I love Taylor Swift.

I own every single one of her albums, follow her on all forms of social media and know all the words to most of her songs. That being said, I always thought she was an amazing young woman that inspired me to become a better person. She was my role model.

That being said, when I first heard the song "Famous" by Kanye West which featured the lyric "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex why? I made that b**** famous" I thought it was pretty rude considering their shaky history and Taylor would definitely be upset over it. She made her frustration for the song pretty clear in her acceptance of the Album of the Year award at the 2016 Grammys stating "[…] there are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame." I didn't think much about the whole thing and thought it would just be over and done with, fading into the background as time progressed.

Boy, was I wrong.

Flash forward a few months to July and everyone started talking about Kim Kardashian leaking snapchats of Taylor telling Kanye that "[…] yeah I mean go with whatever line you think is better. […] I really appreciate you telling me about it, that's really nice." after Kanye read the line he was thinking of using, however, failing to mention the lyric that contained the b-word. Quickly, things got out of control and Taylor took to Twitter calling this 'character assassination' and that she "would very much like to be excluded from this narrative"

As a devout Taylor fan, I didn't know how to feel about this whole thing. She was my inspiration, someone that I looked up to. How could she do this? How could the artist I defended time and time again to my friends act like this? Then I started to do some research.

Over the years, there has been a lot of drama surrounding Taylor Swift. I have always taken her side, without even reading the other person's reasoning for the drama. Looking at the other side now, I see Taylor likes to sometimes take things out of proportion or even play the victim in many situations. Some of her music, such as "Dear John" about ex-boyfriend John Meyer, has played a huge impact on the people it's about, and they also 'never asked to be a part of this narrative'. I notice, like myself, she makes it appear like the world is against her and she has to stand her ground even when there is no ground to stand. A prime example is when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey made a lighthearted joke about her dating habits and she responded with "there's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

The bottom line, although this drama had crushed the pedestal I put Taylor Swift on, it also made me realize quite a lot. No one is perfect, not even celebrities. You can't allow yourself to feel the world is against you because in the end, it causes more drama and stress than it does anything else. Lastly, watch what you say because it can always come back to bite you. I still love you, Taylor, but stop causing drama where drama doesn't belong.