Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to Taylor Swift NewsletterCaret DownAfter Everyone Thought She Dissed Charli XCX, Taylor Swift Has Explained The Meaning Of "Actually Romantic"Hmm.by Larry FitzmauriceBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Taylor Swift If you've been online at all in the last 48 hours, you're already aware of the conversation surrounding Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl song "Actually Romantic" - and how it's widely believed to be a diss track against Charli XCX. Kevin Mazur / WireImage The whole situation is honestly so convoluted that I'm gonna direct you to this handy-dandy explainer on what's going on with it - but, the bottom line is, it's a divisive moment on an album that's already proving to be fairly divisive. George Pimentel/LP5 Now, if you're familiar with Taylor's overall deal, you already know that she has a storied history of throwing ill subliminals in song without actually ever revealing who those subliminals are about. It's usually fairly obvious as to the target, but she stays mum when it comes to confirming who it is. David Eulitt / Getty Images However! People points out that Taylor breaks down the meaning of "Actually Romantic" in her recorded intro for the song on Amazon Music - and her comments provide a breadcrumb or two for anyone on the diss-track trail. James Devaney / GC Images BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicThink you're Blondie's biggest fan? Put your ~reputation~ to the test.
See our Taylor Swift Discussions In the intro, Taylor describes "Actually Romantic" as "a song about realizing that someone else has kind of had a one-sided, adversarial relationship with you that you didn't know about." Steve Granitz / FilmMagic "And all of a sudden they start doing too much and they start letting you know that actually, you've been living in their head rent-free and you had no idea," she continues. "It's presenting itself as them sort of resenting you or having a problem with you but you take that and just accept it as love and you accept it as attention and affection, and how flattering that somebody has made you such a big part of their reality when you didn't even think about this." James Devaney / GC Images "It's actually pretty romantic if you really think about it." MICHAEL TRAN / AFP via Getty Images Hmm. The plot thickens? Or maybe not. Guess we'll have to see!