Taylor Swift says she's 'obsessed' with learning more about politics, new music is politically focused

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Taylor Swift said her new album "Lover" is her most politically engaged body of music yet.

The 29-year-old Grammy winner revealed in a tell-all interview with Rolling Stone magazine that she consciously made that choice because she was so deeply affected by the 2016 presidential election and the 2018 midterm elections.

She specifically touched upon the lyrics in her new song “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” and its obvious metaphors.

"There are so many influences that go into that particular song. I wrote it a couple of months after midterm elections, and I wanted to take the idea of politics and pick a metaphorical place for that to exist. And so I was thinking about a traditional American high school, where there are all these kinds of social events that could make someone feel completely alienated," she told the publication.

"And I think a lot of people in our political landscape are just feeling like we need to huddle up under the bleachers and figure out a plan to make things better."

Swift also talked about how she dealt with the discovery that a white supremacist website reportedly suggested the singer aligned with their views.

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"I didn’t even see that, but, like, if that happened, that’s just disgusting," she admitted.

"There’s literally nothing worse than white supremacy. It’s repulsive. There should be no place for it. Really, I keep trying to learn as much as I can about politics, and it’s become something I’m now obsessed with, whereas before, I was living in this sort of political ambivalence because the person I voted for had always won. We were in such an amazing time when Obama was president because foreign nations respected us," Swift continued.

"We were so excited to have this dignified person in the White House. My first election was voting for him when he made it into the office and then voting to reelect him. I think a lot of people are like me, where they just didn’t really know that this could happen. But I’m just focused on the 2020 election. I’m really focused on it. I’m really focused on how I can help and not hinder. Because I also don’t want it to backfire again, because I do feel that the celebrity involvement with Hillary’s campaign was used against her in a lot of ways."

Swift said she wished she'd gotten more involved with politics at an earlier stage in her career but also said she was convinced her views would backfire and herself and the candidate she chose to support.

"It’s a very powerful thing when you legitimately feel like numbers have proven that pretty much everyone hates you," she said.
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