At some point over the years, online pop fandom has morphed into a war zone in which album sales, chart placements, and celebrity interactions are used as ammunition. It’s rare that the musicians themselves are on the frontlines of these battles between fan communities, which often run rampant with unchecked toxicity. Charli XCX‘s fandom has recently set its target on Taylor Swift, criticizing the singer online and leading “Taylor Swift Is Dead” chants at concerts. Now that the attacks have crossed over into the offline realm, Charli is shutting them down.
“Can the people who do this please stop. Online or at my shows,” she wrote in a recent Instagram Story, which addressed a video of fans reciting the chant at her recent performance in Brazil. “It is the opposite of what I want and it disturbs me that anyone would think there is room for this in this community….
