Taylor Swift blasts fake stories: “My friends do not rat”

Posted On October 5, 2025October 5, 2025

Taylor Swift has praised her friends for keeping her latest album, Life of a Showgirl, a secret for so long, hitting out against stories in the media that “are absolutely not true”.

The singer-songwriter’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, was released on October 3rd. On the full-length, Swift calls out a fellow industry performer, who many fans are speculating is Charli XCX, in ‘Actually Romantic’. Many of her lyrics deal with the reality of being at the centre of media discourse, such as the song ‘Cancelled!’

When asked on BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show how she kept the project a secret for so long, Swift shared, “My friends don’t rat. They do not rat.”

She continued, “And you can tell by the amount of stories about me that are out there that are absolutely not true, because all of my friends had heard the music a year ago. They know about my life. They know what’s going on. They do not snitch. It is phenomenal. I’ve got a really good circle of friends. It takes a while to get there.”

She added, “I feel so proud about that. But yeah, my friends know everything just like anybody’s friends know everything. And they, the thing is that they just don’t.”

However, the ‘Cruel Summer’ singer also revealed that the label was kept in the dark about her new music. “The label didn’t know at all. Until we had, until the record was done and we had made and we’d shot all of the art, we’d done everything, we do keep that close to the vest because, you know, I think it’s fun to surprise them, honestly, it’s really fun.”

Alongside the album release, Swift released a theatrical movie companion, titled Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, which is currently dominating at the box office. It is projected to earn $30 to $32million by the end of the weekend, providing tough competition for Dwayne Johnson’s latest movie.

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