She is as famous for her devoted fan base as she is for her love songs.
But it looks like the love story could be over for Taylor Swift and her ‘Swifties’ – with a promise from the US singer to ‘detox’.
Thousands are joining online chat forums to criticize the 34-year-old, saying they reject her over issues such as her use of planes and her silence on the Gaza conflict.
Under a ’30-day detox’, former fans have said they will block the singer on Spotify, delete her fan pages and donate her merchandise to charity. They also forbid themselves from listening to her music or try alternative bands.
Thousands join online chat forums to criticize the 34-year-old, saying they reject her over issues such as her use of planes and her silence on the Gaza conflict
Under a ’30-day detox’, former fans have said they will block the singer on Spotify, delete her fan pages and donate her merchandise to charity
One listener wrote, “Thinking about Taylor takes up a lot of my time. Does anyone else ever feel like they just need a break or am I crazy?’
Another replied: ‘That’s not true. I’m going on a 30-day Taylor Swift detox.
‘I deleted my Swiftie Twitter, but I still use Instagram occasionally. I don’t obsessively save new photos of her like I used to, but I still enjoy seeing them – I didn’t celebrate her birthday this year.’
Another fan posted online: ‘The first few weeks of being a Swiftie I was obsessed. When I wasn’t listening to her, I was watching her interviews. She [was] literally everything I could think of.
“I still have a huge desire to listen to her, but now I’ve mixed it up with Ed Sheeran for other things and I’m back into gaming and other things I enjoy.”
The group ‘Swiftly Neutral’ on Reddit, which has more than 50,000 members, saw its number of followers grow by 7,000 in a month after Ms Swift released her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.
One member told Vulture magazine, “I’m feeling a little disillusioned with her right now. She has done many wonderful things for charity and I don’t want to take that away from her. However, her use of airplanes, her blatant money grabs, and her terrible merchandise quality have become a little more noticeable.”
Ms Swift, known for her hits including Love Story and Shake It Off, reportedly has a carbon footprint of 1,928 times the global average as a result of using her private jet.
She will bring her Eras tour to Britain next month, with tickets selling for as much as £661.
Earlier this week, a Barclays report said her arrival could boost the economy by almost £1 billion