Charli XCX was the shock “Sally” throughout Position Mannequin's Saturday Night time Reside debut, however did she subtly react to Taylor Swift's lyrical allusion within the course of?
Position Mannequin, 28, carried out his hit “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” throughout the Saturday, October 11, episode of SNL, enlisting Charli, 33, for a cameo. After Position Mannequin launched his “Sally,” Charli strutted on stage in a leather-based miniskirt, sun shades and a T-shirt that learn “Max's Kansas Metropolis.”
A handful of followers shortly speculated whether or not the Brat musician's high was a refined response to Swift, 35, who presumably name-checked their alleged beef on her Lifetime of a Showgirl track, “Really Romantic.”
“The KC T-shirt … oh tiny chihuahua, you can be handled,” one fan wrote through X, quoting a lyric from “Really Romantic.”
One other added, “OK and the way [long] has Charli been going round and speaking s*** about Taylor? SHE'S too previous to be doing this.”
Swift, in fact, has been spending extra time in Kansas Metropolis ever since she began courting her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce, in 2023. (Kelce, 36, is the beginning tight finish for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.)
Taylor Swift. XNY/Star Max/GC Photos
Different followers, nonetheless, didn't suppose Charli's shirt was a dig at Swift in any respect, noting that Position Mannequin (born Tucker Harrington Pillsbury) wore an analogous piece for his SNL promos earlier this week.
“Charli XCX carrying Tucker's shirt as his Sally,” a 3rd social media consumer wrote, with a fourth chiming in, “As each a Taylor and [Role Model] stan this has nothing to do with Taylor and all the things to do with a bit [Role Model] has about having beef with Charli per week in the past none of you cared so transfer on.”
The supposed drama between Swift and Charli, who beforehand opened for the 14-time Grammy winner on her Popularity tour, reached a fever pitch when Swift's Showgirl dropped on October 3.
Some Charli XCX followers are satisfied that the Brat observe “Sympathy Is a Knife” is about Taylor Swift, however Charli says that's not precisely the case. “Persons are gonna suppose what they wish to suppose,” Charli, 32, instructed New York journal in a canopy story interview revealed Monday, August 25. “That track is about me […]
“I heard you name me ‘Boring Barbie' when the coke's received you courageous / Excessive-fived my ex and then you definitely stated you're glad he ghosted me,” Swift sings on “Really Romantic,” seemingly referring to ex Matty Healy, who's within the band The 1975 with Charli's husband, George Daniel. “Wrote me a track saying it makes you sick to see my face / Some individuals is likely to be offended.”
Swift continues, “However it's really candy / On a regular basis you've spent on me / It's truthfully wild / All the trouble you've put in.”
Charli followers had beforehand theorized that her hit 2024 track “Sympathy Is a Knife” was an ode to her feud with Swift, although the British singer publicly denied the claims on the time. Swift, in the meantime, has but to verify whether or not “Really Romantic” was impressed by Charli.
Amy Poehler, Position Mannequin and Bowen Yang. Rosalind O' Connor / NBC
“The track ‘Really Romantic' is type of a love letter to somebody who hates you,” Swift stated throughout her “Launch Social gathering of a Showgirl” occasion held earlier this month. “It's, like, generally you don't know that you just're part of another person's tales, however you're. There could be this second, the place [it's revealed] to you thru issues that they do which are very overt.”
She concluded, As I've gotten older, I've began being, like, ‘Oh my God, you probably did a lot with this. It's flattering. I don't hate you, and I don't take into consideration all this.'”
Saturday Night time Reside airs on NBC Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET.
