{"id":71862,"date":"2025-06-21T15:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=71862"},"modified":"2025-06-21T15:39:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:39:03","slug":"latest-news-owner-of-nashvilles-bluebird-cafe-speaks-out-about-rumored-taylor-swift-olivia-rodrigo-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=71862","title":{"rendered":"LATEST NEWS: Owner of Nashville\u2019s Bluebird Cafe Speaks Out About Rumored Taylor Swift-Olivia Rodrigo Feud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2021, Taylor Swift fans accused breakout pop star Olivia Rodrigo of ripping off Swift\u2019s 2019 song \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in her Sour<\/em> single \u201cdeja vu.\u201d Admitting she took inspiration from Swift for the song\u2019s bridge, Rodrigo retroactively awarded the \u201cKarma\u201d singer a songwriting credit, along with co-writers Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent\u2019s Annie Clark. Although the two pop divas have been publicly supportive of one another, rumors of a feud continued to swirl.<\/p>\n

Those rumors gained new life after an employee of Nashville\u2019s famed Bluebird Cafe claimed that the restaurant once removed \u201cany visible signs of Taylor Swift\u201d at the behest of Rodrigo\u2019s team. Now, the cafe\u2019s general manager has stepped forward to clear the air.<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/p>\n

Did Olivia Rodrigo Ask This Nashville Establishment To Remove Photos of Taylor Swift?<\/h3>\n

In a video shared to X\/Twitter Wednesday (June 18), Bluebird Cafe General Manager Erika Wollam Nichols said she would \u201cbring some truth\u201d to online discussions surrounding Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo.<\/p>\n

Nichols explained that the venue did remove a visible photo of Swift from its walls when Rodrigo filmed there. However, they did so for copyright reasons, not at the request of the \u201cvampire\u201d singer\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

\u201cOlivia\u2019s people did not ask us to remove an image of Taylor Swift,\u201d she said. \u201cNobody did\u2026 We don\u2019t own those images, so we cannot give permission for those images to be used in any kind of broadcast.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bluebird Cafe General Manager Erika Wollam Nichols clarifies some questions we\u2019ve received: pic.twitter.com\/wHyIYDd3a3<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Bluebird Cafe (@BluebirdCafeTN) June 18, 2025<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The restaurant manager went on to chastise the employee making those claims for speaking \u201ccarelessly\u201d and \u201chaphazardly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease understand this was not anything in between two artists. We support all songwriters, all artists and give them equal share,\u201d Nichols said. She added that both Swift and Rodrigo \u201clive extremely high in our regard.\u201d<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s Reaction to Taylor Swift Beating Her for GRAMMY Award Has the Internet Buzzing]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe Respect the Girlies\u201d<\/h3>\n

Nichols spoke out in response to a video circulating social media. In the clip, a Bluebird Cafe employee claimed that Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s team asked the venue to scrub any signs of Taylor Swift ahead of her 2023 performance there.<\/p>\n

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Olivia Rodrigo and her team apparently had asked The Bluebird Cafe to remove any visible sign of Taylor Swift before she performed there in 2023<\/p>\n

This allegation is claimed by the Cafe’s employee in a newly shared videopic.twitter.com\/t4h3wTARq0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014 Taylor Swift Data (@spotify_swift) June 18, 2025<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIn the Bluebird Cafe? It\u2019s that serious?\u201d asked someone off-camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respect the girlies,\u201d replied the employee.<\/p>\n

Swift was just 14 years old when she performed at Bluebird Cafe for the first time on Nov. 4, 2004.That\u2019s when she caught the eye of record executive Scott Borchetta, who signed her as the flagship artist for new label Big Machine Records. Two years later, she released her self-titled debut album, launching an unprecedented career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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