It must take a lot to be Taylor Swift. One can assume she is always in the spotlight unless she is camped out at one of her homes with the windows shut. Even then, she can't be too sure because of the weird, and sometimes icky, world we live in.
Because so many people speculate on all things Swift, she sometimes has to answer questions about her work and life she doesn't want to. That includes whether she and her longtime collaborator, Jack Antonoff, are on the outs. The answer is that they aren't.
Swift said as much in an interview with the New York Times that was published on April 28. The pop icon said, "Jack Antonoff is a collaborator of mine. and one of my best friends."
Taylor Swift confirms she is not beefing with Jack Antonoff
The speculation that a rift exists started when people learned that Swift's most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl, wasn't being produced by Antonoff. Instead, the record was produced by the singer, Max Martin, and Shellback. The latter had worked with Swift before.
While many musical artists do work with the same producer throughout much of their career (think the Beatles and George Martin), even if Swift made the rest of her albums with Antonoff, she wouldn't have made every record in her career with the producer and songwriter. In other words, her not working with Antonoff shouldn't be so shocking, and they could work together again.
Taylor Swift is doing things besides answering questions about Jack Antonoff. The icon and the Venable law firm filed three trademark applications recently that appear set to help Swift control some of the narrative of her likeness in terms of AI use.
Her trademarking certain items will keep AI generators from using her image without paying her a nice sum, if the use is approved at all.
Two of the applications are trademarks of her voice, saying, "Hey, it's Taylor Swift" and "Hey, it's Taylor."
The third application is a visual trademark that is described as "a photograph of Taylor Swift holding a pink guitar, with a black strap and wearing a multicolored iridescent bodysuit with silver boots. She is standing on a pink stage in front of a multicolored microphone with purple lights in the background."
Taylor Swift is not immune to having her likeness stolen to be used in a way she would not prefer. In 2024, for instance, she was shown to be endorsing Donald Trump in his campaign for president. The issue is that once people see "Swift" doing so will make some think she truly was in favor of his candidacy when she wasn't.
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