Taylor Swift fires back with four-word message to critics who tell her to go away

Taylor Swift has a simple response to critics who tell her it’s time to step out of the spotlight.During her Wednesday appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the 35-year-old singer spoke about the people she can turn to for advice in the industry, saying one of the things she “look[s] up to the most in people is career longevity.”“Career longevity, friendship longevity, longevity in their relationships,” she said.“‘How do you keep a good thing going?’ I think there are certain corners of our society that really love that and look up to longevity.”She continued: “There are also corners that are like, ‘Give someone else a turn.

Can’t you just go away so that we can talk about how good you were?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t want to.'”Swift went on to say that there are three people she can turn to for advice, naming singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks, record producer and songwriter Max Martin and her fiancé, professional football player, Travis Kelce, noting, “I can talk to him about any of this.”The “Anti-Hero” singer also spoke about how 2025 was “a good year” for her, saying she feels “so grateful” after getting engaged to Kelce and getting her masters back in the same year.“Those two things that you just mentioned, getting engaged to the love of my life, getting my music back, those are two things that just never could have happened,” she told Colbert.“They could have just never happened.It wasn’t like it was a ‘Oh, it’s just a matter of time.’ Both of those things could have just never arrived in my life.

I’m so grateful for both of those things happening.”She then credited her fans as the reason she was able to get her masters back.Kelce and Swift announced their engagement on Instagram in August, sharing a joint post that featured Kelce on one knee as the two of them were surrounded by flowers, with the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married .”The ...