Taylor Swift Seemingly References Candace Owens’ Quote About Blake Lively on New Song ‘Cancelled!’

Sometimes, artists find inspiration successful the unlikeliest places — and it seems Taylor Swift may person recovered hers from Candace Owens erstwhile it comes to a lyric successful the caller opus “Cancelled!”

On the way — which dropped Friday (Oct. 3) on with the remainder of the popular star’s caller The Life of a Showgirl album — Swift explores however she prefers to person friends who person been “cancelled” by the nationalist astatine immoderate point, conscionable similar she feels she has been astatine antithetic times successful her career. Right earlier the chorus, she sings, “Did you girlboss excessively adjacent to the sun?”

Now, the Icarus-inspired lyric could precise good beryllium conscionable different 1 of the 14-time Grammy winner’s infinite signature turns of operation — but it besides happens to carnivore a striking resemblance to thing a definite blimpish commentator said backmost successful January.

In a video connected her YouTube transmission astir Swift’s expected engagement successful Blake Lively’s suit against Justin Baldoni, Owens repeatedly said that the vocalist and her person were “girl bosses who flew excessively adjacent to the sun.”

In a TikTok promoting the episode, the podcaster doubled down. “This communicative is going to beryllium remembered arsenic ‘girl brag flew excessively adjacent to the sun,'” she said successful the clip.

Billboard has reached retired to Swift’s rep for comment.

Fans person been wondering ever since proceeding “Cancelled!” which of Swift’s friends she whitethorn person been referring to connected the song, with immoderate theorizing that Brittany Mahomes — who is joined to Patrick Mahomes — mightiness beryllium the subject. But if the parallel to Owens’ video is immoderate indication, the “cancelled” person successful question mightiness conscionable beryllium Lively. If it is, the song’s taxable substance would way with the information that the Gossip Girl alum’s suit revolves astir allegations that Baldoni orchestrated a media run to crook the nationalist against her aft the brace wrapped filming connected It Ends With Us, which helium denies.

The ongoing suit is expected to spell to proceedings successful 2026. And portion Baldoni’s ineligible squad has pushed for Swift to beryllium deposed for the lawsuit — having antecedently accused Lively of utilizing the singer’s prima powerfulness to unit him connected originative choices for It Ends With Us — a justice ruled against it in September.

Swift will, however, person to submit her texts with Lively to the court.