Taylor Swift seemingly denies she is bisexual in prologue for 1989

Taylor Swift penned an extremely weak prologue for her upcoming album, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), by which she opens up about her sexuality and relationship historical past. 

After years of remaining silent over conspiracy theories that she had a romantic relationship along with her former greatest good friend, Karlie Kloss, the singer, 33, alluded to the persistent rumors as she referred to as out the general public for sexualizing her feminine friendships. 

As she regarded again at her life at 24, as she ready to make the leap from a nation artist to pop star, the 12-time Grammy winner defined she was determined to ‘silence’ the voices shaming her for ‘relationship like a traditional younger girl.’

After years of changing into a ‘goal of’ relentless ‘slut shaming’ and enduring countless jokes in regards to the ‘quantity of boyfriends’ she had, Swift defined being painted as a ‘boy loopy psychopath’ was ‘actually beginning to damage.’ 

‘It grew to become clear to me that for me there was no such factor as informal relationship, and even having a male good friend who you platonically hang around with,’ she wrote. 

The Cardigan hitmaker continued: ”If I used to be seen with him, it was assumed I used to be sleeping with him. And so, I swore off hanging out with guys. Dating, flirting, or something that may very well be weaponized towards me by a tradition that claimed to imagine in liberating girls however constantly handled me with the cruel ethical codes of the Victorian period.’

As a self-proclaimed ‘consummate optimist,’ she assumed that if she ‘merely modified’ her habits it will ‘repair’ the narrative. 

‘I swore off relationship and determined to focus solely on myself, my music, my development, and my feminine friendships, she continued. ‘If I solely frolicked with my feminine buddies, individuals couldn’t sensationalize or sexualize that proper? I’d be taught in a while that individuals might and other people would.’

Swift seems to be referring to hypothesis that the pair have been romantically concerned after a grainy image emerged on social media that appeared to indicate them kissing at a 1975 live performance in 2014. 

At the time, a spokesperson for the performer was fast to nix the rumor to Gossip Cop, branding it ‘hilarious.’

In 2019, the Cats actress explicitly informed Vogue the she was ‘not part of’ LGTBQ+ neighborhood, however was captivated with talking up for the neighborhood. 

‘I didn’t understand till not too long ago that I might advocate for a neighborhood that I’m not part of, she admitted. ‘It’s exhausting to understand how to try this with out being so fearful of creating a mistake that you just simply freeze. Because my errors are very loud. When I make a mistake, it echoes by means of the canyons of the world. It’s clickbait, and it’s part of my life story, and it’s part of my profession arc.’

The musician additionally addressed her motive for surrounding herself with buddies in her mid-twenties as an try and ‘make up for an absence of them in childhood’ to not begin a ‘tyrannical sizzling lady cult.’ 

In the prologue, she additionally praised listeners and followers for seeing ‘the seeds of allyship and advocating for equality’ in her observe, Welcome To New York, by which she sings: ‘Everybody right here was another person earlier than/And you possibly can need who you need/Boys and girls and boys and women.’ 

Swift has beforehand romantically linked to Harry Styles, Conor Kennedy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lucas Till, Cory Monteith, Joe Jonas, John Mayer, Calvin Harris, Tom Hiddleston Joe Alwyn, Taylor Lautner, and most not too long ago, Travis Kelce. 

Additionally, many imagine she dated Kloss, and Glee star Dianna Agron, who stated it was ‘wildly unfaithful’ that they dated throughout an interview with Rolling Stone earlier this yr.

In 2014, Swift tweeted a request that as a ‘twenty fifth birthday current from the media’ that she would really like individuals to ‘cease accusing’ her of relationship all her buddies.

Swift and Kloss’ worlds first collided in 2012 when the Mean singer admitted to Vogue that she ‘love[s]’ Kloss and wished nothing greater than to ‘bake cookies along with her!’

Kloss bought wind of the praise and tried to get the ball rolling on a future hangout by tweeting out: ‘Hey @taylorswift13 love the @voguemagazine cowl! Your kitchen or mine? :)’

They have been first photographed collectively in November 2013 when the Grammy Award-winner served because the musical leisure for that yr’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which Kloss walked in.

Their friendship continued to develop in 2014 as they launched into an epic cross-country street journey and loved numerous nights out in New York City.

The duo even bought prepared collectively for the 2014 Met Gala, which they documented on Instagram.

