Taylor Swift Talks the Art of Loving Lux and Olivia Dean

Taylor Swift is a fan first when it comes to talking about music, even as she’s collecting her flowers for her Toy Story 5 hit “I Knew It, I Knew You.” During a virtual press conference for Golden Globe nominations, she spoke with Vanity Spain España about her inspiration behind the song but, more importantly, what’s probably going to end up on her Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year. “Two perfect albums that I love and that I kept coming back to are from Olivia Dean and Rosalía. Olivia Dean’s album is like a warm hug; I listen to it constantly, for almost any situation,” Swift shared. “For Rosalía, she has created an ambitious and expansive concept album that could’ve only come from her vital life experience. Those albums are marvelous because they’re human, they’re made for people and are about the human experience; that’s why humans connect with them.” The Hall of Fame inductee then makes a subtle dig at art made by artifical intelligence and explains how only great art can be made by humans. “It seems to me that when human beings create something so extraordinary, it should, first and foremost, uplift the rest of us and inspire us; furthermore, it should make us feel that, indeed, we are still winning. We humans are still winning at this,” she concluded. Point 1 for Swift, point zero for the A.I. generated earworms. They’re still worms after all!

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