In the recent Met Gala 2024held at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6, the singer King’s wool shared his impressions about the latest album by Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Departmentand explained what he considers his favorite musical theme.
The “Video Games” singer, 38, revealed during an interview with Entertainment Tonight that her favorite song on the album is “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”. Del Rey described the track as “beautiful,” highlighting her admiration for Swift’s newly released work, which was released on April 19.
“Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” ranks tenth in The Tortured Poets Departmentalbum that includes a Anthology edition with 31 songs, of which five were written exclusively by Swift, 34. This song addresses the public perception of the Grammy winner, satirizing and reflecting on how she is viewed by the public due to her fame.
Del Rey’s participation in the 2024 Met Gala also stood out for her choice of costume, a custom design made by Seán McGirr for Alexander McQueen. The outfit paid homage to the event’s theme “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” drawing inspiration from an archival look from McQueen’s fall 2006 collection, according to Vogue.
It should be remembered that the collaboration between Del Rey and Swift is not limited to the mutual admiration expressed during the Met Gala, since previously They worked together on the song “Snow on the Beach”belonging to “Midnights” albumreleased in 2022, another of Taylor’s great musical projects.
This fact marked a point of professional union between the two, which was further consolidated with their joint appearance in the Grammy Awards 2024 in February, where Taylor praised Lana during her acceptance speech for the album of the year awardrecognizing the Del Rey’s influence and legacy in the music industry.
Additionally, in a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Jack Antonoff, a musician and producer known for his work with both artists, shared his perspective on the “magic” of collaborating with Swift and Del Rey.
Antonoff, leader of the band Bleachers, highlighted the innovation and creativity that continues to emerge from these collaborations, reflecting on the uniqueness and gratitude of maintaining a creative spark over time in the industry.
“Every time we do something new, I joke: ‘I guess we still have it’, because there is no reason for it to continue coming out the way it does,” said the 40-year-old Bleachers leader. “There is a lot of magic there. I feel that way with Taylor, I feel that way with Lana, I feel that way with my band,” he commented.
Jack also highlighted the good disposition of his collaborators. “I often think, well, how much longer could we continue to have this spark? And I’m grateful that it’s there, and I don’t know where it’s coming from or where it’s going, but the one thing I’ve noticed is that anyone who claims to know where it’s coming from and where it’s going gets burned out pretty quickly,” he said.
However, not everything has been positive when it comes to Taylor Swift and Lana’s relationship. During the gala, the singer was photographed in the company of Kim Kardashian, a gesture that Taylor Swift’s followers considered it a complete betrayal.
It should be remembered that Taylor and Kim began a long dispute after the socialite edited a video to make it appear that Swift had given her consent for Kanye West, Kim’s then husband, to insult her in a song.
Taylor revealed in an interview in December that that incident caused her several mental health problems, and so far, she is waiting for an apology from Kanye and Kim that doesn’t seem like it will be coming very soon.
Sources close to the most famous of the Kardashians assured that Kim has not given much importance to the matter and hopes that Taylor “gets over” the trick.
