Zach Bryan swiftly backtracked on a tweet he made after receiving some major backlash. The 28-year-old country singer-songwriter made a post September 18 comparing 34-year-old pop star Taylor Swift and 47-year-old rapper Kayne West. âEagles > chiefs, Kanye > Taylor,â he wrote, adding, âWhoâs with me?â Well, it appears that not many people were with the “Something in the Orange” singer at all, as the tweet garnered a lot of attention and perhaps backfired in a way that he wasn’t expecting it would.
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Zach says he was drunk.
âFor the record guys I wasnât coming for Taylor the other night,â Zach wrote via his Instagram Stories on top of a screengrab of Taylor and Post Malone’s song âFortnight.” The singer added, âI was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong.â
He was referencing only their music.
Continuing, he wrote, “I know thereâs a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically. I love Taylorâs music and pray you guys know Iâm human and tweet stupid things often.â
He added that he hopes he can one day have a conversation with the pop star to explain things. âTwitter gets me in trouble too much and Iâd say itâs best I stay off it. Iâm sorry to any Taylor fans I p—ed off or let down. Love you guys and Iâm trying my best!â
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Zach said he's been going through a 'hard time.'
In another Instagram story, he shared Taylor’s song âThe Albatross” and continued his message. “I’ve been going through a hard time in my own life and I think I was projecting a little. To be completely honest, it just came off as rude and desensitized to Taylor. I respect her so much as a musician that the last thing I want is people thinking I don’t appreciate and love what she has done for music,” he wrote, saying he was finished.
“Love you guys and hope you guys understand. Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!!”
But he still had more to say.
Sharing Taylor’s song “Castles Crumbling” featuring Hayley Williams, Zach wrote more. “Not saving face here, but Taylor has been a force of nature for as long as we’ve all been growing up and I admire that. I’m gonna go listen to this record now,” he said. “I never want people to think I have a hint of malice or meanness towards anyone, ever, that’s why I’m saying all this. Everyone have the best day of all time, I love ya.”
He says he's taking a break from tweeting.
Zach made one last story saying the year has been really tough on him and that he’s been trying to “cope and balance too many things” all at once. He said he’s taking a break from “Tweeting stupid stuff” and has seemingly deleted his X account (formerly known as Twitter) to prove his point.
