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Timeline Of The Swift-West-Kardashian Feud: After 14 Years, A Detail Shows That This Feud Has Not Been Erased But Has Become More And More Dramatic During Taylor Swift’s Concert! 😱😱 (Video in below 👇👇)
Bad Blood: A Timeline of the Swift-West-Kardashian Feud!
Feuds don’t get more colossal than the one between two of the biggest stars in music. (And the reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who was married to West for a time, has been involved too.) There has been a leaked tape, diss tracks and videos, and a naked wax figure. The latest salvo came in Swift’s interview with Time magazine after the publication chose her as Person of the Year.
The story has bubbled up even more as fans analyze Swift’s newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” released in April, which included at least one song that seemed to reference the feud.
Here’s the decade-long story of how the feud has progressed.
The story has bubbled up even more as fans analyze Swift’s newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” released in April, which included at least one song that seemed to reference the feud.
Here’s the decade-long story of how the feud has progressed.
West interrupts Swift.
West interrupts Swift as she accepts the award for best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009.Credit…Jason Decrow/Associated Press
The incident that started it all. Swift, 19, goes onstage at Radio City Music Hall to accept the MTV Video Music Award for best female video for “You Belong With Me,” after defeating Beyoncé, among others.
She has barely said thank you when West, 32, bum rushes the stage, takes her microphone and declares: “I’m really happy for you; I’m going to let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time
As the crowd jeers, Swift, confused, does not finish her speech. When Beyoncé wins the video of the year award for “Single Ladies” later in the evening, she invites Swift onstage to rectify that.
West’s remarks quickly become the subject of memes, with one showing him interrupting the signing of the Declaration of Independence to declare that Magna Carta was better.
The New York Times said: “Mr. West remained the evening’s villain in absentia, and each mention of his name was jeered for all the subsequent categories in which he was nominated.”
West says he is ‘truly sorry.’
With public opinion sharply against him, West begins an apology tour, writing on social media: “That was Taylor’s moment, and I had no right in any way to take it from her. I am truly sorry.” West appeared on the first episode of Jay Leno’s new prime time talk show to apologize again.
Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson are among the performers who lined up to support Swift.
The drama reaches the White House, as President Barack Obama declares that West is “a jackass.”
The Times said: “The ladies of ‘The View’ acted as if Ms. Swift were recovering from a physical assault or the loss of a loved one.”
Swift releases the single “Innocent” from her “Speak Now” album and acknowledges that it is about West.
It includes the lyric “Time turns flames to embers / You’ll have new Septembers / Every one of us has messed up, too / Minds change like the weather.” She performs it at the V.M.A.s a year after the original incident.
The Times said: “Choosing to tackle last year’s events head-on, Ms. Swift — a victim, but no naïf — performed a new song, ‘Innocent,’ directed at Mr. West, an extremely savvy insult masquerading as the high road.”
The hatchet is buried.
Time seems to heal the rift, and the V.M.A.s, where the dispute began, seems to be the place where it ends. Swift presents West with a lifetime achievement award and says, “Kanye defines what it is to be a creative force in music, fashion and, well, life.”
West soaks in a prolonged ovation, then gives a 10-minute acceptance speech that does not quite include an apology.
The Times said: “He floated through an extemporaneous speech covering the importance of the artist’s opinion, the cynicism of MTV, the tears of Justin Timberlake when he lost at the 2007 Grammys, and a joking announcement of a 2020 presidential run.”
West takes credit in ‘Famous’ for Swift’s fame.
Or maybe the feud isn’t over. A new song from West’s “The Life of Pablo” album, “Famous,” includes the lyric: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that bitch famous.”
The sides trade accusations. After reports emerge that Swift had approved the song, a spokeswoman for Swift says she had cautioned West “about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message” and adds that the singer “was never made aware” of the use of the word bitch in the lyric.
West says on Twitter, “First thing is, I’m an artist, and as an artist I will express how I feel with no censorship.” He claims that Swift once said West had made her famous.
Any subtlety in the lyrics of “Famous” vanishes in the video, which features naked wax figures depicting several celebrities in bed together, including Swift. West is positioned between the Swift figure and his wife, Kim Kardashian.
The Times said: “Kanye West and Taylor Swift just can’t quit each other.”