Charliโฃ XCX Posts cryptic Video โคFollowing โขTaylor Swift‘s Alleged Diss track
Pop star Charli XCX shared โขa puzzling video on social โฃmedia โคshortly โafter the release ofโ Taylor Swift’sโค new album, The Tortured Poets Department, fueling speculation that it’s โa response to a โฃpointed lyric widely โคbelieved to be about her. The video, posted to Instagram, features XCX lip-syncing to a distorted audio clip, with a deliberately unsettling visualโค aesthetic.
The exchange comesโ amid a long-simmering narrative ofโ a fractured friendship between the two artists. Swift’s song “The Smallest Manโฃ Who Ever Lived” includes the line, “I heard you call meโ ‘Boring Barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave,” โขwhich many fans interpret as a direct reference toโ XCX, who has alluded to drugโข use in her music.โฃ The perceived diss has ignited a flurry of discussionโฃ online,with fans dissecting the history โคbetween Swift and XCX,including XCX’s past connection to Swift’s โex-boyfriend,Matty Healy.
XCX previouslyโค openedโค for Swift on the “Reputation” tour in โค2018, and the pair even โฃperformed โtogether onstage. However, their โrelationship reportedlyโ cooled when XCX became romantically linked to Healy, lead singer of โThe 1975, and later married the band’s drummer, George Daniel. Despite the apparent tension,โ Swift publicly praised XCX’s 2024 album, โค Brat, telling โ Vulture she was “blown away” by the artist’s “surreal and inventive” songwriting. Swift was alsoโข seen enjoying XCX’s performance โat the 2025 grammys in February.
The release of The Tortured Poets Department and the subsequent social media activity have โthrust theโฃ artists’ dynamic โขback into the spotlight, leaving fans to speculate about โthe future of their relationship and whether โXCX’s video is a direct response to Swift’s lyrics.
