SHADY LADY: Taylor Swift Is Straight Trolling Kanye West With Her New Merch
ICYMI the old Taylor Swift is dead, and the new Taylor is throwing low-key shade all over Hollywood.
Following a whirlwind week of Tay-Tay news, starting from a series of mysterious but unsubtle snake GIFs, and dropping her comeback revenge single ‘Look What You Made Me Do’, the pop singer is now being accused of copying Kanye West.
As Swift launched her album art for ‘Reputation’ and line of merchanise, comparisons were quickly made between the pop star’s style and West’s Yeezy fashion line and ‘Life of Pablo’ promo materials.
Here’s some of Taylor’s merch:
(3) #REPUTATION MERCH:https://t.co/iHWRKjIUgk pic.twitter.com/XVwLRO42ZU
— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNewsCOM) August 25, 2017
(2) #REPUTATION MERCH:https://t.co/iHWRKjIUgk pic.twitter.com/YwKXLhbt24
— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNewsCOM) August 25, 2017
you can really buy life of pablo-style merch and SNAKE RINGS on taylor's website. i'm crying. #LookWhatYouMadeMeDo pic.twitter.com/82NeAvt6fk
— emmy???? (@emmmycollins) August 25, 2017
While this is a sampling of the ‘Life of Pablo’ line:
Kanye West's 'Life of Pablo' merch nominated for Beazley Design of the Year Award. https://t.co/7LPwR5yQqE pic.twitter.com/xpKay3xxVg
— Complex Style (@ComplexStyle) August 16, 2017
#KanyeWest #Clothing Kanye West Paris Saint Pablo Tour Merchandise Vogue Party TLOP #Yeezus Size L New https://t.co/Ni9zx2T0Ko #Onsale pic.twitter.com/WiEhbTfyEP
— Kanye West Things (@KanyeWestThings) August 23, 2017
There’s no denying that Swift’s entire rebranding uses a very very similiar gothic font to West’s fashion line.
Did Taylor try and shade Kanye with a FONT?! pic.twitter.com/8PKLVjQ5A3
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) August 23, 2017
Yeezy fans are mighty pissed that Swift has borrowed so heavily from West’s aesthetic. While it’s not a straight copy (gotta avoid those lawsuits, huh) it’s similar enough to be more than just a coincidence.
Okay this shit has gotta stop. #LookWhatYouMadeMeDo pic.twitter.com/Np51BmSDZZ
— Sam Rullo (@SamRullo) August 25, 2017
Taylor Swift seems to be taking the "if you can't beat them, just steal all their merch ideas and complain about them" approach with Kanye.
— Teddy Mosher (@mosh_0) August 25, 2017
For an artist all about women empowerment, Taylor Swift has no problem embracing a victim mentality & profiting off of Kanye publicity/merch
— Track (@panechotr) August 25, 2017
Kanye’s “Pablo Pop-up Shop” vs. Taylor Swift’s Reputation pic.twitter.com/xHNxEtBawi
— ???? Reputation ???? (@marjswifter) August 23, 2017
Taylor Swift seems to be taking the "if you can't beat them, just steal all their merch ideas and complain about them" approach with Kanye.
— Teddy Mosher (@mosh_0) August 25, 2017
However, some users have pointed out that Swift is simply using the classic The New York Times font, which connects to her new album, playing up the media’s representation of her, which in turn affected her…reputation.
its the ny times font lol pic.twitter.com/b99cOMjXzh
— aldin (@hellakendrick) August 23, 2017
Either way, knowing Swift’s history of making calculated PR moves, the font choice was probz not an accident.