Taylor Swift v. Damon Albarn: Fans Don’t Accept His ‘Apology’

Yesterday, Damon Albarn accused Taylor Swift of NOT writing her own songs.

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That statement was false, and Taylor Swift took to Twitter to remind her critics just that!

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“Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging,” she tweeted.

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Producer Jack Antonoff also jumped in to tell Albarn to “shut the f--- up.”

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Albarn said that he apologized “unreservedly and unconditionally” in the comments.

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He said that his conversation about songwriter was “sadly” “reduced to clickbait.”

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However, most fans weren’t buying it.

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“What part of this was reduced to clickbait?” one fan asked alongside a copy of the interview.

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“Don’t gaslight… because you never thought she’d call you out,” they added.

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