Taylor Swift speaks out on the KimYe drama: My career was taken away from me

Taylor Swift Shares How Feud , With Kim and Kanye Affected Her Mentally. In her cover interview for 'Time' magazine's person of the year, Swift opened up about the 2016 feud, 'People' reports. At the time, Kanye West released the song "Famous," which contained a vulgar lyric about Swift. Swift denied approving the lyric, at which point West's then-wife, Kim Kardashian, released an edited phone call of their conversation that had been recorded. Swift denied approving the lyric, at which point West's then-wife, Kim Kardashian, released an edited phone call of their conversation that had been recorded. The phone call led fans to believe that Swift was lying, even though she's always maintained that she wasn't. The public's reaction "took [her] down psychologically to a place [she'd] never been before," 'People' reports. . It felt like "a career death," the singer said. . Make no mistake — my career was taken away from me, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'. You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'. I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'. Eventually, the 33-year-old songwriter learned how to "persevere as an artist," 'People' reports. . I’m very careful to be grateful every second that I get to be doing this at this level, because I’ve had it taken away from me before. , Taylor Swift, via 'Time'. There is one thing I’ve learned: My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art, Taylor Swift, via 'Time'