Charli XCX avoids Swift feud chatter, to star in 2026 mockumentary

Charli XCX said she would not comment on whether a new song by Taylor Swift was aimed at her as she discussed her work, public image and the future of concert films in a recent interview, a week after making a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live that renewed fan speculation. The pop singer also confirmed she turned down offers to make a traditional tour documentary and will instead star in a fictional film about a rising pop star scheduled for release in 2026.

The exchange with reporters came amid online debate over whether lyrics on Swift's album responded to Charli's track Sympathy Is a Knife. Fans pointed to lines in both songs and to personal connections as fuel for the theory. Charli declined to address the speculation when asked, and Swift has described her own song as addressing the uneasy realization of being the object of someone else’s fixation without identifying a subject.

Charli’s SNL cameo on October 11 drew attention in part for a graphic T shirt she wore that referenced a New York nightclub. Some viewers read the shirt as a nod to Kansas City because the host city for the show and the shirt’s wording overlapped with connections to Swift’s fiance, a Kansas...