Courtney Love says Taylor Swift is ‘not fascinating’ or ‘essential’

Music

By Nicki Cox

Courtney Love didn’t maintain again when requested how she felt about a number of standard feminine artists — together with Taylor Swift.

In line with an interview printed by the Standard Monday, the 59-year-old “positively hates the thought” of Swift. 

“Taylor just isn’t essential,” Love stated of the 14-time Grammy winner. “She may be a secure area for ladies, and she or he’s most likely the Madonna of now, however she’s not fascinating as an artist.”

Love made the stunning assertion whereas selling her new collection, “Courtney Love’s Girls,” wherein she displays on the varied ladies in music who’ve formed her profession.

Nevertheless, her feedback didn’t sit proper with Swifites and lots of identified that Love seemingly appreciated Swift sufficient to want the “Merciless Summer time” singer a cheerful birthday on Facebook just some years in the past.

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“Blissful belated birthday @taylorswift, aspirational enormous position mannequin for a lot of younger ladies & occasional hair twin / neighbour,” Love wrote in December 2021 alongside a photograph of the 2.

After slamming the “Anti-Hero” singer, Love didn’t mince phrases when mentioning Lana Del Rey, who she stated “ought to actually take seven years off.”

“I haven’t appreciated Lana since she coated a John Denver tune,” she stated of the “Younger & Stunning” singer. “Up till ‘Take Me Dwelling Nation Roads’ I believed she was nice.”

Regardless of not liking Del Rey’s music, Love admitted that she needed to cease listening to the Coachella headliner whereas recording her new album as a result of it was “influencing [her] an excessive amount of.”

Love — who additionally stated she doesn’t “like” Madonna — then took one remaining shot at Beyoncé, who just lately turned the primary black girl to guide the High Nation Albums Chart following the discharge of “Cowboy Carter.”

“I imply, I like the thought of Beyoncé doing a nation document as a result of it’s about Black ladies going into areas the place beforehand solely white ladies have been allowed, not that I prefer it a lot,” she stated.

“As an idea, I like it. I simply don’t like her music.”

Following her feedback, followers from a number of totally different corners of the web took to X to blast the “Mono” singer for “publicly placing down fellow feminine artists” whereas selling a collection that’s purported to be concerning the significance of girls in music.

“She is jealous, I don’t even know her,” one fan wrote. “Taylor is a world-class artist.”

“Courtney love at all times coming for girls youthful and prettier than her, like go discover one thing to do granny,” one other wrote.

“100 years from now, the identify Courtney Love will imply nothing,” a 3rd fan added. “Not a single individual will know who she is. However when Taylor Swift is talked about, folks will bear in mind how she was in a position to join with thousands and thousands of individuals via [sic] her music, cherished her followers, and fought for artists’ rights.”

“I’m laughing at folks being shocked that Courtney Love is hating on different feminine artists,” a fourth joked. “Welcome to 1992!!! Homegirl has been a hater because the 90s.”

Nevertheless, Love appears to agree.

In her interview, the musician admitted that she is “utterly unpleasant” and stated she is “by no means going to [apologize] for that.”

“I at all times wished to be often called a bitch,” she added. “Being appreciated was by no means my factor.”