured together at the Oscars)
One person stated that Love better have her ‘notifications off’ due to the barrage of angry messages from Swift’s fans.
One person stated that Love would be better off having her ‘notifications off’ due to the barrage of angry messages from Swift’s fans.
Fans took to First Olivia, now Taylor like no one cares about you anymore.
‘Okay, Taylor’s IK for her music and Courtney Love’s IK for her relationship with Kurt Cobain, so how about we stop putting women down with Courtney?’ ‘Who the fuck is Courtney Love? – Taylor Swift, probably.
“I don’t like Courtney Love, frankly, whether she likes Taylor or not is fine, I just think she has a way of minimizing and belittling women in music. I find her a horrible person; ‘Courtney Love publicly belittles other female artists as if it were a national sport.
‘Who asked Courtney Love? She’s so out of touch with reality to be honest. Taylor Swift doesn’t need validation from her. Also, being compared to Madonna is a compliment; Umm, I love Courtney, but her recent comments about Taylor and Lana are unnecessary…what’s the problem with Lana covering a song and being too influential?
‘People I saw Courtney love and hate: Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, something like Madonna? I’m seeing a pattern; ‘I never thought she would defend Taylor, but who is wrong with what Courtney Love thinks? She doesn’t have the vernacular she thinks she has!
‘Also about Courtney Love. I mean, she also lost importance every time she became bitter towards people (e.g. Madonna, Dave Grohl, to name a few). And criticize Beyoncé too???; “Personally I’m not a Taylor fan, but NO WAY is anyone listening to Courtney Love’s opinion.
‘I’m not really a fan, but Taylor Swift is doing pretty well. Courtney Love has always been a mean and jealous girl. I think she said something similar about Avril Lavigne about twenty years ago.
Angry fans claimed there was a pattern of Love criticizing the “most talented women” in the music industry and accusing her of “trying to stay relevant.”
Some accused Courtney, who is working on a solo album, of “trying to stay relevant” by attacking the popular pop star.
“I think it’s hysterical that Courtney Love is trying to make herself relevant again by dissing Taylor Swift. Not that she was ever that relevant to begin with; ‘Courtney Love is extremely sneaky…she knows the only way to set a trend is to talk shit about Taylor or say she’s voting for Trump.’ This is the simulation phase of her getting “off my lawn” as part of some marketing strategy. You must have an upcoming project. She just looks.’
Others insisted Love’s opinion was valid and agreed with her comments about Swift, while attacking people who didn’t know who the grunge star was.
Saying: ‘Courtney Love has been in the industry for a long time and was asked for her opinion. And she didn’t make a mistake or make it personal. She gave an honest professional opinion and acknowledged that Taylor is a safe space for her fans. “Age discrimination and misogyny is disgusting.”
“Who is Courtney Love?” she is crazy low key, you must be under 16 years old. She’s crazy talking about Lana, but she ate what she said about Taylor.
The Doll Parts frontwoman, who has resided in London since 2019, appears to have changed her mind about Swift, whom she previously praised on multiple occasions.
In a 2016 Facebook post, he posed between Swift and Royals singer Lorde, 27, after attending the Grammys in Los Angeles.
‘Lovely ladies @taylorswift @lordemusic, these two win the Oscar for artistry, talent, voice and amazing beauty, hands down! #oscars #vanityfair,” Love said in the caption.
Some accused Courtney, who is working on a solo album, of “trying to stay relevant” by attacking the popular pop star.
The Hole singer told The Evening Standard: “Taylor is not important”
Others insisted Love’s opinion was valid and agreed with her comments about Swift, while attacking people who didn’t know who the grunge star was.
He also paid tribute to Swift in a December 22, 2021 post wishing her a happy belated birthday.
Love, who reposted the photo they took at the Grammys five years earlier, called Swift a “great role model for a lot of young women.”
Swift, who was photographed at Coachella over the weekend with her boyfriend Travis Kelce, also took aim at Madonna, Lana Del Rey and Beyonce.
She told Del Rey’s outlet: “I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she really should take seven years off.”
‘Until Take Me Home Country Roads, I thought it was great. When I was recording my new album, I had to stop listening to it because it was influencing me too much.’
As for Madonna, Love made it clear that there was a personal element to the discord between her and the Vogue artist.
“I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me,” Love said of Madonna. “I loved Desperately Seeking Susan, but as much for New York City as for her.”
Love also mentioned that she wasn’t a fan of Beyoncé’s catalog.
The Doll Parts frontwoman, who has resided in London since 2019, appears to have changed her mind about Swift, whom she previously praised on multiple occasions.
In a Feb. 29, 2016, post, he posed between Swift and Royals singer Lorde, 27, after attending the Grammys in Los Angeles and said they were “lovely ladies.”
“I mean, I like the idea of Beyoncé making a country record because it’s about black women entering spaces where only white women were allowed before, not that I really like that,” Love said. ‘As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music.’
Love, who was married to Kurt Cobain from 1992 until his death in 1994, invoked the late Nirvana frontman’s name to contrast their personalities.
“People used to say I was very difficult,” Love told the outlet. ‘They said I was unpleasant. Yes, I am completely unpleasant and I will never apologize for that. I always wanted to be known as ab****. Being loved was never my thing.
‘Kurt wanted to be liked but I didn’t. He was able to hide behind me, but then they hated me. Then Kurt died and the hatred for me reached a whole new level. I didn’t plan that.’
He cited Bob Dylan and the 1967 documentary about his 1965 English tour, Don’t Look Back.
“He had enormous ability and I was okay with not being liked,” Love said. “I saw Bob Dylan in Don’t Look Back and he didn’t want to be liked and I thought, yeah, I want to be like that.”