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Lucy Dacus Confirms Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Lyric Is About Her: ‘She Texted Me and Asked for My Approval’

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Lucy Dacus confirmed a lyric on Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" mentioning "Lucy" is referencing her.

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Boygenius' Lucy Dacus confirms Taylor Swift song lyric name drop is her: 'She actually texted me'

She also opens up about her reaction to hearing "The Tortured Poets Department" for the first time.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage; Kevin Winter/Getty Taylor Swift; Lucy DacusWell that's one Tortured Poets Department mystery solved.Musician Lucy Dacus is coming clean about that "Lucy" namedrop in the title track of Taylor Swift's 11th studio album, revealing what many fans — including us here at Entertainment Weekly — assumed, namely, that it's Dacus tha…

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Lucy Dacus Confirms Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Lyric Is About Her: ‘She Texted Me and Asked for My Approval’

Lucy Dacus confirmed a lyric on Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" mentioning "Lucy" is referencing her.

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Lucy Dacus Confirms This Taylor Swift Lyric Is About Her

John Shearer/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty ImagesOne key member of Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department has officially been revealed. Fans had already suspected that Lucy Dacus was the “Lucy” Swift mentioned in the title track of her latest album, and now that almost a full year has passed, Dacus is confirming the speculation. The Boygenius singer said the “Tortured Poets Department” bridge does indeed shout her out, and it was a “weird” …

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Taylor Swift Asked Lucy Dacus for Consent to Name Drop Her on Matty Healy Diss Track

On Thursday, People.com published an exclusive interview with Lucy Dacus about her new album, Forever Is a Feeling; her “new pal” Chappell Roan; and whether or not the “Lucy” mentioned in Taylor Swift‘s 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department is her. “I think it’s fair game to say ‘yes,”‘ Dacus said of the name drop. “She actually texted me and asked for my approval.” I’m very notably not a Swiftie, but I am a big fan of consent, so this is a h…

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Lucy Dacus Confirms Taylor Swift Referenced Her in 'The Tortured Poets Department' Lyrics

Lucy Dacus confirms that Taylor Swift name dropped her in The Tortured Poets Department. The 29-year-old musician, who is part of the band Boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, revealed that the mention of the name “Lucy” in the title track to Taylor‘s 2024 album is in fact referencing her. “You told Lucy you’d k–l yourself if I ever leave,” the lyrics read. “She actually texted me and asked for my approval,” Lucy told People in a rec…

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