Courtney Love Says Taylor Swift Is ‘Not Important As An Artist,’ Doesn’t ‘Like’ Beyoncé’s Music

Courtney Love has slammed Beyoncé, Lana del Ray, Taylor Swift and other prominent female singers for their role in the music industry.

“It’s great that there are so many successful women in the music industry, but lots of them are becoming a cliché,” Love told U.K.’s Evening Standard. “Now, every successful woman is cloned, so there is just too much music. They’re all the same. If you play something on Spotify, you get bombarded with a lot of stuff that’s exactly the same.”

“I mean, I like the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record because it’s about black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much, as a concept, I love it,” she said. “I just don’t like her music.” 

Love was even more dismissive of Swift. “Taylor is not important… as an artist,” Love said. 

These remarks draw attention to Love’s previous birthday post for Swift in 2021, in which she called Swift an “aspirational huge role model for many young women.” 

Even Del Rey, whom Love had previously praised as a musical genius, received some criticism. Love admitted that she hadn’t liked Del Rey since her cover of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” 

“She should really take seven years off,” Love said. “Up until ‘Take Me Home Country Roads’ I thought she was great. When I was recording my new album, I had to stop listening to her as she was influencing me too much.”