Taylor Swift said she “welcomes the chaos” when it comes to people’s reactions to her new album, The Life of a Showgirl .

“The rule of show business is if it’s the first week of my album release and you are saying either my name or my album title, you’re helping,” she told Zane Lowe in an interview that aired Tuesday. “And art, I have a lot of respect for people’s subjective opinions on art. I’m not the art police. It’s like everybody is allowed to feel exactly how they want. And what our goal is as entertainers is to be a mirror.”

She added, “Oftentimes, an album is a really, really wild way to look at yourself. What you’re going through in your life is going to affect whether you relate to the music that I’m putting out at any given moment. And what I often love seeing my fans s

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