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(NewsNation) — The media has been swarming with news of a feud between Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish as Swift dropped another installment of “The Tortured Poets Department” on May 17 — the same day Eilish dropped her album, “Hit Me Hard And Soft.”
Outlets like the Daily Mail have claimed there is a “vicious” feud and that superstar Swift, who has sold out her three-hour concerts internationally, is “unfazed by apparent repeated attempts by (Eilish) to tear her down” as Swift is “too busy selling out stadiums worldwide to engage with her ‘jealousy.’”
To be fair, Eilish has made some comments that could be construed as veiled swipes, including telling the music app Station head: “Nobody wants that. You guys don’t want that. I don’t want that. I don’t even want that as a fan… My favorite artist in the world, I’m not trying to hear them for three hours.”
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Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish attend Billboard Women In Music 2019, presented by YouTube Music, on December 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Getty Images -
FILE – Billie Eilish arrives at the 29th Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Eilish will embark on a worldwide arena tour this fall. It kicks off in Quebec City in Canada on Sept. 29 and concluding in Dublin on July 27, 2025.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) -
Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) -
Billie Eilish performs on the Pyramid main stage at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England. -
Taylor Swift performs during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at the National Stadium on March 02, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management) -
FILE – Taylor Swift attends an in conversation with Taylor Swift event at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2022. Swift’s latest album “Anti-Hero” released on Oct. 21. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) -
Billie Eilish arrives at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
But, a music industry insider who knows both camps laughed when asked about the supposed feud, saying, “Yeah, that’s all media … just press stuff. Billie likes Taylor’s music — even her songs are sounding more like Taylor’s.”
Swift is currently in Europe for her Eras tour, and her album is still No. 1 on the Billboard album charts after seven weeks, while Eilish’s album is down to No. 3 (from second position last week) after three weeks on the charts.
