Taylor Swift Disses Charli XCX on "Actually Romantic"

Taylor Swift has released her new album, The Life of a Showgirl , and on the track “Actually Romantic,” she seemingly takes aim at Charli XCX .

The origins of their apparent “beef” began last year when Charli XCX released her acclaimed album Brat , which featured the song “Sympathy is a knife.” While not explicitly referencing Swift (or really a “diss track,” at that), the song captures Charli XCX expressing her anxiety towards an unnamed woman, singing “This one girl taps my insecurities” and later “Don’t want to see her backstage at my boyfriend’s show/ Fingers crossed behind my back, I hope they break up quick.” The latter line particularly signals a reference to Swift: Charli’s now-husband is The 1975’s George Daniel, and Swift and 1975 singer Matty Healy were rumored to be