Taylor Swift joked about being interrupted on stage, 14 years after Kanye West stole her mic at the VMAs
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- Taylor Swift joked about being interrupted during her recent concert in Mexico City.
- "People chanting your name, it's really the only way to be interrupted. And I would know," she said.
- Fans think the quip was a dig at Kanye West, who infamously crashed her speech at the 2009 VMAs.
Taylor Swift made a joke at a recent show that sounded like a dig at Ye, the rapper and nemesis formerly known as Kanye West.
During her Sunday night performance in Mexico City, Swift thanked the crowd for being enthusiastic and welcoming.
"People chanting your name, it's really the only way to be interrupted. And I would know," she said, laughing and changing the subject immediately after.
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Naturally, fans were reminded of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when Ye crashed the stage during Swift's acceptance speech. He took the mic from her hands and said that Beyoncé deserved to win instead. ("You Belong With Me" had beaten "Single Ladies" for best female video, although Beyoncé went on to win video of the year later that night.)
Swift opened up about the incident in the 2020 Netflix documentary "Miss Americana."
"At the time, I didn't know they were booing him doing that. I thought that they were booing me. For someone who's built their whole belief system on getting people to clap for you, the whole crowd booing is a pretty formative experience," she said.
"That was sort of a catalyst for a lot of psychological paths that I went down," she continued. "And not all of them were beneficial."
Swift added: "I really just went to this place where I was like, 'I'm gonna prove myself. I'm gonna make sure people know I deserve to be here."
Swift is currently in the midst of her groundbreaking Eras Tour, which critics have praised as "the apotheosis of what a pop superstar tour can be" and economists have credited with boosting the US economy.
After a 10-week hiatus, Swift will kick off the South American leg on November 9 in Argentina.