Taylor Swift has admitted that she can relate to Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones.
Only without, you know, the murder.
The Lover singer has long been a fan of the HBO series, with I Did Something Bad from her sixth album Reputation rumoured to be about Arya Stark.
Now she has revealed that she is particularly fond of the Mother of Dragons, played by Emilia Clarke, because she could empathise with her struggle to maintain the power she has in her life.
Comparing her own life to that of the fictional character, she said: Ive also tried very hard – and this is one thing I regret – to convince people that I wasnt the one holding the puppet strings of my marketing existence, or the fact that I sit in a conference room several times a week and come up with these ideas.
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I felt for a very long time that people dont want to think of a woman in music who isnt just a happy, talented accident.
Look at the Game Of Thrones finale, she added.
I specifically really related to Daenerys storyline because for me it portrayed that it is a lot easier for a woman to attain power than to maintain it.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Taylor acknowledged that although Daenarys may not be the best character, thanks to pretty much killing the entirety of Kings Landing, she still sees her death as a total metaphor.
Like, obviously I didnt want Daenerys to become that kind of character, but in taking away what I chose to take away from it, I thought maybe theyre trying to portray her climbing the ladder to the top was a lot easier than maintaining it, because for me, the times when I felt like I was going insane was when I was trying to maintain my career in the same way that I ascended, she added.
Its easier to get power than to keep it. Its easier to get acclaim than to keep it. Its easier to get attention than to keep it.
The Shake It Off singer recently revealed tour dates for 2020 – and theres a conveniently empty spot for the Saturday and Sunday of Glastonbury Festival 2020.
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