After Taylor Swift made her big music comeback and revealed this week her plans to release a new album, Reputation, on Nov. 10, many people speculated the date was no coincidence. They noted on social media that Nov. 10 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the death of Kanye West’s mother Donda West.
Taylor and Kanye have feuded on and off for years and many listeners think their beef helped inspire the pop star’s new album. But a source close to Taylor’s record label, Big Machine Records denied the coincidence was intentional. He said, “It is standard practice that releases come out on Fridays and we locked in this release date based on other Universal Music Group releases. There is no correlation.”
Kanye and Taylor’s feud dates back to 2009, when he interrupted her at the 2009 MTV VMAs. He apologized on Twitter in 2010. Taylor and Kanye later reconciled publicly at the 2015 MTV VMAs but in February 2016, Kanye sparked controversy again and angered Taylor’s squad with his song “Famous,” which contains the lyrics, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that bitch famous.”
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