Swift revealed to Rolling Stone that Kloss even had her personal room in her NYC house that was embellished with photos of the mannequin and included a basket of her favourite Whole Food treats by the mattress.

In November 2014, the besties shared an epic runway second as Swift carried out on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for a second time.

They held arms whereas making their approach down the catwalk and shared a number of enjoyable moments all through the televised present.

They went on to take their friendship to a complete new degree, Kloss and Swift teamed as much as pose for a joint Vogue cowl in February 2015.

Speaking to the outlet, Swift revealed that individuals in her inner-circle predicted that she’d someday be ‘greatest buddies’ with the mother-of-two.

They additionally marveled on the bodily resemblance between the pair.

‘People had been telling us for years we wanted to fulfill,’ stated the Pennsylvania native.

‘I bear in mind make-up artists and hair individuals going, ‘Doesn’t she remind you of Karlie? God, she and Karlie can be greatest buddies. They’re the identical.” 

Fans will bear in mind Kloss’ cameo in Swift’s Bad Blood music video that was launched in May 2015.

She starred within the epic manufacturing with the remainder of Swift’s now-defunct ‘mannequin squad’ that included of Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt, Cara Delevingne and Lily Aldridge.

Kloss portrayed the leather-clad boxer ‘Knockout,’ who faces off with Swift within the ring earlier than being recruited to her villainous crew.

Bad Blood gained the coveted Video Of The Year award on the MTV Video Music Awards and the Grammy for Best Music Video in 2016. Karlie and the remainder of the gals walked the VMAs pink carpet with Swift.

Karlie has attended all of Swift’s excursions since 2012, together with a London cease on the singer’s 1989 tour in the summertime of 2015.

Kloss and her ‘trip or die’ continued to flourish in 2016 as they attended Coachella collectively, spent Fourth Of July at Swift’s home in Rhode Island and continued to dine out in NYC.

But issues seemingly took a flip in 2017 as they have been now not photographed collectively in public and stopped showing on one another’s social media accounts.

Kloss did her greatest to quash the hypothesis by telling the NYT in March 2018 that she and Swift are nonetheless ‘good buddies’ and ‘speak incessantly.’

Months later, Kloss tried to show that each one is effectively on the planet of ‘Kaylor’ as she snapped a selfie with Swift backstage at her Reputation Tour live performance in Nashville, Tennessee.

Swift stayed silent on the state of her friendship with Kloss so the mannequin was left to deal with the hypothesis on her personal.

She gushed over Swift whereas showing on WWHL in 2019, telling host Andy Cohen that she ‘[feels] actually fortunate to name her a good friend’ and that Swift is ‘one of many hardest working girls.’

Kloss bought engaged to enterprise man Joshua Kushner in 2018 and so they held two marriage ceremony ceremonies in the summertime of 2019 — each of which Swift didn’t attend.

The visitor record included the likes of Swift’s former enemy Katy Perry and Kloss’ supervisor Scooter Braun.

She tried to clear issues up by having her rep reveal that Swift was invited however that work commitments prevented her from going. 

But a month prior, it was revealed that Braun had bought Taylor Swift’s unique label Big Machine Label Group from then-owner Scott Borchetta, 60, for a $330 million sum through his Ithaca Holdings firm.

Swift reacted the information with a weblog put up saying that for years she pleaded for an opportunity to personal her work however was solely given a chance to signal again as much as Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album again at a time, ‘one for each new one I turned in’.

She claimed within the put up that she ‘walked away as a result of I knew as soon as I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would promote the label, thereby promoting me and my future.’

Braun confronted livid backlash over a now-deleted Instagram put up that bragged about him ‘shopping for Taylor Swift’ as he claimed he tried to have a mature dialog along with her in regards to the buy of her catalog of previous albums.

Swift’s lawyer denied Borchetta’s declare that she had a chance to purchase her masters earlier than it was finally offered to Braun.

The following years Braun offered {the catalogue} for over $300 million and Swift accused him of denying her the possibility to personal her outdated masters.

The singer additionally claimed the masters have been offered with out her information, and she or he revealed the title of personal fairness firm Shamrock Holdings as the brand new homeowners of her work.

Kloss by no means publicly addressed the extreme back-and-forth between Swift and Braun.

Swift, whose newest re-record for her album 1989 comes out on Friday, has been  releasing re-recordings of her again catalog since 2021. 

After this week, she’s going to solely have her debut album, Taylor Swift, and Reputation left to rerecord.