Okay, hold up. Taylor Swift—yes, that Taylor Swift, the queen of shaking it off, the master of subtle shade, and the woman who’s made a whole career out of leaving Easter eggs in music videos—has just endorsed Kamala Harris for President. I know, I know, some of y’all are like, “Yassss, queen!” while the rest of us are sitting here, sipping our tea, thinking, “Wait… what?”
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all about Kamala Harris. This woman is smart, fierce, and has been slaying since day one. Vice President Harris is out here tackling real issues—criminal justice reform, civil rights, and oh, just keeping the country together while some folks out here act like it’s a circus. A Black and South Asian woman in the White House? Baby, I’m here for it. And seeing anyone stand up and say, “I got your back,” is a good thing. We need that kind of energy, especially from someone with a fanbase bigger than the Super Bowl.
But… Taylor Swift? Taylor Swift?! Y’all, let’s keep it 100. The girl’s biggest flex is making entire albums about her ex-boyfriends, and now she’s out here making political moves? How did we get here?
First of all, it’s great that Swift is using her platform to support someone as important as Kamala. Ain’t nobody mad at people with influence getting involved in politics—more of that, please! But it’s also a little wild that we live in a time when the same person who wrote “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is out here helping shape the future of our democracy. Girl, what?
It’s like going to the gym to work out, and your instructor is the same dude who was just on TikTok making dance videos. You respect the hustle, but you gotta wonder how we got from point A to point B.
And, okay, let’s talk about why this is infuriating. You got a woman like Kamala out here putting in decades of work, fighting for justice and equality, working her way to become the first female Vice President. She’s breaking ceilings that needed to be shattered a long time ago. But then, suddenly, boom—Taylor Swift walks in, drops a cute little Instagram post about Kamala, and it’s like she just brought a whole new wave of voters to the party.
Now, no shade to Taylor (girl, I respect your bag), but it’s like when you’ve been working on a group project for weeks, then that one person who didn’t do nothing shows up with snacks on presentation day, and the teacher’s like, “Wow, what a team effort!” Ugh. You know you wanna slap that tray of donuts right out their hands.
But here’s the tea—Taylor’s fans are diehard. They’re like a nation of their own. If Swift says, “Vote for Kamala,” millions of Swifties might be showing up to the polls like it’s a meet-and-greet. And let’s be real—if getting Kamala in office means we gotta deal with a little bit of pop star politics, I can hold my tongue. Even if it means pretending like Taylor’s political savvy is on par with her ability to rhyme “heartbreak” with “mistake.”
At the end of the day, though, this is what 2024 looks like. Influencers, musicians, comedians, whoever’s got the loudest mic is gonna step up and make moves. And hey, if they’re backing someone like Kamala Harris, it’s a step in the right direction. The world is a messy place, and sometimes you just gotta let the people who know how to write a breakup anthem also help shape national policy.
So, here’s to Taylor doing her thing and Kamala doing hers. If they make it to the White House together, I hope Taylor writes a song about it. Let’s call it, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together… Unless It’s In Politics.”
