Country singer Zach Bryan does not want bad blood with Taylor Swift — or her fans. On Thursday, the “I Remember Everything” singer apologized to Swift for remarks he has since described as “rude” and “desensitized.” Bryan had mentioned the “Bad Blood” singer in a Tuesday post on X, formerly Twitter, in which he appeared to diss her by comparing her to Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
He also seemingly took a jab at the Kansas City Chiefs — the NFL team Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays for. “Eagles > chiefs,” he wrote , followed by: “Kanye > Taylor.” “Who’s with me,” he added.
Bryan wrote on X the following day to say that he loves Swift, Variety reported. He said his previous tweet was simply him “drunkenly” tweeting about Ye after listening to Swift’s song “thank you aimee” — a rumored dig at Ye and his ex-wife Kim Kardashian . His X account was deactivated amid the backlash .
Bryan shared several lengthy posts on his Instagram Stories about the ordeal on Thursday. “For the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” he wrote. “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong.
I know there’s a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically.” “I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and tweet stupid things often,” he continued, before later adding: “I’m sorry to any Taylor fans I pissed off or let her down.” Bryan said in t.