Taylor Swift 'felt like personal life was out of control'/2017 Reputation

Taylor Swift 'felt like personal life was out of control'/2017 Reputation



Taylor Swift has spent most of 2017 out of the limelight after years of feuds and break-ups.

And perhaps the reason to stay out of the spotlight is so the megastar could gain some control in her life.

The 27-year-old star felt like she needed the time off to reinvent herself according to a Tuesday report from People magazine.



After all of the drama a source close to Swift told the weekly: 'she felt like her personal life was spinning out of control.

'It was draining her and she needed to disappear to reinvent herself. It was time to change things up and take another approach.'

In the last week Taylor has returned with a new single and music video for Look What You Made Me Do which many believe has several references to her exes and feuds.

The insider for People said the star is excited for the project as they explained:  'Taylor is very excited about her new album. This has been her life for the past few months.'



The star is now 'ready to come out of hiding' leading up to release of her sixth-studio album Reputation which is set for release on November 10.

'Taylor is very talented and wants the focus to be on her music,' said the source for the weekly. 'She is a master at reinventing herself.'

Since the release of her latest music video, many have scrutinized it looking for references to past relationships and feuds.

Various hidden messages were clearly buried in the video, the first comes right at the beginning as a zombie version of Taylor claws her way out of a grave.



The tombstone next to hers bears the name of the pseudonym she used for a song she wrote for ex Calvin Harris, Nils Sjöberg.

 At the time Calvin had denied his girlfriend Taylor had written his hit This is What You Came For, only for her authorship to be revealed after their relationship ended. Nils Sjöberg was the moniker she used to be listed in the songwriting credits.

While another message had a quote from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Et Tu Brute. The meaning, 'You too, Brutus?' is often used to communicate shock after being backstabbed by a friend or someone unexpected.

The message is scrolled on the arm of throne in one scene in the video.



However, who she intends the message for is unclear. It could be directed at Kim Kardashian for leaking audio of her private conversation with Kanye West over his now notorious song Famous. In the track Kanye claims he made Taylor famous and calls her a b****, while also musing he thinks he still might one day sleep with her.

When the song was released Taylor voiced outrage over it.

West's wife Kim Kardashian leaked video and audio of West and Swift's phone conversation, seemingly confirming that Swift was aware of some of West's lyrics about her in private. There was no recording, however, of Swift listening to and approving 'I made that bitch famous.'



In another scene Taylor bathes herself in diamonds as the lyric 'The role you made me play / Of the fool, no, I don’t like you / I don’t like your perfect crime'.

The words and images seem to have two meanings: a reference to the Famous song as well as Kim's jewelry heist in late 2016.

The pop star also made a reference to her sexual assault case by including a strategically placed dollar bill in the jewel filled bathtub (the amount she won in the case).



While Taylor's now infamously short-lived romance with Tom Hiddleston got a nod in the clip.

Last year during the Fourth of July the Avengers actor was seen wearing a I love TS shirt while frolicking in the sea. The declaration of love was widely mocked.

And in this video Taylor has a group of dancers wearing the same slogan across their chests.