Fans started speculating that Taylor Swift’s new song “Actually Romantic” was about Charli xcx before it even dropped.
The lyrics address an unnamed singer who is obsessed with Taylor.
Reminder: people think Charli’s song “Sympathy Is a Knife” is about Taylor.
Settle in, because “Actually Romantic” is here and there’s a lot to discuss. This has been one of the most anticipated songs on Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, due to fans assuming it’s about Charli xcx. And this started welllll before “Actually Romantic” dropped thanks to a) Charli having a song called “Everything Is Romantic,” b) fans thinking that Charli’s song “Sympathy Is a Knife” is about Taylor, and c) Charli’s friend Gabriette Bechtel (aka Taylor’s ex Matty Healy’s fiancé) posting this:
Meanwhile, the lyrics definitely appear to be about Taylor’s beef with…someone. I mean, there’s this: “I heard you call me ‘Boring Barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave,” and this “you said you’re glad he ghosted me,” and THIS “Wrote me a song saying it makes you sick to see my face.”
Taylor then says that this unnamed person’s obsession with her is “actually romantic” and that she views said obsession as flattering. People who know the lyrics to “Sympathy Is a Knife” might also connect Charli’s lyrics, “George says, ‘I’m just paranoid'” to Tay’s lyrics “How many times has your boyfriend ‘Why are we always talking about her?”
Clearly a lot to read into! Check out the full lyrics below, via Genius:
I heard you call me “Boring Barbie” when the coke’s got you brave
High-fived my ex and then you said you’re glad he ghosted me
Wrote me a song saying it makes you sick to see my face
Some people might be offended
But it’s actually sweet
All the time you’ve spent on me
It’s honestly wild
All the effort you’ve put in
It’s actually romantic
I really gotta hand it to you, ooh
No man has ever loved me like you do
Hadn’t thought of you in a long time
But you keep sending me funny valentines
And I know you think it comes off vicious
But it’s precious, adorable
Like a toy Chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse
That’s how much it hurts
How many times has your boyfriend said
“Why are we always talking ’bout her?”
It’s actually sweet
All the time you’ve spent on me
It’s honestly wild
All the effort you’ve put in
It’s actually romantic
I really gotta hand it to you, ooh
No man has ever loved me like you do
You think I’m tacky, baby
Stop talking dirty to me
It sounded nasty, but it
Feels like you’re flirting with me
I mind my business, God’s my witness that I don’t provoke it
It’s kind of making me wet (Oh)
‘Cause it’s actually sweet
All the time you’ve spent on me
It’s honestly lovely
All the effort you’ve put in
It’s actually romantic
Really got to hand it to you, to you
No man has ever loved me like you do
It’s actually romantic (You’ve just given me so much attention; la-la-la-la)
It’s actually romantic
(It’s so) Romantic
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