Taylor Swift Gives Blunt Response To Critics Who Wish She Would ‘Just Go Away’

Taylor Swift says she isn’t fazed by the critics who wish she would disappear from the limelight.

Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the pop star shared a message for the people who hope that she will “just go away.”

The topic came up after Swift told Colbert that the thing she “looks up to [the] most in people is career longevity.”

“Friendship longevity, longevity in their relationships, how do you keep a good thing going?” she continued. “I think there are certain corners of our society that really love that and look up to longevity.”

The “Bad Blood” singer then noted that it’s not a universal sentiment.

“There are also corners that are like, ‘Give someone else a turn. Can’t you just go away so we can talk about how good you were?’ And I’m like, I don’t want to, you know?” she declared, to cheers.

Swift’s critics complain that she is “overexposed” amid the media’s persistent coverage of her.

The 14-time Grammy-winning artist caused a media frenzy following her first appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game in late September 2023, where she cheered for her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce. Her presence significantly boosted the NFL’s viewership when her fans started tuning in, leading to record-breaking ratings.

Elsewhere in her interview with Colbert, Swift gushed about Kelce.

“Getting engaged to the love of my life, getting all my music back — those were two things that just never could’ve happened, they could’ve just never happened,” she said, referring to buying back the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums in May.

She added, “Both those things could’ve just never arrived in my life, and I’m so grateful for both of those things happening. And my fans are why I was able to get my music back. That’s how I spent that Eras Tour money.”

Watch Swift’s appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” below.