Taylor Swift v Kanye West: A history of their on-off feud
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Music's most notorious on-off feud - Taylor Swift versus Kanye West - has officially turned political.
Swift, who has long resisted going public on her politics, came out in favour of two democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee in the upcoming mid-term elections on Sunday.
West meanwhile is a well-known and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, and will meet the Republican in the White House this week for lunch.
Their involvement has sparked a debate across the US political spectrum about celebrities and political endorsements.
It's all a bit surreal... so let's re-cap on the drama so far.
2009: The feud ignites
It all began in September 2009 at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Radio City Music Hall in New York.
A 19-year-old Swift had just defeated Beyoncé to win Best Female Video for her country-pop teen anthem You Belong With Me when West notoriously jumped on stage and interrupted her, mid-acceptance speech.
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"Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!" he declared to millions watching.
Beyoncé looked incredulous, the crowd booed and Swift looked lost, reportedly leaving the stage in tears.
Later in the ceremony, Beyoncé invited Swift back on stage to "have her moment". On the Jay Leno show two days later, West admitted he was rude.
He apologised several times but the moment stuck, and even President Barack Obama labelled him a "jackass" over it.
2010: Kanye apologises
In a lengthy Twitter-storm in September 2010, West again apologised and said he had written a song for Swift, before deleting his account.
But just days later, Swift debuted her track "Innocent" at the 2010 VMAs with lyrics taking a dig at West: "Thirty two and still growin' up now// Who you are is not what you did // You're still an innocent."
West then seemed to back-track on his apology, accusing Swift of riding the wave of the VMA fall-out for publicity.
2013: Kanye un-apologises
Days before he became a father for the first time with partner Kim Kardashian, West gave an extensive interview with the New York Times newspaper when he declared he had no regrets over the Swift incident.
"If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now," he said.
He also said the previous apologies were down to "peer pressure".
2015: BFFs?
By 2015, the feud looked well and truly put to bed. West hinted they would work on music together and Kardashian attended a Swift concert in London with sister Kendall.
The three appeared cosy on that year's award ceremony circuit and at the VMAs Swift quoted and mocked his infamous interruption on-stage when presenting West the special Video Vanguard Award.
Music's most notorious on-off feud - Taylor Swift versus Kanye West - has officially turned political.
Swift, who has long resisted going public on her politics, came out in favour of two democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee in the upcoming mid-term elections on Sunday.
West meanwhile is a well-known and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, and will meet the Republican in the White House this week for lunch.
Their involvement has sparked a debate across the US political spectrum about celebrities and political endorsements.
It's all a bit surreal... so let's re-cap on the drama so far.
2009: The feud ignites
It all began in September 2009 at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Radio City Music Hall in New York.
A 19-year-old Swift had just defeated Beyoncé to win Best Female Video for her country-pop teen anthem You Belong With Me when West notoriously jumped on stage and interrupted her, mid-acceptance speech.
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"Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!" he declared to millions watching.
Beyoncé looked incredulous, the crowd booed and Swift looked lost, reportedly leaving the stage in tears.
Later in the ceremony, Beyoncé invited Swift back on stage to "have her moment". On the Jay Leno show two days later, West admitted he was rude.
He apologised several times but the moment stuck, and even President Barack Obama labelled him a "jackass" over it.
2010: Kanye apologises
In a lengthy Twitter-storm in September 2010, West again apologised and said he had written a song for Swift, before deleting his account.
But just days later, Swift debuted her track "Innocent" at the 2010 VMAs with lyrics taking a dig at West: "Thirty two and still growin' up now// Who you are is not what you did // You're still an innocent."
West then seemed to back-track on his apology, accusing Swift of riding the wave of the VMA fall-out for publicity.
2013: Kanye un-apologises
Days before he became a father for the first time with partner Kim Kardashian, West gave an extensive interview with the New York Times newspaper when he declared he had no regrets over the Swift incident.
"If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now," he said.
He also said the previous apologies were down to "peer pressure".
2015: BFFs?
By 2015, the feud looked well and truly put to bed. West hinted they would work on music together and Kardashian attended a Swift concert in London with sister Kendall.
The three appeared cosy on that year's award ceremony circuit and at the VMAs Swift quoted and mocked his infamous interruption on-stage when presenting West the special Video Vanguard Award.