Sympathy is a knife, and Taylor Swift has none of it. Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl came out October 3, and smack-dab in the middle of the 12-song album comes “Actually Romantic.” “Actually Romantic” doesn’t mention anyone by name, but it’s a clear sideswipe at a certain singer who’s friends with one of her exes, has a predilection for coke , and wrote her a song. It’s true: In the year of our Lord 2025, Taylor Swift dropped a diss track about Charli XCX.

“I heard you call me ‘boring Barbie’ when the coke’s got your brain,” Swift opens the track. “High-fived my ex and then you said you’re glad he ghosted me.” In just a few lines, Swift calls Charli out for being mean to her during their overlap dating Matty Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 and for supporting Healy (who’s now

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