Courtney Love Slams Taylor Swift: She’s ‘Not Interesting’
Courtney Love seems to have “Bad Blood” with Taylor Swift. In a new interview with UK publication The Standard, the Hole frontwoman made her critical thoughts known about the pop icon.
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Courtney Love Slams Taylor Swift
Love stated bluntly: “Taylor is not important. She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”
Love, 59, further elaborated that she isn’t a fan of other pop artists, including the “Queen of Pop”: Madonna. She said both she and the “Popular” singer equally don’t like each other, without giving reason why. She gave Madge kudos for her role in the 1985 comedy thriller Desperately Seeking Susan, but “for the city of New York as much as her.”
Then, Love slammed one of Swift’s friends and collaborators, Lana Del Rey. Though Lana isn’t your typical mainstream pop, she recently made headlines for her recent Coachella set. Love harshly said of the “Video Games” singer: “I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off.” Unsure if Love meant in a physical sense or style of her music, she further explained that she thought highly of Lana before her recent “Take Me Home Country Roads” cover. But she’s clearly a Lana fan: she admitted to the publication that when she was recording her new album, she had to stop listening to Lana because her influence on her was that strong.
Strong Woman Tearing Women Down
When it comes to more current artists, Love gave a backhanded compliment to the “successful women” in the music industry, calling them a cliché. Though we have to agree with her sentiment about the influx of music out there, she states that “every successful woman is cloned.” It seems as though Love already had her thoughts to share from the start of her interview, with the publication’s opening paragraph quoting the rocker for being “completely disagreeable.” Swifties shouldn’t expect any apologies from Love after the interview, as she “always wanted to be known as a bitch. Being liked was never my thing.”
This isn’t the first time Love has come for a pop star half her age. In 2021, she accused Olivia Rodrigo of copying a Hole album cover. At the time, Love posted a photo of the then-18-year-old’s Sour Prom concert film promo on Instagram with the caption: “Spot the Difference! #twinning [wink emoji, queen emojis].”
Love was noting the similarities between the artwork and her 1994 Live Through This. Rodrigo acknowledged the similarities herself, commenting on Love’s post, “love u and live through this sooooo much.” To which Love boldly responded, “Olivia—you’re welcome. My favorite florist is in Notting Hill, London! Dm me for deets! I look forward to reading your note!” She added more thoughts about how she found Rodrigo and her label “rude” for not asking her or her Hole album cover photographer for permission. She added, “It’s happened my whole career so I d c . But manners is manners !” At the time, folks called out Love for being “a 56yr old, picking a one sided fight with olivia rodrigo, a 18yr old, over a concept that wasn’t even hers to begin with while olivia just ignores her and doesn’t give af is ridiculous bye.”
6 Wild Moments From Coachella
Coachella 2024’s first weekend came and went with a bang. The famous California Music & Arts Festival had us in shock and awe with amazing special guests throughout the weekend.
During weekend one, big names like Bebe Rexha, Tems, Victoria Monet, Renee Rapp, Tyler, the Creator, Lana Del Rey, Ice Spice, Sublime, Vampire Weekend, Doja Cat, J Balvin, Jhene Aiko, No Doubt, Coi Leray, Grimes, 21 Savage, Lauryn Hill, Taking Back Sunday, Lil Yachty, and many more.
As always, famous faces were in attendance, watching their friends perform and letting loose with the rest of the crowd. Notably, Justin Bieber showed up without his wife, Hailey Bieber, adding to the rumors that their marriage isn’t doing well. Meanwhile, love birds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce hit up multiple stages, watching from the pit and getting super affectionate.
While folks were expecting perfect shows and wild special guests brought on stage during performances, there were some artists who dropped the ball during their set. Grimes kept fumbling with her mixes during her set. She told the crowd that there has never been a show of hers without a “technical difficulty,” and as she tried to explain to the Coachella crowd, she said, “Don’t blame me because it’s not my fault! Well, it’s partially my fault, but it’s not entirely my fault.” In the “classic Grimes fashion,” the musician added that her songs had been set to a double tempo and had to do “a lot of internal math” to try to get it sorted to play for the patiently waiting crowd.
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On social media, however, fans were making fun of her meltdown at the technical difficulties, with users pointing out that this isn’t the first time Grimes has done this at her concerts. Meanwhile, one fan said, “This could be the worst performance in the history of Coachella.” She took to X (formerly Twitter) to issue a formal apology to fans. Adding that she “admittedly am not in the best mood atm,” Grimes said her set next week “will be flawless.”
Besides the mishaps, there were plenty of awe-inspiring, wild moments from Coachella’s first weekend.
Take a look below at the 6 wild moments from Coachella:
