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Taylor Swift is trying to shut down an Aussie graffiti artist for a Taylor Smith mural

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Following Kim Kardashian’s Receipts on Taylor Swift, many joked that Kim had “killed” Taylor. Meaning, Taylor was dead socially, her reputation was dead, it was the death of the Poor Innocent Blonde Child Act, etc. To honor the passing of Taylor’s credibility, an Australia graffiti artist created the public art you can see above. Even though “Taylor Smith” is an intentional typo (which he admits), I think the fact that we’re mourning the death of “Taylor Smith” is especially hilarious. Taylor Swift IS Taylor Smith. She is Becky with the Innocent Act. And as you can imagine, Taylor Smith is not happy. Taylor Smith’s lawyers are trying to shut this sh-t down.

A day after completing a mural signaling the death of “Taylor Smith” – a clear parody of Swift – in the wake of an ongoing feud with Kanye and Kim Kardashian West, the Melbourne-based painter claims he received an email from Tay’s attorneys asking that the artwork be taken down.

The mural, with a by no means unflattering portrait of the “Bad Blood” singer, reads, “In loving memory of Taylor Smith, 1989-2016.”

Calling the alleged correspondence from Swift’s attorney “your typical cease and desist kind of legalese garble email,” Lush Sux declined to go into detail about the contents of the alleged email, citing legal reasons. He added that he had no plans to destroy the mural.

“I won’t be taking down my ‘Taylor Smith’ mural anytime soon,” said the artist. “But there have been multiple threats from Taylor Swift’s own version of the Hitler youth, who dub themselves ‘Swiftys,’ to go down and destroy the wall.”

In fact, Sux is prepared to go further.

“I’m sure I can cook up a round two for the spot if it gets destroyed. I may even go down and change it around tonight for another good laugh,” said the artist, considering the idea of putting Caveman Spongebob’s face over hers. Among the general, non-Swifty public though, the reception of the Taylor memorial has been much less contentious. Since the mural was officially completed on Wednesday, people have honored the commemorative portrait with “empty beer bottles, cheap roses and even cheaper candles,” said Lush Sux. “Real classy down there at the moment.”

[From The NYDN]

Unfortunately, the mural has already been defaced. I’m including the Instagrams below. I take Lushsux at his word that he will redo the mural or do a similar mural somewhere else. Please do it, Lushsux!

Other than that, it seems a little bit quiet today? I’m sure as soon as I publish this, all hell will break loose though. People Mag had an exclusive story yesterday afternoon about how Kim Kardashian could face criminal charges for her role in exposing Taylor on Snapchat. But People’s sources say that Kim doesn’t really give a s—t. There’s also this fascinating story at the Daily Beast about Taylor’s utter silence on political matters. Tay’s nemesis Katy Perry has been full-throated in her support of Hillary Clinton, and many other bands and artists have been supporting candidates throughout this political season. But not Taylor. The Daily Beast suggests that Tay is secretly a Trump supporter.

WHO DID THIS?!?!

A photo posted by lushsux (@lushsux) on Jul 20, 2016 at 9:49am PDT

Photos courtesy of WENN, Instagram.


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