Taylor Swift released '1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ on Friday and addressed her squad and speculation about her sexuality in the liner notes.
Ilana Kaplan is a Senior Digital Writer/Editor at PEOPLE. They have been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Their work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more., the"Cruel Summer" singer, 33, addressed how she tried to change her"behavior" by focusing on her female friendships after she struggled to date"like a normal young woman.
For Swift, it became "clear" that "casual dating" or having a "platonic" male friend wasn't possible for her."If I was seen with him, it was assumed I was sleeping with him. And so I swore off hanging out with guys, dating, flirting or anything that could be weaponized against me by a culture that claimed to believe in liberating women but consistently treated me with the harsh moral codes of the Victorian era," she continues.
"I swore off dating and decided to only focus on myself, my music, my growth, and my female friendships. If I only hung out with my female friends, people couldn't sensationalize or sexualize that — right? I would learn later on that people could and people would," she writes."I’ll always be so incredibly grateful for how you loved and embraced this album. You, who followed my zig zag creative choices and cheered on my risks and experiments.
Hailee Steinfeld, Lily Aldridge, Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid and Lena Dunham during The 1989 World Tour Live at MetLife Stadium in July 2015 in New Jersey.to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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