Until Tuesday, Swift had been conspicuously quiet on the subject, even as many of her fans began organising under the banner “Swifties for Kamala” and raising tens of thousands of dollars for the Democratic hopeful.
But the 34-year-old said that discovering that AI-generated images of her falsely endorsing Trump, which “conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation”, had inspired her to speak up.
“It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter,” she said. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
She encouraged her legions of loyal fans to “do your research”.
Swift, fresh off the European leg of her blockbuster Eras tour, baulked at explicitly telling her ardent supporters to vote Harris, instead saying “I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice”.
“Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make.”
The artist did voice special support for Harris’s choice of a running mate, Tim Walz, praising the Minnesota governor for “standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades”.
