Grimes goes to the opening night of “Captain Marvel” in Hollywood, Calif. ROBYN BECK/AFP through Getty Images
Taylor Swift might be just one of one of the most respected songwriters of our time, however, for among Grimes‘ tunes, she in fact acts as the muse.
In a Tuesday (Oct. 24) discussion with K-Pop lady team Aespa held by Rolling Stone in event of both acts’ love of technology technology, Grimes exposed that her tune “California” was made with the “Anti-Hero” vocalist in mind. “‘California,’ I think I was just doing Taylor Swift cosplay,” the artist stated of the track, which appeared in 2015 as component of her cd Art Angels.
“But it’s also vaguely about how the media is obsessed with portraying you as this troubled soul or something,” Grimes included. “I don’t know if you guys get that the same way in your media.”
“Oh, we definitely get that,” concurred Aespa’s Giselle, contributing to bandmates Karina, Winter and Ningning in Korean, “Like how the media tries to portray us badly, scandals, things like that.”
The verses on “California” show the stress of public examination and exploitation, styles Swift herself has actually sung around on tunes such as “Nothing New” and “Lucky One.” “‘Cause I get carried away/ Commodifying all the pain,” Grimes sings on the track. “Bad things they see in me, I cannot see myself/ When you get bored of me, I’ll be back on the rack.”
The “Oblivion” musician’s discovery comes soon after she endorsed the idea of a Swift governmental quote on Twitter, composing, “In many ways Taylor Swift is the only presidential candidate who can unite the country.” She included at the time, “Trump v Swift is totally occurring in a parallel universe rn.”
Swift has actually never ever meant having an interest in competing President of the United States, not that she’s also old sufficient to do so. Grimes, nonetheless, isn’t the only individual that’s required to the concept. The View‘s Alyssa Farah Griffin, a previous interactions staffer for Trump, just recently stated that the “Karma” pop celebrity is “probably the only person” that can beat Trump “once and for all.”
