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11:26 pm - 02/10/2013

Did Taylor Swift Take A Shot At Ex Harry Styles During Grammys Opening Number?

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Okay, so everyone knows that Taylor Swift has no problem calling out ex-boyfriends in her songs. The superstar made one of her most pointed barbs in history Sunday night at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, however, when she took what appeared to be an unmistakable shot at One Direction’s Harry Styles during her opening number.
Swift used the spoken bridge of her hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” to seemingly slam her recent ex Styles, abruptly switching into an exaggerated English accent (Styles is British). “So he calls me up and he’s like ‘Ah still louve you,’” she drawled. “And I’m like 'I’m sorry, I’m busy opening up the Grammys…and we are never getting back together!'” Bam.

In addition to the indirect but hard-to-miss dis, Swift’s performance was aggressive in general. Her stage show featured a harried-looking actor playing the part of crushed boyfriend—whom a circus-ringmaster-garbed Swift spun around on a wheel, kicked over, and generally treated fiercely.
This isn’t the first time Swift’s taken the liberty of, well, for all intents and purposes barbecuing a boy in front of an audience of millions. Styles at least was spared the embarrassment of being called out by name: In 2009, Swift famously referenced ex Joe Jonas out during an appearance on Saturday Night Live: “Hey Joe. I'm doing real well. I'm hosting SNL.”

The Grammy-opening performance of “WANEGBT” differed remarkably from the singer’s last awards-show performance of the hit—namely, her appearance at the 2012 VMAs, where she gave a sunny, drama-free rendition of the tune dressed casually and backed up by a troupe of dancers in capris and sneakers. At the time, Swift was in the midst of a whirlwind romance with Conor Kennedy, son of American royalty Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Swift began dating Styles in late fall of 2012; the pair broke up abruptly in January 2013.

performance clip at source
jennyfinnly 11th-Feb-2013 04:41 am (UTC)
what does he sound like?

i've never heard him speak/sing
makahakat 11th-Feb-2013 04:43 am (UTC)
he has a shockingly deep voice actually (imo)! but his speed is like he just drank an entire bottle of nyquil or something
jennyfinnly 11th-Feb-2013 04:46 am (UTC)
hmm, i must investigate
jennyfinnly 11th-Feb-2013 04:52 am (UTC)
oic

that was rather shockingly deep
xanvalleys 11th-Feb-2013 04:58 am (UTC)
it took me by surprise the first time i heard him bc he looks so young (i mean he is, but w/e)
superchocobear 11th-Feb-2013 08:09 am (UTC)
Pls tell me he was actually high in that audio post bc damn, I knew he speaks slowly but that was extreme
hellomeru 11th-Feb-2013 04:56 am (UTC)
jennyfinnly 11th-Feb-2013 05:05 am (UTC)
i can notice the slow pacing here
bittermunchkin 11th-Feb-2013 05:32 am (UTC)
wtf at this interview.

His mannerisms remind me of Mick Jagger.
hellomeru 11th-Feb-2013 05:34 am (UTC)
his true father tbh

bittermunchkin 11th-Feb-2013 05:37 am (UTC)
Yeah, he would look like a clone if he had the lips. I went through a phase where I watched a bunch of old rock videos and young Mick had that slow way about him too.

Edited at 2013-02-11 05:39 am (UTC)
superchocobear 11th-Feb-2013 07:52 am (UTC)
Unf, I love them.
rogue 11th-Feb-2013 05:40 am (UTC)
wait did she say him wetting himself was a way of rationing and saving toilet paper

...men dont use toilet paper when they pee. of all the things to miss researching before this interview
green__desire 11th-Feb-2013 04:04 pm (UTC)
He sounds like Rupert Grint, who I also assume is just stoned all the time.
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