Katy Perry (Sort Of) Clears Up the Rumor That 'Swish Swish' Is About Taylor Swift

Katy Perry dropped her new song "Swish Swish" at midnight on Friday, May 19), and by 12:07 A.M., the entire Internet was convinced it was about Taylor Swift. The trippy dance track includes some very pointed lyrics about someone's "tired" games, keeping "receipts," and not "coming" for Perry—so people aren't exactly off base for thinking it's her response to "Bad Blood," Swift's 2014 tune that's allegedly about the two singers' "feud." (Whether their feud is real or a product of girl-fight-loving tabloids is a rant for later.)

But the song isn't specifically about Swift. Die-hard fans already knew this because Perry told Entertainment Weekly a few weeks ago that her new record, Witness, doesn't include any diss tracks, but the singer reiterated this during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. When host Jimmy Fallon straight up asked Perry if "Swish Swish" is about any particular person, she said, "I think it's a great anthem to use whenever someone's trying to hold you down or bully you. It represents the liberation from all the negativity that doesn't serve you." Do you hear that, world? "Swish Swish" isn't a bullying track—it's the exact opposite.

And this might be why Ruby Rose quasi-retracted the negative tweets she posted about Perry shortly after "Swish Swish" hit the Internet. A few hours after Perry tweeted out her interview with Fallon, Rose went on a mini-tweeting spree about how being mean "doesn't suit" her.

"Being mean doesn't suit me and leaves me feeling dirty," she wrote. "Truth is being mean leaves more leaks in your camp than the Titanic, and I get so triggered when I think bullies don't get held accountable, and it makes me think I should say something [...] but it's not [my] place. I have always believed strongly that karma exists and the truth always surfaces; however, I'm not God, and I can't decide when or how that is. [My mind-set] clearly comes from being bullied in school [and] wanting to stick up for the underdogs. However, I shouldn't stoop because then the [message] is mixed." (See Rose's tweets for yourself, below.)

It's awesome that Rose owned up to her "mean" tweets, but the larger issue here isn't her—or Swift or Perry. It's the system that created this so-called "fight" in the first place. Yes, it's totally possible Perry wronged Swift in some way or vice versa (there are rumors Perry stole Swift's backup dancers from her), but tabloids and fans amplified, editorialized, and exaggerated their contentious relationship. They've made Swift and Perry's supposed "bad blood" seem uglier than it (probably) actually is. It's a phenomenon exclusive to female celebrities. Hopefully Perry's recent quotes put an end to this saga once and for all. We should petition for these two queens to duet instead of duke it out, to be honest.

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