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Woman Who Coined 'Girlboss Too Close to the Sun' Addresses Taylor Swift Lyric

Caroline Timoney's 2021 viral TikTok audio inspired a lyric in Taylor Swift's new song, with over 24,000 TikTok videos using Timoney's phrase, sparking public reaction.

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Comedian Caroline Timoney is reacting to Taylor Swift using her coined “girlboss” phrase in her new song, “CANCELLED” off her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl. “Hey guys, I wanna make this quick,” Timoney said in a video shared via TikTok on Friday, October 3. “I woke up this morning to discover that my TikTok audio that I made as a sophomore in college, ‘I girlbossed too close to the sun,’ you know, is in a Taylor Swift song.” The Los Angel…

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