Fans are convinced one song from Taylor Swift’s upcoming The Life of a Showgirl album may be a subtle diss track to Charli XCX.
Alleged leaked lyrics to the song titled “Actually Romantic” began circulating online ahead of the album’s release, and Swifties took to social media to speculate on the track’s meaning.
While it’s unclear if the leaked lyrics are actually those written by Swift, 35, and Max Martin, the words could point to a feud with the “Von Dutch” artist.
“I heard you call me ‘Boring Barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave,” the alleged track begins. “High-fived my ex and then said you’re glad he ghosted me.”
Social media users were quick to connect the dots to Charli, 33, who has referenced cocaine use in her music, including her hit “365.”
“Should we do a little key? Should we have a little line?” Charli sings in the track.
Charli is also married to George Daniel, the drummer for The 1975 – the band in which Taylor’s ex Matty Healy is the frontman – which further fuels the speculation. Swift referenced being “ghosted” seemingly by Healy in her 2024 hit “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.”
The “Stay Away” artist shut down rumors of a feud with Swift in 2024 following the release of her song “Sympathy Is a Knife.”
“I’m seeing online that some people think there are diss tracks on ‘Brat’ and I just wanted to come on here and clarify that there aren’t — apart from maybe ‘Von Dutch,’ which kind of is — but the other tracks in question aren’t diss tracks,” she said via TikTok that May. “They’re really just about how it’s so complicated being an artist, especially a female artist, where you are pitted against your peers but also expected to be best friends with every single person, constantly.”
Later that year, the “So High School” artist said she was “blown away” by Charli, who opened for Swift during 2018’s Reputation Stadium Tour.
“Her writing is surreal and inventive, always,” she said in an interview with Vulture in August 2024. “She just takes a song to places you wouldn’t expect it to go, and she’s been doing it consistently for over a decade. I love to see hard work like that pay off.”
The Life of a Showgirl drops at midnight ET on Friday, October 3.
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