Taylor Swift and Katy Perry have a long and complicated history, dating back publicly to 2009. It wasn't all sunshine and roses: The friendly relationship between two of the world's biggest pop stars allegedly soured in 2013—but now Swift and Perry are back on good terms. We know about this thanks to an Instagram post on Perry's feed this week that featured a plate of cookies that says, "Peace at last," with the caption "feels good 🧡 @taylorswift." Swift, for her part, responded with several beating-heart emoji.
Now that they're pals again, rumors swirled that there might be a collaboration in the works. Some fan theories took things even further, reports People, by speculating about the music video for the just-released "You Need to Calm Down," which many see as an antihate, pro-LGBTQ+ song—and one person had a question about it for Swift. As they wrote on Tumblr, “Hey uhhhh @taylorswift not to question you but you do know there’s a leaked concept that you and katy dress as fries and a burger and kiss. you do know that’s dumb, right? please tell me you know it’s dumb."
With any Taylor Swift project, there are always a ton of theories floating around the Internet—and she's even admitted to hiding Easter eggs in videos and posts for her fans to analyze. But Swift is also known for dipping into her fans' posts and commenting on the validity of such rumors—and she chose to do just that this time.
Her answer? It's a hard no.
“GUYS. That is ABSOLUTELY false. To be an ally is to understand the difference between advocating and baiting. Anyone trying to twist this positivity into something it isn’t needs to calm down. It costs zero dollars to not step on our gowns. 💗✌️” (See how she worked in a few lyrics from her latest single, "You Need to Calm Down," in there?)
A fan account captured the entire exchange and posted it to Instagram, which you can see below.
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Although it might be fun to see Perry bust out her Met Gala burger costume one more time, we have to agree with Swift's thinking here. That said, these two collaborating on a track? That's definitely on our wish list.
