Lewis Capaldi is setting the record straight: there’s no feud between him and Taylor Swift, despite months of online speculation.
The rumors began earlier this year when both singers appeared on The Graham Norton Show. During the interview, host Graham Norton asked Lewis about his then-upcoming EP, but the singer paused, explaining he wasn’t allowed to talk about it. Social media quickly jumped to conclusions, with some suggesting that Taylor’s new album The Life of a Showgirl had somehow created tension, and that Lewis was being silenced so as not to steal her spotlight.
Lewis addressed the chatter on KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O Show, calling the speculation “hogwash.”
“I saw a TikTok about that. And it’s a woman being like, ‘Taylor did this, and she’s evil,’ and this and that. And I’m going like, ‘That’s completely made up,’” he said.
He then explained what actually happened:
“Basically, my EP hadn’t been announced yet. So, I was told by my label, ‘Don’t tell people before you go on.’ Not like a, ‘You can’t tell people.’ It was like, ‘It’s not been announced yet, so don’t tell people.’ And then we went on Graham Norton, and Graham said, ‘You’ve got this new EP coming out.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I thought I wasn’t meant to mention it.’”
The confusion snowballed when a fan asked him who had given the instruction, and some speculated it might have been Taylor. Lewis clarified:
“Then I think because Taylor had asked, ‘Who said that?’ I think people thought, well … the TikTok I saw was a woman, some lady speculating,” he explained. “So, I think she thought that was what [Taylor] was thinking. But that was complete bulls–t. I can swear. It was complete f–king bulls–t.”
Lewis’s clarity not only debunks the rumors but also reflects the reality of how celebrity speculation spreads online. What started as a simple label instruction became a whirlwind of gossip—and Lewis is finally putting it to rest.
In the end, he just wants his music to speak for itself. The EP is out, the story is clear, and both artists remain on good terms. As Lewis puts it, some things are “completely made up,” and it’s high time the internet listens.
